Allianz Football League results Division 3 Longford 1-10 Fermanagh 3-11 Louth 1-15 Westmeath 1-13 Division 4 London 1-6 Wexford 0-11 Cavan 0-19 Carlow 1-12 Waterford 1-13 Leitrim 2-17 ***** LOUTH GAVE THEIR promotion hopes a boost after a hard-fought win against neighbours Westmeath. Advertisement The Lake County’s first defeat of the Division 3 campaign arrived…
Month: March 2022
Waterford survive huge test against Antrim, Phelan nets twice in Kilkenny win over Laois
Waterford and Antrim players in action. Source: Declan Roughan/INPHO Hurling League Results Division 1 Group B Waterford 3-21 Antrim 2-22 Kilkenny 2-28 Laois 0-17 ***** WATERFORD AND KILKENNY both claimed their second league wins in Division 1 Group B this afternoon, but it was in contrasting fashions. Waterford had to survive a huge test from…
Cork claim nine-point win over Limerick as two red cards shown in Gaelic Grounds clash
Cork 2-19 Limerick 1-13 John Keogh reports from TUS Gaelic Grounds CORK CONTINUED THEIR unbeaten start in the Allianz Hurling League with a comprehensive win away to Limerick this afternoon. Click Here: Two first-half goals from Shane Kingston set the Rebels on their way but the Douglas man was later red carded. Limerick’s Seamus Flanagan…
Tony Kelly scores 2-12 as Clare storm past Offaly for first league win
Clare 4-20 Offaly 0-16 Eoin Brennan reports from Tullamore NORMAL SERVICE WAS resumed this afternoon when Tony Kelly returned to fire 2-12 and guide Clare to their first Allianz League League victory of the new campaign in Bord na Mona O’Connor Park in Tullamore. Having recovered from surgery on a persistent ankle injury, the current…
Three goals in five second-half minutes as Mayo edge Galway to book league semi-final spot
Mayo 6-6 Galway 2-8 Gerard Mulreaney reports at Tuam Stadium SINÉAD WALSH AND Lisa Cafferky both scored two goals as Mayo earned their place in the semi-finals of the Lidl NFL after victory over rivals Galway at Tuam Stadium. The hosts were looking to bounce back from their opening round defeat in Donegal but it…
Mayo hit five points in final five minutes to edge out thriller with Armagh
Mayo 0-15 Armagh 1-10 Colm Gannon reports at Hyde Park IF YOU WANTED entertainment then Hyde Park was the place to be as Mayo and Armagh went blow for blow in a thrilling league encounter. The contest was finally put to bed when Paddy Durcan slotted over from close range at the end of a…
O’Connor on fire as Wexford maintain perfect start with six-point win over Galway
Galway 0-15 Wexford 2-15 John Fallon reports at Pearse Stadium WEXFORD CONTINUED THEIR perfect start to the league under new manager Darragh Egan as they carved out a fully merited win over a Galway side which struggled to get going in Salthill. Wexford held an edge throughout and capably dealt with a Galway revival after…
Dominant Derry still on course for promotion as they defeat Clare by nine points
Derry 2-13 Clare 0-10 Paraic McMahon reports from Cusack Park FOUR ROUNDS IN and Rory Gallagher’s Derry look primed to seal promotion to Division 1 of the Allianz National Football League. The unbeaten Ulster men are on course to advance to the top tier having lined out in Division 3 last season. Benny Heron’s thirty…
The Belfast football club where Bobby Sands played and the week’s best sportswriting
1. When it rained, it poured. On August 31, 2019 a customer in Douglas Village Shopping Centre noted smoke at the front of her car as she parked it. In the ensuing fire that partially destroyed a complex which duly remained closed for 14 months, the Cork City merchandise shop was burned out of action….
Donegal impress in win over Tyrone with O’Donnell and McKelvey goals proving key
Donegal 2-10 Tyrone 0-12 MAYBE DONEGAL ARE nowhere near as bad as they showed against Kerry, and maybe Tyrone are finding life hard to adjust to as champions. Either way, you could have thought the opposite of both those things as the game took shape in the middle of the first half as Tyrone took…