By Niall Gartland FROM Swatragh to Collingwood and back again. Anton Tohill left his burgeoning AFL career with Collingwood to return home to complete a medical degree, and he has no regrets whatsoever about his direction of travel, even though his former club won the AFL Grand Final last year. Son of Derry icon Anthony […]
Middle ground: Some of the greatest midfield partnerships
September 30, 2023
Derry were hailed as having the best midfield partnership in the game this year. We look back at some of the finest midfield pairings in GAA history. Brian McGilligan and Anthony Tohill (Derry) IT pretty much says it all that both men made up the midfield spots when the All-Stars were handed out in the […]
DECLAN McCOY: Thirty years of watching football stars
November 30, 2022
By Declan McCoy AS it’s currently the off season, I decided to mix it up a bit with a non-coaching column. I have decided to pick a team composed of the best county players I have seen in the flesh. These are my personal favourite players so I’m not suggesting a debate on the best […]
Sean Marty Lockhart – Derry’s Mr Perfection
November 18, 2022
Sean Marty Lockhart was one of the greatest defenders in the game and holds the record number of International Rules’ appearances. Michael McMullan went to meet him… NOBODY else has played 16 times for Ireland in the International Rules. Not everybody picks up an All-Star, Ulster and League medals in a 15-year inter-county career. Not […]
TEAMMATES: Derry All-Star forward Paddy Bradley looks at some the players he lined out with
December 20, 2021
Name: Paddy Bradley. Age: 40. Teams played for: Glenullin, Derry, Ulster, Ireland, St Patrick’s Maghera, UUJ, Chicago Wolfe Tones and Donegal Boston. Which team mate has been the most inspirational and why? Advertisement Anthony Tohill. I only played a few years with Anthony but the aura he had about him and his presence in the changing room […]
Son of Derry All Ireland Winner Signs Two Year AFL Deal
October 15, 2018
Anton Tohill the teenage son of Derry All Ireland Winner, Anthony Tohill has signed a two-year professional contract with AFL side Collingwood. The Swatragh clubman has attended numerous trials and was one of four Irish players that attended the AFL Draft Combine in Melbourne in recent times. Towering at 6’6″, Tohill follows in the footsteps […]
Tohill junior reaches next stage of AFL recruitment
December 6, 2017
The Combine AFL trials took place at the weekend.