By Niall Gartland ARVA have been in imperious form heading into Saturday’s Ulster Junior Championship semi-final against Lisnaskea, but manager Finbar O’Reilly isn’t ready to order the victory bus just yet. O’Reilly’s side played in Division One in Cavan this year so it was no big shock that they emerged triumphant in the Cavan Junior […]
By Michael McMullan THE hurt of watching Ryan Connolly’s late winner dissect the posts in last season’s Cavan final added an extra log to the Arva fire over the winter. They watched on as Drumlane went all the way to an Ulster final they lost to Stewartstown on penalties. The season before that, Cavan champions […]
By Niall Gartland TO the surprise of very few people, Saturday’s Cavan Junior Championship final (Kingspan Breffni, 5.30pm) showdown will consist of Knockbride and Arva. They were the two big favourites from the starting gun and both have advanced to the final with nary a scratch to be seen. This may be ‘Junior football’ but […]
By Niall Gartland TO the surprise of very few people, this weekend’s Cavan Junior Championship final showdown will consist of Knockbride and Arva. They were the two big favourites from the starting gun and both have advanced to the final with nary a scratch to be seen. This may be ‘Junior football’ but Knockbride claimed […]
By Niall Gartland DRUMLANE boss Martin Dunne knows they will have to be at the absolute peak of their powers if they’re to upset the odds against Arva in Saturday’s Junior Championship final showdown. The former Cavan Gaels star is in his first year of management and has done remarkably well to take Drumlane to […]
By Niall Gartland ARVA were the form team heading into this year’s Junior Championship, but their manager Gabriel Keogan knows that Knockbride will be a tough nut to crack when they duke it out for a place in the final this weekend. Having achieved promotion during the summer months, Keogan’s side will play in Division […]
IT’S the final round of group stage clashes in the Cavan Junior Championship this weekend and there’s still plenty at stake for many of the teams involved. A few of the teams have already qualified, including Mountnugent who have won all three of their matches to date, but others, including last year’s beaten finalists Drung, […]
