Tag: James Murray
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Motive and opportunity to be a proper Club(ber) fan
Anyone who has ever waited for a phone call regarding the well being of a loved one in hospital – which is surely all of us at some stage – knows that convulsion of emotion between relief, joy and utter terror. Now consider that the said post prodecure phone call was three hours after the…
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Wholesale changes for rapid rematch
Meath manager Seoirse Bulfin has made wholesale changes to his side ahead of Sunday’s National League Div. 2A opener against Kildare. Which is of course a rapid rematch of the Kehoe Cup Final of just a week ago. As a result of the reshuffle, mainstays of the team such as Charlie Ennis,Simon Ennis, James Toher,…
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Meath nearly hit a score for every player on the pitch
Meath… 0-28 Tyrone… 0-20 When putting up the ‘Check In’ post on Facebook upon arrival at Pairc Tailteann early on Saturday evening, no secret was made of the reality that one was unsure what, if any, of the sliotar the one seeing eye here would be able to pick up. It being a first match…
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Meath leave well enough alone where possible
Sean Geraghty coming in as a direct replacement for the suspended James Toher is the only change to the Meath senior hurling team from that which defeated Derry ahead of Saturday’s encounter against Tyrone at Pairc Tailteann. That means that the great Mickey Burke is in line for what will be his 197th outing in…
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Tullamore Trimmed as Canty’s crew head the Wicklow way
Trim…1-21 Tullamore…1-08 If you were simply talking in terms of a points tally, Tullamore’s Shane Dooley, with 1-8, outscored James Murray of Trim (0-10) yet still ended up on the beaten team. That would only reveal a fraction of the detail here. And not just pertaining to today’s Leinster Club IHC semi final at Pairc…
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Trim gladiators depose Cats under their own tin roof
Trim… 0-16 Danesfort… 0-15 ‘Into the valley of death they charged, canons to the left of them, canons to the right of them, canons in front of them/Boldly they rode and well’. The above is a quote from The Charge Of The Light Brigade and, to this writer, nothing could summarise the magnificent achievement by…