IT’S All-Ireland semi-final time. On side side of the draw, we have a clash of the two most successful counties with 67 All Ireland titles between them, Kerry and Dublin. Dublin won the most recent clash, an All Ireland final back in 2019 on a score line of 1-18 to 0-15, but something tells me […]
Feature: Kings of the clubs
June 12, 2022
NIALL Gartland looked at the leading county champions across Ulster. Antrim St John’s (24 titles) ST Gall’s looked like they could overtake St John’s at the top of the leaderboard when they went on 12 titles in 13 years between 2001 and 2014, but for now, St John’s have five titles to spare at the […]
Bunting enjoying step up into management
June 11, 2022
By Shaun Casey LAMH Dhearg have secured their first target of the season, which was getting into the top half of the league before the split. Declan Bunting, enjoying his first season as manager, has been pleased with his side’s efforts so far this year. “We only lost two out of the 12 games. We’ve a […]
Sligo a stiff test for starters-O’Neill
June 4, 2022
THE last time Tyrone Ladies met Sligo Chloe McCaffrey broke Yeats hearts with a last minute winning goal at Ballyshannon in the 2018 All-Ireland semi-final on their way to eventually clinching the title. Much has changed in terms of personnel in both camps in the intervening period (though McCaffrey is among a handful still involved) […]
Derry camogs as good as anybody says boss Coulter
June 3, 2022
ALL-IRELAND INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND TWO KILDARE V DERRY Saturday, Manguard CoE Hawkfield, 2pm By Kieran Lynch Advertisement DERRY will be looking to make it two wins from two, when they travel to Kildare this weekend, having defeated Meath 2-14 to 0-11 at home in round one. Last year, Meath knocked the Oakleaf County out of […]
Give respect get respect
May 27, 2022
WILL Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, both owner of and power forward for the Flint Michigan Tropics in the Basketball comedy film Semi Pro. During a game, the match referee, Father Pat, calls a foul against Jackie. Jackie responds, ‘F**k you father Pat, I’ll murder your family’, at which point Father Pat rightly feels Jackie has […]
Tyrone minors penalty shoot out hero savours ‘unreal feeling’
May 27, 2022
By Barry O’Donnell GOALKEEPER Conor McAneney, last Saturday night’s penalty shootout hero in Tyrone’s victory over Donegal, admits that it was ‘ an unreal feeling’ to pull off the decisive save to seal his county’s passage into the Ulster Minor Final. After a marathon evening at Celtic Park, the Glenelly man stepped up to the […]
Consolidation key for St Pat’s Donagh
May 27, 2022
By Niall Gartland DERRY Native Paul Hasson’s first season in charge of St Patrick’s Donagh couldn’t really have gone any better, but they aren’t resting on their laurels and he says in the long run they’d love to win a Division One title. In 2021 they claimed the Club Players Competition, the Division Two league […]
Cavan have drawn a line in the sand after Donegal defeat
May 27, 2022
Tailteann Cup round 1 Cavan v Down Saturday, Kingspan Breffni, 2pm By Niall Gartland Advertisement CAVAN boss Mickey Graham admits that they were gutted by their Ulster Championship semi-final to Donegal, but they’ve drawn a line in the sand and are looking forward to their Tailteann Cup opener on Saturday against Down. The Breffni County […]
“It is entirely unnatural” – Joe Brolly on The Sunday Game
May 20, 2022
Derry are in the Ulster final, so football is off the menu. When Tyrone started well in the 2003 league, I wrote that they were nothing more than a very good u-21 team that had no chance of winning either an Ulster or All-Ireland. Mickey Harte nailed it to the door of the changing room. […]