Gary McFadden

Gary McFadden

Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Defender
Born	1980s County Donegal, Ireland
Nickname	Copper [1] [2]
Club(s)
Years	Club
?–	Glenswilly
Club titles
Donegal titles	3
Ulster titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2011–201?	Donegal

Gary 'Copper' McFadden (born 1980s) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Glenswilly and also, formerly, for the Donegal county team.

He was a panel member when Donegal won the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

He normally plays as a midfielder or half forward. ^{[3] [4] [ failed verification ]}

Early life

McFadden was educated at St Eunan's College in Letterkenny. ^[5] Manus McFadden, so crucial in the foundation of Glenswilly's GAA club, is his uncle, as he is also the uncle of Glenswilly player Kealan McFadden. ^[6]

Playing career

Club

McFadden captained Glenswilly to their first Donegal Senior Football Championship in 2011, with a 1–8 to 0–9 victory over St Michael's. ^[7] He was also captain when the team reached the 2007 County Final and lost. ^[1] McFadden won his second Donegal Senior Football Championship with Glenswilly in 2013 (he was not captain then). ^[8] His team progressed to the final of the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, which they lost to Ballinderry. ^{[9] [10]}

He won a third Donegal SFC in 2016.

Inter-county

McFadden was first called up the Donegal senior team in December 2007, he made his debut in a home victory against the 2007 All Ireland champions Kerry in a league match played in Ballybofey in early 2008.

He was called into the panel again ahead of the 2012 Dr McKenna Cup. ^[11] He was a member of the Donegal panel that won the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final against Mayo. ^{[12] [13] [14]} He made a substitute appearance in the 2013 National Football League game against Kerry, an easy win in Ballybofey. ^[15]

Three days after the 2014 National Football League Division 2 Final against Monaghan at Croke Park, it was confirmed that McFadden was one of four players to have left the Donegal county panel, less than a month before the county's Ulster Championship game against Derry. ^[16] In December 2014, it was reported that McFadden had returned to the Donegal set-up after opting out in 2013. ^[2]

He was still playing for Donegal as of 2015. ^{[17] [18]}

Honours

Donegal

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 2012
• Ulster Senior Football Championship: 2012

Glenswilly

• Donegal Senior Football Championship: 2011, 2013, 2016

References

1. Comack, Tom (29 September 2011). "Gary hoping to copper-fasten a win for Glenswilly". Donegal Democrat . Retrieved 29 September 2011.
2. Walsh, Harry (23 December 2014). "Gary McDaid joins Donegal backroom team". Donegal News . Archived from the original on 31 October 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
3. McNulty, Chris (17 May 2012). "Rory to lead Donegal". Donegal News . Retrieved 17 May 2012.
4. McNulty, Chris (6 May 2012). "Strong comeback seals win for Donegal". Donegal News . Swinford . Retrieved 6 May 2012.
5. "Twitter feed". St Eunan's College. EunansFootball Best of luck 2our past pupils who r in Donegal panel v Cork in All Ire Semi-Final on Sun @neilgerardgalla @murphm95 @AntoinMcFadden @Tommyk_91 @BrickMolloy @123kav @kevin_raff @gmacfadden14 @mdboyler24 +Mr McFadden #TheCollege
6. Foley, Alan (24 January 2012). "Founding father McFadden goes back to his roots". Donegal Democrat . Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012. 'Glenswilly had reached their first ever senior championship final and were due to play St Eunan's', McFadden said. 'I flew from Kerry to Dublin on the Sunday morning and picked up a car and drove to Ballybofey. So I just landed having not seen Glenswilly play in a number of years but there they were in the county final. At the time, St Eunan's had lost a couple of successive finals but had that experience to get over the line. Of course, two years beforehand, I was thrilled to hear Glenswilly had won the Intermediate Championship and things were going well but it was a proud moment for me to see Glenswilly in a senior final with two of my nephews (Gary and Kealan McFadden) on the team'.
7. "Murphy magic proves key as Glenswilly secure first Donegal crown". Irish Independent . 3 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
8. "Murphy follows up Ireland heroics by firing Glenswilly to county glory". Irish Independent . 21 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
9. "Ballinderry 1-13 Glenswilly 2-06". RTÉ Sport. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
10. "Live: Glenswilly v Ballinderry Shamrocks Ulster senior club final". Donegal Now. 1 December 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
11. "New faces for Donegal in McKenna Cup". Donegal Democrat. Johnston Press. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011. There are also recalls for Peter Witherow (St Michael's), Mark McGowan, (St Eunan's) and Christopher Murrin (Killybegs) while there are first call-ups for Glenswilly captain Gary McFadden and Kilcar's Conor McManus.
12. "Live updates from the All-Ireland finals at Croke Park". RTÉ Sport. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
13. "Sam's World Tour of Donegal — When Michael, Neil and Gary arrived in the Glen". 28 September 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
14. "Gary McFadden lifts Sam Maguire Trophy". Sports File. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
15. McNulty, Chris (10 March 2013). "Report: Murphy shoots Donegal to comfortable win". Donegal News . Ballybofey . Retrieved 10 March 2013. Donegal used the chance to send in some players from the fringes. 'With next week's game in mind', McGuinness confirmed, Kavanagh and Gallagher were withdrawn while Gary McFadden was given game time and Killybegs man Matthew Smyth was given a first senior appearance.
16. "Donegal stunned by shock departure of Mark McHugh". BBC Sport. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
17. "Gallagher delighted with early statement as McBrearty steps up". Irish Independent . 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
18. O'Riordan, Ian (15 March 2015). "Kerry hold nerve and Donegal in Tralee spring classic". The Irish Times . Retrieved 15 March 2015. Subs: …G McFadden for Toye… (70 mins).