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 … Continue reading A harrowing, emotional illustration of why there’s always hope
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 … Continue reading A way forward based on continuity
“There won’t be a cow milked in Clare for a week” is surely one of the most famous lines ever uttered during a sports commentayy in this country. So much so that it is regularly trotted out in the most … Continue reading A different flavour to Mayo but they’re still too generous
Some terrific news emerged this evening as it became known that Meath’s most decorated footballer Martin O’Connell had been reunited with his missing All Ireland medal. The symbol of victory, from the 1987 triumph over Cork – which bridged the … Continue reading Power of social media shines bright as Milennium Man gets medal back
Meath…..5-09 Kildare……0-15 One of the biggest drawbacks during Meath’s National League campaign, which resulted in them being relegated from the top tier, was the difficulty they had in raising green flags. Whatever happened during the lockdown, the Royal County have … Continue reading Meath find their goal-den touch to get due reward
In a very strange way, there was a buzz of excitement here in the office today watching the results filter in from around the grounds today as the Allianz National Football League continued in resumption mode. Naturally, the grounds looked … Continue reading A look around the football leagues
Meath 0-19 Dublin 1-20 If one wanted to be straightforward about the meeting of the old rivals at Parnell Park tonight, already relegated Meath are still without a point in this year’s National League. And still a decade without a … Continue reading Plenty of positives but the ten year wait goes on
LEINSTER MFC; MEATH 1.15 DUBLIN 0-07 A second half goal from Dunshaughlin’s Aaron Murphy pointed the home side towards victory as they completely dominated their old rivals to further underline the progress made and the work which continues to be done with Meath underage teams. Such an outcome looked distinctly unlikely when the sides changed ends deadlocked at 0-04 apiece. However, a flurry of early second half scores, with Summerhill’s Eoghan Frayne particularly prominent, before Murphy from the newly crowned Minor county champions sealed the deal. Team manager John McCarthy, who played his club football with Walterstown but is now … Continue reading Murphy’s ‘Major’ seals the deal as McCarthy’s men March on
Another busy episode this week. Containing good and bad news for Meath GAA, new ground broken on a couple of fronts in Horse Racing and a re-connection with Basketball for yours truly. Please note that filming took place over the … Continue reading DriveThru Sports Weekly – Ep. 4
There will be an admission here that yours truly has a few vices. I’m definitely a curry fiend – the stuff would be the sole food intake were it possible. Aside from that, a penchant for reading papers often long … Continue reading One line from one song said it all
