"If it was a Gaelic match it would be no contest!"
January 23, 2015
Brendan Rodgers and Neil Lennon.
Neil Lennon has joked how his Bolton Wanderers team would beat Brendan Rodgers' Liverpool in the FA Cup tomorrow if it was a Gaelic football match!
The fourth round tie at Anfield is being billed as Antrim v Armagh in some quarters as it pits Carnlough man Rodgers against Lurgan's Lennon. Both managers played GAA - Lennon represented Armagh in minor football - before embarking on their soccer careers.
"If it was a Gaelic match, it would be no contest!" Lennon is quoted in the Irish Daily Star.
"It will be my first time coming up against Brendan. We did have a pre-season game in Dublin a couple of years ago, but that doesn't count."
The former Celtic boss added: "As long as we can hold our own, that's important. It will be nice for people back home and I hope they can take a bit of pride in what we're both doing. Football is huge there."
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