On his trip to Derry, Eoin spent an hour in the company of political activist, politician & passionate Derry City fan Eamonn McCann, talking his love of the Bogside club, the importance of sport as an escape during the violence of The Troubles, and his encounters with legendary sportswriter Jimmy Breslin.

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