TYRONE GAA have released a statement confirming that Feargal Logan, joint manager of the county’s senior footballers, is currently dealing with “health issues.” Logan, who is in his fourth year managing the county’s flagship football team alongside Brian Dooher, wasn’t on the sidelines for Tyrone’s Division One clash against Derry at Celtic Park due to […]
Dooher targeting a winning start
By Barry O’Donnell SLOW starts in the league have blighted Tyrone in recent seasons, a pattern which joint-manager Brian Dooher is keen to rectify this weekend The Red Hands begin what looks an arduous schedule of matches in Division One at home to Roscommon in O’Neill’s Healy Park this Sunday afternoon (throw-in 3.45pm), in a […]
O’Neill hoping injury woes are firmly behind him
By Niall Gartland TYRONE footballer Michael O’Neill hopes that he has put his injury woes behind him as he looks forward to his fifth season in the red and white at senior level. The Ardboe man played a full role in Tyrone’s surge to All-Ireland honours in 2021, but a lingering groin problem meant he played […]
Sludden praises volunteerism of Tyrone intercounty football managers
By Niall Gartland COUNTY chairperson Martin Sludden has expressed his gratitude to Tyrone’s inter-county football managers for their genuinely held sense of volunteerism in his address to the convention on Tuesday night. Debate on the subject of intercounty costs, particularly in relation to management teams, has ramped up in recent weeks following the publication of […]
Dooher and Logan granted new term as Tyrone managers
By Niall Gartland FEARGAL Logan and Brian Dooher have been granted a new three-year term as Tyrone joint-managers at a meeting of the County Committee in Garvaghey this evening. Club delegates offered no dissent when the matter was tabled by the County Board and Logan and Dooher were therefore ratified to lead the county’s senior […]
Dooher and Logan expected to be reinstated
By Niall Gartland FEARGAL Logan and Brian Dooher have put their names forward to stay on board as managers of the Tyrone senior intercounty football team, and it is expected that they will be ratified on a new three-year term at a meeting of the county committee next Tuesday evening (August 8). Logan and Dooher […]
Effort of Red Hand players can’t be faulted says Dooher
By Niall Gartland TYRONE joint-manager Brian Dooher said he “couldn’t fault” the application of his team during their narrow defeat away to Galway last Saturday in Salthill. Pádraic Joyce’s side led for practically the entirety of the game and had the benefit of an extra man following the first-half sending off of Frank Burns, but Tyrone […]
Game management was our downfall against Monaghan says Meyler
By Niall Gartland LOSING to Monaghan really wasn’t the end of the world. Not only do Tyrone have another crack of the whip in the upcoming All-Ireland group stages, but Conor Meyler firmly believes that they were the architects of their own downfall against the Farney men. The Tyrone players were afforded the option of […]
We’ve focused on shoring up our defence says Tyrone skipper Hampsey
By Niall Gartland THE old adage goes that defence wins championships, and Tyrone captain Padraig Hampsey says the team was acutely conscious that they needed to rectify their defensive deficiencies in the wake of some bruising defeats in the earlier rounds of their league campaign. Defeats on the road to Roscommon and Galway were obviously […]
Tyrone are out to end mini slump against fierce rivals
By Niall Gartland YES it’s only week two of the league, but Tyrone’s clash against Donegal this Sunday has ‘must win’ written all over it. The Red Hands slumped to their first defeat in 20 years to Roscommon at Dr Hyde Park last weekend, and another defeat would spell danger even at this relatively early […]