Breaking news: Shaun Paul Barrett has stepped down as Termon manager today.
Termon needed to win by 16 points to qualify for the quarter-finals. Despite being 14 points in front midway through the second half, Termon’s night – and their Championship hopes – capitulated in a stunning turnaround.
Termon won the game by the bare minimum, 3-8 to 3-7, but Four Masters went to the last eight and Termon are now facing a relegation play-off for their troubles.
After that game, Barrett said Termon had only themselves to blame for the result.
Termon suffered a heavy 3-16 to 0-9 loss to St Michael’s and were beaten 3-12 to 1-7 by Malin in their opening two SFC outings.
That came after they scraped through to defeat MacCumhaills in their final Division 2 game of the campaign – a win that, just, spared them the ordeal of relegation to Division 3.
Barrett is a former Donegal minor manager and won an Ulster MFC and League double in 2016. He had been interviewed for the Donegal senior and under-20 roles in 2017, with Declan Bonner and Gary McDaid appointed to those positions.
Barrett was subsequently appointed Termon boss.
