AFTER a riveting weekend of football, it’s fair to say the Ulster Championship is alive and well. Whilst I may bemoan the lack of jeopardy and level of shadow boxing in the current format, I thoroughly enjoyed the games. Cavan just came up short in a spirited performance and Jim McGuinness has rejuvenated Donegal again. […]
Donnelly demands more consistency
April 26, 2024
By Barry O’Donnell TYRONE minor manager Gerard Donnelly is throwing down the gauntlet to his charges to try and put back-to-back wins together when they tackle Monaghan in a crunch Group A Ulster Championship clash at Ardboe this Saturday lunchtime. The Red Hands form has been patchy in both league and championship throughout the course […]
Ulster teams in All-Ireland camogie finals this weekend
April 26, 2024
SATURDAY, APRIL 27 ELECTRIC IRELAND ALL-IRELAND MINOR A CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL Tipperary v Waterford, UPMC Nowlan Park, 4.30pm Referee: Gavin Donegan (Dublin) Appearing in another All-Ireland final at minor A level 12 months after doing so for the first time is another sign of the depth of the game in Waterford at present. After giving hot […]
Team news ahead of Deongal and Tyrone showdown
April 26, 2024
DONEGAL and Tyrone have names their team for Sunday’s Ulster SFC semi-final clash at Celtic Park. Joe Oguz is names to start ahead of Liam Gray who drops out of the panel and it replaced by Conn Kilpatrick. Shaun Patton, replaced against Derry, is listed to start with the only change seeing Patrick McBrearty named […]
Tyrone make one change for semi-final clash with Donegal
April 26, 2024
By Niall Gartland TYRONE have announced one change to their starting line-up ahead of Sunday’s Ulster Championship semi-final against Donegal at Celtic Park. Joe Oguz, who came on as a sub against Cavan last Sunday, has been named in the half-forward line in place of Liam Gray, who has dropped out of the 26 on […]
Tyrone edge out Monaghan to book final spot
April 24, 2024
ULSTER U-20 FC SEMI-FINAL Tyrone 2-9 Monaghan 0-14 A LATE Shea O’Hare score proved the winner as Tyrone held off a Stephen Mooney led Monaghan to book their final spot. The Red Hands will play Derry in the final in Armagh next Wednesday night. It was a rematch of the group game then Tyrone hammered […]
Derry and Tyrone set for u-20 final showdown
April 24, 2024
ULSTER U-20 FC SEMI-FINAL Donegal 0-14 Derry 1-12 By Michael McMullan A LAST gasp point from impact substitute Ryan McNicholl shot Derry to victory in Ballybofey on Wednesday night. Advertisement In an exciting finale that saw Donegal come from three points down to level the game, it was McNicholl who nabbed the winner. It sets […]
Preview: Cavan have more than a puncher’s chance
April 21, 2024
Ulster SFC Cavan v Tyrone Sunday, Breffni Park, 4pm By Niall Gartland IN recent years Tyrone have been akin to a box of chocolates, so there’s an exciting sense of unpredictability about Sunday’s Ulster Senior Championship quarter-final clash against Cavan. The Red Hands were nothing if not unpredictable during the league; swashbuckling one weekend, dead […]
Galligan harnessing Cavan’s potential
April 20, 2024
By Barry O’Donnell RAYMOND Galligan believes that Tyrone’s loss is very definitely Cavan’s gain with Stephen O’Neill now a vital cog in his backroom team. In recent times there has been clear evidence that the Breffni County have a few rough diamonds in attack who maybe required some pearls of wisdom from a footballing sage to brush […]
Crossan aims to spring a surprise
April 19, 2024
By Alan Rodgers POINTS on the board will now be top priority for the Tyrone hurlers as they continue their Christy Ring Cup campaign with a crucial tie on Saturday at Owenbeg against a Derry team which is among the favourites to eventually win the competition. Defeat to London last weekend means that it’s becoming […]