Paul Cartin

Paul Cartin
Personal information
Irish name	Pól Mac Artáin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Half back
Born	(1981-03-20) 20 March 1981 Banagher, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation	Wile Mouth^[1]
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Banagher
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2001^[1]-Present	Derry
Inter-county titles
NFL	1

Paul Cartin (Irish: Pól Mac Artáin; born 20 March 1981^[1]) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry, with whom he has won a National League title. Cartin plays his club football for St. Mary's Banagher. For both club and county Cartin usually plays in the half back line.

Playing career

Inter-county

Cartin was first called up to the Derry Senior panel in late 2000 ahead of the 2000/2001 National Football League.^[2]

Cartin injured his knee in the first half of the 2007 Ulster Championship game against Antrim.^[3] A MRI scan revealed he had tore his cruciate ligament and he missed the rest of the Championship.^[4] The injury also effected the start of his 2008 season - missing the Dr. McKenna Cup and the start of the National League.^[4] He did however recover to make the bench for the last few group games of the League plus the final, which Derry won, beating Kerry in the decider.^[5]

Cartin and Derry also reached the National League final in 2009, but were defeated by Kerry.^[6] He missed the final due to injury.^[7]

Honours

Inter-county

National Football League:
- Winner (1): 2008
- Runner-up: 2009

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

References

1 2 3 "Derry player profiles 2008". Official Derry GAA website. Early 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2009. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ "Coleman delivers a new-look Derry". BBC Sport Online. 19 October 2000. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
↑ Maloney, Seamus (19 June 2007). "Cartin waits for results of MRI scan". The Irish News. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
1 2 Scott, Ronan (11 April 2008). "No kneed to worry about Cartin fitness". Gaelic Life. p. 7.
↑ "Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report - Derry GAA website". Derry GAA website. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
↑ Heaney, Paddy (1 May 2009). "No substitute to winning for the Kingdom". The Irish News. p. 62.
↑ O'Kane, Karl (28 April 2009). "Madd' about Oak Leaf mean". Irish Daily Star. p. 50.

External links

Derry senior football team – current panel

1 T. Mallon

2 O. Duffy
3 C. McKaigue
4 D. McBride

5 K. Johnston
6 B. Rogers
7 S. L. McGoldrick

8 N. Holly
9 F. Doherty

10 B. Heron
11 M. Lynch
12 E. Lynn

13 D. Heavron
14 E. Bradley
15 C. McFaul

Subs: 24 C. O'Boyle for Heron; 20 T. O'Brien for Lynn

Subs not used: 16 E. McNicholl; 17 L. McGoldrick; 18 A. McAlynn; 19 C. McAtamney; 21 N. McNicholl; 22 C. Murphy; 23 J. Kielt; 25 D. McKinless; 26 N. Loughlin; 27 B. McGilligan; 28 S. Brady

Manager: B. McIver

Selectors: P. McIver; P. Tally

(Team as of 7 June 2015 versus Down)

Derry – 2008 National Football League Champions (6th title)

1 B. Gillis 2 K. McGuckin 23 N. McCusker 4 F. McEldowney 5 L. Hinphey 6 G. O'Kane 7 M. McIver 8 F. Doherty 9 J. Diver 10 M. Lynch 11 B. McGoldrick 12 E. Muldoon 13 C. Gilligan 14 Paddy Bradley 15 E. Bradley Subs used 21 S. M. Lockhart for F. McEldowney 26 P. Murphy for E. Bradley 3 K. McCloy (capt.) for L. Hinphey 20 J. Keenan for M. McIver 25 C. Mullan for C. Gilligan Subs not used 16 J. Deighan 17 Patsy Bradley 18 P. Cartin 19 R. Dillon 22 M. McBride 24 R. McElhone 27 P. O'Hea 28 C. O'Kane 29 R. Wilkinson J. Conway C. Devlin M. Friel E. Lynn S. L. McGoldrick E. O'Kane Manager P. Crozier Backroom team Peter Doherty Martin Heaney Bernie Henry John McCloskey

(Team as 2008 NFL final versus Kerry (27 April 2008))

Derry – 2009 National Football League runners-up

1 B. Gillis 2 K. McGuckin 3 K. McCloy 4 G. O'Kane 19 C. McKaigue 18 B. McGuigan 7 S. L. McGoldrick 8 F. Doherty (c.) 9 J. Diver 10 E. Lynn 11 P. Murphy 12 B. Mullan 13 E. Bradley 14 Paddy Bradley 15 M. Lynch Subs used 22 J. Kielt for Paddy Bradley 14 Paddy Bradley for B. Mullan 25 D. McBride for G. O'Kane 24 S. Bradley for P. Murphy 27 R. Dillon for D. McBride Subs not used 16 S. McGuckin 17 B. Óg McAlary 20 E. Muldoon 21 J. Conway 23 P. Young 26 J. Keenan Patsy Bradley Paul Bradley E. Brown P. Cartin J. Deighan C. Devlin S.M. Lockhart N. McCusker (vice-c.) B. McGoldrick J. O'Kane Manager D. Cassidy Backroom team K. Madden M. O'Connell B. McRory

(Team as 2009 NFL final versus Kerry (26 April 2009))

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