Doherty ready for cup showdown
Derry City goalkeeper Gerard Doherty admits this Sunday’s FAI Ford Cup final against St Patrick’s Athletic, at Lansdowne Road, will be bittersweet for him.
Two years ago the net-minder kept a private promise he made after having carried the remains of his late grandfather Jim McDaid into St. Mary’s Church in Creggan on the morning of the final before making a hectic dash to Dublin for the game.
This weekend’s repeat final means Doherty will be thinking about his late grandfather and he hopes for a similar result.
Doherty spoke to Sentinel Sport’s Editor Kevin McLaughlin.