"My reply was, 'I fancy you actually.' There was no look of surprise, no stand back, no blush. He asked for a lift home, which I gave, and as he got out of the car, he leaned across and kissed me on the side of my face and said, 'See you soon, I hope'."
"In one particular match, we both went after the ball, and he slipped, losing the ball. As I took up the tackle passing him, he said, just loud enough, 'Go for it.' The slip was deliberate, but well covered."
"Way back, I played soccer and Gaelic football and a friend at the time played Gaelic football for an opposing club. We met a few times on the pitch on opposite sides, both determined to do the best for our teams,"
A married man with two adult children had a secret 2.5-year affair with a rival Gaelic footballer beginning at age 22. Both men played Gaelic football and sometimes opposed one another on the pitch while remaining publicly distant. In one match the rival deliberately slipped as both chased the ball and quietly urged 'Go for it.' After the match the rival bought him a drink, the writer confessed 'I fancy you actually,' and the rival kissed him before saying 'See you soon, I hope.' Most encounters occurred in hotel rooms, and fictional training courses were sometimes used as a cover. Gaelic football is noted as similar to rugby.
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