By Shaun Casey THIS season marks Kieran McGeeney’s 10th in charge of his native county and also his 40th involved in the inter-county game. McGeeney first pulled on an Armagh shirt at u-14 level in 1984 and has given a lot to the cause since then. ‘Geezer’, as he’s more affectionately known, helped Armagh end […]
WAY back when the draw was made, I would say that most of us expected Armagh to be in the final, but not a lot of people would have banked on Donegal navigating their way through to this year’s decider. Looking at both teams, Armagh did what they had to in order to reach the […]
Brendan McCann has crunched the numbers and Niall McCoy looks at the details as the top 20 scorers in Armagh and Donegal Ulster clashes are revealed Oisín McConville 2-24 NOT exactly a surprise to see the Crossmaglen ace at the top of the list given that his Armagh side really held a hex over Donegal […]
By Shaun Casey FORMER Armagh attacker Diarmaid Marsden believes that this Sunday, his county will finally end their long wait for a provincial crown when they take on Jim McGuinness’ Donegal in Clones. The Orchard County haven’t claimed the Anglo Celt since 2008, when they dominated Ulster with seven titles in ten seasons stretching back […]
By Steven Poacher LAST weekend we had the two Ulster Senior Championship semi- finals and both games took a very similar pattern. There were low blocks, concession of kick-outs and long, slow bouts of laborious play. There were also some fantastic passages of play and some brilliant scores but in general it was putrid. Down […]
THERE is a lot of talk at the moment with the lack of competitiveness in most of the provincial championships. This conversation is certainly something that cannot be aimed at the Ulster Senior Football Championship. After the way they dismantled Derry, Donegal went into last week’s semi-final as raging hot favourites. And, anyone who knows […]
By Michael McMullan TWO years after making his championship debut in a win over Armagh, Shane O’Donnell will be hoping his second taste of Ulster final action is a winning one. O’Donnell’s two points weren’t enough to stop Derry edging Donegal in an extra-time arm wrestle in Clones to land a first title in 24 […]
DOWN have been dealt a blow ahead of the Tailteann Cup with the news that Barry O’Hagan’s knee injury will keep him out for the rest of the season. O’Hagan came on during Down’s loss to Armagh in Saturday’s Ulster semi-final, a third appearance on his comeback from a knee ligament sustained in last year’s […]
ULSTER SFC SEMI-FINAL Donegal v Tyrone Sunday, Celtic Park, 2pm By Niall Gartland THE punishing runs from deep, the disciplined defending, the economy in front of goal and the cutaway shots of Jim McGuinness on the sideline – last Saturday’s unexpected mauling of Derry was like booting up the time machine and setting the dial for to the […]
By Michael McMullan CIARÁN Thompson is one of three Donegal players to have played in every game of their progressive season to date. The Naomh Conaill man knows about the week on week approach to preparation and will be at the forefront of Donegal’s plans when they make a Celtic Park return against Tyrone in […]
