Cake: the utterly distinctive memoirs of Shane CurranIn an age when sportsmen have perfected the art of saying nothing and suppressing any trace of personality, Shane "Cake Curran is a beacon of light: passionate, outspoken, utterly himself. As a rare two-code goalkeeperโfor Roscommon in Gaelic football and for Athlone Town in soccerโhe made his own rules, soloing mesmerizingly out of goal, inventing a new ...Full description
Cake: the utterly distinctive memoirs of Shane CurranIn an age when sportsmen have perfected the art of saying nothing and suppressing any trace of personality, Shane "Cake Curran is a beacon of light: passionate, outspoken, utterly himself. As a rare two-code goalkeeperโfor Roscommon in Gaelic football and for Athlone Town in soccerโhe made his own rules, soloing mesmerizingly out of goal, inventing a new style of kicking tee, and famously poaching a penalty kick a teammate had lined up in the 1989 Connacht minor final. Brave, honest, and hilarious, Cake tells the story of an Irish sportsman who has lived the dream in his own utterly distinctive way.