“We (Donegal) went down to Kerry the year we won the All-Ireland, we probably got beat by double scores as well, we got humiliated. The same thing happened to Tyrone, probably even worse for Tyrone. “That's probably the day that won the All-Ireland,” said McGuinness. “A lot of things did go right for us today,” the 2003 Tyrone captain said during the Sky coverage of the final. “Tyrone came into that game under serious pressure, questioned over a lot of things, not just football.

Source: Irish Examiner September 11, 2021 19:30 UTC