Ronan Devlin

The visit to face the city side is the only thing on manager Ronan Devlin's mind right now

THE Antrim Senior Football Championship kicks off the weekend with six games spread across Friday and Saturday.

Ulster Club SFC semi-final: Glen (Derry) 1-10 Cargin (Antrim) 0-8 CARGIN boss Ronan Devlin felt his side proved a few points despite eventually losing by five to hot favourites Glen in this Ulster Club SFC semi-final.

RONAN Devlin turns forty in January.

RONAN Devlin turns forty in January. His small, tightly-cut figure has dandered up from school and stands in the window of The Olive Tree. It’s ten-thirty on the button.

CARGIN boss Ronan Devlin urged his players at the beginning of the season to think bigger than simply targeting one game in Ulster.

Northern Switchgear Antrim Senior Football Championship final: Erin’s Own, Cargin 1-18 St Mary’s Aghagallon 3-9 (after extra-time) IN the fading light and lashing rain at Corrigan Park, Cargin celebrated this county championship victory like it was their first rather than their fourth in five years.

WEARING number 17 on his back, Kieran Close was a surprise starter in Cargin’s semi-final encounter with arch rivals Creggan Kickhams at Dunsilly last month.

Antrim SFC semi-final: Cargin 0-13 Creggan 0-12 (AET) HIS ankle blackened, the ligaments in it hanging together from two weeks ago, no business being on a football field, Tomás McCann ignores the stabbing pain caused by shifting his bodyweight.

RONAN Devlin confesses that he started out as Cargin’s reluctant manager – but feels he has acclimatised to his new role and hopes to guide the Erin’s Own men to the championship semi-finals tomorrow night.