Mayobridge’s Charlie Smyth recently signed for NFL side New Orleans Saints. Michael McMullan spoke with two men who know him well, clubmate Tom O’Hare and former coach Philip McEvoy CHARLIE Smyth is in dreamland. Five years ago, a fresh-faced 17-year-old punched send on an email asking for a shot at the NFL. It took a […]
By Michael McMullan GAA goalkeepers Rory Beggan and Charlie Smyth have taken the next step in their hopes of clinching an NFL contract. Pro Football Ireland reported that Farney star Beggan, the recent Gaelic Life goalkeeper of the year and Down’s u-20 winning goalkeeper Smyth have signed with a US-based sports agency. Paul Sheehy, President […]
By Shaun Casey ARMAGH are eying up promotion from Division Two next season, but they won’t get anything easy says manager Kieran McGeeney. The Orchard County will enjoy home comforts for the opening two rounds, against Louth and Meath, and McGeeney is expecting two tough battles. Armagh were relegated from the top tier last season, […]
You’ve often heard the statement about the league table never telling a lie. Michael McMullan looks back at the most consistent counties in the last 10 years of league action. Kerry Div 1 – 10 years IT’S hardly surprising to see the Kingdom top of the tree and having been playing top flight league football […]
By Michael McMullan A COLLECTIVE “ambition” and “togetherness” is paying dividends in Derry according to attacker Benny Heron. Having made his debut in 2013 when Derry were last promoted to Division One, the Ballinascreen man has experienced the dark days on the fall to the fourth tier and is glad to see the bounce back. […]
By Niall Gartland ANTRIM assistant manager Terry McCrudden makes no bones about their aspirations for their upcoming Division Three campaign. While the Saffrons languished in Division Four for years before finally achieving promotion under the management team spearheaded by Enda McGinley, McCrudden says that they should be aiming for more than just mere consolidation in […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY manager Rory Gallagher will have to plan without Oisin McWilliams who sustained a broken jaw in Sunday’s defeat to Galway and is expected to have surgery in the coming days. Gallagher is already without the suspended Gareth McKinless after his red card on Sunday and will be forced into another change. […]
National Football League Division One Kildare v Monaghan Sunday, Newbridge, 2.45pm By Shaun Casey LAST weekend Monaghan finally got their first win of the league campaign and their first victory since beating Donegal in the McKenna Cup final. It was the same opposition Seamus McEnaney’s men downed last Sunday, finally picking up the two points […]
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION THREE Louth v Antrim Sunday, Ardee, 2pm By Michael McMullan ANTRIM Director of Football Gearoid Adams is happy the Saffrons have their promotion hopes ‘in their hands’. In a division where two points separate first and sixth place, Antrim are ahead of Louth on score difference at the top. Advertisement Adams […]
ANTRIM shot themselves to the top of the Division Three with a 1-19 to 0-12 win over Longford at Corrigan Park on Saturday afternoon. Enda McGinley’s side travel to Louth next weekend before hosting Westmeath in the final round. McCann’s early penalty, his first goal of the season, helped the Saffrons into a 1-11 to […]
