Oak Leafers need acorn of success to rise their support

If there was an 11th commandment which forbid us from coveting our neighbouring county, then I would be a serial sinner every time I visited Healy Park.

Oak Leafers need acorn of success to rise their support
Thu, 10 Jan, 2013 - 00:00
Paddy Heaney

On Sunday, I was a Derry man working in Omagh, and once again my gills were green with envy.

It was dismal, dank and grey — a day purpose-built for the sofa. But more than 4,000 hardy souls still braved the incessant rain so they could watch the McKenna Cup clash between Tyrone and Derry.

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