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Audio: Mickey McGlynn reflects on Finn Harps’ previous play-offs

written by Chris McNulty October 23, 2015
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FINN HARPS enter the play-off lottery again tonight when they take on UCD at Belfield.

It is the seventh time for the Ballybofey club to be involved in the play-offs and the one constant for the previous six is long-time physio Mickey McGlynn.

The Milford man was there in 1994 when Harps lost to Cobh Ramblers and in 1995 when a gut-wrenching penalty shoot-out went awry against Athlone Town at St Mel’s Park.

Three-in-a-row losses in the early noughties followed against Longford Town, Galway United and Derry City before Harps finally broke their hoodoo in 2007 when they got promoted via a play-off win over Waterford United.

“They’ve all been nail-biting,” McGlynn told Donegal Sport Hub.

“There is so little between ourselves and UCD. People all speak about being at home in the second leg – that’s all well and good so long as you’re still in the tie for the second leg.”

Listen to the full interview below …          

https://soundcloud.com/donegalsporthub-club-notes/finn-harps-physio-mickey-mcglynn-on-ucd-play-off

Audio: Mickey McGlynn reflects on Finn Harps’ previous play-offs was last modified: December 21st, 2015 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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