I didn’t plan to take winning free: Canavan

PETER CANAVAN confirmed yesterday that he had not originally intended to take the free-kick which gave Tyrone their victory over Armagh in such dramatic fashion in Sunday’s All-Ireland football semi-final.

He expressed confidence that his former pupil Owen Mulligan, better known among the squad as ‘Mugsy,’ would have put the ball over the bar just as he did if he had taken the kick.

“Just before that a few of the fellows said that I should take it.