JANUARY is in full swing and with it the football season is churning out games at will. It’s early in the year but we have plenty to choose from. The pre-season competitions are back. We have the Sigerson Cup and the various club finals. You name it, we have it and isn’t it great. Last […]
By Michael McMullan GLENULLIN manager Michael O’Kane was both annoyed and heartbroken after Sunday’s All-Ireland final. Trailing 0-9 to 0-1 at half-time, the Derry champions did finish on the front foot in the final quarter, hitting late scores with the result all but cemented. O’Kane was visibility distraught and wasn’t looking back on a memorable […]
By Michael McMullan GLENULLIN hit the reset button in the four weeks over Christmas with the view of winning the All-Ireland according to dynamic wing-back Conor Rafferty. Rafferty was one of their most consistent players in their 10-game march to Croke Park on Sunday and a date with Kerry’s An Ghaeltacht in the All-Ireland Intermediate […]
THERE was a week of key club games for Ulster teams with the Dr McKenna Cup also kicking the county season into action. Here are the star players. 1 JAMES MCBENNETT Dromintee Restarts were sensational for the majority of the side’s Ulster triumph at St Paul’s. 2 RYAN O’TOOLE Scotstown On a tough day for […]
Ryan McNicholl played briefly in Croke Park before but Sunday is a new ball game as Glenullin chase All-Ireland glory. He sat down with Michael McMullan… SUNDAY will be a second time to play in Croke Park and a second All-Ireland final for Ryan McNicholl. This time it is real. McNicholl recalls playing at HQ […]
By Michael McMullan GLENULLIN manager Michael O’Kane said he will give forward Donal O’Kane “every chance” to be available for Sunday’s All-Ireland Intermediate final against An Ghaeltacht. O’Kane is level with Néill McNicholl on 4-21 as their third top championship scorer this season, but sustained a hamstring injury over Christmas. “We’re working with him every […]
After his early disappointing years of senior football, Donal O’Kane is part of the Glenullin renaissance that has taken them to Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final. He sat down with Michael McMullan CHRISTMAS is two days away and Donal O’Kane finishes throwing a few darts with Cillian Bradley in Glenullin’s players’ room. There is a competitive edge […]
AS we move closer to Christmas Day and the temperature is starting to fall, the average temperature is around ‘Two Degrees’……or so it was in Glenullin last Monday. Even though it’s 11 days since my own club’s victory in the Ulster Intermediate Championship final and I usually try to look forward in my columns, I […]
By Michael McMullan EOIN Bradley has kicked many scores for club and county down the years but nothing betters last Sunday’s Ulster Intermediate Championship triumph in Clones. ‘Skinner’ came off the bench to hit 1-1 with his first two touches, and a 1-3 haul in total, to help Glenullin fend off Cavan champions Cuchulainn’s. “It doesn’t get any […]
Shaun Casey charts the top scorers in the Ulster Intermediate Football Championship ahead of this weekend’s final between Glenullin and Cuchulainn’s Ryan McNicholl (Glenullin) – 3-8 McNICHOLL has been the leading light in the forward line for Glenullin, and his scoring ability has helped them reach a first-ever Ulster final. The rangy corner-forward hit the […]
