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 […]
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 […]
Niall Gartland looks at Armagh’s shooting stars from 2024… 1 Conor Turbitt (5-54) CONOR Turbitt had a quiet afternoon by his own standards in the All-Ireland final but he played an immense role in Armagh’s surge to the Sam Maguire. He scored a massive 5-54 across the season, 4-23 of which came from play. The […]
Michael McMullan looks at the top scoring Ulster players from play across league and championship. Here is the team… 1 Niall Morgan (Tyrone) MORGAN’S role as an outfield player with his club Edendork again raises the question if he could be a permanent fixture outfield for his county. An all-rounder, Morgan was level on 0-14 points […]
By Shaun Casey AN opening day game away to your neighbours own patch always throws up it’s own challenges, but Clann Eireann convincingly saw off their Lurgan rivals St Peter’s to kickstart their championship charge. The 2021 championship winners were 15 points better off in the end and head into the weekend expected to pick […]
By Shaun Casey THIS season, Clann Éireann decided to enter a team into Division 3B of the Armagh league and the Junior Championship. It’s to create a pathway for the younger players in the club, who aren’t ready to make the breakthrough at senior level just yet but are good enough for competitive action. It’s […]
CONORTurbitt has been included in Armagh’s starting line up ahead of this Saturday’s championship clash in Omagh. Turbitt, who hit 0-5 in the same venue against Tyrone on the final day of the league, failed to score in the Ulster final and was subsequently dropped last weekend. The Clann Eireann sharpshooter came on against Westmeath […]
By Michael McMullan ARMAGH have made three chances from their Ulster final defeat ahead of their All-Ireland opener with Westmeath this weekend. Jemar Hall, who played in 11 of the previous 13 games, makes a return to the panel after injury forced him out against Derry. Conor Turbitt, who failed to score in the previous […]
Niall Gartland looks at the final scoring rankings in this year’s Ulster Senior Football Championship Shane McGuigan (2-21: 0-27) IT’S fitting that Shane McGuigan finished as top scorer in this year’s Ulster Championship as he gave one of the great Ulster final performances against Armagh last weekend. He finished with seven points on the day, […]
By Shaun Casey IF Armagh are to compete for silverware this season, then they have to start winning big games against good opposition says former Orchard captain Steven McDonnell. Armagh travel to Kingspan Breffni on Saturday afternoon and can book their place in the last four of the Ulster Championship if they see off Cavan. […]
