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26th January 2017
11:19am GMT

"I was down playing with St Catherine's, which is the club down beside Kilcar and I played good one day. A Reading scout spotted me and I went over and played with their Under 16s. "It was a great experience. I knew myself - no, not that I knew myself - that I wasn't good enough but that, I guess, I was going across for the experience. I was fortunate enough at the time that Carl McHugh, who I would have known and who is now with Motherwell, was over there at the time. "It was good to have someone over there that I knew. It was great and I enjoyed it. Being at such a young age and getting that professional experience was great but I just wanted to get back and play for Kilcar [GAA] U16s. "It was good but I definitely wasn't good enough for that level."Typical GAA modesty.
McHugh explained that he played in a different position to Donegal's most successful soccer import of recent years - Everton and Ireland right-back Seamus Coleman.
"I was playing centre midfielder. I used to just run, hai. "I was a real Gaelic footballer - just run about and hit the ball. No silky touches or anything like that."When it comes to GAA, McHugh is certainly as silky as they come. We'll next get to see those skills when he lines out for an outrageously talented Jordanstown team in the Siegerson Cup.
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