'I love the bones of them': Tony McEntee steps down as Sligo manager
Tony McEntee stepped down as manager of the Sligo footballers following their defeat to Fermanagh in the Tailteann Cup quarter-finals on Saturday. The Armagh man had spent five seasons at the helm.
'My time as Sligo manager has come to an end," McEntee told reporters after the game.
'We have had five years now at this stage and my trainer Joe Keane has seven years in there so I think it is time for a bit of freshness in the camp. It has been a wonderful five years.'
McEntee said the "darkest days" were those around the death of Red Óg Murphy, "but every other day is a good day". He took charge of the county on 58 occasions, winning 34 games.
"There must be at least 75 - 80 players who have come through that changing room, that we've looked at and played at different stages throughout those five years," he said.
"I've grown with a lot of those players. There's a chap at home, he no longer plays football, but he used to say 'I love the bones of ya' and that's the case with these players - I love the bones of them."
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