By Michael McMullan KILCOO love playing in the Ulster Club Championship and they write their latest chapter this weekend. The Down giants take on Fermanagh’s Erne Gaels on Saturday evening with another final berth up for grabs. Kilcoo won their 23rd Down title this season, a seventh in succession and a 13th in 14 seasons after […]
By Mark McGoldrick ERNE Gaels’ manager Declan Bonner recognises they’ll be facing “an uphill task” against Kilcoo on Saturday, with a number of their key players set to miss the game at the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds. On Friday, Belleek forward Tommy McCaffrey will marry his fiancée Eva Greene in Italy and he’ll be unavailable for selection […]
THERE are five big games across the Ulster Club scene this weekend in football and I am going to build myself the biggest fence ever to sit on with respect to one of them. My own club Glenullin is in the semi-final of the intermediate championship, where they will play Carrickmacross from Monaghan. Given my own close relationships […]
SCOTSTOWN and Kilcoo sent shockwaves through the rest of the country with their performances last weekend. I think we can take it for granted that the rest of the country were always keeping one eye on Kilcoo but after last weekend’s display Scotstown are now well and firmly in the mix. I’d like to start […]
By Michael McMullan NATHAN Kelly knows exactly what’s coming down the tracks when Kilcoo come to Omagh on Saturday night. The Loughmacrory captain was a regular in the crowd, looking on as the Down champions played in crunch Ulster and All-Ireland championship games down the years. The prize for winning a first-ever Tyrone title is […]
DERRY champions Newbridge got their Ulster Club Championship campaign underway with a hard-earned victory over newly-crowned Antrim champions Dunloy. In fairness to Dunloy, they made a game of it and gave Newbridge their fill of it, but, as a whole, the Derry men were probably slightly the better side. In Ulster, as I keep saying, […]
By Shaun Casey ROAMING Kilcoo defender Micéal Rooney says Ciarán Meenagh’s involvement with Loughmacrory offers “a strange dynamic” after the Tyrone native spent two seasons as Down coach under Conor Laverty. Meenagh has been appointed as Derry manager for the upcoming season but has a good insight into the Kilcoo changing room having coached Rooney […]
By Shaun Casey IT’S five years since Carryduff competed in their very first Down Senior Championship decider, but they are back on the big stage once again and Finnian Moriarty’s side lock horns with kingpins Kilcoo. Back in 2020, Kilcoo overcame Carryduff in the decider with seven points to spare. Exactly one week earlier, Moriarty […]
By Shaun Casey NO team in the history of Down club football has ever won seven Senior Championship titles on the trot. Kilcoo have the opportunity to do just that on Sunday and experienced head Ceilum Doherty insists they aren’t looking that far down the track just yet. The Magpies have won 12 of the […]
THE club championship are now in full flow in all the counties across Ulster. We take a look ahead to another busy weekend of games as the heat begins to rise as final days get closer. Here are the Down fixtures… DOWN SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTER-FINALS Kilcoo v Loughinisland Advertisement Saturday, Downpatrick, 5pm KILCOO are […]
