Craig Cathcart was a Northern Irish titan who didn’t always get the recognition he deserved

Craig Cathcart has called time on an excellent career

Steven Beacom

It was a chance meeting. Walking away from Windsor Park in the dead of the night long after the final whistle had blown on another Northern Ireland fixture, I bumped into Craig Cathcart and members of his family who were strolling in the same direction.

With the floodlights glistening in the background, we talked about the game.