The sides clash today in the National Football League. A look at MacHale Park(Image: Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo) Mayo face off with Armagh this afternoon in the latest round of the Allianz National Football League. The Connacht side have looked excellent in the early part of the year, and with debutant Kobe McDonald notching 1-4 … Read more
Football was more boring than curling but now we’re blinded by the light of this electric game Armagh’s Rian O’Neill is tackled by Galway’s Liam Silke during the 2024 All-Ireland SFC final. Photo: Ray McManus/Sportsfile Conor ‘Sketches’ Moore has a skit where he mocks me as a name-dropper. I don’t know where he got that … Read more
Tyrone’s Darragh Canavan with a supporter after the Allianz FL Division 2 victory over Cavan at O’Neill’s Healy Park in Omagh. Photo: Ben McShane/Sportsfile t Malachy O’Rourke has confirmed that Tyrone will be without Darragh Canavan for a month, as the star forward is going travelling to Australia. The Errigal Ciarán star kicked nine points … Read more
Meath and Louth clash at Croke Park Louth’s Ciaran Downey is challenged by Mathew Costello of Meath(Image: ©INPHO/Tom Maher) It might be Valentine’s Day, but there is certainly no love lost between neighbours Meath and Louth, who collide in Division 2 of the National Football League. The Wee County broke the hearts of the Royals … Read more
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Dublin manager Ger Brennan, left, and Mayo manager Andy Moran chat after the Allianz FL Division 1 match in Castlebar. Photo: Ben McShane/Sportsfile “Imagine how much better we would be if this is something that all coaches said before their players competed: ‘Go out there and be boring’.” This is a quote from the ‘world-renowned … Read more
Dublin manager Ger Brennan, left, and Mayo manager Andy Moran chat after the Allianz FL Division 1 match in Castlebar. Photo: Ben McShane/Sportsfile “Imagine how much better we would be if this is something that all coaches said before their players competed: ‘Go out there and be boring’.” This is a quote from the ‘world-renowned … Read more
Dublin manager Ger Brennan before the loss to Mayo in Castlebar. Photo: Ben McShane/Sportsfile Teams don’t always get the immediate ‘bounce’ anticipated from the arrival of a new manager. Éamonn Fitzmaurice routinely recalls 2013 when Kerry lost the first four Division 1 league games of his stewardship, only scoring an average of a little under … Read more
Mentions of Allianz have been snubbed in some counties’ social media posts A number of counties opposed to Allianz’s continued sponsorship of the football and hurling leagues have not referenced the insurance company in social media posts as the countdown to the weekend’s action continues. Tyrone, Armagh and Fermanagh have published posts on X referring … Read more
New Dublin and Mayo managers Ger Brennan and Andy Moran can use the league as a springboard to build confidence in their respective sides Watching the top flight of the Allianz Football League unfold brings to mind some of those cartoon shows of our youth. You know those where an animated character or characters, like … Read more