Bray’s Chris Lyons looks back on a superb football career

“I put my life to this. I was the most dedicated man in the world. I missed out on so much from playing but I loved it”

Chris Lyons poses for a portrait during a Bray Wanderers squad portrait session at Carlisle Grounds in Bray.

Daniel Gorman
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Do you want to good news or the bad news first? That wasn’t a luxury afford to Chris Lyons recently.

The good – nay, wonderful – news first. On April 2, his partner Amy gave birth to a healthy and beautiful baby girl named Hanna. No amount of last-minute winners could ever hold a candle to that feeling of holding his daughter for the first time.