By Shaun Casey AT the end of last season, Monaghan’s obituary had been well and truly written. They dropped out of Division One for the first time in a decade and failed to reach the last eight in the race for Sam Maguire. That narrative only increased when arguably their greatest player of all time […]
THE draws for the 2024 Monaghan Championships have been made. Senior champions Scotstown, who reached the Ulster Club final last year and are currently top of the league, will once again begin the campaign as heavy favourites to continue their domination. They begin their title defence against Ballybay a repeat of the 2022 decider, which […]
Many football team-sheets have changed over the winter with big names departing, and Shaun Casey puts together his best missing 15 1 Raymond Galligan (Cavan) The ex-Cavan netminder didn’t take much time off after retiring, jumping straight into management. The leadership and experience of the Ulster Championship winning captain will surely be a miss on […]
By Shaun Casey IT’S back to the scene of the crime for Vinny Corey and his Monaghan men as they return to Croke Park with last year’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Dublin still fresh in their minds. Everyone had Monaghan written off as they contested for a spot in the All-Ireland final, not that there’s […]
By Niall Gartland MONAGHAN stalwart Kieran Hughes has announced his intercounty retirement 15 years after making his debut under Seamus McEnaney back in 2009. Hughes, who turns 34 next month, played a major part in Scotstown’s run to an Ulster final berth in December but has decided the time is right to bring down the […]
By Michael McMullan KIERAN Hughes feels Scotstown’s ability to last the pace silenced anyone who questioned their “old legs”. The Farney champions needed a late Conor McCarthy point to force extra time in a game they spurned early chances that nearly came back to haunt them when Lee Brennan kicked Trillick into the lead in […]
By Kieran Lynch SCOTSTOWN are back in the Monaghan Senior Football Championship final for the tenth year in-a-row where they will take on Ballybay this Sunday, but it has been anything but plain sailing for the reigning champions to get to this point. Colin McAree’s side headed into the championship with injuries to four key […]
The Monaghan footballer explains why he’s okay with a break from football.
In this week’s Gaelic Life, Scotstown star Kieran Hughes tells Niall Gartland that the Ulster Club Championship is his favourite competition bar none. Speaking ahead of his side’s Preliminary Round clash with Derrygonnelly, Hughes says that it is something he will never regret saying even after provincial glory and big days in Croke Park with […]
Will Kieran Hughes’s fantasy score improve in 2018?
