GREGORY O’Kane says his Dunloy players must be pumped for this Sunday’s Ulster semi-final against Slaughtneil. Dunloy won their first Antrim senior championship since 2009 two weeks ago, and they deserve their time to celebrate. However, from the sounds of it, the Cuchullains want more trophies this year. Manager O’Kane said: “It is massive for […]
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship final – Derry v Kerry – Sunday, Croke Park, 1.15pm IN 2007, Ben McCarron decided that he wanted to win an All-Ireland final. He made the decision while standing in the Nally Stand of Croke Park, watching the Oak Leaf county play Galway in the All-Ireland final. At the final whistle, […]
TYRONE star Colm Cavanagh is sticking to old habits ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final showdown against Dublin. The Moy midfielder, whose intelligent performances as a sweeper that have delivered him plaudits on a national level, is consistency personified both on and off the pitch. It’s his eleventh season on the intercounty scene and he is […]
A FORMER Monaghan selector who worked on Malachy O’Rourke’s management team has said that the Oriel county have reason to be optimistic in Saturday’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Dublin. Finbarr Fitzpatrick says that the Monaghan team are the strongest they have been in some time. “There is a lot of encouraging signs. The form this year, […]
ANY suggestion that the Derry minors have got another gear should leave the rest of the teams in the All-Ireland minor championship worried. The Oak Leafers qualified for Saturday’s All-Ireland minor championship clash against Sligo with an excellent Ulster final win over Cavan. Yes they got a fortunate own goal from the Breffni boys, and […]
MONAGHAN’S Ryan Wylie is highly motivated by the mouth-watering prospect of playing in Croke Park in Saturday’s Round 4B qualifier against Down. The great Jones Road venue is not far from where he lives in Dublin so his eye is regularly drawn to it. The pressure should be on Wylie and the rest of the […]
A FORMER Derry player has warned that the spotlight of social media could have a detrimental effect on participation in the GAA. Conleith Gilligan made this analysis after his Ballinderry club mate Ben McKinless was on the receiving end of some jibes on social media following the county’s loss to Mayo in the All-Ireland Qualifiers. […]
ON SUNDAY, Derry play Tyrone in the Ulster Championship in a game which there will be a startling lack of expectation on the shoulders of the Oak Leafers. For a county that dearly loves to beat the Red Hands, the pessimism that surrounds the team’s chances of winning emphasises the low point that the county […]
VERSATILE Tyrone star Niall Sludden has already moved on from a league campaign that proved somewhat difficult from a personal perspective. The Dromore man, who hardly has a reputation was ill-discipline, was black carded in Tyrone’s final two league fixtures against Mayo and Kerry. Sludden, who also struggled to shake off a hamstring injury during […]
The changes to Derry’s fantasy football championship panel.
