By Niall Gartland THE personnel may have changed somewhat, but the commitment levels have remained very much intact. Kingscourt are bidding for the back-to-back when they take on Gowna in Sunday’s Cavan Senior Championship showpiece, and their manager Colin Kelly is quick to credit the application of his team. It’s a repeat of last year’s […]
By Niall Gartland GOWNA have appeared in four of the last five Cavan Senior Championship titles, with a 50 percent strike rate, but their semi-final opponents Crosserlough are no strangers to the big day either. Crosserlough have appeared in three finals since 2018 (winning two and losing one) though their new manager Finbar O’Reilly acknowledges that it’ll […]
By Niall Gartland OPPONENTS Gowna may have had a smoother season on the results front, but Ramor boss Jude McNabb is quietly hopeful ahead of Sunday’s Cavan Senior Championship quarter-final at Kingspan Breffni. The Virginia-based side cut it fine in the group stages, losing their opening two encounters before bouncing back with wins against Ballyhaise […]
By Niall Gartland IT really was backs-to-the-wall time for Castlerahan ahead of their round-two Senior Championship clash against Ballyhaise, so manager David Lennon was delighted to see his side pick up a precious group-stage victory and bolster their bid to avoid demotion to the Intermediate ranks. Having fallen through the relegation trapdoor in the league, […]
By Niall Gartland CONFIDENT Kingscourt Stars manager Colin Kelly states firmly that they haven’t “stumbled” into Sunday’s Cavan Senior Championship final against a Gowna team bidding for their third title in four years. These two teams met in the 2023 showdown on a day to forget for Kingscourt (the final scoreline of 5-15 to 0-13 […]
By Shaun Casey THE appointment of Dermot McCabe as the next Cavan senior football manager is a “positive” move and one Cavan people should be excited about, says former Breffni player Joe Dillon. McCabe spent last season in charge of Westmeath as they dropped out of Division Two despite putting in a number of commendable performances. […]
By Shaun Casey GOWNA are the team to catch at the top of the Division One table in Cavan at the minute and they are three points clear of their nearest challengers Ramor United having won eight of their nine outings to date. The one blot on their otherwise perfect record was a 1-12 to […]
Niall Gartland looks at the teams who have won consecutive senior championships in recent years, though some have recently been dethroned Kilcoo (three consecutive titles) KILCOO have dominated the club football scene in Down since 2012, winning 11 of the last 12 titles. Their stranglehold was broken in 2018 when Burren came out on top […]
By Niall Gartland RAMOR did the business against Gowna in their Division One final clash on the final weekend of July, but joint-manager Pat McNabb recognises that their opponents have the happy knack of producing their best stuff in the business end of the championship. Back-to-back Cavan Senior Champions Gowna take on Ramor for a […]
By Niall Gartland EIGHT teams will be whittled down to four in this weekend’s Cavan Senior Championship quarter-finals – but there’s an abiding sense of déjà vu before a ball has been thrown in. Three of the quarter-finals are, in effect, rematches from recent group stage encounters and it’ll be interesting to see whether there’ll […]
