The draw for the 2019 Ulster Senior Football Championship has been made tonight live on RTÉ. Old rivals, Tyrone and Derry will meet for the third time in four years after being drawn in this year’s preliminary round with the winners facing Antrim in the quarter-final. There will be a repeat of the 2018 Ulster […]
WHAT a journey it’s been for the Down camogs, who overcame a horrific start to the season to clinch their first Ulster title in donkey years before making it all to Sudnay’s All-Ireland Intermediate final against Cork. They have some serious, serious leaders on the team – the likes of Fionnuala Carr, Paula O’Hagan and […]
DOWN’S run to the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship semi-final has created a huge sense of camaraderie and togetherness in the team, according to scoring sensation Niamh Mallon. The Portaferry star has heaped praise on their management team for engineering their run to their last-four date with Tipperary on Saturday after an inauspicious start to the season. […]
DOWN defender Darren O’Hagan has become the first Mourne county player to go on record supporting a potential managerial candidate – and he has thrown his weight behind Steven Poacher. The Carlow coach is part of a ticket that has Shane Mulholland alongside him as joint manager. O’Hagan, a former captain and senior figure […]
SHANE Mulholland has officially thrown his hat into running for the vacant Down senior job
By Niall Gartland A NUMBER of candidates are already emerging as contenders for the vacant Down senior manager position following the resignation of Eamonn Burns earlier this week. The Bryansford man served his notice after Down’s Round Two qualifier defeat to Cavan less than a fortnight ago, a match which they lost despite having played […]
IT is an unusual quirk that Down’s two most consistent scorers this season – Anthony Doherty and Caolan Mooney – are both defenders. The pair have scored in 10 of the side’s 11 games this season in the McKenna Cup, league and championship, although the manner of their scores differ greatly. Livewire Mooney has brought […]
TWENTY-EIGHT times Kevin O’Boyle has pulled on the Saffron jersey and represented his county in championship battle. Twenty-eight times he has felt the butterflies starting to cause mischief in his stomach, 28 times he has felt the tension grow as the throw-in to a big Antrim game approached. Sure, it would be easy to discount […]
I ALWAYS enjoy the last day of the group stages Allianz Leagues.
