Why Tyrone defender wishes they’d lost 1987 clash

In 1987, Beaten All-Ireland finalists Tyrone pitched up against Antrim in the Ulster Championship.

Antrim hadn’t won an Ulster Championship game in five years, while Tyrone were the team with all the talent.

Yet that day, the Saffrons gave Tyrone their fill of it and almost pulled off one of the greatest shocks.

For Tyrone’s great defender John Lynch, he wishes that the Red Hands had lost that game and allowed Antrim an opportunity to go on and win Ulster, because he said they were good enough.

But he also explained the reasons why Antrim were able to draw with Tyrone that day.

Read the full story via the Gaelic Life site this week. The story is told by John Lynch, Plunkett Donaghy, Brian White, Mickey Darragh, Donal Armstrong, and Ciaran Hamill.

Act now to get the Subscription to GL at a reduced rate.