By Niall Gartland UNBEATEN Cavan will be red-hot favourites to bring home the points when they travel to Corrigan Park to face Antrim this Saturday. The Breffni County have won all five of their league matches to date, and are virtually guaranteed to achieve promotion even if they fall flat in their final two fixtures. […]
DUNLOY and Antrim goalkeeper Ryan Elliott has been named on the GAA’s Team of the Week. He made a fine second half save in an assured performance as the Saffron’s retained their Division One status following victory over Laois. It caps off a fine weekend that saw him named as Hurler of the Year at […]
By Michael McMullan ANOTHER week has moved on, yet the same synopsis of Antrim’s first season under Andy McEntee remains ahead of Sunday’s trip to Westmeath. ‘If’ is a small word, yet it’s massive. The Saffrons had all eight league points up grabs in their sights, they the two eased from Thurles remain the only […]
DIVISION 1: ROSSIES BID TO TAKE UNBEATEN RUN TO TWELVE Saturday: Kerry v Armagh, Tralee, 5pm; Mayo v Tyrone, Castlebar 7pm Sunday: Donegal v Galway, Letterkenny 12.30pm; Monaghan v Roscommon, Clones, 2.30pm Roscommon really are enjoying a special Allianz League run. Unbeaten since losing a Division 1 play-off to Armagh in June 2021, they have […]
BY KIERAN LYNCH ANTRIM came into Division Three as the bookmakers’ favourites for relegation, and two defeats in two games would indicate that they’re in trouble. However, their lack of points on the board is harsh on the Saffrons, who have been desperately unlucky to date. They take on Tipperary in a match this weekend […]
By Michael McMullan RATHMORE Grammar School are in their second season back in the MacLarnon Cup and last year was the reality check needed to focus the mind, insists former Antrim defender Gearóid Adams. He leads up a coaching team that includes Donal McKernan, Paul Collins and Conor Ewing who are finalising their preparations for […]
By Shaun Casey ANTRIM will hope to bounce back following an opening day defeat when they head to Parnell Park on Saturday afternoon. The Saffrons take on Dublin in round two of the National Hurling League and go in search of their first points of the season. It won’t be the first time these sides […]
WE look back at some of the big moments from the career of Antrim and Loughgiel’s Eddie McCloskey… Which club game, that you played in, will you never forget and why? I’ve been very lucky to have played in, and won, a senior All Ireland club final with my club Loughgiel. To be honest, I […]
NFL Division Three Offaly 2-12 Antrim 0-12 By Michael McMullan ANTRIM manager Andy McEntee was frustrated his side couldn’t get anything from Sunday’s league opener against Offaly at Corrigan Park. Advertisement Goals from Bernard Allen and Ruairí McNamee were the difference in a game Antrim pegged back to three points with the game in the […]
By Michael McMullan ANDY McEntee’s Antrim will have the home comforts of Corrigan Park (2pm) on Sunday for the visit of Offaly in weekend of their NFL Division Three campaign. It’s the Saffrons’ third season at this level in the past decade they otherwise spent in the fourth tier. The former Meath boss took over […]
