By Michael McMullan DAVID McCague knew what Scotstown were getting with the influx of new players who have energised the Monaghan giants on their way to Ulster’s biggest day with Kilcoo awaiting this weekend. Tommy Mallen and Max Maguire have added to their attack, the latter becoming a target for a kicking game that gets […]
By Michael McMullan PICTURE the scene. The dressing room tunnel is thronged. There are two extremes. Victory and defeat are a few metres apart but it’s an entire gulf. The pain on the Kilcoo faces tell one side. The music echoing from behind the Errigal Ciaran door across the hall is the other extreme. Peter […]
I AM fully aware that at this time of year I am like a broken record banging on about how good the Ulster Club Championship is. Before I get accused of doing a Pat Spillane on things, I will just wrap up by congratulating both teams on the football they served up last weekend. We now […]
By Michael McMullan KILCOO manager Martin Corey said the extra week has “helped” his injured defender Aaron Branagan who has yet to return to full training. Branagan went off early in the Magpies’ first-round provinical win over Loughmacrory and sat out their semi-final with Erne Gaels. Speaking after victory over the Fermanagh champions, Corey said […]
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, […]
