Liam Beckett is deservedly enjoying a media career as local football’s funny man. He’s entertained us with his wit and repartee for a good few years now and delivered a wonderfully witty eulogy, in the way only he can, at Harry Gregg’s funeral back in January.
There was no better man.
But he’s got it wrong with his comments in Gareth Fullerton’s piece on Belfast Live on Wednesday evening’s scheduled Co Antrim Shield final.
Beckett’s comments belong in the past and his analogy comparing Irish League footballers to someone working on a building site eight hours a day, five days a week, simply don’t jive.