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 […]
MASSIVE congratulations to Glen who claimed their first ever Ulster Club Senior Football title after turning in a phenomenal performance at the weekend. Before I get to the winners, we must at the stage also congratulate Kilcoo on the fantastic run over the last number of years. The benchmark that they have set is incredible […]
LAST weekend proved to any doubters out there just how special and ultra-competitive our Ulster Club Championship season is up here. When you look through all of the games last weekend, you would have witnessed everything that we like about Gaelic games and credit to all the clubs involved. Let’s start with the most controversial game, given all […]
NOW that the formalities are played out, the Donegal Senior Football Championship hits fever pitch next weekend as the quarter-final pairings were confirmed. Before I move on the possibilities of next weekend, I must touch on the overall structure of the club championship here at home because I think it’s in need of a major shakeup. We […]
THE news broke this week of Conor McKenna heading back down under for the upcoming season. I’m sure it’s news Tyrone supporters didn’t want to hear at this time of the year. I don’t know Conor personally, but he seems like a bit of a free spirit. So, if this is the right decision for […]
NOW that Liam MacCarthy and Sam Maguire have taken up residency for this coming year, our full attention now switches to the various club scenes all over the country. I have to admit that over the last number of years, the club game has taken on a whole new lease of life. With more TV […]
Now that the dust has settled, it’s time for us to look back on the championship as a whole and also look forward to the club championships which will now take centre stage all across the land. This year we saw major changes to our county football schedule. Although there may be some tweaking to […]
Galway and Kerry face off this Sunday to see who is crowned 2022 All-Ireland senior football champions. At the start of the year not many would have predicted this pairing but both are in the final on merit. Both have gone through somewhat of a rebuild over the last number of years with the new […]
KERRY and Galway will contest the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football final and I suppose no one can really argue that they deserve to be there. This fixture takes me back to the days when I started to take football seriously as a young lad, watching these two teams contesting All-Ireland finals against each other. When you […]
IT’S showtime this weekend as the four remaining teams do battle to earn their place in this year’s football decider. When you look at the pairings on paper it makes for two fantastic games where both teams are so evenly matched. In one semi-final you have two teams who most people would have tipped at the […]
