Conor Glass: ‘I knew Glen would get to an All-Ireland Final. That’s just the personality I have’

Conor Glass says he always certain that an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Final would one day arrive for him and his Glen team-mates.

He knows that kind of confidence wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of tea, or should we say coffee, as we’re talking about a man who opened up a new cafe in Maghera last year, after his five-year footballing stay in Melbourne developed a love affair with the cultured world of lattes, cappuccinos and expressos.

Perhaps his sojourn Down Under saw him develop a bit of single-minded Aussie brashness as well a passion for cafe culture.

“I knew we were going to get to that level at some stage,” the 2022 Football All-Star told BBC Sport Northern Ireland.

“I knew the personnel we had around me and what we had achieved through underage and schools football. I always knew in the back of my mind that we were up there with the best teams in Ireland – albeit we had to get through Derry and Ulster first.

“That’s just the sort of personality I have and I know what I want to achieve. Probably the older players and even past players at the club, if you had that sentence put to them, they would give a very different reaction to me.”