By Michael McMullan MICHAEL Murphy is expected to be in the selection mix when Division One pacesetters Donegal welcome Galway on Sunday. The All-Ireland winning skipper has played 41 minutes across their home games with Kerry and Mayo, but wasn’t in Armagh last weekend. “We just didn’t travel him,” manager Jim McGuinness said after Sunday’s […]
Armagh 0-20 Galway 3-12 A last minute score from man of the match Rob Finnerty saw Galway earn the two-points on offer at the Box-It Athletic Grounds, shading what was a frantic encounter by the minimum of margins. An Oisin O’Neill free looked to have snatched a share of the spoils for Kieran McGeeney’s men, […]
THERE are three things certain here in this life – death, taxes and pundits getting predictions wrong. Over the last few weeks, it has been next to impossible to predict some of the championship games so great credit must go to the Football Review Committee because this is exactly what we have been looking for. […]
By Shaun Casey CHAMPIONSHIP clashes between Down and Galway are few and far between. In fact, Sunday’s encounter will be the first since the All-Ireland semi-final in 1971, when Galway won by seven points. Aidan Carr never faced the Tribesmen in the championship during his years in the red and black shirt, but he did […]
ARMAGH suffered their first defeat inside 70 minutes since 2023 when they lost out to Galway by the minimum of margins in Saturday’s enthralling round three encounter and they have “loads to work on” says manager Kieran McGeeney. The reigning All-Ireland champions had already secured their spot in the quarter-finals with opening round wins over […]
By Michael McMullan IT has been five weeks since their Ulster final defeat against Armagh but Donegal step into the All-Ireland series when Galway visit Lifford on Saturday. The Connacht champions were nine-point winners over Tipperary in their opening game, thanks to a 1-10 to 0-1 lead and Leanne Coen’s goal. For Donegal captain Róisín […]
All-Ireland SFC Round Two Derry 2-20 Galway 4-14 By Michael McMullan WHAT a game of football this was. An epic. It had everything you could wish for apart from a winner. Advertisement Niall Loughlin’s goal shot Derry into an eight-point midway through the second half. Lachlan Murray’s input was telling and the Oakleafers were making […]
By Michael McMullan SUNDAY in Celtic Park isn’t exactly the last chance saloon but it’s not far off it for Derry. Paddy Tally said as much after Saturday’s defeat to Armagh. Their season of fits and starts has failed to lay all of the pieces of a puzzle on any one day. Ironically Galway are […]
JUST when the GAA seems to have got a few things right, they might just go and undo it all again. When these new group stages came in last year there was commentary around needless games, about how it’s set up for the stronger sides and will lead to some dead rubbers and too many […]
By Michael McMullan PADDY Tally has named the Derry team for Sunday’s visit of Galway to Celtic Park (2pm). It’s an unchanged starting 15, but there is a return to the squad for goalkeeper Odhrán Lynch who has been missing since tearing a quad against Mayo. Lachlan Murray, man of the match in the league […]
