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Tommy Martin: Donegal have more shambolic controversies this season than National League wins

That Carr is gone before a championship ball has been kicked would reflect badly on those who appointed him, were they not already dealing with the fallout from the departure of Karl Lacey.

CARR GONE: Donegal manager Paddy Carr during the Allianz Football League Division 1 match between Donegal and Mayo at MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey, Donegal. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Thu, 23 Mar, 2023 - 07:00

Tommy Martin

Tommy Martin is a broadcaster and presenter who writes on a broad range of Irish and international sport’s topics.

It was the former Sunderland striker Len Shackleton who famously left a blank page in his autobiography under the chapter heading: “What the average director knows about football”?

Change that from ‘director’ to ‘county board’ and most GAA fans would think the chapter was too wordy.

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