Episode 910: Jamie Clarke On Goals and Falling In Love With Football Again, Ken Told You So, Plimpton’s Fake News
Jamie Clarke is one of the most flamboyant Gaelic footballers around – and that instinct was in full view last Saturday night when, with a couple of minutes left in a tense Round 3 qualifier against last year’s beaten All-Ireland semi-finalists Tipperary, he rounded the keeper expertly to seal Armagh’s victory.
GOAL! Look back at this crucial goal from @Armagh_GAA‘s & @crossrangers‘ Jamie Clarke in yesterday’s All-Ireland Football R3B Qualifier pic.twitter.com/eQ5ZgEDTul
— The GAA (@officialgaa) July 16, 2017
Having opted out of football last year to move to New York to pursue a career in coffee and fashion, he’s back this year helping Kieran McGeeney’s side to get back up to the top of the tree.
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We talk in studio with him about expecting more of themselves as Armagh footballers, why the game is getting better for corner-forwards, and marking yourself against the very best.
Ken finds time to tell us we were all wrong about Roger Federer – because Federer himself said so.
Plus there’s Anthony Tohill’s time at Man United remembered, why you should express yourself, and the curious case of Sidd Finch.
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