ULSTER SFC QUARTER FINAL Derry v Antrim Saturday, Find Insurance Celtic Park, 5pm By Michael McMullan THE last time Derry and Antrim played in the championship, Mick McCann was playing for the Saffrons with Barry Gillis in goals for Derry. It was the summer of ’07 and Chrissy McKaigue was playing in the minor game. […]
ULSTER SFC QUARTER-FINAL MONAGHAN V CAVAN Sunday, Clones, 3pm By Niall Gartland Advertisement HERE’S a quote to whet the appetite. The late, great Nudie Hughes, Monaghan to the bone, giving his take on their ever-combustible rivalry with Cavan. “The goading is relentless. “When we were going well in the ’80s and winning a first Ulster […]
Ulster U20 FC quarter-final Derry 0-12 Tyrone 1-11 By Michael McMullan A STOPPAGE time goal from Conor O’Neill shot Tyrone to victory on Wednesday night at Find Insurance Celtic Park. Advertisement It capped off a fine second-half performance in a dramatic finish. The Red Hands played second fiddle for much of the first-half, trailed by […]
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 […]
TYRONE put their Ulster and All-Ireland titles on the line against neighbours Derry on Wednesday night in Find Insurance Celtic Park. They went down to Armagh last week with the Orchard County joining Donegal in the semi-finals. Donegal were winners over Derry thanks to a late point from Shane Callaghan. Can are also at home […]
DOWN’S reward for Saturday’s comfortable win over Fermanagh is a Round 1 trip to Derry next weekend. First half goals from Dylan McAleenan and Patrick Joyce put them on their way to victory. Here the upcoming fixtures and the competition will be played with a backdoor format. The Round One winners will play each other […]
The Ulster Championship kicks into action with Sunday’s showdown between Armagh and Tyrone. Michael McMullan takes a look why it remains one of the best competitions in the calander. THERE is just something about Clones. Not everybody gets it, but Ulster Gaels, they just know. It’s a step back in time. A lick of paint […]
By Michael McMullan KIERAN McGeeney and Malachy O’Rourke have named their teams ahead of Sunday’s Ulster Senior Championship opener in the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds. Armagh have listed the same starting 15 from their last league game against Kerry but there are changes on the bench. Rory Grogan, Andrew Murnin and Barry McCambridge are listed. Conor […]
By Michael McMullan THE last time there was a three-in-a-row in Ulster, Armagh were Kings. It was Donegal who were looking up as Paul McGrane lifted the Anglo Celt Cup on the steps of the Hogan Stand. The Orchard skipper’s goal was the difference in the 2006 final at HQ, a time when they had […]
The league has come and gone for the year with the championship now just around the corner. Michael McMullan takes a look back at some of the observations… The perfect league WITHOUT winning every game, Donegal have had the perfect league, topped off by actually winning it. Nobody in Donegal – inside the bubble or […]
