KEVIN CASSIDY: Painting a prettier picture


WHEN sitting down today to pen this week’s article, it has just dawned on me how easy this has become. What I mean by that is that, now, when I sit down after a weekend of football, there are so many interesting talking points to touch on when you compare that to last year when […]


Derry head for HQ


By Michael McMullan DERRY take on Dublin on Saturday night and manager Paddy Tally is expecting another ding-dong encounter in the top flight. After losing to Tyrone and Kerry, the Oakleafers picked up their first point of the campaign against Galway on Saturday night. It was a game Derry trailed by nine points before almost […]


Dublin not able to Reel in Armagh


Lidl National Football League. Armagh 0-11 Dublin 2-4 By Daire Walsh   NIAMH Reel kicked five points at Parnell Park as defending champions Armagh held off a late surge from Dublin to make it three wins from three in Division One of the Lidl National Football League.   Seeking to build on victories against Kerry and […]


It’s take two as Donegal welcome Dubs


By Michael McMullan STORM Éowyn said no to Donegal’s visit to Kerry on Sunday but they’ll get their 2025 off the ground with the visit of Dublin on Saturday night. Jim McGuinness didn’t even need to release his squad, leaving us all pondering what his latest Donegal model is going to look like. However, no […]


NFL feature: The roll of honour


Shaun Casey charts those who have led the way in National Football League Division One titles Kerry (23) LIKE the All-Ireland roll of honour, Kerry also has the most National League titles. The Kingdom have also lost seven league deciders and haven’t claimed the crown since 2022. Then, they lost just once throughout the entire […]


KEVIN CASSIDY: Adapting to change


I WAS writing here last week about how excited I was about the new rules coming into the game. This week, I am taking it a stage further. I am going to try ranking the teams based on how I think the rules will suit them. 1 – Kerry It’s goes without saying that, in […]


PATRICK MORRISON: One-to-one goalkeeping coaching


By Patrick Morrison IN 2015, my first year with the Armagh team, we played a challenge game against Dublin down in the DCU sports complex. This was the first year of their five-in-a-row dominance. We had started with a strong team with a handful of our regular starters rested. Dublin on the other hand, had […]


JOE BROLLY:Vote early, vote often


WHEN Professor Niall Moyna said last month that Gaelic football was “probably the most boring game in the world to watch,” he was only repeating something I have been saying for a decade. Something I got lambasted for. “He doesn’t understand the modern game.” “He is a dinosaur.” “The game was just catch and kick […]


Feature: The facts and figures of Brian Fenton


Dublin star Brian Fenton has announced a shock retirement from county football at the age of just 31, here are some of the numbers of an astonishing career 10 – Leinster titlesPLAYING for Dublin essentially guarantees provincial medals, and Fenton managed to get into double figures before announcing his retirement. To put that into context, […]