Former Ireland footballer Dominic Foley has found himself managing a club hurling team in Cork as he returned to his GAA roots. Foley played six times for Ireland when Mick McCarthy called him up at the turn of the millennium. He had a storied career that saw him play for Wolves, Watford, and Braga, amongst others. Now 49 and back home, Foley is in charge of Charleville's Senior Hurling team coming into the 2025 season and spoke about his enjoyment of the role. Speaking to Denis Hurley of the EchoLive.ie, he said of the role: "I actually fell into this job by default, At the end of last year, when everybody's looking for coaches and managers and clubs are starting back with their routines and their gym work and everything, I just kind of said, ‘Look, don't be in a panic to find somebody, I can look after them and do the fitness work with them.’ “I went in and started the fitness work with them and got things organised and then, all of a sudden, while you're there, you might as well stay! “I had helped out with the junior team a few years back and I know all the boys – as I keep saying to them, I was their biggest fan for the last ten years, going to all the game." Foley was a talented GAA player growing up, but was given the ultimatum of focusing on his soccer career in a decision that saw him carve out a 17-year career as a professional. Foley would spend eight years in England, signed to Wolves and Watford, but had a number of loan spells around the country as well as one spell in Greece. In 2003, after leaving Watford, he signed for Bohemians before a seven-year stint in Belgium, where he played for both Gent and Cercle Brugge. He would end his career with Limerick and has been back home in Ireland for over a decade.