John Sullivan

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Off the Ball.

All right, delighted to be joined by Athlontown captain, Hannah Wesh, as we have found it is the correct pronunciation.

So John Sullivan's here as well.

The double champions from last year.

So nice, Hannah, you won a double, you decided to stay in Ireland for another year.

You came here, I believe, did you kind of tout yourself out to clubs before you came to Athlone?

And were Athlone the best club that came back to you, the only club that came back to you?

How did that work out?

How have you found the adjustment from Texas to the Irish Midlands then?

I think the good news is you've got a new housemate, Dana Sheriff, who's back at the club.

Great player to have back.

John, can I ask you just about how the post-season has been?

Because obviously Kelly leaving was going to be a blow with the incredible season that she had last year.

But to be able to replace her now with Noelle Murray, who scored so many goals in this league over the last decade, that's not a bad swap up front for you this season.

Were you hopeful of keeping her because after the Cup final she said if we keep most of the group together I'll consider staying but the word I'd heard on the ground was that the national team were very much saying we want you to go to the UK and go full-time pro so it was probably going to be tricky to keep her at that point.

Does the help when Dana's coming back in, she knows the club already, you would hope that she's going to hit the ground running here?

I guess when Noelle became available, that would have become a decision to go straight after her, given everything she's done.

I appreciate she's now in her mid-thirties, but a couple of years ago she scored in a cup final against your now team, and has scored a ridiculous amount of goals in the last ten years in this league, and I presume very hungry after she's left Shelburne as well.

Al, if I ask you about just the town and the way the town has taken to this team, you were Grand Marshals in the parade last year, I go on to win the double, the town has come out to celebrate you, you carried the cup over the shan and all the kind of traditional things and you've been getting great attendance as coming as you've been successful with the 18 months or so you've been here as well.