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No room for sentiment for Keith Higgins and Eoghan Collins

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No room for sentiment for Keith Higgins and Eoghan Collins

Six days on from lining out together for their club Ballyhaunis, Mayo’s Keith Higgins and Clare’s Eoghan Collins will be ready to tear into each other in Cusack Park on Saturday.

Vulnerable Mayo counting cost of extra-time victory

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Vulnerable Mayo counting cost of extra-time victory

Summer may only be one game old, but for some it feels like it’s already over

All too predictable for Tyrone

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All too predictable for Tyrone

Cork footballers need confidence boost

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Cork footballers need confidence boost

Damian Barton braced for Cork in ‘bizarre’ Division 2

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Damian Barton braced for Cork in ‘bizarre’ Division 2

Goal-hungry Tribesmen edge closer to top-flight return

Goal-hungry Tribesmen edge closer to top-flight return

Yet, a modern analyst would probably focus more on slack defending than anything else, with both sides needing to shore up their rearguards if progress is to be made in the remainder of the league and into the championship.

Mon, 20 Mar, 2017

Shorthanded Clare denied dream start after late strike

Shorthanded Clare denied dream start after late strike

Derry 0-11 Clare 1-8: Clare manager Colm Collins accepted responsibility for his side finishing with 14 men after James Kielt’s 75th-minute equaliser for Derry denied the Banner County a memorable start to life in Division 2.

Mon, 06 Feb, 2017

Colm Collins: Management must also evolve

Colm Collins: Management must also evolve

Clare football manager Colm Collins is adamant he and his management team must evolve at the rate they expect from their players.

Fri, 03 Feb, 2017

Tyrone come good to advance to semi-finals

Tyrone come good to advance to semi-finals

The semi-final pairings for the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup were confirmed last night after the final set of group fixtures.

Thu, 19 Jan, 2017

Kieran McGeeney finds positives in Armagh’s narrow defeat

Kieran McGeeney finds positives in Armagh’s narrow defeat

Derry 3-10 Armagh 2-12: Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney took more positives than negatives out of yesterday’s one-point McKenna Cup defeat to Derry at Owenbeg.

Mon, 09 Jan, 2017

Kevin O'Halloran celebrates his goal 23/7/2016

Liam Kearns hails the players as gutsy Tipperary have the last laugh

Tipperary 1-21 Derry 2-17: It was a good 15 minutes after the final whistle blew in Kingspan Breffni Park when Tipperary players fashioned a warmdown. Wholly understandable, of course. Evenings like these have to be celebrated and the instant reaction was to soak in the significance of this win with their band of supporters who flooded onto the pitch.

Mon, 25 Jul, 2016

Derry boss Barton takes pop at his detractors

Derry boss Barton takes pop at his detractors

Damian Barton has had a pop at his detractors and quipped he “might just quit” if he steers Derry into the All- Ireland quarter-finals.

Thu, 21 Jul, 2016

Derry finish with a flourish to wear down 14-man Cavan

Derry finish with a flourish to wear down 14-man Cavan

Cavan 0-18 Derry 1-17: Dynamic Derry timed their run to perfection to put 14-man Cavan to the sword in a pulsating All-Ireland SFC Qualifier at a sun-kissed Kingspan Breffni Park on Saturday.

Mon, 18 Jul, 2016

Mickey Conlan bridges 13-year Championship gap for Derry

Mickey Conlan bridges 13-year Championship gap for Derry

Veteran Derry goalkeeper Mickey Conlan bridged a 13-year gap between championship appearances last Saturday, but insists his return to the big-time was a one-off.

Tue, 21 Jun, 2016

Derry v Tyrone - Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship Quarter-Final

Tyrone a class apart against indifferent Derry

Tyrone 3-14 Derry 0-12: Strip away all the fireside reminisces about past battles and a rivalry for the ages and this was no more than a meeting of one team ascending towards the summit of football’s ladder and another for whom treading water is the height of their ambitions.

Mon, 23 May, 2016

It’s time Derry stopped playing the blame game

It’s time Derry stopped playing the blame game

In the seven weeks since their last competitive game (a six points defeat against Armagh), have Derry come up with something that will put Tyrone on the back foot?

Sat, 21 May, 2016

Damian Barton getting used to putting it all on the line for Derry

Damian Barton getting used to putting it all on the line for Derry

Damian Barton admits he’s had to learn to stay calm and detached on the sideline in his first year in inter-county management.

Fri, 20 May, 2016

Wing-back Charlie Kielt back in Derry ranks

Wing-back Charlie Kielt back in Derry ranks

Charlie Kielt has returned to the Derry panel ahead of Sunday’s Ulster championship first round match against Tyrone.

Thu, 19 May, 2016

Damian Barton hails Kevin McStay’s decision to enter managerial bear-pit

Damian Barton hails Kevin McStay’s decision to enter managerial bear-pit

Derry manager Damian Barton has praised Kevin McStay for moving away from the pundit’s desk and entering inter-county management.

Thu, 05 May, 2016

Tyrone v Derry - Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup Final

Ban wouldn’t change Derry's Damian Barton

Derry boss Damian Barton says he doesn’t want to quell his passion on the sideline despite picking up an eight-week touchline ban.

Tue, 05 Apr, 2016

Battling Armagh unable to beat drop

Battling Armagh unable to beat drop

Armagh 1-18 Derry 0-15: Armagh went down, but not without a fight, and Kieran McGeeney took the positives from a difficult spring despite the team’s relegation from Division 2 for the second time in three seasons.

Mon, 04 Apr, 2016

This weekend's GAA previews

This weekend's GAA previews

Sat, 05 Mar, 2016

Tyrone v Derry - Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup Final

Familiarity breeds contempt between Derry, Tyrone, Armagh and Cavan

They must stop meeting like this. Seriously, they must. For the good of themselves and the game, if there’s anything the pairs of Derry and Tyrone and Armagh and Cavan need it’s space from each other. But such thinking is wishful.

Thu, 03 Mar, 2016

Weekend GAA previews

Weekend GAA previews

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Sat, 27 Feb, 2016

Weekend GAA Previews

Weekend GAA Previews

TODAY

Sat, 06 Feb, 2016

Damian Barton: Brendan Rogers needs time to get over facial injury ‘shock’

Damian Barton: Brendan Rogers needs time to get over facial injury ‘shock’

Damian Barton claims Derry midfielder Brendan Rogers needs time to get over the mental and physical scars from the “shocking” facial injury he suffered against Tyrone.

Tue, 02 Feb, 2016

Ryan Bell with Che Cullen and Eoin Donnelly 31/1/2016

Derry win but Damian Barton senses ‘hangover’

Derry 3-13 Fermanagh 1-10: Derry boss Damian Barton admitted his side had suffered a McKenna Cup ‘hangover’ in the first half of Sunday’s nine-point Division 2 victory over Fermanagh at Celtic Park.

Mon, 01 Feb, 2016

Tyrone upwardly mobile: county by county guide to Div 2 of the Allianz NFL

Tyrone upwardly mobile: county by county guide to Div 2 of the Allianz NFL

John Fogarty considers the promotion prospects of the sides hoping to join the top tier.

Fri, 29 Jan, 2016

Tyrone v Derry - Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup Final

Tony Scullion defends ‘pure gentleman’ Damian Barton

Tyrone 1-22 Derry 1-17 (AET): Derry assistant manager Tony Scullion defended Damian Barton after the Oak Leaf boss was sent to the stand for getting involved in a brawl during Saturday night’s dramatic McKenna Cup final.

Mon, 25 Jan, 2016

Cavan v Derry - Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup Semi-Final

New Damian Barton game-plan puts Derry on offensive footing

Cavan 1-10 Derry 1-17: Damian Barton’s promise to get Derry taking a more attacking approach looks to be bearing some early season fruit - his newlook side producing the goods in the Athletic Grounds yesterday to reach the McKenna Cup final.

Mon, 18 Jan, 2016

Penalties for diving won’t be upgraded for 2016 GAA season

Penalties for diving won’t be upgraded for 2016 GAA season

Diving will not be upgraded to a black or red card this year, as the GAA’s playing rules committee requires more time to study the area.

Tue, 12 Jan, 2016

Derry v Tyrone - Bank of Ireland Dr. McKenna Cup Group A Round 2

Damian Barton bemused as Tyrone edge it

Derry 4-6 Tyrone 1-16: Derry boss Damian Barton was left bemused after a controversial second-half red card helped Tyrone to victory in an pulsating McKenna Cup clash before before 5,179 spectators at Owenbeg.

Mon, 11 Jan, 2016

Liam McGoldrick scores a goal 3/1/2016

Winning start for Derry boss Damian Barton

McKenna Cup: Damian Barton’s stint as Derry manager got off to a winning start thanks to a four-goal victory over Antrim yesterday.

Mon, 04 Jan, 2016

Modern game neglects genius at 11

Modern game neglects genius at 11

There is one serious flaw with the defensive-based running game which has been slavishly adopted by virtually every team in the country.

Thu, 11 Jun, 2015

Chrissy McKaigue: You do what’s needed

Chrissy McKaigue: You do what’s needed

Monaghan. March 3, 2012. A turning point in Chrissy McKaigue’s career.

Sat, 06 Jun, 2015

Brennan lands Derry job

John Brennan has been announced as the new Derry senior football manager, succeeding Damian Cassidy who stepped down recently after two years in charge.

Fri, 17 Sep, 2010

Coleman decides to call it a day

EAMON COLEMAN is to step down as manager of the Derry senior football team. Coleman informed the county board on Saturday evening of his intentions to call a halt to his time in charge.

Mon, 29 Jul, 2002