FORMER ALL-IRELAND champions, Maghera’s Glen, Watty Grahams, have replaced the departed Malachy O’Rourke as manager.
In his place comes Rory Kavanagh, the former Donegal midfielder and St Eunan’s manager.
Kavanagh had a few seasons in charge of his own St Eunan’s, Letterkenny and won the Donegal championship in 2021, beating Glenties in the final.
Prior to Paddy Carr’s appointment for the 2023 season, it was felt that the job was going to be given to Kavanagh, but the arrangement fell through. He has taken various Donegal underage teams in the past and won a Buncrana Cup.
Kavanagh will be assisted by his St Eunan’s clubmate, David O’Herlihy, with other figures added to the management in the coming weeks.
Eric Cantona has to be on that list surely?!
Everyone of them had a good reason to retire. Mortimers one was his ego
Former Ipswich Town goalkeeper Shane Supple retired at the age of 22. He said at the time he had fallen out of love with the game.
Conor Mortimer’s retirement shocking? Nothing shocking about what a guy with such a big ego could do. He had often thrown his toys out of his pram before that. James Horan was delighted to see him go and played a part in it and Mayo have been better off since. I don’t think there was any phone call to him to try persuade him to change his mind. Mortimer was not that liked by his fellow county players and didn’t get on great with his fellow students in DCU. Most thought he was a sh1te
Conor Mortimer between Magic Johnson and Jordan !!
Muamba was hardly going to keep playing
To those who plead “Oh but what about this guy and that guy, Cantona and Bjorg?!”
The headline says 6 shocking retirements, not ALL shocking retirements so chill out.
Cantona was
What about Bjorn Borg.
Get Conor Mortimer out of this list.
Magic Johnson retired in November 1991 but was in the USA “Dream Team” for the 92 Olympics so it wasn’t much of a retirement
Martina Hingis retired at 23 to pursue a “media” career, only to be banned for cocaine abuse a few years later after a return to the sport.
Alan Hansen could have played on