Name: Taylor Cassidy
Age: 22
Occupation: Student
Team: Lagan Harps
If you were throwing a party and you could invite anyone in the world, dead or alive, who would you ask around? Lionel Messi and a translator
Where do you like to go out to celebrate after a big victory? It’s illegal not to go over to McFadden’s after a home game.
What’s the worst pitch you’ve ever played on? Rockhill back in the day.
Which character in any film are you most like? Dash from the Incredibles.
Who’s the biggest joker in the team you play for? Marty Brogan.
Any odd items in your kitbag? Oran Winston gave me a lucky coin once when we were 15 and it’s been there ever since.
Which team mate has the best looking other half? Bubbles – it’s why he’s in the squad.
Who is the worst/best trainer? Best trainer- Josh Hay hasn’t missed a session since he was 12. Worst trainer- Philip Doran, he just stretches for the hour.
Who spends most time in front of the mirror in the dressing room? Gabriel Crawford is incapable of walking past one without looking.
Who’s the best/worst person to sit beside on the team bus? Best- Joe McCarron, he’s just a bundle of laughs. Worst- Emmett tourish, he’s always putting boys in headlocks.
Who has the best and who has the worst diet on the team, and what does it include? Worst diet- Darragh Rodgers, if you drive past Charcoal, no matter the day, he will be in there. Best diet-Kenny Doran, he’s vegan, enough said.
Toughest opponent you have faced? Aidan McHugh, he has an absolute wand of a left foot.
Best or worst quote you’ve heard, either from a manager, player, opponent? Eoin Dowling once told me – ‘Don’t spend your life chasing butterflies, build a beautiful garden and they will come to you. Even if they don’t you still have a beautiful garden’.
Best manager you’ve ever played under? Oisin Harkin had Ballyraine playing De Zerbi ball back in U12s.
Best ever performance? Back at Bonagee we beat Swilly 7-2 and I absolutely pocketed Oran Brogan.
One to forget? Max Leadley had me on strings in U16s and I’ve never lived it down.
Sporting ambition? Probably Champions League winner.
When you were playing in the back garden, who did you pretend to be? Gavi.
If you were in charge of transfers, who’d be in and who’d be out of the team? Toss up between Vinicius Jr and Sean Gallagher. Out- Jack Canning, his legs have given up on him.
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