John McCutcheon Named In Cavan Championship Panel

15^th May 2011

Cootehill Celtic Senior Captain along with ten of U21 Panel in Breffni Squad

Cootehill's John McCutcheon has been named in Cavan joint-managers Terry Hyland and Val Andrews Senior Championship Squad. McCutcheon's name would have been one of the first to go down on the list after a very solid National Football League Campaign and good form in recent challenge games.

This season so far he has played most of his football at centre-back or in the middle of the field.

10 of the U21 side that recently contested the All-Ireland final in their senior championship squad have also been include in the panel.

Gearoid McKiernan, Alan O'Mara, Niall Murray, Michael Brady, Niall McDermott, Fergal Flanagan, Oisin Moynagh, Damien Barkey, Barry Reilly and Niall McKiernan have been named in a new-look squad which contains only 13 survivors from last year's championship panel.

"We want to try and keep developing them," Hyland said of the U21s in the squad.

"I have said on many occasions that they will not learn anything at home. While they might not feature that much when it comes to championship time, at least they are still in the learning process. They are getting grounded in training and other different things."

Cavan will play the winners of Donegal and Antrim in the Quarter Finals of the Ulster Championship on Sunday 12^th June.

The squad in full is: James Reilly, Alan O'Mara, Damien Reilly, Dane O'Dowd, Dermot Sheridan, Mark McKeever, Martin Cahill, Stephen Jordan, Thomas Corr, John McCutcheon, Patrick Carroll, James McEnroe, Brendan Fitzpatrick, Cian Mackey, Keith Fannin, Michael Brennan, Ray Cullivan, Ronan Flanagan, Gareth Smith, Seanie Johnston, Eugene Keating, David Givney, Michael Lyng, Niall Murray, Gearoid McKiernan, Michael Brady, Niall McDermott, Fergal Flanagan, Oisin Moynagh, Damien Barkey, Barry Reilly and Niall McKiernan.