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 […]
THINGS hot up this weekend as the National Football League heads into the home straight.Teams will have used the week’s break to squeeze in some extra training and preparation as minds now slowly turn towards summertime football. As we head into the last few remaining fixtures, teams at both ends of the table will be eager […]
A FEW games was to be expected, but going four games without a win in the league is a crisis for this current Dublin team. It just makes you laugh when you cast your mind back to three or four years ago when the whole country was crying out for Dublin to be split into […]
THINGS went up a notch or two last weekend with the latest round of National Football League fixtures. The table is starting to take shape with a few teams lingering at the bottom who now seem to be in serious bother. More pressure was heaped on Dessie Farrell‘s Dublin team after suffering their third straight […]
