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Armagh clubs to meet on Monday to decide Kieran McGeeney future

Kieran McGeeney is seeking a 10th season as manager of his native Armagh
Kieran McGeeney is seeking a 10th season as manager of his native Armagh

ARMAGH clubs will meet at the Athletic Grounds next Monday night to vote on whether to extend Kieran McGeeney's tenure for another season. 

McGeeney is seeking a 10th season at the Orchard County helm and will hope for a convincing mandate from the clubs as he seeks to improve on a 2023 campaign in which his side was relegated from Division One but came agonisingly close to winning the Ulster Championship and reaching the All-Ireland semi-finals.

Aaron McKay and Aidan Forker are among the players who have voiced their support for the 2002 All-Ireland skipper. 

McGeeney, already Ireland's longest-serving manager after Colm Collins stepped down in Clare, has expressed his willingness to continue in the role he took over from Paul Grimley after serving as his assistant for a season.

The Mullaghbawn native came out on the wrong side when the Kildare clubs met to decide his future back in 2013. In a ballot of delegates, he lost out by 29 votes to 28. The vote had proposed that he remain in the job for one more season.