NFL DIVISION TWO FINAL Monaghan v Roscommon Saturday, Croke Park, 7.15pm By Michael McMullan THERE is little surprise Monaghan and Roscommon are locking horns on Saturday. Both were relegated from the top flight last year. And both have quality. When the Monaghan bus pulled out of the Hyde after their defeat to the Rossies earlier […]
By Shaun Casey ONE of the stories of the 2025 season so far has been the impressive form of Monaghan during their Division Two campaign and Gabriel Bannigan’s men are within touching distance of a swift return to Division One. Their decade long presence in the top tier came collapsing down last season but the […]
By Shaun Casey SCORES certainly haven’t been a problem for Monaghan so far throughout the league and Gabriel Bannigan’s men have adapted to life after Conor McManus excellently, winning three of their first four games. Across those four outings, against Cavan, Westmeath, Roscommon and Cork, the Farney men have racked up an incredible 9-81. They […]
WHAT a weekend it was with the leagues in full flow with scores and incidents bursting from games across the land. Here is our selection from games involving Ulster teams. 1 RORY BEGGAN Monaghan Gave an exhibition in free-taking and also made a smart stop from Cork’s Mark Cronin in Inniskeen. Advertisement 2 CAOIMHE MCNAUGHTON […]
By Shaun Casey MONAGHAN are well in the promotion shake up says former attacker Gavin Doogan as they welcome Cork to Inniskeen this weekend. Gabriel Bannigan’s men tasted defeat for the first time under his watch last Sunday, losing out to table-toppers Roscommon. But an immediate return to top tier football is well within their […]
By Patrick Morrison THE year is 2050, a father has taken his Gaelic football mad son to the GAA museum as a birthday treat. As they walk around the many exhibits and read the history of each, the next one they stop at reads ‘Stephen Cluxton. Dublin goalkeeper winning 18 Leinster titles, nine All-Ireland titles, […]
The new rules have already had an impact on ‘keepers with a number coming forward for points from play ONE of the most obvious outcomes of the FRC’s new rules last weekend was that goalkeepers are going to have an even bigger say on proceedings as they can provide a spare man in the opposition’s […]
By Shaun Casey HAVING kicked off their National League campaign in style against Cavan last weekend, Gabriel Bannigan’s Monaghan are aiming to make it two from two when they welcome Westmeath to Clones on Sunday. The Farney County are well aware of the task they face and Westmeath, managed by former Cavan star Dermot McCabe, […]
By Shaun Casey DERBY days like Saturday’s showdown are always circled in the calendar and given how last year’s championship encounter panned out, motivation certainly won’t be in short supply inside the Monaghan changing room as they prepare to face Cavan. Having just suffered relegation from the top tier, the Breffni County added to Monaghan’s […]
By Niall Gartland WITH Rory Beggan no doubt at the forefront of his mind, Scotstown manager David McCague isn’t fussed about the proposed new rule change that will impact the goalkeeper’s role in the modern game. One of the rules proposed by the Football Review Committee stipulates that goalkeepers can only receive the ball from […]
