Tony Brady remembers the great days of his playing career.
Players will feel pressure to take risks – Donnelly
June 20, 2020
Fermanagh footballer Eoin Donnelly suggests that relegation puts undue pressure on players.
Gormley: We need two GAA seasons
June 20, 2020
By Niall McCoy LOUGHINISLAND manager Jody Gormley has said that he is “mostly pleased” with the new fixture plan for the GAA season in Down – although he does believe that relegation should have been removed given the unique circumstances of 2020. The former Tyrone and London player also feels that the time has come […]
Patton anticipates confusion and mistakes
June 20, 2020
By Frank Craig SHAUN Patton admits there will be plenty of trepidation surrounding the GAA’s return to play – and it won’t all be Covid-19 based. The GAA has confirmed that the new playing rule changes, implemented at the start of the year, are to remain in place. Inter-county sides have some experience of the […]
Cumann Chat: Britain needs the GAA and a NFL end is right call
June 19, 2020
Britain needs the GAA THE standard of intelligence in our modern day idiot is decreasing. Last week some clowns put up a sign in north Belfast that stated that Anti British GAA was not welcome. I applauded the message initially. The plight of the British GAA is one that needs support. If GAA could grow […]
Gerard O’Kane: GAA provides a silver lining
June 19, 2020
SO there we have it folks, just like that we have a return to play programme at club level after a spring and early summer of very little optimism. Over the last few weeks, county boards across the country have had their calendars out and have been working on multiple drafts of spreadsheets to circulate […]
Ask The Players: Are you happy with the fixture proposals?
June 19, 2020
Four intercounty players, from Football and Hurling, explain how they feel about the proposed return to action.
Club Focus: Milford – two codes for the community
June 18, 2020
Milford have shown incredible form in the past decade, but they feel that their priority is off the field.
Justin McMahon – right place, right time
June 18, 2020
By Niall McCoy IT’S the days leading up to the 2008 All-Ireland final between Tyrone and Kerry and Justin McMahon is travelling home from training with his older brother Joe. They pull up to their house in Ashbourne out on the Dromore Road and take in their surroundings. There is red and white bunting everywhere […]
Kevin Cassidy: Farewell lockdown drinks and burgers
June 18, 2020
AS we gear up for the resumption of group training at the end of the month, I’d like to look at the challenges facing every single player at this point in time. Rewind to when this pandemic gripped the world. From a sporting point of view we would have been well into our pre-season training. […]