This article was originally published in 2021 to mark Conor Bradley's competitive debut for Northern Ireland.
Joe McAree remembers exactly where he was - and what he was doing - when he first heard Conor Bradley's name.
The man who has been at the forefront of youth football in County Tyrone for almost 50 years was packing up his car at Dungannon United Youth's home ground after the academy he founded had just won another Saturday morning match.
The setting was nothing extraordinary, but he was about to be alerted to an eight-year-old who last month made his competitive debut, aged 18, for both Northern Ireland and Liverpool, becoming the first NI man in 67 years to turn out for the Anfield club.