Tyrone to make amends against Cavan

Tyrone and Cavan approach this Ulster Championship quarter-final in much the same way after disappointing ends to their league campaigns. Cavan are reigning provincial champions but were relegated for the third year in a row and will conduct their business in Division 4 in 2022. While Tyrone retained their Division 1 status, the shambolic defeat

NFL Division 1 semi-final: Kerry 6-16 Tyrone 1-13

Well that was a “proper horrorshow” performance by Tyrone. Away games to Kerry rarely bring a positive result but this must surely rank as the worst trip to the Kingdom in recent memory. It started badly with Ronan McNamee conceding an early, soft penalty and got progressively worse when Darragh Canavan was carried off with

Full steam ahead Killarney

A road trip to Killarney following the county in June sounds like a great idea but the pandemic means we, the fans, are not really invited, bar the lucky few who will receive tickets from their clubs. Drives around the Ring of Kerry, trips to Dingle and pints in Tattler Jacks and Páidí Ó Sé’s

Farney and fans to return to Healy Park

Monaghan have been in Division 1 since 2015 and it is unlikely they will surrender their top flight status without much of a fight. Their boisterous manager Banty McEnaney remains suspended from the side-line for lockdown training breaches but their tallyman Conor McManus will make his first start of the season.

NFL Division 1 North round 1: Armagh 2-10 Tyrone 2-15

Firstly, well done to GAAGO for seeing sense and making the game available to fans in the Six Counties. In fact, with the 25 euro GAAGO Domestic Pass, Saturday’s game was free of charge. The coverage of gaelic games on Eir Sport has been to a high standard but its lack of availability in the

Armagh rivalry resumes

Nowhere in Tyrone is the rivalry with Armagh felt more than in the east of the county. Schools sharing catchment areas, plenty of inter-marriage and two teams being at their peak at the same time made a toxic rivalry almost unbearable in the mid-2000s. Those epic Championship encounters defined an era of football as both

Eir Sport in the Six Counties

This weekend’s Tyrone match away to Armagh will be broadcast by Eir Sport which is great craic if you live in the north (where both counties happen to be) and don’t happen to have Sky TV through whom you can subscribe to Eir Sport. It seems a ridiculous decision to choose to broadcast a match

NFL Division 1 North round 1: Tyrone 0-16 Donegal 0-18

The Logan-Dooher era began in Omagh last night in very much the same manner that the Harte era ended, with a narrow defeat to a controlled Donegal side behind closed doors. It was a fourth league or championship defeat in a row to our neighbours who very much have the hex over us in recent

Hampsey appointed Captain

Coalisland Na Fianna’s Pádraig Hampsey has been appointed the new Captain of the Tyrone senior football team. Pomeroy’s Kieran McGeary will become Vice Captain. Hampsey, who won an All Star in 2018, takes over from Trillick’s Mattie Donnelly. I’m not sure of the logic in the change but it may free Donnelly up to concentrate

2020 – The season that never got going

Last year was as odd a season as I can recall. The coronavirus pandemic ripped a hole right through the middle of the calendar and left the season being completed in winter behind closed doors after club championships had been run across the country in early autumn. Five significant things happened for Tyrone in what