Well, he certainly went out with a bang, didn’t he? It’s been obvious for some time that the Johnno II era was destined to end in ignominious failure but tonight’s toe-curling defeat to a very limited, though game Longford team ensured that this wasn’t to be any old failure. No, this was failure on a truly heroic scale as, just […]
This is just a quick one, at the end of a head-wrecking week of work and with a few days in the desert facing me next week where, as it were, I have to see a man about a camel. In between, tomorrow to be precise, we have two championship matches involving the county’s footballers and, before all that, my […]
With no sign of any team news before the programme sellers go on duty prior to the throw-in at Pearse Park on Saturday, the only news to report is that relating to ticket prices. The Longford GAA website has all the details and with prices of €20 for the stand, €10 for the terraces and chisellers free of charge, it’s […]
I’m reliably informed that there won’t be any team announcement for Saturday’s qualifier clash with Longford until the day itself. That’s probably a sensible move, given that there’s little to be gained from showing our hand in advance and it also marks a return to what became common practice during that winning run in the league. Can this tactic now […]
The details of the first round qualifier ties have now been announced (full details are here) and our match with Longford at Pearse Park is set for 7pm on Saturday week. That throw-in time won’t be to everyone’s liking – I’m not exactly an enthusiastic fan of evening starts for championship matches and I suspect I wouldn’t be alone in this […]
Okay then, we pulled the O’Farrell County from the hat yesterday evening and will face them at Pearse Park in the first round of the qualifiers on Saturday week (at a time to be announced later today). So then, apart from their phlegmatic diction, what’s there to know about our midland opponents? Well, courtesy of their county profile on Hogan […]