‘The crux of the issue really was just trying to get your hands on the ball and try and find ways to kill that momentum,’ the Kenmare Shamrocks man says Kerry’s Seán O’Shea at the launch of the AIB All-Ireland senior football championship in Dublin on Wednesday. This year marks a significant milestone as AIB … Read more
Donegal’s Conor O’Donnell shoots to score his side’s first goal during the Division 1 final. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile If only Spurs had a representative at the Donegal-Kerry game last Sunday. Just as the relegation-threatened Premier League outfit sacked manager Igor Tudor after 44 days in charge, another boss was thoroughly enjoying himself in Croke … Read more
O’Connor believes former Donegal captain Murphy was fortunate to avoid a red card for challenges on Dylan Casey during Donegal’s Division One final win at Croke Park Donegal’s Michael Murphy and Liam Smith of Kerry(Image: ©INPHO/James Crombie) Kerry manager Jack O’Connor believed Donegal’s Michael Murphy was lucky to avoid a red card during yesterday’s Division … Read more
There is much for Kingdom to digest, top being their inability to disrupt chains of command Donegal manager Jim McGuinness with members of his backroom team after his side’s victory over Kerry in the NFL Division 1 final. Photo: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile Many moons ago, Armagh played Galway in the All-Ireland senior football final and were … Read more
It’s probably accurate to say Jack O’Connor and Jim McGuinness had shown as much enthusiasm for Sunday’s Division 1 final as Heimir Hallgrímsson has done for Tuesday’s meeting with North Macedonia, almost to the point where you’d a notion the championship might be their priority. They decided to come to Dublin anyway to fulfil the … Read more
The Kingdom can no longer be considered certainties for Sam Maguire after yesterday’s result Kerry players including David Clifford (centre) and Seán O’Shea (right) following the Division 1 final defeat at Croke Park. Photo: Seb Daly/Sportsfile Come back. Come back everyone. We’re going to have a football championship after all. Phew. For a while there, … Read more
All over in the Division 1 decider and it’s an emphatic 13-point victory for Jim McGuinness and Donegal. They extract some revenge for last year’s All-Ireland final defeat. As for Kerry, they looked a shadow of their usual selves. That flurry of three consecutive goals for Donegal between the 42nd- and 45th-minute effectively sealed the … Read more
Division 1 final: Kerry v Donegal, Croke Park, 4pm (Live on TG4) Division 2 final: Meath 1-22 Cork 2-17 (FT) 56 Mins: Armin Henirich chps over a lovely score for Kerry. Kerry 1-5 Donegal 3-19 54 Mins: Peadar Mogan punches the hole this time, finds Max Campbell, and the late replacement decides to fist it … Read more
Seán O’Shea’s Kerry career is always going to be a series of milestones. When you’re the man on the frees and you basically never miss a game, having your progress tracked by numbers is unavoidable. Particularly when they’re as remarkable as the ones against O’Shea’s name. So let’s start with a few standouts – and … Read more
Donegal have been working flat-out on beating David Clifford this year Kerry’s David Clifford in action against Donegal’s Brendan McCole during last year’s All-Ireland SFC final. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile Jack O’Connor said last week: “Yerra, we were only aiming to avoid relegation, so we are all a bit surprised to be in a league final. … Read more