Musician played at stadium years before with GAA team

WHEN Liam and Noel Gallagher step out onto the pitch at Croke Park, it won't be the first time the two brothers have played at the GAA stadium.

- BY SANDRA MALLON Showbiz Editor

Both Liam and Noel Gallagher played GAA when they were younger, growing up in Manchester.

Twitter account RarelrishStuff posted a photo of Noel during his GAA days.

Noel and Liam played underage football for Oisin's in Manchester and, in 1983, a 16-year-old Noel travelled to Croke Park for an exhibition game against Kilmacud Crokes.

Noel previously spoke about playing Gaelic football as a teenager.

He said: "There's a picture of me somewhere scoring a point [in Croke Park]. I haven't seen the picture for years.

"I was in a Gaelic football team in Manchester, and we were a great team too.

"All the Irish social clubs that were attached to the churches all had Gaelic football teams."

It is believed he scored the point against Kilmacud sometime in 1983 though he cannot recall which end it was scored into.