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Listen: “We’d have taken your arm off for this last year,” says Bonagee’s Funston

written by Chris McNulty October 2, 2018
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It was a strange feeling for Michael Funston and Bonagee United last night.

A 3-1 win over Derry City Reserves maintained their 100 per cent start to the 2018/19 season, but they had to come from behind to bag the win against 10-man Derry.

“We’d have taken your arm off for this last year,” Funston said.

“We’re very happy to get the three points.

“We played in fits and starts and that happens with a new team. We’re falling into where we are and trying to find our feet.”

After Derry had Jack Parke sent off in the 58th minute, Bonagee hit back and scored three times in the final 25 minutes.

Funston said: “Once the sending off happened, they were looking for leaders. You knew it by their body language and we smelled blood. We thought it was going to be one of those nights, but we got a wee bit of luck.”

Listen to the full interview below …

Listen: “We’d have taken your arm off for this last year,” says Bonagee’s Funston was last modified: October 2nd, 2018 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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