by Damian Dolan

Whether it's Monaghan, London, Monaghan Harps or St Mary's, Fearghal McMahon's only knows one thing, and that's winning.

The corner forward, who transferred to London club St Brendan's last year, has caught the eye in his three appearances so far for Ciaran Deely's Exiles in the National League.

He racked up three points on his debut to help London to victory over Wicklow, and followed that with a 1-1, including a penalty, in the dramatic draw with Limerick.

Add in another two points against Antrim, and it's been a good start to life in a London shirt for McMahon, who won Ulster titles with Monaghan at Under 21 and Minor.

"My mentality has always been, you go out and win the game," McMahon told the Irish World.

"All you want to do is win games and if that winning mentality isn't there it's very hard to go into a set-up like that."

With one game remaining, the Exiles have five points, and victory over Waterford on Sunday at McGovern Park (1pm), after Leitrim handed the Exiles a walkover, would see them surpass their previous best return.

In 1993-94, in London's first-ever season in the National League, the Exiles finished with six points thanks to two wins and two draws, from eight matches.

Thanks to Leitrim, 2018 will already go down as the first time London have won two games in the league, in the same season, since 2011.

"To get that win so early in the year [against Wicklow] and then get a result against Limerick, five points is big with one game left," said McMahon, who missed London's narrow defeat to Laois due to helping St Mary's reach the Division 1 British University final in Birmingham.

"It's now a matter of pushing on. We've been working on trying to cut out the mistakes which are costing us victories. It's ironing out those mistakes in the last few minutes, and showing that bit more quality, that will get us over the line."

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