By Michael McMullan DONEGAL are not as impressive as their victory over Kerry or as bad their defeat Tyrone have suggested, but somewhere in the middle. That’s the view of Derry All-Star forward Paddy Bradley, who is a coach and selector under new Donegal manager Paddy Carr. Donegal head to Clones on Sunday aiming to […]
THINK we were all taken aback with the intensity levels of the first two rounds of the National League, but after teams had a break last weekend the intensity levels should go up even further in round three. We are now moving swiftly into the business end of the league even though it’s only really […]
By Niall Gartland FORWARDS are expected to do much more than just score these days, and Cathal McShane was content to forage deep in the face of a 14-man Donegal defence last Sunday. Tyrone produced a composed, patient display against their neighbours to claim a fully deserved o-16 to 0-8 victory, and their tactical versatility […]
THE opening weekend of this year’s National Football League certainly didn’t disappoint with some fascinating contests taking place in all divisions. We are spoiled nowadays with the amount of live action on view and on Saturday I spent most of the day sprawled out on the couch watching the opening two games of this year’s […]
By Ryan Ferry FORMER Donegal selector Gary McDaid feels that Donegal’s Division One fate may come down to the final match against Roscommon but he’s backing Paddy Carr’s side to retain their top flight status. It will be a new-look Donegal side in this year’s league campaign but staying in Division One will remain a priority, especially […]
CONFIRMATION has come through that Glen have lodged an objection that could potentially result in the All-Ireland club football final being replayed. Before I get into the nuts and bolts of it, let me begin by saying that Croke Park left the Glen club in an awful situation. The more I look at things, no […]
DONEGAL and Galway get the Division 1 season underway at Tuam Stadium (2pm) on Saturday Donegal are without a host of key stars, including 2022 TG4 Senior Players’ Player of the Year, Niamh McLaughlin, Geraldine McLaughlin, Yvonne Bonner and Karen Guthrie. With Niamh McLaughlin currently unavailable due to injury, vastly-experienced Emer Gallagher will captain the […]
HUGE congratulations to the Glen club on reaching their first ever All-Ireland Senior Football final. After the run they had over the last two seasons, they are fully deserving of their place in this year’s decider because they are on an upwards trajectory and improving with each passing game. Now they face the biggest game of […]
Dr McKenna Cup Donegal 2-7 Monaghan 0-15 BY RYAN FERRY MONAGHAN collected their first win of the season when they finished strongly to defeat Donegal at a soaked MacCumhaill Park tonight. Advertisement Joel Bradley Walsh notched an early goal for Paddy Carr’s Donegal but the Farney men were two ahead at half-time. A Luke McGlynn penalty […]
CAVAN have made two changes for Wednesday’s final group game in the McKenna Cup in Kingspan Breffni Park. Raymond Galligan takes over from Liam Brady between the posts. with Cian Madden coming into the attack at the expense of Brandon Boylan. Kieran McGeeney’s side were winners over Antrim with goals from Joe Sheridan and Conor […]
