By Michael McMullan DONEGAL have names their side for Sunday’s league clash against Mayo in Castlebar. Manager Jim McGuinness has 11 changes from the side that lost to Tyrone with only Caolan McColgan, Hugh McFadden, Niall O’Donnell and Finbar Roarty retained. There is a first start of the season for defender Stephen McMenamin while Michael […]
By Michael McMullan DONEGAL have another chance to run eyes over their entire panel this weekend with a trip to Mayo. Manager Jim McGuinness has stressed the importance of staying in the division. With their top-flight status secured, the management took the chance to reshuffle their deck last weekend. Advertisement Donegal made 11 changes from […]
By Michael McMullan IT’S only March but it’s impossible not to mention Donegal and championship in the same sentence. They welcome Tyrone to O’Donnell Park this weekend with both teams coming from different angles. The Red Hands crave two league points in a bid to beat the drop with the home team safe from the […]
WE’RE back in action this weekend with round six of the National Football leagues with plenty still to be decided. To date, we have a very interesting start to the league with all the rule changes and tweaks. By and large, we have all been fairly happy. This week things should ramp up a notch […]
WEEK five of the league has just passed and ‘moving day’, to use some golfing parlance, has come and passed. Each division is starting to take a sort of shape in terms of how the top two or three teams are panning out, a middle cohort of teams and then the bottom two or three teams […]
Luke Barrett coached Milford u-12s while still a teenager himself. He was Donegal minor manager by the age of 26. Just 32, he’s part of the county senior setup. From a sporting family, he’s living the dream. Michael McMullan went to meet him… LUKE Barrett and sport have always been intertwined. He has known nothing […]
Niall Gartland assess the promotion and relegation permutations with two rounds of the NFL remaining DONEGAL ALONGSIDE Galway, the top-ranked team in the county. Donegal have won four of their five matches to date, the only blemish a defeat on the road to the Tribesmen. The question hanging over them in recent weeks was a cynical […]
By Michael McMullan NOT everyone captains an inter-county senior team in their early 20s. Not every 23-year-old lifts Sam. Not everyone makes an inter-county return at 35. Not everyone is Michael Murphy. The Glenwsilly man came on at half-time to help engineer Donegal’s victory over Derry on Sunday. He kicked a point, won vital balls […]
By Michael McMullan HOW much do Donegal want a league final spot? That’s the question this week as they welcome Derry to Ballyshannon on Sunday. Jim McGuinness spoke after the Armagh win of their six-point tally and not risking anyone. His selection for Galway last weekend said more. Eoghan Bán Gallagher, Ciarán Thompson and Ryan […]
AS I stood in Salthill last Sunday, I witnessed two things. The first one was the worst breeze I have ever witnessed a match taking place in. Secondly, it was the best display of kicking technique I have ever had the pleasure of watching. The conditions at Pearse Stadium were absolutely atrocious, and so the array […]
