By Michael McMullan JIM McGuinness has only lost one Ulster Championship game as Donegal manager, their 2013 final against Sunday’s opponents Monaghan. After their opening-day round win over Derry, the Tir Chonaill County may be stronger still with some players possibly back in contention as they try and avoid the Farney hoodoo. Michael Langan just […]
By Shaun Casey AT the end of last season, Monaghan’s obituary had been well and truly written. They dropped out of Division One for the first time in a decade and failed to reach the last eight in the race for Sam Maguire. That narrative only increased when arguably their greatest player of all time […]
By Michael McMullan ARMAGH All-Star defender Barry McCambridge has hailed the newcomers to the Orchard side. The Clann Éireann man spoke of how Tomás McCormack’s second-half goal gave the All-Ireland champions “breathing space” in their action-packed win over Antrim in Corrigan Park. It sets up a semi-final on Saturday week with Tyrone in Clones and […]
Monaghan manager Gabriel Bannigan has been impressed by the efforts of his squad and management team to date. He spoke with Michael McMullan ahead of Sunday’s clash with Donegal GABRIEL Bannigan has another Monaghan session in the bank. It’s time for home. Like all his interviews, there is positivity. You can sense a camp growing on […]
By Niall Gartland IT’S been a hectic couple of years for Cavan joint-skipper Ciarán Brady, but he’s happy to acknowledge that he’s in fine fettle ahead of Sunday’s Ulster Championship quarter-final showdown against Tyrone. Split season be damned, Brady has had little down-time since his club Arva embarked on an incredible championship run spanning two […]
Ulster SFC Quarter-Final Tyrone v Cavan Sunday, O’Neill’s Healy Park, 4.15pm By Niall Gartland Advertisement IT’S not the mother of all hoodoos – but it’s not a million miles off it. Cavan haven’t won a single championship campaign against Tyrone since all the way back in 1983, and it isn’t as if they’ve given each […]
WHEN Jim McGuinness was with Donegal in his first tenure they placed a lot of stock on the third quarter of games. They would have come out of the blocks all guns blazing at the start of the second half and gave everything they had. Suddenly they had scored maybe 1-4 or 1-5 on the […]
ANDY McEntee has named his side for Saturday’s visit of Armagh (Corrigan Park, 12,30). There are four changes from their last league game against Kildare, including a return for goalkeeper Michael Byrne. Conor Stewart has been listed on the bench with Adam Loughran also in the squad, having not featured during the league. The team […]
CAVAN manager Raymond Galligan has named his team for Sunday’s Ulster SFC clash with Tyrone in Omagh. There is no place in the matchday panel for Paddy Lynch who has been ruled out with injury. Jason McLoughlin and Dara McVeety are the two changes from the league game with Cork, with Luke Fortune and Cian […]
ARMAGH manager Kieran McGeeney has named his team for Saturday afternoon’s Ulster Championship clash with Antrim in Corrigan Park. Just six of the starting team from last year’s All-Ireland final win over Galway have been listed to start. Captain Aidan Forker has been listed among the subs with Oisin Conaty and Conor Turbitt missing from […]
