 In the drawn Ulster final against Down , Canavan was playing a week after the death of his father . He remarked in his autobiography that he feared Tyrone were going to lose by one of the biggest margins in Ulster Championship history , if they didn 't stem the flow of the Down attack . When Tyrone were awarded a penalty , Canavan stepped up , due to Stephen O 'Neill ( the first choice penalty @-@ taker ) being on the bench . He took the kick , and managed to find the net , later describing it as " the most important [ kick ] of my career , " citing the fact that if Tyrone had been heavily beaten , they probably wouldn 't have been able to pick themselves up to play in the ' back door ' qualifier series . 
