McGeeney v McGuinness: Boys remain boys

They are the Colin Firth and Hugh Grant characters in the Bridget Jones movies, compelled upon sight of each other to spar, at least in the figurative sense, for the same subject of affection.

SPARRING PARTNERS: Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney, right, shakes hands with Donegal manager Jim McGuinness. Pic: Brendan Moran, Sportsfile

Boys will be boys. Just as they did in their 20s, 30s and 40s, 52-year-old Kieran McGeeney and 51-year-old Jim McGuinness were clashing again last month.

As it was between them in the early 2010s, it’s just verbals these days and those in the vicinity of the sideline in Box-It Athletic Grounds knew all about it.