By Shaun Casey CLANN Éireann won’t be taking anything for granted when they take on Derry champions Newbridge at Celtic Park this Sunday in the opening round of the Ulster Championship, says boss Ruairi Lavery. Newbridge upset the odds in the Oakleaf County, overcoming Derry, Ulster and All-Ireland champions Glen in the final. While many […]
All-Ireland SFC Round Two Derry v Armagh Sunday, Celtic Park, 4pm By Michael McMullan SIX weeks feels like a lifetime in Derry. From league champions, a narrative now points towards their back-to-back defeats. That’s why Sunday’s visit of Armagh is huge. Speaking after their defeat in Galway, manager Mickey Harte felt it was a must […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY have made two changes to their team for Sunday’s visit of Armagh to Celtic Park (4pm). Injured duo Conor Doherty and Eoin McEvoy have been listed to start ahead of Declan Cassidy and the suspended Gareth McKinless from the defeat to Galway. Emmett Bradley retains his place with Cormac Murphy also […]
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 […]
DONEGAL and Tyrone have names their team for Sunday’s Ulster SFC semi-final clash at Celtic Park. Joe Oguz is names to start ahead of Liam Gray who drops out of the panel and it replaced by Conn Kilpatrick. Shaun Patton, replaced against Derry, is listed to start with the only change seeing Patrick McBrearty named […]
THIRTY NINE years ago, Ian Paisley led the ‘Ulster says No’ campaign in retaliation to the provisions of the 1985 Anglo-Irish agreement. Well at the minute, that slogan could be turned on its head to say ‘Ulster says Go’. We have just finished the first week of the National League and Ulster teams have taken […]
By Michael McMullan MICKEY Harte has made five changes to his Derry side for the visit of Down on Saturday night in Celtic Park (6pm). All-Star quartet Chrissy McKaigue, Brendan Rogers, Gareth McKinless and Shane McGuigan are listed to start. Missing out are Dan Higgins, Conor McGrogan, Ben McCarron and Patrick McGurk. Advertisement The other […]
All-Ireland SFC Round 1 Derry 0-14 Monaghan 0-14 By Michael McMullan KARL O’Connell was again the Monaghan hero with the kick to earn a draw at Celtic Park in a game they looked to have done enough to win. Advertisement Four points on the bounce saw Derry pull ahead with Shane McGuigan’s ninth point before […]
By Michael McMullan ULSTER champions Derry have named their team for Saturday night’s (7pm) visit of Monaghan in Celtic Park. There are no changes from the side that started the Ulster final win over Armagh. There is now place for Matthew Downey (quad injury) or Oisin McWilliams who continues his path back to full training […]
By Michael McMullan GLEN skipper Connor Carville was in O’Neill’s Healy Park last weekend to run his eye over the Tyrone final and was “very impressed” with what he saw. The back to back Derry champions face Errigal Ciaran on Sunday at Celtic Park (3.30) in an eagerly awaited clash of the titans. Speaking at […]
