THERE is simply nowhere else to start this week other than to congratulate the Glen club on their fantastic achievement of becoming All-Ireland senior football champions. I said here last week that I thought that their hunger and desire would see them over the line. I also expected them to perform like they always have […]
By Michael McMullan GLEN captain Connor Carville hopes Sunday’s historic win in Croke Park will inspire the next generation of Glen players to follow their dreams. Carville was forced off with an injury in the second half against St Brigid’s to add to the many setbacks dished out to them. With Danny McDermott already on […]
All-Ireland Club SFC final Glen 2-10 St Brigid’s 1-12 By Michael McMullan Advertisement GLEN saved their messiest and most wasteful performance of the season but Conor Glass pulled them from the depths of despair to be crowned Kings of Ireland. Glass, who had a chance saved in the dying embers of last year’s final, bagged […]
All-Ireland Club SFC final Glen v St Brigid’s Sunday, Croke Park, 3.30pm (Live on TG4) By Michael McMullan A WALK through the overjoyed Glen fans, collectively basking in the glory of eventually seeing off Kilmacud Crokes, told it all. There was plenty of joy and colour amidst the green flare smoke but there was hardly […]
By Shaun Casey CONOR Glass is loving life at the minute. He’s been on the go almost constantly for the past two years but someone in his privileged position isn’t going to start complaining, not that he’d have the time to. Over the past few years, Glass has led Glen to their first ever Derry […]
By Michael McMullan MICKEY Harte feels Gavin Devlin is best coach in Ireland and Derry players have been taking in all he has to offer. The former Tyrone and Louth management duo stepped into the Derry vacancy before the 2024 season. Wins over Cavan and Down will guarantee Derry a McKenna Cup semi-final this weekend. […]
By Michael McMullan IT wasn’t always like this for Glen and Michael Warnock knows it too well. Standing in the aftermath of a second successive Ulster senior title, he chooses phenomenal as the word that best describes being part of the current Glen glory story. Then, he looks into the rear-view mirror to give some […]
THE only place to start this week is to offer my sincere congratulations to the Glen club. To win the Ulster Club Championship once is extremely difficult but to do it back-to-back is simply amazing. We have all been well-aware of this talented group that the Glen club had coming for a number of years […]
Shaun Casey has a go at naming an alternative All-Star football team looking back at some of the big performers from this season… 1 Shane Ryan (Kerry) Ryan enjoyed an excellent season for Kerry and would have been picking up his second All-Star award this season but for the exploits of Dublin legend Stephen Cluxton. […]
By Michael McMullan GLEN selector Johnny Bradley insists his side must brace themselves for a “serious battle” when they lock horns with Magherafelt in Sunday’s final (Celtic Park, 3.30pm). The Ulster champions are one game away from a third successive title, something Bradley didn’t entertain as being anywhere in the Glen psyche. Sunday is a […]
