By Niall McCoy HAVING so obviously been weighed down with emotional baggage in their All-Ireland quarter-final win over Roscommon, Armagh’s load should be so much lighter when they come up against Kerry in Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final at Croke Park. The Orchard County were far from impressive in their 2-12 to 0-12 win over the Rossies, […]
I WAS struck by an interview David Clifford gave recently where he essentially said you can’t wish away the season just to wait for an All-Ireland final. ‘If you do start looking too far down the line, you’re not living in the present at all. You’re kind of wishing the time away. Even the time […]
By Shaun Casey FOLLOWING a ten-point drubbing at the hands of Kerry in the opening round of the All-Ireland series, former Monaghan player and manager Eamonn McEneaney expects the Farney County to “come out fighting” against Louth this weekend. McEneaney knows better than most how the build up to this one will go, having managed […]
It’s a decade since Cavan completed their four-in-a-row of Ulster u-21 titles. Jack Brady looks back on how it impacted the county’s fortunes. Michael McMullan writes… MICKEY Graham, Dermot McCabe, Peter, Larry and Jason Reilly came within a late rally of the 1996 All-Ireland u-21 title. Graham’s goal levelled matters in Tom Semple’s field before […]
DAVID Clifford. Scored 12 points in the Kerry intermediate final last weekend then missed the vital one at the end to force penalties. It’s all very well scoring the unimportant ones. What a loser. Used to be you could drive two miles to see a game of football. Nowadays, you have to drive 300 (to […]
With the 2023 PwC GAA/GPA All-Stars taking place at the RDS on Friday evening, Niall McCoy looks at the last 10 Footballers of the Year 2022: David Clifford (Kerry) KERRY’S long wait, well long by their standards, for Sam was ended thanks mostly to the individual brilliance of the Fossa genius. Finalists Galway had two […]
By Michael McMullan ULSTER champions Derry have seven players nominated for football All-Stars including player of the year nominee Brendan Rogers. In all, 13 counties are represented in the list of 45 nominees with Dublin leading the pack with 10 of their All-Ireland winning team nominated. It was a summer that saw Derry push reigning […]
DAVID Clifford is almost single-handedly keeping the game watchable. At the weekend, he did it again. In the intermediate championship semi-final against Austin Stacks, Fossa were a point behind with 30 seconds of injury time left in extra time. It was at this moment Clifford went looking for the ball. Like all the greats, what […]
THE main talking point this week is obviously Jim McGuinness’s return to the Donegal hot seat. Considering his recent involvement with Down and offer of support role with Donegal GAA last year, the appetite was certainly there on his side. You have to admire him in his pursuit of a career as a professional football […]
Teams of the Year are always up for debate with those that are close to selection. Michael McMullan makes his stab at it. 1 – Shane Ryan (Kerry) BEATEN by a deflected goal in the final, but had another solid season between the posts. Advertisement Make the game-winning save against Derry in the semi-final and […]
