'Good friend' and die-hard Antrim fan intervened to keep Davy Fitz in inter-county management

Antrim have embraced Davy Fitzgerald and his family. 

Davy Fitzgerald pictured as Londis launch their sixth year as lead sponsor of Ireland’s Fittest Family. Picture: Naoise Culhane

Davy Fitzgerald opens his phone and presses play on a video that was sent to him.

The recording is from this past weekend when Antrim combined a challenge game against Limerick in UL on Friday with training and team bonding the following day. In it, the panel dedicate their singsong version of Vance Joy’s “Riptide” to their new manager’s two-year-old son Daithí Óg.