A popular GAA referee is set to appear on ITV game show The Chase.
Tyrone man Fabian McGlone, who is a teacher at St Patrick’s in Newtownstewart, made it through several rounds of screening and quiz questions from producers to take part on the show.
He's due to appear on the show, which airs on ITV, this evening at 5pm.
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Fabian told Belfast Live there's been plenty of banter locally about his upcoming appearance and was full of praise for show host Bradley Walsh.
He siad: “I’ve been getting plenty of stick already and I’m sure there will be plenty more messages to come. It took a few years actually, I had sent a form away about four years ago and I didn’t hear anything back for at least two or three years.
“I got a call one day out of the blue when the schools were closed during Covid, I don’t normally answer withheld numbers but I’m glad I did that day.
“I went through a few different rounds of questions and we went over to London for the filming last April. Bradley Walsh was brilliant, he put you completely at ease and tried to make everything so calm and fun for you."
While Fabian wasn’t able to disclose how much money he came home with or which of the Chasers he faced, he did get teased about it while refereeing a GAA game last weekend.
He said: “I was doing the line at a MacRory Cup match between Holy Trinity and the Academy on Saturday. There was a few ones there who I didn’t even know who were asking me if I had won hundreds of thousands.
“I said do you think I would be standing here on a Saturday morning listening to you lot if I had won hundreds of thousands of pounds? It was all good-natured though.
“The kids are buzzing here in school, they are getting the night off homework so they can sit down to watch it, hopefully, they will enjoy it anyway!”
You can watch Fabian on The Chase from 5pm on Monday, January 30 on ITV. It is currently not known when the episode will air on Virgin Media.
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