AS we gear up for the resumption of group training at the end of the month, I’d like to look at the challenges facing every single player at this point in time. Rewind to when this pandemic gripped the world. From a sporting point of view we would have been well into our pre-season training. […]
WITH the way things are progressing, it seems that we may have some football activity before the year is out. We will have to wait and hope that we don’t see any increase in cases, but you would have to admit that things are looking positive at this point in time. Bearing in mind that […]
BEFORE I go into the crux of my debate this week, I’d first like to touch on where we are at the minute. Back in mid-March we were struck by a pandemic, something we have never seen before in our lifetime and we hope it’s something we never see again. Nobody, not even the smartest […]
A FEW of you may have seen my video on Twitter last Monday showing a cavalcade going through my native Gaoth Dobhair. Normally when this happens it is to celebrate an achievement by the local GAA team, but this was a little different. To those of you who do not know, and a lot of […]
THIS week I am going to look at the top five Donegal games I played in. I hope it sparks some nice memories for Tir Chonaill fans. 5) Donegal v Dublin 2002 My first experience of a sold-out Croke Park as we faced the Dubs in the All-Ireland quarter-final. When Croke Park was redeveloped and […]
Kevin Cassidy calls on the GAA to prioritise Club action over county.
In the final part of his recent Donegal managerial series, Kevin Cassidy has opened up on his time spent under Jim McGuinness.
AS I made my way out of the changing rooms In Crossmaglen in 2010 after our humiliation against Armagh, I really thought that I had played my last game for Donegal. I was still young and had plenty in the tank, but there were things outside of football that I wanted to hone in on. […]
Kevin Cassidy discusses his fourth manager John Joe Doherty.
AFTER Brian McIver was harshly treated at the end of 2007, Donegal were once again on the lookout for a new manager. When things like that are being sorted I tend to stay out of it and just wait to see what happens. If I recall correctly, there was a bit of confusion and controversy […]
