Month: September 2021

DUBLIN’S POSITION AS favourites shows no sign of weakening but the identity of their opponents leaves Alan Brogan with a sense of caution before Sunday’s All-Ireland decider. He suffered enough in the early part of his playing career to leave him convinced that Tyrone will not lack confidence when they arrive in Croke Park.   “Tyrone […]

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CARNACON HAVE CRITICISED the Mayo Ladies County Board for an “impulsive, heavy handed approach” in attempting to ban them from the 2018 club championship. The reigning county, provincial and All-Ireland senior club champions last night won their appeal and had the controversial ban overturned by the Connacht LGFA Council. County delegates voted overwhelmingly last week […]

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Source: James Crombie/INPHO CATHAL MCCARRON’S ABIDING memory from Tyrone’s last All-Ireland winning campaign was a scene in the Croke Park dressing room after they beat Wexford in the semi-final. McCarron, who was 19 at the time and in his first year on the senior panel, had just returned to the changing rooms under the Hogan Stand when […]

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FORMER LONGFORD FORWARD Padraic Davis will be proposed for ratification to take over as the Midlanders’ new senior football manager, the county confirmed on Saturday. Davis enjoyed a 12 year inter-county career between 1995 and 2007, winning four Longford Senior Football Championships with Fr Manning Gaels. The 42-year-old went into management following the end of his playing […]

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Londis Kilmacud Crokes Football Sevens Corofin (Galway) 4-9 St Galls (Antrim) 1-8 COROFIN CLAIMED THEIR fourth Londis Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland Senior Football Sevens title, thanks to a strong second-half display in the final at Glenalbyn on Saturday evening. Click Here: soccer tracksuits Having lost their opening game to St Mary’s Saggart, the Galway side bounced […]

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Updated at 09.32 1. “City did not even include a trophy cabinet when they moved into the Commonwealth Games stadium in 2003. All their collectables, including a porcelain cow, were stored in a dimly lit room and nobody should be surprised that when Vincent Kompany arrived with the most fortuitous timing, 10 days before the […]

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