Life And Sport From An Armchair View
Meath...... 2-12 Mayo...... 3-17 Let's get the ugly business out of the way first. Meath conceded far too many scores, with a worrying degree of generosity. The case for the defence has plenty going for it however. Whether by accident or design, Andy McEntee made eight changes from the announced line up, but those given... Continue Reading →
The return of gifted attacker Mickey Newman jumps off the page as Meath manager Andy McEntee announced his panel for the forthcoming National Football League. Entering his fifth season at the helm, the boss will be hoping to steer his charges back to the top flight straight away having only dined thence for one campaign.... Continue Reading →
It will be a case of familiarity prompting caution when Meath take on either Longford or Carlow in their opening joust of the 2021 Leinster SFC. The road map for a return to the playing fields became a modicum clearer this week with the staggered roll out of the Championship draws in both football and... Continue Reading →
One of the greatest things garnered from 11 years on the Executive Committee of St Peter's, Dunboyne were the friendships formed with people from nearly every club in the county. And plenty outside of Meath as well. Now read on... Yes, there are a few clubs in particular with which special affinity will forever be... Continue Reading →
"We come in peace, shoot to kill/only going forward 'cause we can't find reverse" went the whimsical yet strangely apt ditty pertaining to the adventures of Captain James T. Kirk et al aboard the Starship Enterprise in Star Trek. Presuming newly-installed GAA Larry McCarthy has at least one PA he could do far worse than... Continue Reading →
Not all that long ago, mention was afforded in this space to the time my dear mother was the winner of a draw run by the local soccer club for which the first prize was two tickets to see Liverpool vs. Manchester United at Anfield. As was referenced in the previous piece, with there being... Continue Reading →
There was much conjecture surrounding the 'debate' involving Pat Gilroy and Andy McEntee thrown onto The Sunday Game in a scatter-gun manner at the end of last year. To call it a debate, though, would be to deploy it with the utmost linguistic licence. What it actually amounted to was a party political broadcast on... Continue Reading →
Firstly ladies and gents, my sincere apologies for the length it has taken me to get another piece up in this here arena! The initial intention was to have the usual variety of sporting topics herein. However, whether by accident or design, I ended up sticking solely to the appearances of Pat Gilroy and Andy... Continue Reading →
For the last 3 years as @MeathGAA P.R.O. I have asked for a Commercial Manager to be employed. Unfortunately on numerous occasions I’ve been told to stop bringing it up. We have needed this for years and we must act promptly to rectify it.Ciaran Flynn Sir Alex Ferguson was loathsome of football agents. A lot... Continue Reading →
How often has it been mentioned here previously that there are good footballers and hurlers in every county in Ireland. But that some of them never get the exposure or praise their talents merit. Simply because of the jersey on their backs. Let's take hurling for a minute. If Jack Fagan hadn't transferred from Meath... Continue Reading →