By Barry O’Donnell ACE attacker Eoin McElholm insists that Tyrone are not doing ‘justice’ to their under-pressure manager Malachy O’Rourke with their league performances to date. Speaking at the launch of the Dalata Hotel Group All-Ireland Under-20 Championship this week, the Loughmacrory star, who was the 2025 Footballer of the Year as the Red Hands […]
By Barry O’Donnell EOIN McElholm has already stockpiled an impressive array of medals and trophies in the still embryonic stage of his career, with both school and county, but even he was struggling to fully articulate what a first Tyrone title meant for Loughmacrory last Sunday. An All-Ireland winner with both Omagh CBS and Tyrone […]
By Alan Rodgers ONE major decision by the European Union more than twenty years ago has now had a very positive knock-on impact for the family of a Loughmacrory player whose appearance in this Sunday’s County Final will make history no matter what the result. In 2004, ten countries joined the EU. Over the coming years, people […]
By Niall Gartland IT can be done. In 2012, Loughmacrory St Teresa’s found themselves relegated to Division Three of the Tyrone All-County Leagues. Not where they wanted to be, but it’s like anything in life – it’s how you respond in the face of adversity that matters. Their downturn in fortunes coincided with a renewed vigour […]
By Niall Gartland IT’S little wonder that Eoin McElholm has scooped the U-20 Footballer of the Year award when you consider that the Loughmacrory starlet is already tearing it up at senior intercounty level. Now in his second year at senior level, it’s expected that McElholm will play a part in Sunday’s All-Ireland group stage finale […]
By Niall Gartland MALACHY O’Rourke is confident that three key players will recover in time for Tyrone’s third and final group stage clash against Cavan on Sunday week. Captain Brian Kennedy, former captain Padraig Hampsey and u-20 star Eoin McElholm sat out last weekend’s disappointing defeat to Mayo, though O’Rourke hopes to have a clean […]
By Michael McMullan A COMBINED 4-10 Tally from Eoin McElholm and man of the match shot Tyrone to their eighth All-Ireland title with victory (5-16 to 0-17) over Louth on Wednesday night in Armagh. Louth were within two points midway through the second half but when they failed to take two goal chances, Tyrone replied […]
With no pre-season competitions it’s harder for younger players to make their mark, but Niall McCoy looks at a few players that may have a say in the months to come ANTRIM EOIN HYNDS HAVING played a peripheral role in 2024, Eoin Hynds will be hoping to push on and try and nail a starting berth […]
By Niall Gartland TYRONE stalwart Mattie Donnelly has praised the recently recruited members of the county’s all-conquering U20 team for the energy and drive they have brought to the senior set-up. Donnelly’s composure in front of the posts is just one of his many attributes as a footballer, and he steered over four points from […]
THE addition of a batch of immensely talented Tyrone U20s should provide a real shot of energy to the county’s All-Ireland campaign at senior level, according to joint-manager Brian Dooher. It emerged earlier today (Thursday) that five members of Tyrone’s All-Ireland U20 winning squad have been invited onto the senior panel, among them their inspirational […]
