By Michael McMullan A LOOK at Kilcoo’s starting team from their win over Enniskillen. From the games they’ve played across the Down and Ulster championship, scores are dripping across every line. Niall Kane’s four points all came from placed balls. Every bother person has scored from play. Eugene Branagan didn’t start, but add in his […]
By Michael McMullan EMMETT Bradley doesn’t read too much into form, but the Glen midfielder admits his side need to improve massively this weekend. That’s where he sees his side over the next few days as they prepare for their first ever Ulster senior final against All-Ireland champions Kilcoo. “Personally, I don’t buy too much […]
By Michael McMullan CONNOR Carville’s take this weekend’s showdown with Kilcoo is simple. Glen must roll out their best performance possible if they’ve any chance of ferrying the Seamus McFerran Cup along Maghera street on Sunday night. The Glen skipper’s troublesome knee injury forced him off in the dying embers of last season’s gut-wrenching defeat […]
For four decades, the cream of minor club football spent the Christmas period jostling for top spot in the St Paul’s tournament. Michael McMullan takes a look at its beginning and lasting legacy. BRIAN Coyle always loved minor football. The entertainment on view always appealed to him. The open and free style pushed his buttons. […]
By Michael McMullan SLEACHT Néill are still searching for a new senior football manager to succeed Paul Bradley who stepped down after three years in charge. The club confirmed to Gaelic Life that a sub-committee has been formed to take care of the appointment and are still currently actively searching for a manager. It comes […]
NOW that we are heading into December a lot of the pretenders to the throne have fallen by the wayside, and now we are left with the cream of the crop as the race for provincial and All-Ireland glory warms up. Having watched a lot of the provincial club games over the last number of […]
By Shaun Casey FOR the neutral, they got exactly what they wanted last weekend. An Ulster final between the reigning provincial and All-Ireland champions Kilcoo and the new up-and-comers Glen in a repeat of last year’s semi-final showdown. Three points separated the sides after extra time in 2021 and while the pair have only ever […]
WE enter the semi-final stage of the Ulster Club championship this weekend with two more fascinating games in store. Let’s not beat about the bush. Most people in Ulster at the very start of this competition expected the final to be between Kilcoo and Glen and very little has changed since then. Both of these […]
LAST weekend proved to any doubters out there just how special and ultra-competitive our Ulster Club Championship season is up here. When you look through all of the games last weekend, you would have witnessed everything that we like about Gaelic games and credit to all the clubs involved. Let’s start with the most controversial game, given all […]
ULSTER CLUB SFC QUARTER-FINAL Glen 3-10 Errigal Ciaran 1-12 By Michael McMullan A POWERFUL and purposeful second half – with Ethan Doherty to the fore – saw Glen advance from Sunday’s Celtic Park cauldron and book their semi-final spot with Cargin. Advertisement Goals from Conor Convery, Ethan and Alex Doherty did the trick in a […]
