Paul O’Neill

Lee Valley Lions Player Profile

Paul O’Neill – Forward

Full Name: Paul O’Neill

Date of Birth: 14/07/77

Place of Birth: Belfast

Height: 5’8″

Weight: 154lb or 71kg or 10st 10lb

Colour of Eyes: Green/brown

Shoe Size: 8

Nickname(s): Tigger

First Job: Salesman

Family/Marital Status: Married to Emilie, daughter Lola born December 2005

Current Home: Stepney Green

Pets: Dog called Nanook (Husky)

Favourite Food: Duck

Favourite chocolate/sweets: Kinder chocolates

Worst Food: Cheese

Favourite Drink: Juice

Hobbies: Reading, cinema and my wife

Favourite room in the house and why: Bathroom – I love lying reading in the bath or sitting in the shower

Favourite TV programmes: 24

TV switch-off: Big Brother

Favourite film: Shawshank Redemption/Usual Suspects

Favourite music/band: No idea

Last CD you bought: Best of REM

First record/CD you ever bought: Bon Jovi

Most admired female: My wife (Angelina Jolie)

Best thing that’s ever happened to you: Finding someone to marry me

Former clubs: Lee Valley, Richmond and Haringey

Favourite hockey player: Paul Coffee

Favourite rink: Lee Valley

Worst rink: Whitley Bay

Best ever game: Scoring the league-winning goal for Haringey

Worst ever game: Never had one

Worst injury: Three broken ribs and bruised kidneys

Favourite shirt number: 21

Best thing about hockey: The people you meet

Worst thing about hockey: The people you meet

Which other sportsman would you most like to be? Kite surfer

If someone gave you £100,000 tomorrow what would you do with it? Buy a house in Canada

If you were on Mastermind what would your specialist subject be? Bullsh*t