FOOTBALL MONAGHAN By Shaun Casey WITH two rounds of the group stages left in the Farney County, the competing teams are starting to jostle for positions as the knockout stages loom. Advertisement There is a three-way tie at the top of Group One with last year’s finalists Inniskeen and Scotstown along with the 2025 Intermediate Championship […]
By Shaun Casey THE big clash in this weekend’s Monaghan SFC is between the reigning champions Scotstown and Corduff, who are chasing top spot in the group and automatic progress to the knockout stages. Scotstown, who have won eight of the last 11 championships, are unbeaten in the group stages so far having picked up […]
By Niall Gartland LAVEY are heading in the right direction under the tutelage of club native Liam Maguire, who is determined to steer the team into Division One football. Maguire helped steer Lavey to last year’s u-20 Division Two title in Cavan, so there’s talented players coming through the ranks, but Maguire believes that it’s imperative […]
By Shaun Casey SEMI-FINALS are for winning and at St Tiernach’s Park this Sunday, four teams are 60 minutes away from securing their spot in the Monaghan SFC final. Scotstown are part of the furniture on county final day at this stage, having featured in the last ten, while Clontibret have collected the Mick Duffy Cup […]
1 Staying at the top It’s so important for teams nowadays to firstly get to Division One and then stay there. The experience of playing the best teams and coming up against the best players week in week out is hugely important. In 2022, Monaghan once again pulled a Houdini act on the final day […]
By Alan Rodgers AN extra week to prepare will not have diminished the determination of Galbally Pearses as they get set for the re-fixed Ulster Intermediate final against Corduff this Saturday afternoon. The heavy frost of recent days put paid to the final, which had been scheduled for last Saturday evening in Newry. It will […]
MOST club teams are back-boned by family relations. In their pomp, Crossmaglen had the Kernans, there were (and still are) the Canavans in Errigal Ciaran, even now in Kilcoo it’s the Johnstons and Branagans that make up most of the team sheet. Corduff may be a little different. Maybe a lot different. The McEnaney surname […]
By Alan Rodgers BIG wins in their run to the Ulster final are ensuring that Galbally will be in confident mood as their journey towards provincial honours reaches its climax with this weekend’s decider against Corduff. It has been a championship journey brimming with excitement for the Pearses as they aim to erase the disappointment […]
By Shaun Casey CORDUFF’S championship journey began with a loss to old rivals Magheracloone in the opening round of the group stages in Monaghan, but Seamus McEnaney’s side regrouped and refocused and have never looked back since. They eventually earned their revenge, defeating Magheracloone in both Monaghan league and championship finals and this Saturday, they hope to […]
THE Senior and Intermediate Ulster finals are set to take place on Saturday 10 December and Sunday 11 December and Ulster GAA have announced the dates, times and venues for those games. The eagerly anticipated Ulster final between Kilcoo and Glen is set to be played at the Athletic Grounds, Armagh, the same venue where […]
