By Michael McMullan DERRY’S preparations for Sunday’s top of the table clash with Galway have been dealt a blow with a suspension handed out to star forward Shane McGuigan. McGuigan was controversially sent off, for the first time in his career, on a second yellow card, during stoppage time of Sunday’s draw in Roscommon. The […]
Derry 0-12 Roscommon 0-12 By Michael McMullan DERRY came back from six points down to take their unbeaten league run to 12 games in an action packed draw with Roscommon in Dr Hyde Park on Sunday afternoon Referee Sean Longergan issued 14 yellow, two black and two red cards, including a booking for Derry manager […]
National Football League Division Two Roscommon v Derry Sunday, 2pm, Dr Hyde Park By Michael McMullan THE last time Derry and Roscommon locked horns, Anthony Tohill kicked half a dozen points as the Oakleafers ran out 0-15 to 0-8 winners at Clones in the 2000 NFL semi-final. Sunday’s game in ‘The Hyde’ brings two of […]
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION TWO Derry v Galway Sunday, Owenbeg, 1pm By Michael McMullan DERRY manager Rory Gallagher will be sweating over the availability of ace forward Shane McGuigan ahead of Sunday’s eagerly awaited visit of Galway to Owenbeg. McGuigan was handed a one-game suspension after being reported for a comment made in the aftermath […]
After beating Dublin last weekend, Monaghan have fell to defeat away at Roscommon in Dr Hyde Park. The Rossies led 0-6 to 0-4 at half time in what was a defensive and highly physical encounter as Enda Smith led the home charge. Like last time out the introduction of Conor McManus appeared to turn the […]
TYRONE defender Cathal McCarron has received a devastating personal blow as a dislocated kneecap has ruled him out of action for the rest of the championship. An MRI scan on Monday revealed that his knee injury is worse than first feared, and he will undergo an operation next week ahead of Tyrone’s winner-take-all clash against […]
JOHN Lynch believes this is a make or break year for Tyrone’s long-serving boss Mickey Harte. The former Tyrone star makes the bold prediction that only a fourth All-Ireland SFC title will suffice to keep Harte at the helm in 2018, which follows subsequent to the news that the county board rebuffed his request for […]
THE League semi-finals take place in Croke Park this weekend, so I’m going to give my analysis on the four sides heading into the last four. Donegal This week’s game against the Dubs is a game Rory Gallagher and his troops could have done without. As the final whistle sounded in Castleblaney last weekend and […]
