Bellew a throw back to another era

Big Francie Bellew is back for Armagh this Sunday with his first start for the Orchard County since damaging his cruciate ligament last year.
Bellew has been one of Armagh's key defenders since Joe Kernan brought him into the Armagh team in their winning season of 2002 as a corner back.
Since then Francie has been an absolute rock at the heart of the defence.
He has been badly missed since his injury and new manager Peter McDonnell will be hoping he can get one more good year from the veteran defender.
The only player in recent seasons to clean Francie out was Kerry’s Ciaran Donaghy in 2006 when Francie slipped close to goal.
However, I think that contest changed when Francie got a fairly innocuous yellow card just before half time at a period when Donaghy looked totally frustrated by the Crossmaglen man’s tight marking.
Bellew is a no-nonsense defender, almost a throw back to another age.
You’ll not see him galloping forward knocking points over the opposition’s crossbar but he takes the marking job so seriously that I wonder does he follow his man into the opposition changing room at the interval.
Hope the big man can complete his comeback, he hasn’t many more seasons left in him at the top, hope he gets to enjoy it!