Tag: Dylan McHugh

  • Oh Kevin, go hibernate in a bag of sugar

    Oh Kevin, go hibernate in a bag of sugar

    As a newly diagnosed diabetic I can’t believe the above headline has had to be produced, but it was the first thing that came to mind having digested Kevin McStay’s remarks regarding David Clifford in the aftermath of last Sunday’s Allianz FL Div. 1 final. Where, for the umpteenth time and then some, the green…

  • Evolution of Jimmy Ball decides the finalists but the architect misses out

    Evolution of Jimmy Ball decides the finalists but the architect misses out

    There was something very fitting about Rian O’Neill emerging from under the crossbar at the Canal End seconds before David Gough blew for full time. Armagh football pedigrees don’t come more purebred. McConville. Crossmaglen. Besides that though, nobody has typified Kieran McGeeney’s Armagh model more than the fair haired forward. Remember the piece which appeared…

  • Three out of four might go with form but there’s always the one…   

    Three out of four might go with form but there’s always the one…   

    There are always little signs. If you go back to one of the greatest GAA occurrences ever seen 33 years ago this week –  Kevin Foley’s goal for Meath in the fourth game against Dublin – it’s hardly coincidence that they spent two hours rehearsing the move on a soccer pitch in Scotland seven days…