New Antrim football manager Mark Doran is setting his sights on promotion from Division 4 of the Allianz League.

And he believes a good start against Carlow on January 24 is imperative.

"Our most important game is Carlow in the first game of the league, because if we don't get a good start in that, we're under massive pressure," the Longstone native told BBC NI at last weekend’s Antrim GAA Club All-Stars.

"It is a dogfight, but I know from my time in Clare for two years with Colm Collins, Clare came from the fourth division and ended up in the second division and stayed there. With 10 senior clubs, they maxed out; every player committed to each other.

"That is the challenge for us as a management team: getting a squad that will commit to this thing for three or four years and then once you do that, we'll see where it takes us."

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