Dogged Donegal get rub of the green

FOR eight years, Armagh have been the glass in Donegal’s championship ceiling, but Brian McIver’s side shattered that losing streak against the Ulster champions at MacCumhaill Park yesterday.

Five times in the last five summers, Armagh have bettered their hosts so any old win would have done Donegal yesterday.

That they did it with the help of a fortuitous injury-time goal made it all the sweeter.

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