FROM very early doors this season, once the draw was made, talk began to circulate about the possibility of a final showdown between Kilcoo and Scotstown. The history is there between them and when you add in the quality of both teams, then you understand why a lot of the neutrals could see this game […]
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 […]
IT is hard to imagine a better game than Scotstown v Newbridge. When Scotstown were nine points up, they did not blow the lead. In fact, they scored a superb imaginative goal in the middle of the Newbridge comeback. Newbridge simply played extraordinarily well during that spell. The excitement in injury time was off the scale. […]
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 […]
SINCE Rory Beggan, Conor McCarthy and others won their first Monaghan senior title in 2013, they have gone on to win it nine more times. Ten Monaghan titles in 13 years, before going on to lose all nine previous times in Ulster. Writing it down emphasises how extraordinary their losing streak is: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, […]
AS I made my way to Omagh last Sunday, little did I know what lay ahead. It was like most other days this time of year with some heavy showers and wind. When playing the game in my head and going over my pre-game analysis, I did once or twice wonder what kind of state […]
By Shaun Casey SCOTSTOWN have been regular visitors to the Ulster Championship for over ten years now but Newbridge are a side they have never come up against before, which offers a fresh challenge, says skipper Damien McArdle. The Monaghan champions were impressive in their opening round victory over Donegal representatives Naomh Conaill and saw […]
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 […]
