"Paddy dashed back towards his goal like a woman who smells a cake burning. The ball won the race and it curled inside the near post as Paddy crashed into the outside of the net and lay against it like a fireman who had returned to find his station ablaze."
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The Evening Press, 25 September 1978. As reprinted in the Irish Independent following Houlihan's death.
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Con Houlihan
Con Houlihan (6 December 1925 – 4 August 2012) was an Irish sports journalist who wrote for The Evening Press and The Sunday World for 6 decades.
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