Donnelly hoping Down’s underdog tale pays off
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By Shaun Casey IT always seems impossible until it’s done. Down against Donegal. Division Three champions against Division One winners. The Mourne men still aren’t 100 per cent sure of their championship path. They could end up in the Tailteann Cup. On Sunday, at Letterkenny, they come up against the frontrunners for Sam Maguire. You […]


Joe Brolly: Football’s big two
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WHO can win the All-Ireland? Not Derry. We just solo run and handpass. The boys are still Rory Gallagher’s team still playing the old rules. Ciarán Meenagh, our third Tyrone manager in a row, was Rory’s assistant and is therefore acceptable to the group in a way that Mickey Harte and Paddy Tally never were. […]


Patton back in contention for Ulster opener


By Michael McMullan DONEGAL goalkeeper Shaun Patton will be back in contention ahead of Sunday week’s Ulster opener against Down on his home pitch in O’Donnell Park. The St Eunan’s man had a troublesome ankle injury last season and hasn’t played since their championship exit at the hands of Termon. After an operation, he missed […]


GERARD O’KANE: There are no moral victories
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AND boom, just like that, the Ulster Championship has begun. Some say it officially started at 4.15pm last Sunday, while others might argue it wasn’t really alive until around 5.15pm. If you had been blindfolded and transported back two years, you could have been forgiven for thinking we were back in the old version of […]


Ulster U20 FC semi-final draw


REIGNING champions Tyrone will face Donegal in next Wednesday’s semi-final. It will be a repeat of last year’s final thanks to a stoppage time goal from Conor O’Neill knocked Derry out on Wednesday night in Find Insurance Celtic Park. A Max Maguire goal helped Monaghan come from a slow start against Cavan in Kingspan Breffni […]