McGuinness’ men daring to dream

SPORTING a plaster across the bridge of his nose in Saturday’s post-match press conference, it appeared Jim McGuinness was also wearing the wounds of battle.

In fact, a TV camera man had got too close to the Donegal manager at the final, final whistle. The appendage might have been mistaken for a nose band, that fad made popular by Premier League footballers in the early ‘90s with the claim it expanded the airways.

The thing is McGuinness could breathe easy wearing it. After 100 minutes of action in front of a 39,612 crowd, he sat with a smile that couldn’t be wiped.