By Shaun Casey ALL-IRELAND winner Conor Turbitt has backed club and county colleague Barry McCambridge to pick up the Player of the Year gong at Friday night’s All-Star ceremony. The pair have both been awarded All-Stars following Armagh’s All-Ireland winning season alongsider four of their teammates – Aidan Forker, Oisin Conaty, Ben Crealey and Rian […]
Ulster dominate All-Star selection
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October 31, 2024
By Shaun Casey Nine All-Star awards will be making their way north at tomorrow night’s ceremony. Of the 15 players honoured on the PwC GAA/GPA Football All-Star team, three Ulster teams are represented. All-Ireland champions Armagh have the most with six awards while Ulster champs Donegal have two. Tyrone are also represented on the team […]
Ulster players nominated for player of the year awards
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October 14, 2024
THE nominees have been announced for the 2024 TG4 Players’ Player of the Year Awards in the Senior, Intermediate and Junior grades. The winners will be revealed at the 2024 TG4 All-Star Awards banquet at The Bonnington Dublin Hotel on Saturday, November 16th. Kerry’s TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship winner Kayleigh Cronin, Galway’s Nicola Ward and […]
Collegeland skipper enjoying community buzz ahead of decider
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October 11, 2024
By Shaun Casey FROM the start of the season, Collegeland eyed up a spot in the Junior Championship final and now it’s all about going and winning it. The club last got their hands on the Sean Quinn Cup in 2019, and most those players will once again line out in the blue and white […]
Nothing easy as Emyvale face Clann Éireann in first Ulster outing
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October 11, 2024
By Niall McCoy THE realities of the provincial bear-pit will have become apparent for recently-crowned Monaghan champions Emyvale as they prepare for Sunday’s home tie with Armagh representatives Clann Éireann. For a week, the Oriel side were celebrating and for once, when a team says they weren’t looking past their own county championship there probably […]
“We did it for Geezer”: Blaine Hughes
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October 9, 2024
By Shaun Casey A LOT can change inside the short space of 12 months. This time last year, there was a debate surrounding Kieran McGeeney’s tenure as Armagh boss and whether or not he should continue in that capacity. Now, 12 months on, he’s an All-Ireland winning manager and has been signed off for 2025 with […]
Sky full of stars: Shaun Casey selects his All-Star team
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October 8, 2024
Armagh native and GL reporter Shaun Casey selects his All-Star team, but he’s found room for a few non-Armagh men… Blaine Hughes (Armagh) THE Carrickcruppen clubman was exceptional throughout Armagh’s All-Ireland winning campaign, conceding just three goals all year. He also played the entire final with a ruptured MCL after a collision with Joe McElroy […]
Armagh’s U-21 first timers
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October 4, 2024
Shaun Casey looks back on the Armagh team that won their one and only All-Ireland U-21 crown back in 2004 THE noughties truly were the glory days for a generation of lucky Armagh followers as the Orchard County achieved an unprecedented level of success, both in Ulster and on the national stage, at various levels. […]
GLIST: Niall McCoy goes star gazing into the 2024 Sam Maguire race
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October 1, 2024
With the All-Stars now just over a month away, Niall McCoy’s side is unsurprisingly dominated by his native Armagh with seven players making the cut Blaine Hughes (Armagh) NIALL Morgan was immense but Blaine Hughes just edges him after a terrific season. One major error, Aaron McKay saving his blushes against Fermanagh, and near flawless […]
DECLAN McCOY: The impossible All-Star selection
September 30, 2024
I’M going to try the impossible this week – and something a bit different to my usual coaching column – and pick my All-Star team for 2024. This comes with a health warning. I have two mates nominated and as an Armagh fan I am biased. Anyone that disagrees with me and thinks it’s a […]