By Shaun Casey TWO of Monaghan’s next three fixtures are on home soil and if anyone can survive when the going gets tough, it’s the Farney County, although things certainly won’t be straightforward. The first of those home games comes this weekend against Galway, with Tyrone (away) and Mayo (home) to follow. The Tribesmen aren’t […]
By Shaun Casey MONAGHAN have a chance to bounce back from their recent defeat to Mayo when they host Armagh on Sunday, but the Farney County will still be sore from the last day out. Arthur Hughes’ side welcomed the Westerners to Castleblayney, the same venue they’ll host Armagh in this weekend, but were left […]
AS Armagh chase a first-ever Division One final spot after four wins from four, Niall McCoy looks at the eight previous times Ulster sides have made it to the decider Monaghan 1994 THE first Division One final took place all the way back in 1979 when Tipperary beat Galway, but it took until 1994 for […]
By Michael McMullan MONAGHAN face a tricky fixture as they bid to get back to winning ways this weekend. The Farney men take on Roscommon on Sunday at Dr Hyde Park on the back of heavy defeats at the hands of title contenders Kerry and Derry. Monaghan are now in their tenth successive season in […]
By Shaun Casey DERRY have held the upper hand in recent games against Monaghan, but former Oak Leaf goalkeeper Barry Gillis warns that those results will count for little when the two teams come to blows on Saturday. Derry beat Vinny Corey’s men in last year’s Ulster semi-final, as they did in 2022 as well, […]
By Shaun Casey THIS time last week a lot of people around the country already had Monaghan written off as relegation fodder at the bottom of the Division One league table, but what a difference one performance and one result can make. In truth, we really should be disappointed in ourselves that we slipped into […]
Steve Williams is the man who discovered and harnessed the talent of Rory Beggan. The former soccer goalkeeper was also part of Glen’s All-Ireland success story. He chatted with Michael McMullan… ABERYSTWYTH is not exactly a GAA stronghold. A native Welsh twang still hugs Steve Williams’ every word. But that’s as far as it goes. […]
By Niall Gartland TRANSITION can be a scary word but new Monaghan boss Darren Greenan knows first-hand that there’s plenty of talent in the current senior set-up, even if it may take some time to manifest itself. The first game of his tenure ended in defeat as they fell to a narrow 1-6 to 0-5 […]
By Shaun Casey THERE’S nowhere else in the country Monaghan would rather start their National League campaign than in Croke Park, insists former Farney football Dessie Mone, speaking on this week’s Gaelic Lives Podcast. Monaghan kick-start their tenth successive season in the topflight, while Dublin return to Division One football having claimed the Division Two league […]
By Shaun Casey IT’S back to the scene of the crime for Vinny Corey and his Monaghan men as they return to Croke Park with last year’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Dublin still fresh in their minds. Everyone had Monaghan written off as they contested for a spot in the All-Ireland final, not that there’s […]
