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Martin McHugh's got a new football management job

The Donegal native will coach his two sons next year.

MARTIN MCHUGH IS back in charge of an outfit that he steered to glory 12 years ago.

McHugh will be at the helm of the IT Sligo Sigerson Cup side for the coming year.

The move sees the 1992 Donegal All-Ireland winner return to a position he held when leading the third-level outfit to triumph back in 2002.

McHugh’s sons Ryan and Mark will both be part of the IT Sligo squad for the coming year. Ryan was part of the Donegal team that lost last Sunday’s All-Ireland final after previously bagging a brace of goals in the semi-final win over Dublin.

2012 All-Ireland winner Mark opted out of the Donegal squad earlier this year and spent the summer traveling in America.

Martin is best known in management circles for guiding Cavan to the 1997 Ulster senior football crown. In recent years he has been a noted football pundit, writing a column for The Star newspaper along with working for BBC Northern Ireland and RTÉ.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 4:35 PM

    Two minutes left, and to calmly and cooly make your way down from your own goal line to theirs with the clock eating away is unreal. Like in rugby, if you win a scrum on your 5m line and slowly and calmly over phase and phase use your forwards to bully forward bit by bit over a 100 metres with 2 minutes left. It’s spectacular.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 7:10 PM

    Tom Brady leading the Patriots down the field with no time outs in 1 min 40 sec to let Vinateiri win super bowl in 2001

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    Feb 4th 2016, 6:23 PM

    Really??last years Interception by Malcolm butler in the last minute on his own 1 to win it for the pats !!!! Not even in top 5!!!!! Joke

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:30 PM

    Martin, I personally thought that was more a catastrophic call by Carroll rather that a great play – when you look back on it, it was a dreadful decision, one of the worst in SB history considering Seattle had Beast-mode waiting in the back-field.

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    Feb 5th 2016, 12:01 PM

    It may have been a poor call by Wilson but it is the play than makes it!!!beast mode or not on your own 1 yard line and you do that , take that hit on the way out!! Once in a lifetime play

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    Feb 4th 2016, 8:37 PM

    Joe cool the best QB of all times….and I’m a Giants fan

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    Feb 4th 2016, 4:40 PM

    John Elway’s helicopter landing at the age of 37 in super bowl 32 has to be considered.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 8:55 PM

    Easily the greatest play.

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