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 […]
‘Ricey’ happy as Aghyaran bring safety dance into championship
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September 4, 2025
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 […]
Cookstown not planning to slow their ascent says McMurray
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August 21, 2025
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 […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: I’m envious of Tyrone’s club championship
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August 14, 2025
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 […]
Score-fest in the Tyrone leagues
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August 14, 2025
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 […]
McGinnity: Championship is in the air
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August 8, 2025
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 […]
20 years on: Mellon recalls an All-Ireland final for the ages
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July 10, 2025
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 […]
Veteran duo remain key cogs for Tyrone
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July 10, 2025
By Alan Rodgers A COLD January night in 2010 enveloped with a deep blanket of fog will be far removed from the hothouse atmosphere expected in the Croke Park heat when Tyrone take on Kerry in an intriguing All-Ireland semi-final on Saturday. Two players provide the link between this latest clash in the 2025 race […]
Keegan: Tyrone and Kerry minors deserved Croke Park billing
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July 3, 2025
By Michael McMullan FORMER Mayo star Lee Keegan has expressed his disappointment that the Tyrone and Kerry minor teams have not being given the chance to play in front of next weekend’s All-Ireland senior semi-final between the two counties. Speaking on the Gaelic Lives All-Ireland semi-final podcast, Keegan feels there should be “wriggle room” with the […]
McGeary glad that Tyrone delivered the goods
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June 16, 2025
BY KEVIN KELLY AT the end of the day it was a case of job done for Tyrone as they comfortably saw off the challenge of Cavan at Brewster Park yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. That win coupled with Donegal’s late victory over Mayo means that the Red Hands topped their group. Wing half back Kieran McGeary, […]