09 February
Hi all,
Listeners to the Gerry Ryan radio show will already know that this morning Mick Boyce faced his Operation Transformation challenge. Mick was told that he was going to play a 5 a side football match against a mystery team. Helping Mick in his effort to secure victory were Boycey's Boys; Mick's friends Anto, Steadser, Macker and Niall. But the challenge was tough, and the competition stiff, as the mystery team was none other than Houghton's Heroes who are RTE Sport boys Peter Collins, Tony O'Donoghue, Darragh Maloney, Damien O'Meara and John Kenny, captained by Liverpool legend and former Republic of Ireland star Ray Houghton.
It was a tightly contested match but Boycey's Boys lost out in the last few minutes of the match with the final score of 5-3 not truly reflecting the closeness of the contest.
Below are some behind the scene pics from the match, and make sure to tune into RTE 1 this Thursday, 12th February at 8.30pm, to see all the highlights from the game.
All the best,
The OT Team
Houghton's Heroes & Boycey's Boys with commentator Gabriel Egan and Evelyn O'Rourke
