LEAVING the pitch at Pearse Stadium, Brendan Rogers looked agitated and dismayed. He had just been shown a black card. When he and his teammate Mark Lynch, captain of Derry, questioned the decision they were met with an abrupt retort. “I don’t have to explain myself to you,” said the referee. An hour later, Derry had been knocked out of the All-Ireland 2015 qualifiers by Galway and were on the long road home. Free article