By Michael McMullan KILREA won the Derry Senior League for the first time since 1981 but have now set their sights on the championship which kicks into action next month. Before a ball was kicked this season, Kilrea’s magic word was consistency. In recent years, they were sucked into a relegation battle with the added […]
Jack Scullion has swapped the round ball for a chance to pursue a career in American Football. The Lavey man is preparing for a season with the Rutgers University team in New Jersey. Michael McMullan caught up with him… JACK Scullion is living the dream. The excitement and his smile coming across the internet hits […]
BALANCE is a key word often used to describe how to obtain happiness in life. Too much of a good thing can’t be good for you while you need some sort of light at the end of the tunnel to keep you going. Well the last fortnight Derry football teaches us that balance and perspective […]
By Shaun Casey HEADING into 2024, it was 40 years since a Derry minor team had retained their Ulster title and the county had never before in their history held onto their Electric Ireland All-Ireland crown for back-to-back campaigns, but Damian McErlain’s side has changed all that. Two pieces of silverware wasn’t enough last year, […]
MICKEY Harte has stepped down as manager of the Derry Senior Intercounty footballers, it has been confirmed this afternoon. The Glencull man emerged as a shock successor to interim manager Ciaran Meenagh last September, but has decided to step down after serving a single season in the post. Harte steered Derry to Division One honours […]
CIARAN Foran, Dave’s brother from the great Dublin team of the ‘90s, taxied me to Croke Park on Saturday. “Where is your wife from?” he said. “Mayo,” I replied. “I was the first man that ever wore white shoes in Mayo,” he said. “I wore white loafers with a tassle on them at a dance […]
Electric Ireland All-Ireland MFC final Derry 2-7 Armagh 0-10 By Michael McMullan GOALS from captain James Sargent and Cody Rocks made the difference as Derry retained their All-Ireland minor title on Sunday in Omagh. Advertisement The sides were level at the break before Armagh pushed two points clear after a controlled third quarter. Derry did […]
Electric Ireland Minor Football Championship Final Derry v Armagh Sunday, O’Neill’s Healy Park, 2pm By Shaun Casey WHEN Armagh make the short trip to O’Neill’s Healy Park, Omagh on Sunday for the All-Ireland final with Ulster rivals Derry, their hoping to make it third time lucky against the Oakleafers this season. Of the previous two […]
Electric Ireland Minor Football Championship Final Derry v Armagh Sunday, O’Neill’s Healy Park, 2pm By Michael McMullan IT’S like last year only it’s different in the race for the Tom Markham Cup. Derry and Armagh lock horns for the third time this season in Sunday’s All-Ireland Minor final. Advertisement When the Oakleafers won their sixth […]
AND then there were four. Last weekend’s games went pretty much as we thought they would apart from the one massive upset which we will get into later. A lot of people have been critical of the Armagh performance, but to me, they did exactly what they had to do in order to get over […]
