Former Derry captain Enda Lynn had enjoyed an incredible career with his county and club Greenlough, before making the move to London and playing his football there.
At 37 years old, he returned home and decided to join Antrim's Portglenone, a decision which turned out to cause ripples in the Antrim senior championship.
For the last five years in a row, Portglenone have lost in the semi-final stages, and started to feel like they were cursed to never make it to the big day.
However, completely free from this baggage, Lynn has helped his new club finally get over the line with an impressive victory over Lamh Dhearg last weekend.
In fact, they didn't just 'get over the line', they completely leaped over it with relative ease and class, and are now preparing for their first Antrim senior final since 2005.
They have the unfavourable task of playing Cargin, who have been dominating the scene in Antrim, winning seven of the last nine championships, but with a monkey off their back, and a certain Derry man in their team, anything seems possible.
Speaking to The Irish News after his team's 11-point win in the semi-finals, Lynn was just delighted to help his teammates break that hoodoo.
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“I’ll do whatever I can offer; whether it’s a couple of points, a few runs or just organising things I’m happy to do my bit for the team and try and get us over the line,” he said.
“We know we have a big mountain to climb now in the final but all we can do is get ourselves right over the next couple of weeks and hopefully we’ll come out on the right side.
“The last number of years I’ve gained a lot of experience and the way I look at it is that if I can still run and move about I can offer something, whether it’s for 10-15 minutes or whatever. I’m happy enough as long as I get playing.
“Staying injury-free is the most important thing when you get to my age. It’s all about keeping yourself fresh and injury-free. Games are more important than training for me now.”
Of course now that Portglenone are in the final, they will want to win it, and not just be content with making the final two.
However, with a monkey off their back and a certain Derry man playing for them now, then they will feel like anything is possible.
