By Barry O’Donnell HAVING just returned to the County fold over the off-season, Mark Bradley now finds himself quickly embroiled in a relegation scrap with Tyrone, but despite their mixed results, the star attacker is enjoying being back in the mix. Now into his early thirties the Killyclogher man was persuaded to don the county […]
WE’RE back in action this weekend with round six of the National Football leagues with plenty still to be decided. To date, we have a very interesting start to the league with all the rule changes and tweaks. By and large, we have all been fairly happy. This week things should ramp up a notch […]
By Barry O’Donnell LAST Sunday’s man of the match Niall Devlin confessed that he had bitter-sweet emotions as he left Tuam Stadium following the league draw with Galway, which only slightly enhanced Tyrone’s survival hopes. The Coalisland defender turned in a tremendous man-marking job on the Tribe’s attacking talisman Shane Walsh, who managed just one […]
By Barry O’Donnell WHILE hoping for a reaction after their eight point defeat to Armagh last time out, Tyrone manager Malachy O’Rourke concedes that for the second game running this weekend they are facing a potential wounded animal in its own patch. Just as the pumped up Orchard boys were desperate for a response against […]
By Niall Gartland LESS than three miles from Cookstown is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it archaeological site of immense historical significance – Tullyhogue Fort, an ancient ceremonial site where chieftains of the great O’Neill dynasty, then the ruling family in Gaelic Ulster, were inaugurated. Forgive the clumsy, laboured analogy, but going by the palatable sense of anticipation across […]
By Niall Gartland MALACHY O’Rourke was formally appointed as manager of the Tyrone senior intercounty team following a meeting of the county committee on Tuesday evening in Garvaghey. O’Rourke’s appointment was viewed as a matter of formality after it emerged in the middle of last week that he was the only candidate nominated for the […]
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 […]
WE will witness the first knockout championship games of the year in the coming days, bringing the buzz and excitement with it. Yes, last weekend’s action did have a bit of spice but this weekend should see things really catch fire. It’s win or bust for everybody. Derry did just about enough to get over […]
By Alan Rodgers FORMER Footballer of the Year Kieran McGeary has overcome enough obstacles during a glittering career for Tyrone not to be too concerned about the injury which ruled him out of last weekend’s All-Ireland win over Cork. Just moments were left until the throw-in when the Pomeroy clubman sustained an injury in the warm-up. […]
CONN Kilpatrick is in line to serve a two-game suspension after losing an appeal at the Central Hearings Committee at Croke Park. The Tyrone midfielder received a straight red card for an off-the-ball incident against Cork in the final ten minutes of their championship clash at Tullamore on Saturday afternoon. He requested a hearing to […]
