BALANCE is a key word often used to describe how to obtain happiness in life. Too much of a good thing can’t be good for you while you need some sort of light at the end of the tunnel to keep you going. Well the last fortnight Derry football teaches us that balance and perspective […]
By Niall McCoy DERRY clubs will have a two-week period to nominate candidates for the vacant Oakleaf job following Mickey Harte’s departure on Monday. Officials met on Tuesday night to start the replacement process and the clubs are set to have the first say with nominations due back towards the end of July. Former Derry […]
MICKEY Harte has stepped down as manager of the Derry Senior Intercounty footballers, it has been confirmed this afternoon. The Glencull man emerged as a shock successor to interim manager Ciaran Meenagh last September, but has decided to step down after serving a single season in the post. Harte steered Derry to Division One honours […]
CIARAN Foran, Dave’s brother from the great Dublin team of the ‘90s, taxied me to Croke Park on Saturday. “Where is your wife from?” he said. “Mayo,” I replied. “I was the first man that ever wore white shoes in Mayo,” he said. “I wore white loafers with a tassle on them at a dance […]
AND then there were four. Last weekend’s games went pretty much as we thought they would apart from the one massive upset which we will get into later. A lot of people have been critical of the Armagh performance, but to me, they did exactly what they had to do in order to get over […]
IT was as if the last eight weeks were a bad dream. Like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, our boys woke up on sunday morning in their own beds, their mothers waking them up with a cup of tea and buttered toast. There were very few Derry fans at the game in Castlebar. I […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY have named their team for Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter-final clash with Kerry at Croke Park (3.15pm). There is one change with Eunan Mulholland getting the nod ahead of Emmett Bradley from the team that started last week against Mayo. There is a return the squad for Niall Loughlin as there is a […]
BEFORE we get stuck into this weekend’s blockbusters in the race for Sam, let’s touch on last weekend’s games. Last week I predicted that Derry, Cork, Tyrone and Galway would win their respective games. I will get to the Derby victory later but the one that surprised me the most was the Roscommon win. I […]
By Michael McMullan PLAYING in Croke Park brings the best out in players, insists Derry’s Conor Doherty ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter-final showdown with Kerry. Doherty made a return from injury to help Derry to victory in last weekend’s preliminary quarter-final win over Mayo in Castlebar. It was the Newbridge man’s penalty that sealed victory […]
By Michael McMullan ÉAMONN Fitzmaurice feels Derry must get back to the levels of last season when they take on the Kingdom on Sunday. A guest on this week’s Gaelic Lives preview show, the former Kerry player and manager looks ahead to all four All-Ireland quarter finals. Fitzmaurice also weighs up Derry losing against top […]
