Rory Lynch will never forget the first time he saw Liverpool FC’s new star Conor Bradley play.
The 20-year-old is the first Northern Ireland-born player in 70 years to make an assist for Liverpool in England’s top flight and boss Jurgen Klopp called him a”such a good footballer”.
But his talents were noticed more than a decade ago, back home in Aghyaran.
His football brain set him out – he was doing things no one else could,” his first coach told BBC News NI.
And he knew the importance of hard work,” added Mr Lynch, from St
The 20-year-old starred again in Wednesday night’s Carabao Cup semi final second leg match against FulhamPremier League journey
On Sunday, the full back set up Liverpool’s third goal in a 4-0 win over Bournemouth.
The Irish Football Association said that makes him the first male player from Northern Ireland to provide an assist for the club since Sammy Smyth back in 1954.
Bradley’s journey to the Premier League started a world away from the bright lights of English football’s top flight, in Aghyaran – a hamlet in west County Tyrone.It is about six miles from the town of Castlederg and 30 miles from Northern Ireland’s second city, Londonderry.
