Charlie McGeever Quotes

On signing for Sligo Rovers in 1979.

I was captain and we lost by two points to Monaghan. People said we lost it because we had a soccer midfield: myself and Denis Bonner, Packie's twin."

On the then Sligo Rovers manager.

In 2020, on the Donegal Gaelic footballer.

I managed to hold onto some performance with the knee in soccer having had two or three cruciates, whereas in Gaelic football it was a more difficult thing to do.

There was Patsy McGowan coming towards me, dapper dressed as always and a form in his hand.

On playing Gaelic football for Donegal in the 1981 Ulster final.

I played until I was 33 or 34 with one and a half legs.

Odhrán Mac Niallais didn't lick his talent off the table.

I had to get out of a hole, wash my hands and sign the form.