Day 40 – Day Off

A well deserved day off after two fairly tough days of training. As the time ticks by, it is becoming more important for me to have plans in place for all situations that may occur. So I spent this morning researching travel and work visas. However, for 2 hours in which I thought I was collecting information about obtaining a visa for the UK while in the UK, it turned out that it was information about obtaining a visa to go to America from the UK. So back to square one really and more research to be done. It is a process either way, and having some knowledge on what steps it may require will be helpful when time comes that I apply for a visa.

My day was split up with a trip to town with Wardy to catch up with 3 of the other lads for a meal and a coffee/cup of tea. It was an enjoyable afternoon, and one would say we were fairly productive in our talks, sharing business ideas and interests, sharing stoIMG_4658ries of former friends or teammates who are successful, and just some general chat. For a professional athlete, creating a business is very viable, and I hope that one day I am able to do that. The ideas for those businesses start from a small talk like we had over a cup of coffee/tea and develop with investment of time and money. So it was a nice productive escape from the house out in Carrigans.

A casual evening in at the house, while we watched Dundalk play in the Champions League Qualifying game.

Just a reminder to all my followers that this is a blog with intentions of informing my friends and family all around the world of the journey that I am on. This is not a place where I intend to exploit any tactical or technical insight from Derry City FC. The blogs intent is to simply share my experience. I appreciate the regular viewers/readers and I hope you are enjoying learning about my experience.

Day 30 – Day Off

After a late night at the game, today was the teams day off, and that allowed me to sleep in. The day never really reach any great heights. We did however manage to watch the Manchester United pre season game against Wigan. It is exciting the the Premier League is nearly closer to beginning again, and I hope that I will be in the UK to experience it, and possibly even go see a game or two. It will also be interesting how the teams go this year, after Leicester City changed everything last year, will the regular 5 clubs rega18d46415-3106-4214-bc98-0e93c8edf503in control and dominance, or will the league continue to be ever changing in power?

I was able to get a brief FaceTime with mum and dad in, before I had a lazy night in, making my own dinner and just chilling out. I was however treated to a wonderful sunset!

Day 19 – Derry City FC

After yesterdays tough trainings, we were fortunate enough to get the day off. I had a nice and relaxing day where I was able to accomplish a few things, including finishing off my 2016 highlights from games for Connecticut United FC and one Quinnipiac Spring game. I will attach the link below.

In the evening Connor, Wardy, and Myself headed out to get some food and then went bowling. Safe to say it was personally my worst performance at bowling in a very long time. We spent some time playing pool and a few of the arcade games before we headed home for the night. Tomorrow is a big day for me as I will be playing in a friendly match for Derry City FC. This will be a great opportunity for me to show myself as a complete player, more than what I have shown on the training pitch.

https://youtu.be/gjXYB5LqGLo