Greg told Sahira that the Irish lad had beaten him up as a boy and he`d spent two weeks in hospital. It was the other way around and Greg had beaten the Irish lad up. The lads notes said he had spent most of his life in and out of hospital ( probably due to the beating he got.) Due to this Greg was full of guilt. At the end when it said Football coach dies at age 64, I took it to mean that this was the reason for the fight. One picked for the team , the other not.