Kernan’s ‘fresh’ formula pays off

JOE KERNAN thanks his lucky stars that he wasn’t tempted to take up an invitation to manage a team other than his native Armagh. And, he had offers.

It's not so much the fact that his team is the first from the Orchard county to contest an All-Ireland football final since 1977, when he was one of their few stars in the defeat by Dublin.

He says he "would have gone to his grave" regretting not taking up the challenge.