FERMANAGH forward Seán Quigley insists he's not bothered about missing out on the Championship's Golden Boot award in controversial circumstances.
Cillian O'Connor has been confirmed as the three in-a-row Championship top scorer, but only after his tally was upgraded by one to move him above Quigley. The pair initially appeared to share the spoils with tallies totalling 42 points, though a review of the Connacht final resulted in O'Connor's reported 1-6 haul that day being upgraded to 1-7.
It meant some confusion for bookmakers, though Allstar contender Quigley said he personally isn't overly bothered with being denied the award in such strange circumstances.
"It was never something that was going to define my season," said full-forward Quigley.
"I just look back on the positives that we had a good league, getting promotion and a decent Championship run to the All-Ireland quarter-final against Dublin.
"It would have been nice to win it, to be Championship top scorer, or even joint top scorer, but it's not the end of the world. It's certainly not something I had my heart set on. It's not really a big deal to me. I knew I was there or thereabouts in the running for a good while, but I honestly didn't know the exact situation until the last couple of days.
"To be fair to Cillian, I'm sure he got that extra point legitimately in the Connacht final, so fair play to him, he's a deserving winner. For me to be just up there in the same company as players like Cillian and Bernard Brogan, that's something I'm really proud of."
Quigley joked the controversial point which went against him may have been karma for the goal he scored against Dublin. Quigley memorably bundled Dubs 'keeper Stephen Cluxton over the goal line when he was holding the ball and the referee surprisingly awarded a goal to Fermanagh.
The Roslea Shamrocks club man said his feelings about potentially becoming just the fourth Fermanagh player to win an Allstar award are similar to the Golden Boot issue.
"The same thing really, I didn't have my sights set on one at the start of the year and to be mentioned in that company, alongside players like Aidan O'Shea, is a real privilege," said Quigley.
"If an Allstar comes, then great."
Fermanagh's quarter-final appearance was their first at that stage since 2004. Quigley is adamant they can kick on from their breakthrough campaign and push strongly for a first ever Ulster title success in 2016.
"We're a young team and we think we can push on and win an Ulster title in the next few years," said Quigley.
"It's not beyond us, we have the confidence and the belief that we can do it. Even this year, we're looking back with a bit of regret on the Monaghan game in the Ulster semi-final. We thought we left that one behind us a bit and they obviously went on to win it outright, so it's there for us, we genuinely believe that."
