The draw for the 2019 Ulster Senior Football Championship has been made tonight live on RTÉ. Old rivals, Tyrone and Derry will meet for the third time in four years after being drawn in this year’s preliminary round with the winners facing Antrim in the quarter-final. There will be a repeat of the 2018 Ulster […]
John Martin: Antrim’s most important game in years
I can only surmise that Kildare are travelling to Armagh in some kind of horse drawn cart.
Cunningham: Antrim need fresh talent to compete
FORMER Antrim forward Paddy Cunningham has said that the Saffrons don’t have the talent to compete, and that is why they have had an ultimately disappointing season in 2018. Lenny Harbinson’s team crashed out of the qualifiers last weekend after losing to Offaly. Cunningham, who played for Antrim for over a decade said that the […]
O’Boyle still feeling that championship buzz
TWENTY-EIGHT times Kevin O’Boyle has pulled on the Saffron jersey and represented his county in championship battle. Twenty-eight times he has felt the butterflies starting to cause mischief in his stomach, 28 times he has felt the tension grow as the throw-in to a big Antrim game approached. Sure, it would be easy to discount […]
John Martin: ‘Gaelfast’ facing a mammoth task
THE ‘Gaelfast’ project was launched this week.
Ballymena United courting Antrim star Fitzpatrick
ANTRIM manager Lenny Harbinson could be facing a battle to keep the talented Matthew Fitzpatrick on his squad for 2018. The St John’s man has become a target of the Irish League soccer side Ballymena United. Fitzpatrick is no stranger to soccer having played with Glentoran in the Irish League a few years ago. He […]
Adams added to Down management team
GEAROID Adams has been added to Eamonn Burn’s Down management team.
John Martin: Sheedy can’t work miracles once a month
GAELIC Life hurling columnist John Martin has warned against those who think that Liam Sheedy can have a significant impact on Antrim hurling.
Antrim could be handed Qualifier reprieve
ANTRIM could yet be handed a Qualifier reprieve after it emerged that Sligo had used seven substitutes in Saturday’s win over the Ulster side
John Martin: Graffin inclusion was the right call
GAELIC Life columnist John Martin has said that the Antrim management was correct to include Arron Graffin in their starting side.