GAA: Big scalp fits the Bill for Morgan.Byline: By ORLA BANNON BILLY Morgan Billy Morgan, (born in Horwich), was an English football half back. In his early days, he played for Horwich FC. In January 1897, he was sold to Newton Heath. He would stay with Newton Heath until 1903 when he went to Bolton Wanderers F.C.. hailed Cork's first big scalp in the new Croke Park Croke Park (Irish: Páirc an Chrócaigh) in Dublin, Ireland is the largest sports stadium in Ireland and the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), Ireland's biggest sporting organisation. as the Rebels ended a miserable run of form in headquarters. Morgan mistakenly labelled yesterday's win as their first in the new stadium yet, even though he forgot about the All-Ireland quarter-final triumph over Mayo in 2002, he was right about one thing - psychologically, this was a massive result. "Since the new stadium opened, I don't think Cork have won here," he claimed. "We lost to Galway in 2001, Kerry in 2002 (in the semi-final) and last year to Fermanagh in the qualifiers so this was the first victory in a long time - which is a significant factor. "We wanted to progress as far as we could this year and we're in a semi-final now and that's as far as we're looking for the moment." Morgan made a few switches at half time which worked well, especially moving Brendan Jer O'Sullivan to full-forward and going with an orthodox three-man full-forward line. "The two points just before half time brought us back into it and at the interval we talked about what was happening out there, about their tactics and what we might do to change it. "There is belief in this team, they kept plugging away and they came up trumps in a superb second-half performance." Galway hadn't won in Croke Park since 2001 and Peter Ford was hoping it was a big mental obstacle his young side would overcome. "The team had lost a couple of quarter-finals and other big games in Croke Park and this was a big step for us," he admitted. "If we'd got over this, we could have gone a long way but Cork deserved their win, they were very good in the second half and dominated a lot of positions. "I hope they go on and win it now." Anthony Lynch Anthony Lynch (born 1977) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Naomh Abán and with the Cork senior inter-county team. Cork Senior Football Team 2007 1 A. Quirke | 2 M. , whose superb performance Billy Morgan compared to Kevin Moran Kevin Bernard Moran (born April 29, 1956 in Dublin, Ireland) is a former Irish Gaelic football and soccer player. He is known for his time as a Dublin player, winning two All-Ireland senior football championships with them, and for his footballing career with Manchester United FC in his prime, felt that the extra game against Sligo had brought Cork on but Ford refused to use Galway's four-week break as an excuse. It's been a good year for Ford and Galway with an All-Ireland U21 title and a Connacht senior crown. He's expected to stay on but would only say: "This is only my first year but I'm not concerned about me, it's about the lads. They are very disappointed." CAPTION(S): LICKING Licking, river, c.320 mi (515 km) long, rising in E Ky. and flowing NW to the Ohio River opposite Cincinnati; the North and South Forks are its chief tributaries. HIS LIPS: Billy Morgan |
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