Love Is The Drog

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'Why not come to where I was actually born and experience what is here?'
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'Why not come to where I was actually born and experience what is here?'

In his first interview since signing for Drogheda United, Zishim Bawa talks about his Irish heritage, chasing his dreams as a teenager and life by the beach in county Louth

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Feb 03, 2024
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Zishim Bawa controls the ball in the pre-season friendly against Longford Town, his first appearance in a Drogheda shirt. PHOTO CREDIT: Larry McQuillan

Zishim Bawa likes to make things happen, a trait Drogheda United supporters will be hoping shows itself at Weavers Park and beyond in the coming League of Ireland Premier Division, now less than two weeks away.

The relative short hops that constitute Premier Division away days will hardly register for a 21-year-old who has already seen his fair share of the world. He’s lived in four countries across three continents, having most recently laid his hat by the seaside in Clogherhead; one of five new signings occupying the club’s new rental property in the coastal fishing village.

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