More clubs should copy the way Fulham Irish hype their players

Give them a microphone and let them sing, sing, sing.

Club games are the bedrock of the GAA. Club players are the lads that give us entertainment in the cold winter months when we've nothing else to do. They're the lads that give their parish people a topic of conversation and debate year after year. They're the lads that sustain a community. The lads that set a shining example for the youngsters around them. The lads that give them something to aspire to be. They're the lads that run ten laps of a GAA pitch on a rainy Friday night. The lads that play challenge matches of a cold Sunday morning in January. The lads that can't take holidays for fear the GAA will happen and they'll have a championship game fixed at a week's notice. The lads that play four games in a week. The lads that play their county finals in December. The lads that are second-class citizens to the county teams. The lads that bust out of work to make it to training. The lads that give out but never forget. https://twitter.com/MichaelMurphy85/status/922146089179996161 The lads that ignore all of that because they love it. They love the purpose. They love the people around them, their classmates, their work colleagues, childhood friends, parents and coaches. They love the GAA and they'd do anything for it. Just like the Fulham Irish lads, a team full of Irish players based in and around London. A team with players just like Conor Hyde from Fermanagh who travels 50 minutes on the Tube to each training session and then walks to their pitch in London. This is a team that won London SFC in 2017 and now take on Corofin in Sunday's All-Ireland quarter-final in McGovern Park Ruislip. https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/922139885196201984 This is a club that appreciates their player's efforts and wants to let these unsung heroes sing their song. A club that values their supporters and wants to give them something back. Over the last few weeks, they have introduced a host of their players over Twitter. They have done so in a humorous manner. They said Tyrone man Owen Mulligan wasn't fond of the headlines. They asked their players a few questions about themselves. Their supporters got a chance to learn more about their players. Their players had their voices heard and their personalities discovered. It must have meant a lot to them and to their families. It showed the good things they are doing in London to their home counties and home clubs. Some of their answers were class.

Team captain Michael Murphy from Tyrone was the first introduced.

He travels 75 minutes to every training session. If he could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, it'd be the Ballyragget senior hurling team. https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/928290332353224705

Jonathan Tavey, Monaghan.

He wonders how he can have as good a testimonial as Colm Cooper had. https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/928587607679864833

Conor Hyde, Fermanagh.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/928943126043119617

Connor Murphy, Down.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/930024751032078336

Roger Morgan, Down.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/930424706120998912

Chris Foley, Tyrone.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/930830896927838208

Benny Martin, Tyrone.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/931204999807426565

John Gilfedder, Down.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/931569548708515840

Aidan Savage, Antrim.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/932691428584689665

David O'Connor, Leitrim.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/932975018119704581

Club treasurer, John Doyle, Carlow.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/933483162264535041

Liam Staunton, Mayo.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/935183142444589057

Seán O'Sullivan, Kerry.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/935457878273601537

Paul McGirr, Tyrone.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/935866353768116224

Rowan Turley, Down.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/936221293631934464

Alex Kellaher, Cork.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/936575992625352704

Ruaidhrí Mulligan, Longford.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/936869609063325696

Hurl Dockry, Cork.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/937623005487861761

Shea Quinn, Derry.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/938012194322747392

Marty Hughes, Tyrone.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/938491119448547328

Owen 'Mugsy' Mulligan, Tyrone.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/938731364412809218

Greg McCartan, manager, Down.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/939112527383941120

One united club.

https://twitter.com/FulhamIrish/status/922492402677534721