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Inter 2 Footballers Alan "The Machine" Hughes is Profiled

Name: Allan Hughes 

Star Sign: Capricorn 

Family: 3 Brothers  

Occupation: I.T  

Schools / Colleges attended: St. Francis Xavier, Coolmine, DCU. 

Club Teams: Intermediate 2 Footballers 

Manager / Selectors: Noel Cassidy, Alan Green, Damien Butler and Paddy Duffy 

Favourite position: Centre Back 

Achievements: Part of the Brigids team that came from AFL Division 8 to AFL Division 4 between 2003 and 2007. Winning the Dublin Junior B & C Championship. 

What is your earliest sporting memory?

Playing full forward in my first ever game at U10. The first ball I got I kicked it back down the field in wrong direction. Have not played in full forward line since! 

What was been your most memorable moment (On the field) in Brigids colours:

Winning either of the Junior Championships. 

What was been your most memorable moment (Off the field) in Brigids colours:

Trips away with the team to Kilbaha, Dromahair and Ballinskelligs. 

Worst moment in Brigids colours:

Losing championship any game! 

Favourite Music: U2, Oasis, Bruce Springsteen 

Favourite Film: No Country For Old Men 

What was the last book you read? Lone Survivor 

What is your favourite aspect of the club? Our team camaraderie and banter! 

If you won the Euro Millions, what would you do?

Retire! 

Your ambition within the club is to?

Win the Junior A Championship and to win/get promoted from AFL Division 4 to AFL Division 3. 

If you were to organise a session down in the club, what 3 celebrities would you invite?

Pat Spillane, Colm O?Rourke and Joe Brolly. 

If you could have been a spectator at one sporting event in history what would it be?

World Cup 90 

Your favourite ever GAA score?

Maurice Fitzgerald?s equalising point against Dublin in Semple Stadium. 

What is your favourite GAA ground?

?The Field? in Dromahair 

What, in your view, is the problem with the Dublin Senior Football team?

Hard to say?playing a run matches in the qualifiers away from Croke Park might be good in the long run next year. 

Who is most likely to win Dublin?s next Senior All-Ireland, the hurlers or footballers?

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