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 […]
By Barry O’Donnell HAVING at last ‘filled a gap’ on the Dunmoyle clubhouse gallery of past champions, Ben McDonnell appreciates that replicating the classes of 1993 and 2002 will be an even sterner test for this current Errigal Ciaran side. The Tyrone campaigner played a starring role as Errigal bridged a ten year gap to […]
By Michael McMullan GLEN skipper Connor Carville was in O’Neill’s Healy Park last weekend to run his eye over the Tyrone final and was “very impressed” with what he saw. The back to back Derry champions face Errigal Ciaran on Sunday at Celtic Park (3.30) in an eagerly awaited clash of the titans. Speaking at […]
By Michael McMullan GLEN selector Johnny Bradley was impressed with how Ulster opponents Errigal Ciaran stood tall in the face of Carrickmore’s brave comeback in Sunday’s Tyrone decider. Former Derry player Bradley, a highly-rated performance analyst, was also full of praise for the Glen squad who delivered back-to-back Derry championships in commanding style. Glen host […]
By Michael McMullan HE had number six on his back, but Michael Warnock grabbed two points in an all-action Man of the Match display as Glen retained their Derry senior title. ‘Spike’ mixed a marking role on Sleacht Néill playmaker Christopher ‘Sammy’ Bradley with putting Glen on the front foot and his first point kicked […]
TWO of Derry’s Ulster winning team have been listed on the All-Star team of the year. Rory Gallagher’s side took home the Anglo Celt Cup for the first time since 1998 before bowing out to Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final. Skipper Chrissy McKaigue – who has played 113 times for Derry – and midfielder Conor […]
By Michael McMullan SLEACHT Néill will begin the search for a new senior football manager after Paul Bradley stepped down. Bradley ended his three-year term after Sunday’s defeat to Glen in the Derry final. His tenure saw the Emmet’s get their hands on the John McLaughlin Cup in his first season, 2020, before falling to […]
By Michael McMullan IT was a “different sort” of feeling for Glen after retaining their Derry title insists midfielder Conor Glass. The Wattys were 1-12 to 0-7 winners over neighbours Sleacht Néill in Sunday’s decider, a game that followed the path of the sides’ showdown last year. Glass felt getting the early lead was a […]
