Following in the footsteps (neither mountain-climbing nor balletic) of Ger Canning, we'd like to thank Marty Morrissey for con"rming the fact and "ction regarding his Wikipedia page.

However, as Marty never did it for us, we better put a bit of a dinnertime warning on this one.

While I always love doing some charity work I can now of"cially con"rm I never auctioned off my underpants for a club draw in Clare or anywhere else. There were no takers because it never happened, but if I did auction off my dearest and sweetest to me then I would hope the women in the audience would lose it completely, scream with uncontrollable passion, witness tears roll down their faces and jump onto the stage like what they do at the Joe Dolan concerts and above all else chase me around the place.

But of course that would have been in my dreams. You could perhaps compare it to the old Carlsberg ad . . .

"If Marty ever did auction off his underpants then, probably, it would be the best underpants auction in the world!"

Thanks for the reply, but we aint so sure.

PLUS CA CHANGE, PLUS CA CHANGE

You might have read that book Last Man Standing by Christy O'Connor; if you haven't, you should. It's a look at the 2004 hurling championship through the eyes of its goalkeepers. And it's remarkable. Most of those goalkeepers were permanent fixtures back then, and a lot of them, permanent fixtures even up to last year. Not now.

Timmy Houlihan is in Australia. Stephen Brenner is retired. Davy Fitzgerald was retired. Liam O'Donoghue has been cut, Brendan Cummins has been dropped and Donal Og Cusack has been suspended. In Leinster, James McGarry has been demoted, Brian Mullins temporarily was too, while up north DD Quinn is out of favour, while Graham Clarke is confined to the Christy Ring Cup and not the championship proper. The only one who'll play the whole year through as number one, the last man standing? Damien Fitzhenry.

Just when you think some things never change, how quickly they change.

BACKING BRENNAN ABOUT FACE

You may feel Nickey Brennan overreached himself in calling a special meeting of Central Council to give certain counties and of"cials a piece of his mind yesterday. You may not. But you might just sympathise with him after the manner in which his call at last month's hurling championship launch for players to remove their helmets for the prematch parade has been ignored.

The GPA consistently complain GAA players don't get enough recognition, yet when a simple move that would lead to hurlers being more widely recognised is ignored their silence is deafening.

HISTORY OF GAA COULD BE YOUR STORY

A documentary series on the GAA's history, produced by Nemeton, to air in 10 half-hour instalments is on the cards. At the moment the producers are looking for old match footage and photos. Get rooting, people.

Compiled by Ewan MacKenna, Enda McEvoy and Kieran Shannon sport@tribune. ie