Michael Murphy story about GAAGO shoot-out shows we’re all kids at heart
Lee Costello
Lee Costello
“You were like a young lad again, of seven or eight years of age.”
Michael Murphy’s brilliant story about how he couldn’t resist a shoot-out at Croke Park with the GAAGO team proves that we’re all just kids at heart.
Murphy was working for GAAGO alongside Paddy Andrews, Marc O’Se and Aaron Kernan, to cover the All-Ireland quarter finals.
However, despite the seriousness nature of the sport and everything that was at stake, the lads could not resist the temptation to kick a few scores at the home of the GAA.
Before Kerry took on Tyrone in a highly anticipated match, Murphy spotted a loose ball nearby, and all he could think about was kicking it over that black spot.
Ahead of Sunday’s Electric Ireland GAA All-Ireland minor football final between Derry and Monaghan, Murphy explained how the shoot out occurred.
“The whole way through, I was saying that there has to be a stray ball coming over this way when we were on the show, because we were pitch side.
Pictured is former Donegal Minor footballer, Michael Murphy, as he looks ahead to this Sunday’s Electric Ireland GAA All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Final between Derry and Monaghan, throwing in at 1pm in Box IT, Armagh.
“Kerry were warming up for the first game underneath the Hill and surely when we were on air, there was a ball from Kerry that must have trickled down behind us, and I had spotted it.
“I said to myself ‘I cant do anything about it just yet’ but I was praying for the game to go to a bit of an ad break and Paddy Andrews had spotted it too, so we threw down the mics and went out onto the pitch and had a pop at it.
“You were like a young lad again, of seven or eight years of age, just trying to get a shot in Croke Park.
“It’s been a lot of fun, GAAGO has been brilliant, I think that they have tried just different things, methods and even getting the players over after games – just a bit more fun in terms of watching it.
“It’s been good getting in and around dressing rooms and little things like that. it’s a bit of craic and the two lads involved are good fun too.”
It goes without saying that Murphy slotted his effort with the same ease and guile that we have come to expect from him during his days as Donegal’s star man.
