Charlie McGeever

Charlie McGeever (born 1961) is an Irish sportsperson from County Donegal. He played association football as a defender for Fanad United and in the League of Ireland for Sligo Rovers and Finn Harps. He played Gaelic football in midfield for Donegal, for which he also captained. He has had success while managing Finn Harps, as well as the Clonmel Commercials GAA club and the Tipperary county team. McGeever has commentated for and provided analysis for TG4's Irish language coverage of association football and Gaelic football, often mixing references to the two sports.

Quotes

 * I had to get out of a hole, wash my hands and sign the form.
 * On signing for Sligo Rovers in 1979.
 * On signing for Sligo Rovers in 1979.


 * There was Patsy McGowan coming towards me, dapper dressed as always and a form in his hand.
 * On the then Sligo Rovers manager.
 * On the then Sligo Rovers manager.


 * I was captain and we lost by two points to Monaghan. People said we lost it because we had a soccer midfield: myself and Denis Bonner, Packie's twin."
 * On playing Gaelic football for Donegal in the 1981 Ulster final.
 * On playing Gaelic football for Donegal in the 1981 Ulster final.


 * I played until I was 33 or 34 with one and a half legs.


 * I managed to hold onto some performance with the knee in soccer having had two or three cruciates, whereas in Gaelic football it was a more difficult thing to do.


 * Odhrán Mac Niallais didn't lick his talent off the table.
 * In 2020, on the Donegal Gaelic footballer.
 * In 2020, on the Donegal Gaelic footballer.

Quotes about McGeever

 * [Charlie's] an awful man for answering his phone. I couldn't get in contact with him to get a challenge game... He [David Power] gave me the number, Charlie still didn't answer! If you know Charlie, he wouldn't be bothered. He'd just say I'm a low level guy - he only answers to a few of the big people, presidents of the US and that sort of thing.
 * Paddy Christie on his attempt, as Dublin minor manager, to contact McGeever when he was Tipperary minor manager.