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Jim McGuinness and the Ulster final: the Clones ritual, his phenomenal record and a continuing obsession of capturing the Anglo-Celt Cup
A squeezed calendar and bigger picture hasn’t diluted the Donegal manager’s cherishing of a day at St Tiernach’s Park
Jim McGuinness talking to his players on the St Tiernach’s Park pitch in Clones before Donegal’s Ulster SFC semi-final win over Down. Photo: Ben McShane/Sportsfile
More often than not members of the media will be last to leave a deserted GAA ground late on a Sunday evening. And at the mercy of caretakers jangling sets of keys.
Most are accommodating and patient. A few can be hungry and grumpy, indifferent to the pressing time needs of those still occupying areas at the back of the stand and consumed with thoughts and quotes and statistics.
