Claim that Carr had resigned was ‘mischievious’

ROSCOMMON chairman Stephen Banaghan last night branded as “mischievous” a report claiming that Tommy Carr had resigned as the county’s football manager, having allegedly been requested to do so by the senior panel.

RTE’s Aertel service broke the story yesterday afternoon, saying that the players had held a meeting on Sunday night in the wake of their All-Ireland qualifier defeat to Dublin at Croke Park.

An unnamed county board source was quoted saying that the senior squad was disgruntled with Carr’s treatment of certain players in the run-up to the game, in particular the demotion of star forward Frankie Dolan to the bench.