Tag: John McCarthy
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Brave Display Points To Better Days Ahead
Meath…..1-13 Dublin……2-16 Tears. The first reaction that comes to mind. Emotion for very personal reasons, immense pride at a performance woven thick with the acrylic of the famed Meath never-say-die attitude and then finally heartache at what felt like one that certainly got away. Items two and three are what need to be focused upon…
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A Day Of Ups And Downs But Hope Straight Ahead
With three Meath teams in Championship action, spread-eagled across the country within a few hours of each other, the decision was taken to wait until all the business was done before keyboarding this piece. It ended up being a day of ups and downs for all concerned but at the end of it all the…
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Fabulous Frayne Fires Meath To Huge Title
Meath… 1-07 Offaly… 1-06 Team captain Eoghan Frayne led by example as the resurgence of Meath teams at Minor level continued this evening at Mullingar. The bustling Summerhill clubman is a throwback to how football – and the full forward berth specifically – should be played. Able to win his own ball, strong in possession…
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Kelly and Callaghan Take Over U-20’s
The Dunderry duo of Sean Kelly and Barry Callaghan have stepped into the breach and assumed control of the county’s U-20 football team in the wake of the departure of Bernard Flynn and his backroom team from their roles last week. Both men enjoyed decorated careers in green and gold during their playing days –…
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A way forward based on continuity
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…
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Mc’s Minors ensure an exciting build-up to Christmas
Meath… 3-11 Westmeath…0-07 It was a case of carrying on where they left off for the Meath Minor footballers as they returned to action after a near eight week hiatus looking every bit as efficient and promising as they had prior to Covid-19 stopping play. Their 11-point dispatching of Dublin (1-15 to 0-07) gave a…
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Wheels coming off the wagon already
Sport, by it’s very nature, is full of ups and downs. You’ll lose a lot more than you’ll win. Believe me, I know all too well. Therefore, savouring the good days, when they do dawn, is not only important at the time, but also crucial in giving hope for the future. In more ways than…