LAST September, Steven McDonnell made it known he was considering his future with Armagh. He was going to draw a curtain on a storied career if the management set-up he backed was not appointed.

FORMER manager Paul Caffrey has identified Eamon Fennell as the ‘heir apparent’ to Dublin’s famous number nine jersey vacated by Ciarán Whelan.

THERE’S life in the old dogs yet. Another All-Ireland quarter-final weekend rolls along with Armagh in the mix and the obits of early 2008 seem a tad premature these days, what with Peter McDonnell’s side still doing what needs to be done and Stevie McDonnell still the bane of corner-backs pretty much everywhere.

Captain John Terry insists Avram Grant has done enough to hold on to his job after guiding Chelsea to the first Champions League final in their history.