Colm Collins and Cratloe - one of life's constants
Colm Collins has been Cratloe manager for as long as anyone can remember. His latest trick has to be among the sweetest
SERVANT: Clare manager Colm Collins before the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final match between Clare and Derry at Croke Park, Dublin. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
For a couple of years there Colm Collins was commonly known as The Longest-Serving Manager in County Football but what you may not be aware of is that he still has claim to be the longest-serving manager in the club game. Well before Clare, all during Clare and now after Clare, Cratloe has been a constant for him and he has been a constant with them: having a quiet word or a stern one with whoever has needed it, getting them to county finals.
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