Tag: Charlie O’Connor

  • The Jacks are back – and Meath are as good as

    The Jacks are back – and Meath are as good as

    MEATH… 3-24 TYRONE… 2-22 Barring an catastrophic development commensurate with Thierry Henry getting away with the most blatant hand ball in football history, Meath have one foot in the doorway to Div. 1 of the National Football League following this ballsy victory over Tyrone at Croke Park. Every one of us aspires to start anything…

  • Another task ticked off the list but nothing on the shelf yet

    Another task ticked off the list but nothing on the shelf yet

    MEATH…1-21 KILDARE…0-10 Balancing gut feeling with reality can be a very tricky task indeed. Six days ago, from a certain angle, Meath were somewhat unlucky to come away from Pairc Ui Rinn empty handed, yet an objective analysis would also conclude that they left enough waste behind them to have had the game won. Tonight…

  • Meath go with strongest team available

    Meath go with strongest team available

    If National League team announcements are worth the paper or screens they are written on, Meath have gone with the strongest combination available to them for Saturday’s National League opener against Derry in Croke Park. That means, despite missing Summerhill’s Leinster Club SFC encounter with Athy nearly three months ago, Eoghan Frayne captains the side…