Mulligan: Leitrim needed win more than New York
May 08, 2018
New York's Jamie Clarke with Emlyn Mulligan and Darragh Rooney of Leitrim during the Connacht SFC game at Gaelic Park
Emlyn Mulligan says victory in The Bronx on Sunday was more important to Leitrim than it would have been to New York.
In a pulsating Connacht SFC quartr-final at Gaelic Park, the Exiles came agonisingly close to toppling Brendan Guckian's youthful side, only for Leitrim to prevail by the narrowest of margins after extra time.
"It's hard on them but it's important for us and we needed that more than they did," Mulligan, who contributed three points for the winners, told The Irish Sun. "People were saying all week, 'It'll be great for New York', but I don't see that to be honest.
"We have green and gold blood running through us, every one of us, and no disrespect to New York but some of those lads are over for the summer on holiday visas. They don't have the same passion.
"Our young lads, 19- and 20-year-olds, needed that and the whole county needed it because it would have been a big setback for us had we lost."
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