By Barry O’Donnell THERE will be few teams more relieved to draw a line under the league and move onto the Tyrone Championship than Aghyaran. For long spells of the year it appeared that the St Davog’s were dicing with danger at the foot of the Division Two table, with the ominous spectre of potential […]
By Barry O’Donnell TRILLICK joint-manager Peter McGinnity believes that it was evident during courses of his side’s fiercely competitive league encounter with Carrickmore last Friday that the championship is just around the corner now. The Reds went joint top of the Division One table by virtue of their 2-16 to 1-15 victory over Carmen at […]
By Alan Rodgers A VITAL win in Division One of the All-County League has eased the pressure just a little on a Gortin side that will now be aiming to build on that initial boost as their campaign approaches the half-way stage. The St Patrick’s won promotion at the end of 2024 thanks to a […]
By Barry O’Donnell THE Rossas appear to be rolling right now but cautious Ardboe manager Barry Dillon appreciates that in Tyrone club football rockier periods could lie around the next corner. The high-flying lough shore men have won three out of their opening four matches in Division One, and indeed but for a narrow 3-8 […]
By Niall Gartland PROMOTION has already been banked by virtue of a long-awaited league title, but Drumquin boss Stephen Ferguson says that they are going all guns blazing in the pursuit of Junior Championship glory. The Wolfe Tones found their groove in the second-half of their first-round tie against Brackaville, Ferguson’s home club, but they’ll […]
LAST weekend, the first round of the Donegal Senior Football Championship took place. Most of the results went as people would have predicted with my own club Gaoth Dobhair suffering the biggest shock of the round. Four Masters easily disposed of our lads, and they were full value for a win which should set them up […]
By Niall Gartland KILDRESS boss Cathal Corey is proud of how his players have come together and given everything to the cause in memory of their captain Matty McGuigan, who died suddenly last December. Matty’s untimely death sent shockwaves reverberating through the entire Tyrone GAA community, but it was a particular loss to the Kildress […]
By Niall Gartland THE All-County Leagues will step another notch this Friday night with the commencement of Division Two senior football. Initially, Division One was scheduled to begin in tandem with Division Two, but the Tyrone CCC have taken the decision to postpone top-flight football by a week as the starred games have had to […]
By Niall Gartland THIS weekend marks the return of All-County Football League at Division Three senior level in Tyrone, and while it’s a marathon not a sprint, there will be a natural degree of excitement at the return of competitive football after months of training and preparation. New to Division Three this season are Strabane, Tattyreagh […]
By Michael McMullan AFTER being relegated from the top flight last season, the Clonoe mantra was to treat every game like they were stepping into the championship arena. The O’Rahilly’s secured promotion with victory at home to Tattyreagh and step into the championship against Rock on Wednesday night (Stewartstown, 7.30pm). “Our main aim was to […]
