Gordon Manning

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Gordon Manning

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1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Gordon Manning

The Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final between Antrim and Armagh will take place in Corrigan Park on April 12th at 12.30pm. Following a meeting of the Ulster Council’s CCC on Monday night, it has been confirmed the fixture will now be played at the Belfast venue – bringing an end to the contentious issue over the venue for the clash.

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Gordon Manning

So, after all the huffing and puffing, it will be a Mayo-Kerry National Football League final. Just like everybody predicted, right? On a manic last day of drama, from among the realms of head-spinning permutations and overloaded spreadsheets, Kevin McStay’s Mayo footballers – with a scoring difference of minus one – somehow finished top of the Division One table and unlocked a portal to next weekend’s decider.

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Gordon Manning

NFL Division One: Tyrone 2-20 Dublin 1-16Darren McCurry was the last player off the Healy Park pitch, having spent most of the afternoon as the main man on it during a day when Tyrone beat Dublin comfortably but were still relegated to Division Two for the first time in a decade. On what was billed as a dramatic finale to the Allianz League, the endgame in Omagh instead played out to an anticlimactic finish.

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Gordon Manning

Sunday NFL Division One (All games at 3.45)Armagh v Derry, Athletic Grounds (Live TG4): Derry have endured a difficult season, becoming the first county since Mayo five years ago to be relegated as league title holders. Not all of their performances have been poor and a bit of luck could have swayed a couple of the home matches their way. But the fact remains that when contests were there to be won, they were unable to do so.