Mixed emotions for Davy Fitzgerald as Wexford down Clare

WEXFORD 0-20 - CLARE 1-13: Davy Fitzgerald’s half-smile said it all.

The Wexford manager is no stranger to doing an inside job on Clare. He’d already managed it in the past whilst the gaffer in Waterford but he wore the expression here of a man for whom the experience will always generate inner conflict.

“I found it hard. I am a Clare man and all I ever wanted to do was play for Clare and manage Clare. It’s difficult but I think the lads knew that. All week we did not dwell on the Clare thing. I actually tried to go away from it. I tried to concentrate on Wexford.”