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WATCH: Paul Galvin shares amazing story about Colm Cooper’s All-Ireland final routine
Published 13:49 24 Dec 2016 GMT
Updated 15:14 24 Dec 2016 GMT
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Not a bother to him.
Paul Galvin and Colm Cooper have 16 All-Ireland Final appearances between them. They've seen it all. Still, Galvin was never expecting such a late, late lie-in. Galvin and Cooper were guests on The GAA Hour Live at The Sugar Club, at had the crowd in stitches with some of their recollections. Kerry teammates for over a decade, the pair often roomed with each other before big games, and they don't come much bigger than the All-Ireland Final in 2007.
Four-time All-Ireland winner Galvin said:
"I came back to the room around 1 o'clock. Gooch had disappeared. "The game was at 3:30pm and this was about 1:15pm. So he would have been up for breakfast, physio, lunch and then he disappeared. We had about an hour to kill so I headed back to the room and I see this little tuft of red hair under the duvet, and there's not a stir out of him. "So I go 'It's time to go. We have to get on the bus and we have a team meeting'. "I was getting the bag ready and there's still no life out of Gooch. Next thing, I pick up my bag and drop it. He grunts... 'What time is it?' "It's quarter past one Gooch. "'Oh Jaysus... I'm going to stay in bed'. "I said, 'We've a game there about 3:30, if you wouldn't mind joining us'. Gooch just stretches. 'Ah, we've a few minutes yet'. "It was like he hit the snooze button. Back asleep for five minutes. Rolled out of bed. Hit 1-5 that day."Kerry won 3-13 to 1-9 and Cooper could rest easy... for another while at least.
You can have a listen [starts at 36:00] to Galvin's tale and another host of wonderful recollections. Check out our GAA Hour All-Ireland preview special, featuring Jack McCaffrey, Paul Galvin, Colm Cooper, Peter Canavan, Kieran McGeeney, Senan Connell, John O'Leary and Vinnie Murphy. Listen below or subscribe here on iTunes. https://soundcloud.com/sportsjoe-gaa-hour/the-gaa-hour-livein-the-sugar-clubPaul Galvin tells hilarious story of trying to wake Colm Cooper up for an All-Ireland final #TheToughest #GAAHour pic.twitter.com/Q62rK0FwWf
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