By Michael McMullan ST Brigid’s are bidding to get their hands on the McNamee Cup in their first ever final at this level. Under new manager Cathal Murray, they take on Rossa in Sunday’s Antrim Senior Football Championship showdown. It’s exciting times for a club that were only founded in 1998 but Chairman Eunan Conway […]
HOW often have I said it? The club championship is the competition that simply just keeps on giving. We all know how lucky we are in terms of the entertainment the inter-county game provides us with. That said, I don’t think that anyone will argue with me when I say that the club championship trumps […]
FIRSTLY, I’d like to wish you all a Happy New Year. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, but as January hits it’s all about getting back into routine and getting the bodies right again after a few weeks of overindulgence. Luckily for us, there is plenty of football to get our teeth into […]
By Shaun Casey IT was a different kind of Christmas in Scotstown this year, but captain Damien McArdle wouldn’t change it for the world. Instead of enjoying the usual celebrations that come with the festive period, Scotstown were on the pitch, plotting the downfall of St Brigid’s. This Sunday, the Roscommon men stand between David […]
WHILE the rest of us burn off the turkey and start to get the mind and bodies back in the game after the festive period, spare a thought for those club players preparing for one of the biggest games of their lives. As we all get back in the wagon on New Year’s Day, four […]
By Michael McMullan BELFAST club St Brigid’s have appointed Cathal Murray as their new senior football manager. Murray stepped down from Louth side Ardee this year after four seasons at the helm. It was a successful stint that yielded three successive Louth titles and a run to last year’s Leinster final, losing by a point […]
By Michael McMullan THERESA Mellon is hoping it’s third time lucky on Sunday at Croke Park as Antrim face last year’s beaten finalists Louth in the All-Ireland Junior final. While minor captain, Mellon was part of the senior squad that lost to Wicklow in the 2021 decider at HQ. She picked up an All-Ireland Junior […]
By Michael McMullan RONAN Devlin’s focus is only on the definite. For the Cargin boss, Sunday is semi-final time and the only show in town is their date with St Brigid’s. It’s a repeat of last year’s semi-final and the summer’s league final that Cargin lost. Off the field, the Antrim campaign has been in conversations […]
By Michael McMullan LEAGUE champions St Brigid’s may be on a journey into the unknown on Sunday against Dunloy but joint manager Paddy McGuckin is fully aware of what is coming down the tracks. Dunloy saw off Portglenone and Lámh Dhearg to book a county final spot against a Cargin team who overcame St Brigid’s […]
By Michael McMullan WITH reigning champions Cargin already guaranteed of top spot, the rest of the quarter-final lineup will be finalised with the final round of games across four groups. While Cargin have nothing to gain only winning momentum, neighbours Tír na nÓg are all but destined for a relegation battle unless an unlikely combination […]
