THERE is simply nowhere else to start this week other than to congratulate the Glen club on their fantastic achievement of becoming All-Ireland senior football champions. I said here last week that I thought that their hunger and desire would see them over the line. I also expected them to perform like they always have […]
Warnock hoping Glen can take the final step
By Niall Gartland IT wasn’t always like this for All-Ireland chasers Glen, as their attack-minded corner-back Michael Warnock is only too happy to acknowledge. Warnock lined out in the half-forward line as Glen won their first of four Ulster Minor Championship titles on the spin back in January 2012, an unprecedented achievement that in all […]
The fruits of persistence for Michael Warnock and Glen
By Michael McMullan IT wasn’t always like this for Glen and Michael Warnock knows it too well. Standing in the aftermath of a second successive Ulster senior title, he chooses phenomenal as the word that best describes being part of the current Glen glory story. Then, he looks into the rear-view mirror to give some […]
“There is never much fun in being a corner back”
GLEN’S Michael Warnock answers our questions… Name: Michael Warnock Age:30 Teams played for: Glen, St Patrick’s Maghera, Swatragh (hurling), Derry (hurling) and Wexford Boston (hurling). Advertisement Who are your main rivals? Sleacht Néill. Which opposition ground do you like playing on and why? I love playing at Ballinascreen, it’s similar to our own. Which opposition […]
‘Goujons’ is the most negative man in the north
DERRY and Glen’s Michael Warnock dishes the dirt on the players who play alongside him… Name: Michael Warnock. Age: 30. Teams played for: Glen, St Patrick’s, Maghera, Swatragh (hurling), Derry (hurling) and Wexford Boston (hurling). Advertisement What’s your earliest GAA memory? It was John Bradley shouting “on your bike” at me. Which team-mate has been […]
Glen not impacted by outside pressures – Warnock
By Shaun Casey FROM the outside, it always seemed like it was just a matter of when Glen would be crowned Ulster champions rather than if, even when they came up against the reigning All-Ireland champions. Their trail of Ulster minor winning teams, the return of towering midfielder Conor Glass from Australia and the appointment […]
We wanted to change the club’s culture: Michael Warnock
By Michael McMullan HE had number six on his back, but Michael Warnock grabbed two points in an all-action Man of the Match display as Glen retained their Derry senior title. ‘Spike’ mixed a marking role on Sleacht Néill playmaker Christopher ‘Sammy’ Bradley with putting Glen on the front foot and his first point kicked […]