By Shaun Casey ON Friday night, Armagh Ladies footballer Aoife Lennon will sit on a panel along with inter-county referee David Gough, ex-Antrim goalkeeper Chris Kerr and Diarmuid McConville, an All-Ireland club winner with Crossmaglen, to discuss mental health issues. The ‘Let’s Get Talking’ evening will focus on the importance of mental health with the four […]
A RECENT addition to Gaelic Life is the Rule of the Week and here is this week’s example. By Michael McMullan MAYO fans were on their feet. Jordan Flynn rifled a close-range shot to the net in the first half of Sunday’s defeat to Dublin. But it didn’t count. At the time, it appeared a […]
A NEW addition to Gaelic Life is the Rule of the Week and here is the first instance. By Michael McMullan IN recent weeks, there has been confusion over the cynical foul, goalscoring chances and penalties awarded for fouls outside the penalty area. In Kerry’s win over Cork Paul Geaney was awarded a penalty by […]
By Michael McMullan CONOR Glass watched last year’s All-Ireland Club final in the Hogan Stand Bar in Moneyneena and he’s now 60 minutes away from walking up the steps of the stand it’s named after to collect the Andy Merrigan Cup. Glass kicked his 10th point of the campaign as Glen accounted for Maigh Cuilinn […]
OUR greatest referee, David Gough, was on an elite referee’s night out in Dublin. Everyone had passed the fitness test earlier that day so they were all, as he puts it, “on a high.” David: We were in the Croke Park hotel having pints and the craic. It was getting late and the lads were mad […]
I INTERVIEWED David Gough at the weekend, our greatest referee. He supports my four new rules. Q. The sweeper is the real game killer? A. It is. It has become an awful boring game to watch Joe. Even to referee. It is dreadful. I wouldn’t go to watch a football match now and I used […]
Joe picks out his high points from last weekend’s All-Ireland final, and apologises to David Gough.
