By Shaun Casey ARMAGH earned their spot in the All-Ireland Minor final for the first time since 2009 with an impressive victory over Mayo last Sunday and will now face Derry, for the third time this year, in Sunday week’ s decider in Omagh. There were barely 60 seconds on the clock when Mayo burst through the […]
Armagh can’t play the occasion says Forker
By Shaun Casey PLAYING the game and not the occasion will be the key message from the Armagh minor management team to their squad of players this week as they take on Mayo in the All-Ireland semi-final The Orchard County haven’t reached the last four of the All-Ireland series at this grade since 2009, when they went […]
Forker hails special Armagh minor crop
By Michael McMullan ARMAGH minors have booked an All-Ireland semi-final clash with Mayo later this month and selector Stefan Forker has heaped the praise at the players’ door. It will be a first appearance in the last four since 2009 when a side including current senior stars Andrew Murnin and Rory Grugan went on to […]
Armagh sticking to the process
By Shaun Casey LONGFORD perhaps don’t have the same aura around them as maybe a Dublin would, but Armagh are coming up against the current Leinster champions and won’t be taking their Electric Ireland All-Ireland quarter-final challenge lightly. The Orchard County lost out in their own provincial decider to reigning Ulster and All-Ireland champions Derry, […]
Stefan hails progress of Orchard County minors
By Niall Gartland ARMAGH minor coach Stefan Forker has acknowledged that qualifying for this weekend’s Electric Ireland Ulster final against Derry is a big deal for the county. The Orchard County haven’t made much of an impression at underage level in recent years and the last time they won an Ulster Minor Championship was all […]