Five minutes with – Cushendall’s Christy McNaughton

Name: | Christy McNaughton |
Age: | 18
Occupation: | Part time student; Part time bar man

Teams played for:

Cushendall, Garron Tower & Antrim

If you were throwing a party and you could invite anyone in the world, dead or alive, who would you ask around?

The boss Bruce Springsteen and Westlife for music, Kevin Bridges my supposed lookalike for the laughs and after seeing pictures of Selena Gomez recently, she can maybe even just come on her own.

Where do you like to go out to celebrate after a big victory?

Start off in the Lurig/Central down around home and then head to Belfast.

If you weren’t playing GAA what would you be at?

Travelling/working somewhere foreign.

What’s the worst pitch you’ve ever played on?

Cut rock, Garron Tower aka the 10th Glen in Antrim.

Which character in any film are you most like?

Chunk from The Goonies

Any odd items in your kit bag?

Makeup. Hoping it was misplaced by my sister and not Shane.

What’s your preferred brand of gear?

Adidas predators, Under Armour, gloves are for girls, gum shields are for soft gaelic footballers, Aidan Walsh Cork hurls

Who’s the biggest joker in the teams you play for?

Eoin ‘Bouncy’ Gillan

Which team mate has the best looking other half?

Tough one, there are a few tidy other halves to be fair but I’d have to go with Sean McAfee.

Who is the worst trainer?

Frein Laverty. Without a shadow of a doubt his injuries magically disappear once the hard training finishes.

Who spends most time in front of the mirror in the dressing room?

Finally an easy question, undoubtedly my brother Shane.

Who’s the best/worst person to share a room with on away trips?

Dominic Delargy the snorlax. Only man I’ve ever known to have slept in for a 7:30pm training.

Who’s the best/worst person to sit beside on the team bus?

Conor Carson; The man’s that large you find yourself sitting in the aisle.

Who has the best and who has the worst diet on the team, and what does it include?

Best: the captain, leading by example Arron Graffin and lets us all know by snapchatting his meal prep. Worst Eoghan Campbell goujon king

Toughest opponent you have faced?

Shane Bennet, Waterford

Best manager you’ve ever played under?

Pat Slevin for my school Garron Tower; serious enthusiasm for hurling and he’s a Tyrone man. I know it’s odd!

Best ever performance?

Championship Senior debut for the club probably, scored two goals against Loughgiel so it wasn’t a bad way to start.

One to forget?

Loughgiel 2015 championship semi, got the hook at half time.

When you were playing in the back garden, who did you pretend to be?

I loved Eoin Kelly from Tipperary as a child and I’m still attempting to score points like him over the shoulder, unfortunately though I think I’m getting worse!

If there was a transfer market who’d be in and who’d be out of the team?

Well couldn’t sell big Dom or there would be a few chants of disapproval. Would probably take in TJ Reid. At the minute the man is unstoppable!

Cushendall’s Christy McNaughton