Tag: Midweek Football
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McCarthy’s men ready for trip into the midlands
Meath manager John McCarthy has announced his starting 15 and panel for tomorrow night’s Leinster U-20 FC opening round encounter against Longford at Clonguish. Unsurprisingly, the group is a mixture of the players who won the Leinster MFC in 2020 and those who retained that title the following year and added the Tom Markham Cup…
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Midweek dead rubber fixture cancelled
The scheduled Bord Na Mona O’Byrne Cup third round encounter between Wexford and Louth – slated for Hollymount in the South East – has been cancelled as it would have transpired to be meaningless. By virtue of their victories over Westmeath and Kildare, Mickey Harte’s men had already qualified for a last four face off…
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Newman calls time on Royal service
Kilmainham’s Mickey Newman tonight announced his retirement from inter county football. The languid, accurate forward previously stepped away in 2020 in an effort to recover from a succession of injuries which blighted his career but returned to the fold last season. Very similar to Brian Stafford in style of play and place-kicking, Newman was part…