Tag: AllianzLeagues
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The stereotype won’t die if you keep feeding it
A late and sincerely missed friend of mine used to knock great sport out of telling what is a sizable Leitrim contingent in our locality that it took one of his people (Longford) to sing their ‘native’ song. Larry Cunningham and Lovely Leitrim. Given events in the last week or so, that little nugget of…
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The race for Richie is under starter’s orders (updated 11.40am 22/10/24)
It may make me a bit of an oddball, but I tend to be a champion of matters which others belittle or ridicule. See the Railway Cup, the International Rules Series or the scandalously shafted Tommy Murphy Cup. The Brady’s Skoda-sponsored Meath Regional Football Championship is another such gem. The brainchild of Colm O’Rourke and…
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Advantage forwards after weekend of Retro Ball
You can bring the horses to water but you can’t make them drink. For more than a decade now, Gaeldom, myself included, have been articulating ad nauseum how pedantic, restrictive, and frankly boring snooze fest Gaelic football has become. You can blame Mickey Harte or Jim McGuinness or Eamon Ryan or Elon Musk or whoever…
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Fergus Gibson would be unemployed if depending on the Tones
Trying to predict the outcome of sporting events, or maybe anything in life is predicated on things going according to script, as it were. The thing is, though, time and experience are very much showing, though, that Wolfe Tones are very much of a mind to write and produce their own scripts. Going back as…
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Brennan takes on the Royal baton
BREAKING NEWS In a historic development for St Peter’s, Dunboyne, Robbie Brennan becomes the third representative of the club to hold the position of Meath senior football manager following his appointment tonight (Wednesday) on a three year term. The current Kilmacud Crokes and former Dunboyne manager – who also played for both clubs – of…
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Gavin’s gameplan is utterly sensible and player orientated – like himself
You’re tasked with putting a group of people together to right the wrongs of the world. The only stipulation being that those thereon must be of reputable standing and commanding of respect among those with whom they will be working with and the wider audience pertaining to those people as well. Who do you pick?…
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Shrewd operator Deeley on the ball about the brawl
At the outset here, it will be admitted that I do not know Ciaran Deeley nor have I ever met him. Though in this line of business, powers of observation are the vice grips and no. 13 wrench of your toolbox. And, even without any great knowledge of the methodology of the aforementioned, it’s obvious…
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Do not adjust your sets – I agree with Mickey Harte!
It’s probably an understatement to point out that Meath’s defeat of Dublin in the 1975 NFL Final was a major turn up. With it being well before my time, I’m not sure what division of the league Meath were in at the time. What is of course known is the fact that Kevin Heffernan’s side…
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Alarming fade out ruins the day
MEATH… 1-11 CORK… 1-15 Including stoppage time, Meath failed to score for the final 21 minutes of this Allianz NFL encounter in Pairc Tailteann. Which ended as drab and disappointing as the weather it was played in. Mind you, there was an ominous feel about the entire day when, seconds after the again outstanding Eoghan…
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My Jarlath Burns Wishlist
Following on from my first piece relating to the new President of the GAA, Jarlath Burns, as promised, I do have a broader wish list of what I’d hope/like to see the former Armagh midfielder address during his stewardship of the Association. Before going forward to that though, let me first go back to that…