Doing freckled Irishmen proud everywhere
Is it really appropriate to call a 32-year-old man ‘Gooch’?
The Kerry and Dr Crokes legend is about to start another Championship campaign for Kerry on Sunday and we’ve put together 25 things that make the forward one of the icons of the Ireland and the GAA
1. He hasn’t changed much in 14 years.
Maybe a few kilos heavier bur the red hair is all natural.
2. Martin McHugh got slammed for calling him a two-trick pony.
Forgive him Lord for he knows not what he’s shiteing on about.
3. He’s suffered a dreaded knee injury.
A country gasped in horror.
4. But he’s come back better than ever.
A country united in celebration.
5. He was willing to help Kerry in any way to win last year’s All-Ireland.
He was always ready with the foam roller, day or night.
6. Brian O’Driscoll put him up on the Second Captains good wall.
BOD recognises greatness when he sees it.
Brian O'Driscolls pick for the good wall…. Colm Cooper!!! #secondcaptains pic.twitter.com/LOuO3s2rKj
— Johnny Ryan (@johnny_ryan11) May 6, 2015
7. He gets cranky
“This is my field”.
8. And he makes defenders cranky.
“What are you smiling about”.
9. Paul Galvin loves him.
‘Gooch that day of the (2007) All-Ireland final. That time is burned into my head. 1:50pm, less than two hours to the biggest day of our lives and he’s fast asleep in the hotel bed. When I woke him, he had a stretch. He has that coolness. It’s cold.’
H/T to Irish Examiner
10. He was a mascot in the 1992 All-Ireland club final.
He loved it so much he came back and made it his own playground.
Dr Crokes #Kerry team that won All Ireland Club SFC in 1992 #gaa #nostalgia pic.twitter.com/8RXXku2eCj
— GAA Nostalgia (@gaanostalgia) March 25, 2015
11. Dropping his name gets you access to anywhere.
We’re trying it in Coppers next week.
@ConOH92 I was there for the last kerry pitch invasion #firstoneonthepitch told the gate man my brother was colm cooper #lols
— Dorarca Lynch (@Dorarca) September 23, 2012
12. His injury meant the Championship was a duller place last year.
The Kerry kitman saved him from having to wear a blue scrub. Good work.
Delighted to say that the surgery on my knee fracture and ACL is now complete! Long road ahead! #painkillersplease pic.twitter.com/DRnjAUQFPh
— colm cooper (@colmcooper13) February 22, 2014
Awful news about Colm cooper , will miss seeing him display a bit of magic come championship #gaa
— Ciarán Kilkenny (@CKKilkenny93) February 17, 2014
13. He makes sure to double check every taxi after this.
“You’ll never believe who I had in the back yesterday”.
14. His Twitter game is strong.
If Pepe Reina goes around hugging anyone else his wife will be getting worried #nuts #BarcaBayern
— colm cooper (@colmcooper13) May 6, 2015
How good was @ShefflinHenry?
Humble,class,resilient,driven are words I would use. My favourite is #clutch.
Big day = Big performance.— colm cooper (@colmcooper13) March 25, 2015
Brings back memories of Bag getting stuck in the slide in the Bahamas pic.twitter.com/wye4jRoqMq
— colm cooper (@colmcooper13) April 28, 2013
15. He calmed Darragh O Se’s nerves in an All-Ireland final
Breathe in and out and pray we don’t get a 45.
H/T to Irish Times
16. His second favourite jersey is the Dublin one.
The inside-out look is popular in downtown Killarney.
17. He’s broken Mayo’s hearts too many times to remember
Hearts, dreams, lives…he’s broken everything in Mayo.
18. He told Kieran Donaghy what to do in a one-on-one which came in handy in last year’s All-Ireland final.
Place it, don’t blast it.
19. Gary Monk is his twin
We’ll admit Gary probably does have slightly better hair.
20. His favourite TV show is the Simpsons so here he is as a character South Park
“Kerr-ah”.
21. He’s the only ginger we want to see in Croke Park this summer.
Could Ed Sheeran score points off both feet? Doubtful.
22. He weighed just slightly more than a bag of sugar in his first All-Ireland final.
63.5029 bags of sugar to be precise.
@colmcooper13 talking sense #gooch #gaa @Mccabe16 would agree also pic.twitter.com/6AkSEYwQlN
— Owen Mooney (@MooneyOwen) June 27, 2013
23. He doesn’t need to put a toe under the ball to pick it up.
Well, James O’Donoghue what do you think of that?
24. His goals at club level in Kerry are legendary
That finish.
25. Everyone loves him.
Say aaah.
(And one more for luck). Here’s the full story of his #TheToughest Road Back to recovery.
