THE National Football League got underway last weekend and just as expected, it started with a bang with a few very interesting results. We know that going by last year, the league is no longer a slow burner for teams as now with the condensed season in place teams need to be at themselves from […]
By Niall Gartland TYRONE go into the lion’s den this Sunday for their much-anticipated Division One clash against Derry in Celtic Park, and Michael McKernan knows that it will take a massive push to claim another precious league win. Positivity is in high supply after the manner of the Red Hands’ opening day victory over […]
By Michael McMullan ANDY McEntee begins a second league season in charge of Antrim with a trip to Limerick on Sunday (Rathkeale, 12.30pm). Limerick were relegated from Division Two last season with their draw with Meath all they had to show for their efforts. They are now under the watch of new manager Jimmy Lee […]
By Shaun Casey A FEW Down players caught the eye in the McKenna Cup and may well be in with a chance of pulling on a starting red and black jersey in Aughrim this weekend as the Mourne men kick start their Division Three league campaign. Wicklow, managed by Armagh’s All-Ireland winning goal scorer Oisin McConville […]
By Michael McMullan DONEGAL manager Jim McGuinness feels Sunday’s opponents Cork are on the way up and will be a tough test for his side in their National League opener (Ballybofey, 1.45pm). The Rebels beat Kerry on penalties in the McGrath Cup final, a game the Donegal camp watched on the bus on the way […]
By Shaun Casey THERE’S nowhere else in the country Monaghan would rather start their National League campaign than in Croke Park, insists former Farney football Dessie Mone, speaking on this week’s Gaelic Lives Podcast. Monaghan kick-start their tenth successive season in the topflight, while Dublin return to Division One football having claimed the Division Two league […]
By Shaun Casey ARMAGH have met Louth three times since Kieran McGeeney returned to the Orchard County following his six-year stint with Kildare and have an unbeaten record against their Leinster neighbours. In 2014, a late Stefan Forker goal saved Armagh’s blushes and stole a point while in 2015 and 2017, McGeeney’s men were ahead […]
By Niall Gartland ONE thing’s for sure, when it comes to Cavan football and the National Football League, at least in recent times, it’s rarely ever boring. You have to go all the way back to 2015 for the last time they’ve avoided either being relegated or promoted, a remarkable statistic and you’d wager that […]
By Shaun Casey IT was in late September when the white smoke rose in Cavan to signify that they’d finally found their man to take charge of the county team after Mickey Graham had stepped aside after five years of service. Goalkeeper Raymond Galligan retired from playing and traded his goalkeeping gloves and kicking tee for […]
RAYMOND Galligan has named the Cavan team for Saturday’s NFL Division Two opener with Kildare (5pm). With Newbridge under construction, staring with this weekend, the Lily Whites will play their home games at Netwatch Dr Cullen Park in Carlow. Galligan has named 13 players who saw action in the McKenna Cup with Dara McVeerty and […]
