By Niall Gartland ALL the way back in 2004, Benny Marron was, by his own admission, third-choice goalkeeper when Moneyglass reached the inaugural Ulster Intermediate final — where they fell short against Tyrone’s Pomeroy. He was only 16 at the time. Now, just over two decades on, he’s the manager of the Moneyglass senior team preparing […]
I COULD nearly copy and paste a few articles from the last four years about this time of season and my club Glenullin, but that would do an unfair service to those involved in the senior team and set-up. Having just won the Derry Intermediate championship for the third time in four years, a lot of […]
By Shaun Casey FORMER Antrim captain Declan Lynch believes that appointing Paddy Bradley as the new Antrim manager would be a “positive” move for the Saffron County after reports linking the Derry legend to the post. Bradley has been earmarked to replace Andy McEntee, who held the position for the last three seasons. Bradley had […]
“THE cream always rises to the top”. That saying is pretty much how the football fared out last weekend in both Derry and Tyrone club championships. Derry are down to the last four – what many people would perceive as the four strongest teams in the championship. Glen are going for four in-a-row and that […]
Diarmuid McNicholl has a level of maturity well beyond his 24 years. With his litany of major setbacks, you soon appreciate why. Michael McMullan went to meet him. CELEBRATING a broken leg not being a third cruciate injury tells how dark four years of injury hell were for Diarmuid McNicholl. Two years later and seated […]
By Michael McMullan FORMER Derry defender Gerard O’Kane has been appointed as the new manager of Cavan side Killinkere. O’Kane, Derry’s 2002 minor All-Ireland winning captain, resides in Cavan and has been involved in coaching with Ramor United and has been heavily involved with Glenullin. The following year he also skippered St Patrick’s Maghera to […]
FOR 95 per cent of club players, we are now well into the off season – or maybe party season as some would like to call it – though for those who did not make it to the latter end of their respective championships, this might have been the case for a number of weeks […]
By Niall Gartland ALL the sleuthing in the world won’t necessarily fully prepare Ballyhaise for what Glenullin will bring to the table in Saturday’s Ulster Intermediate Championship semi-final in O’Neill’s Healy Park. That’s according to Ballyhaise manager Damien Keaney, who says that they’ll pour over the video footage and all the rest of it, but […]
By Michael McMullan WINNING back-to-back titles has generated plenty of interest in Glenullin who take on Ballyhaise in Saturday’s Ulster semi-final at O’Neill’s Healy Park. With Derry invoking a promotion freeze as part of their championship restructure, the ‘Glen were back in the intermediate ranks and took aim at retaining their title. “I get a […]
By Michael McMullan GLENULLIN have a wrong to right this weekend when they take on Glenravel on Sunday at Celtic Park. They were on the wrong end of a hammering at the hands of a Galbally team who went all the way to the All-Ireland final last year. “It did hurt,” stated Neil McNicholl, who […]
