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 […]
National Football League Division Four Cavan v Tipperary Sunday, Kingspan Breffni, 2pm By Niall Gartland CAVAN stand alone at the top of Division Four and can secure promotion with two games to spare if they do the business against third placed Tipperary this Sunday. The Breffni County boast an unblemished record after four rounds of […]
By Michael McMullan THIS weekend sees the refixed game in the NFL that fell victim to the storm in Round 3. Buoyed by their win over Longford, Kieran Donnelly’s Fermanagh host Laois who were held at home to Antrim at the weekend thanks to Ryan Murray’s point. Cavan take their 100 per cent record to […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY take their 100 per cent record to Ennis this weekend as they bid for back-to-back promotions. Rory Gallagher’s side have conceded a mere 20 points across their wins over Down, Offaly and Cork to date, on the back of the best score difference across all four divisions. It’s the first meeting […]
By Michael McMullan On the way up THREE one-point victories in Division Four defined Enda McGinley’s first season as Antrim senior football manager, setting up a crunch semi-final with Waterford that saw them promoted to the third tier ahead of the new season. In the scorching heat at Fraher Field, Antrim held the Deise scoreless […]
Mickey Graham was disappointed by his team’s performance against Armagh last weekend.
