By Niall Gartland MALACHY O’Rourke has given the seal of approval to the return of the McKenna Cup competition, believing that it will allow him to road-test an eager batch of fresh recruits in a competitive environment. O’Rourke was thrown into the deep end in his first year in charge with all the various pre-season […]
By Shaun Casey THE wave of fresh talent flying through the underage setup in Tyrone should leave the senior squad competing for the top prizes, so former Red Hand player and manager Feargal Logan is “hopeful and optimistic” for the future. Tyrone are the reigning All-Ireland U-20 champions and have collected three titles in the […]
By Alan Rodgers FOOTBALLING life has been good around Clogher during recent months as the joy generated by their historic Junior triumph has rolled right into a provincial campaign which will climax with an Ulster Final appearance this Saturday. It has been a roller-coaster few months as the Éire Ógs first missed out on promotion […]
By Niall Gartland BEST out of three? Drumragh are the only side to have inflicted defeat on double-chasing Cookstown this season, but time will tell whether they can repeat the trick in Saturday’s Junior Championship semi-final at Loughmacrory. They bumped into each other twice in Division 3A, in the first instance conceding six goals in […]
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 Alan Rodgers PROMOTION to Division Two in Tyrone for the 2026 season has further enhanced Cookstown’s reputation as a team very much on an upward curve as they bid to make the most of talented underage players preparing to make their mark at adult level. On Sunday past, the Fr Rock’s bounced back by […]
THE club championship kicked off here in Donegal last weekend and although we got to see the new rules during club leagues, this was our first taste of how football might look at club level. I’m sure we can all remember attending club games all over the country last season and what was on display […]
By Niall Gartland JIM Gavin’s mission statement backboning his work as head honcho of the Football Rules Committee certainly wasn’t lacking in ambition – to make Gaelic Games the most enjoyable amateur sports in the world to watch and play. To that end, Gaelic Football has been subject to a considerable transformation with a swathe […]
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 […]
Niall Gartland talks to former Tyrone star Ryan Mellon about an unforgettable All-Ireland final triumph over Kerry in 2005 TYRONE’S finest hour? Some will balk at the notion – surely the honour goes to that historic All-Ireland triumph of 2003, that memorable late-September day where we finally reached the promised land after decades and decades of trying. No longer were we […]
