Ulster U-20 FC final Derry v Tyrone Wednesday, Armagh, 7.30pm Referee: Diarmuid Boylan (Monaghan) Live on TG4 YouTube By Michael McMullan A FIRST title for Derry since 2018 or Tyrone’s fourth in six seasons? All will be revealed on Wednesday night as another chapter in an Ulster rivalry is written. Advertisement The sides met in […]
McAtamney signs for New York Giants
By Michael McMullan FORMER Derry underage player Jude McAtamney has become the second Gaelic footballer to sign up for a career in the NFL. The Swatragh man has signed a three-year deal with the New York Giants. It follows the news of Mayobridge and Down’s Charlie Smyth putting pen to paper on a deal with […]
Derry and Tyrone set for u-20 final showdown
ULSTER U-20 FC SEMI-FINAL Donegal 0-14 Derry 1-12 By Michael McMullan A LAST gasp point from impact substitute Ryan McNicholl shot Derry to victory in Ballybofey on Wednesday night. Advertisement In an exciting finale that saw Donegal come from three points down to level the game, it was McNicholl who nabbed the winner. It sets […]
Rampant Donegal sink champions to net semi-final spot
Ulster SFC quarter-final Donegal 4-11 Derry 0-17 By Michael McMullan DONEGAL bagged four goals to dump champions Derry out of the race to win a third successive Ulster title on Saturday night at Celtic Park. Advertisement On a night when the home side were wasteful and unable to engineer a clear goal chance, Donegal’s four […]
JOE BROLLY: The litmus test
FR Liam McClarey, our team chaplain when we won the All-Ireland in 1993, had an audience with his Holiness the Pope in Rome last Thursday. Liam played on the Glack team that won the Derry Junior Championship in 1981. The competition is called the Joe Brolly Cup (after my late grandfather) and as my father […]
STEVEN POACHER: Down need variety for Orchard test
THE Ulster Championship last weekend felt like an extension of the National League – poor crowds, soft pitches and windy, wintery conditions. It was a far cry from the summer sod, when the sun is shining, the straw hats are out and the football is fast and intense. Down’s game with Antrim on Saturday was […]
Both teams will say it’s a tough draw: McFlynn
Paul McFlynn played in Derry’s 1998 winning team against Donegal and is part of the current management team. He spoke to Michael McMullan WHEN Paul McFlynn hoovered up a late Derry kick-out in the 1998 Ulster final, Donegal had one hand on the Anglo Celt Cup. Within seconds, Joe Brolly was blowing kisses, basking in […]
Diarmuid Baker: The ultimate underdog
Diarmuid Baker hurdled over every obstacle to fulfil his lifeline ambition of pulling on a Derry shirt. Shaun Casey writes… DIARMUID Baker didn’t get one minute of action last year as Derry captured the McKenna Cup, secured promotion to Division One, retained their Ulster title and were a kick of the ball away from the […]
Crossan aims to spring a surprise
By Alan Rodgers POINTS on the board will now be top priority for the Tyrone hurlers as they continue their Christy Ring Cup campaign with a crucial tie on Saturday at Owenbeg against a Derry team which is among the favourites to eventually win the competition. Defeat to London last weekend means that it’s becoming […]
Derry put unbeaten run on the line in Tyrone rematch
By Michael McMullan WHEN Derry were seeing off Tyrone in the league final last month, Dara Mooney was darting down a Bulgarian ski slope. As his first season began to take momentum, the realisation of missing the game became real. With his teaching qualification tucked away, he has spent the last year as the Student’s Union […]