McGinley has also been involved in the sport of association football and currently plays in the League of Ireland Premier Division with Finn Harps.
He also spent time with League of Ireland side Finn Harps in 2014, while Horgan was manager, but injury prevented him from playing for them.
[3] He was among thirteen new members of the panel announced in late 2014 for Gallagher's first time in charge; others included Ciaran McGinley and Eoin McHugh.
[23] McGinley started in goal for Donegal in the 2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final victory over Antrim[24] and the semi-final loss to Tyrone,[25] as well as the All-Ireland qualifier victories over Longford[26] and Meath[27] before conceding a penalty and receiving a black card in the loss to Galway at Markievicz Park.
[28] Under new manager Declan Bonner, McGinley started in goal during Donegal's opening fixture of the 2018 National Football League campaign against Kerry, only to be injured in the seventeenth minute; Peter Boyle was sent onto the field of play in his place.
[35] Meanwhile, Harps goalkeeper Ciaran Gallagher sustained a long-term injury while playing against Dundalk, which — McGinley later confirmed — had led to Horgan contacting him.
[3] Playing for them by May, against Derry City, McGinley made some critical saves in the first half to keep Finn Harps in the game; however, they lost what was a cup tie after extra-time.
[40] It was Shamrock Rovers knocked the club out of the FAI Cup, McGinley later saying: "We deservingly found ourselves two up… I've been playing football a long time, since I was six years old.
[39] McGinley helped Harps pick up seven points from a possible nine in October 2020, meaning the club steered clear of the relegation play-offs and finished in their best highest top flight for two decades, McGinley finishing runner-up in the SSE Airtricity League Player of the Month vote and receiving Sports Personality of the Month from the Donegal News.