By Niall Gartland THE expectation of success will be considerable, but new Coalisland joint-manager Barry Tracey says he was never going to shy away from taking the reins at one of the most prestigious clubs in Tyrone football. Tracey, who will manage the side with his brother-in-law Steven McNeice, has accrued a wealth of managerial […]
Gerard Devlin is no ordinary former player. A championship winner with Coalisland, he is running 52 marathons in 52 weeks to put something back into the club he loves. Michael McMullan writes… YOU don’t need to be talking to Gerard Devlin too long before his love for Coalisland Fianna oozes down the line. From the […]
The Tyrone Senior Championship gets underway in a week’s time and we take a look at a handful off the players who are likely to make an impact in the battle for the O’Neill Cup. Darragh Canavan (Errigal Ciaran) CANAVAN has been in scintillating attacking form for Errigal Ciaran during their league campaign. He’s scored heavily […]
By Alan Rodgers A STRONG indication of the build-up in preparations for the Tyrone Senior Championship was provided last weekend when Coalisland welcomed back two players set to be pivotal figures for them in this year’s title-race. Michael McKernan and Niall Devlin were among a raft of Tyrone players – a list also including Ruairi Canavan, […]
Tyrone’s midfield maestro from the 1980s Harry McClure talks to Niall Gartland about his club and county career… HE was reared in Coalisland parish and his father played for Armagh – but it was with Clonoe and Tyrone that Harry McClure starred during the eighties and early nineties. McClure lined out in midfield alongside Plunkett Donaghy […]
By Niall Gartland STEPHEN Ferguson may only be in his debut season in charge of Coalisland, but he’s confident that they’re only going to get better in the weeks and months to come. Their league form has been mixed, but they did extremely well to plunder a draw from a gripping tussle with Loughmacrory on […]
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It’s quarter finals weekend in the Tyrone senior championship
Speaking to Niall McCoy in this week’s Gaelic Life, Crossmaglen joint-manager Kieran Donnelly has ruled Tony Kernan out of Saturday’s clash while confirmed that Oisin O’Neill will play through the pain barrier. “Oisin carried an injury into the county final and maybe it’s a wee bit of fitness thing with him now. He had no […]
In this week’s Gaelic Life, Ronan McSherry speaks to Tyrone strength and conditioning coach and recently converted Coalisland goalkeeper, Peter Donnelly. Throughout the interview Donnelly takes about his journey from answering a goalkeeping crisis call to picking up another Tyrone senior medal in a year he didn’t believe he would be involved. “We were in […]
