Tag: Padraig Faulkner

  • He didn’t lick it off the ground but he can certainly kick it!

    He didn’t lick it off the ground but he can certainly kick it!

    MEATH…0-11 CAVAN…0-11 In recent weeks in this space the point has been made that Sean Brennan is becoming ever more of a presence between the posts for the Royal County and Saturday’s pulsating finish at Kingspan Breffni Park only underlined as much. Though perhaps not in the manner you might imagine. Now read on… A…

  • Cavan are the template others must follow – SIDELINE CUTS (26)

    Cavan are the template others must follow – SIDELINE CUTS (26)

    For some reason which has never quite been figured out, this corner has always had something of a hidden soft spot for the Cavan Senior Football team. The nearest to an explanation which can be arrived at is that – for a while – during my school years, our jerseys were blue and white replicas…

  • History repeated as Lake County claim landmark win

    History repeated as Lake County claim landmark win

    Westmeath… 2-14 Cavan… 1-13 There have been numerous examples in GAA of matches being turned on their head by moments of greatness. Anyone who has been kind enough to frequent this space for long enough will know my favourite exhibits of same. There is another one, mind you, which never got the acclaim it deserved.…