Life And Sport From An Armchair View
MEATH... 4-08 LAOIS... 1-10 Eamon Armstrong's goal in the first of seven minutes of injury time gave the full time score a fairer reflection of Meath's superiority - particularly in the second half - of this tempestuous Leinster U-20 FC quarter final in Ashbourne. Tempers initially frayed towards the end of normal time when Conor... Continue Reading →
Meath...0-08 Westmeath...1-03 Even using the most elaborate journalistic or poetic license possible, one would get to turn the sow's ear of a match into a silk purse. Yet in one way at least, Meath won't care a jot. Getting back on track after last week's disapointment against Laois will be all that mattered to John... Continue Reading →
Meath manager John McCarthy has made three changes from the side which lost out to Laois last week ahead of Tuesday evening's Leinster U-20 quarter final against Westmeath in Ashbourne. Essentially, the triumvirate of alterations equate to three men returning who had started previously in the championship. Billy Hogan in goal, Ciaran Caulfield at wing... Continue Reading →
Meath...1-11 Longford...0-13 Late drama involving Meath teams is about as surprising as somebody wearing green on St Patrick's Day. We may never get used to it, but who cares as long as we're coming out the right side of the action? Not too many. Today, thanks to telling contributions from substitutes Pearse Sheridan and Darragh... Continue Reading →
Meath... 1-12 Tyrone... 1-11 Tommy Mahon, Benny Gartland, Patsy Duff, Brian Reilly, Oliver Harding, that was for you. Men who laid the foundations a generation ago upon which days like today were founded. It also represents due reward for those who kept the faith - maybe more than I did myself at times - to... Continue Reading →
Meath...2-14 Sligo...2-09 For the third week in a row, it is a wonderful position to be in, writing about a Meath team in an All Ireland Final. Following on from the U-20 hurlers - for whom two James Murray goals got them over the line against Derry - and the almost unfathomable manner in which... Continue Reading →
Meath...3-08 Dublin...1-03 If, like me, you are superstitious in nature, the prospect of garnering a 13th Leinster MFC title in the county's history will have been approached with quite a degree of trepidation. We should have feared not, now read on... To the utmost joy of many and the betterment of the county's present and... Continue Reading →
Meath...... 2-10 Laois......1-07 Meath has a fine and proud tradition of producing some of the finest full backs in the game. Just think of some of the names - Paddy O'Brien, Jack Quinn, Mick Lyons, Darren Fay, Kevin Reilly and Conor McGill. On the evidence of today's game at Pairc Tailteann, that record seems well... Continue Reading →