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‘Football goes out the window…we let them go back to their families’ – Ollie Horgan

written by Chris McNulty March 31, 2020
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FINN Harps’ players from outside Donegal who had been living in the county have all returned home during the Covid-19 shutdown.

The League of Ireland came to a halt a few weeks ago and it will be June 19, at the earliest, before the 2020 season will resume.

Already, the FAI has cut a round off the fixtures, reducing the season from 36 games to 27.

Harps players Kosovar Sadiki, Alexander Kogler, Mark Russell, Karl O’Sullivan, Leo Donnellan and Cameron Saul have all gone home.

Strength and conditioning coach Pierce Lafferty and dietician Nina Singaroyan continue to work remotely with the players.

“They have given them individual programmes and we sent the lads home who weren’t local,” Horgan told Donegal Daily/Donegal Sport Hub. 

“We let the six lads go home. We let them go back to their families and let them be with them during this time.

“Football goes out the window at times like this. The importance of it fades into the distance at times like this.”

On the possible June resumption, Horgan said: “Please God it’ll happen. That’s a long way off and it’s totally out of everyone’s control.

“All we can do is plan around the date and hope, for everyone’s sake, that we get up and running.”

You can listen to Ollie Horgan’s interview with Charlie Collins in full on Wednesday morning 

‘Football goes out the window…we let them go back to their families’ – Ollie Horgan was last modified: March 31st, 2020 by Chris McNulty
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2020 League of Ireland Premier DivisionAlexander KoglerCameron Saulfinn harpsKarl O'SullivanKosovar SadikiLeo DonnellanMark RussellOllie Horgan
Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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