McKenna Cup 2024

Started by never kickt a ball, December 30, 2006, 02:22:48 AM

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imtommygunn

Do you not think they'd maybe like to play for both and have their hands forced?

nrico2006

Quite possible that maybe that is the case, but they obviously made their choice to play for Tyrone and that should have been respected.  It is an inter-county competition after all, and an ideal one for trying out players for the new season.
'To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal, light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle.'

never kickt a ball

Gaelic Life Dr McKenna Cup

Tyrone 2-9 Donegal 0-5
Tyrone retained the McKenna Cup at Healy Park on Saturday night when they had a surprisingly comfortable ten point victory over neighbours Donegal. The Red Hands once again fielded a mixture of youth and experience and again the formula produced a winning combination as Tyrone made it seven wins out of seven this season.
Donegal fielded a strong starting fifteen with Tyrone opting to start with only four players that featured in their All Ireland success of two seasons ago although their bench was laden with Celtic cross winners such as Brian Dooher, Philip Jordan, Owen Mulligan and Stephen O'Neill, the latter duo joining the action in the second half. Donegal dominated in terms of possession in the opening half but they contrived to miss chance after chance. They were inevitably made to pay as Tyrone got into their stride in the second half with some eye catching scores as they won with a bit to spare despite having Kevin Hughes sent off midway through the half.
Donegal went on the attack from the word go with midfielder Neil Gallagher bursting through before offloading to Ciaran Bonner but with a goal chance perhaps on the Tyrone defence managed to clear the danger. Brian Roper then kicked a Donegal wide while Brendan Devenney shot tamely into the arms of Pascal McConnell as the wastefulness of the visitors continued. It was Tyrone who opened the scoring in the fifth minute when Gerald Cavlan found Davy Harte and the halfback thumped over a great point from the right wing. Ciaran Bonner again dropped an effort short into Pascal McConnell before Donegal levelled matters in the eighth minute with a point from play from Brendan Devenney after he had collected a quick free from Christy Toye. Christopher Colhoun and Brian Roper exchanged wides while Donegal's inability to find the target continued as both Barry Monaghan and Kevin McMenamin again dropped shots short.
Cathal McCarron put Tyrone back in front from a forty metre free as the Red Hands made better used of their limited possession as Christy Toye, Brian Roper, Barry Devenney and defender Barry Dunnion adding to the visitors' growing tally of missed opportunities. Good work from Brendan Devenney saw him win a thirteen metre free which he converted himself to level matters, Donegal's first score in twenty two minutes. Gerald Cavlan then blocked Christy Toye and the ball was played to Christopher Coulhoun who ran through to put Tyrone in front with a well taken point. In first half injury time Tyrone made it 0-4 to 0-2 when Gerald Cavlan passed to Colm McCullagh before taking the return and hitting a brilliant point from out on the right wing to bring the first half action to a close.
In the second minute of the second half Donegal reduced the deficit when Kevin McMenamin converted a free and moments later they were level after Brendan Devenney made no mistake from a placed ball as well. At this stage the scene looked set for a ding dong battle but it never materialised as Donegal were to add only one more score to their tally. Tommy McGuigan and Christy Toye exchanged wides while Colm McCullagh was unlucky to see his free kick come back of the post. Good play from Christopher Colhoun saw him place Cathal McCarron for a well taken score in the eighth minute for a lead that Tyrone were never to lose. Good work at the back from Paul McGurk saw him break up a promising Donegal raid and that led to another Tyrone point as Gerald Cavlan's pass was helped on by Kevin Hughes into the path of Cathal McCarron who swept it over the bar. Donegal came straight down the field for substitute Colm McFadden to score with his first touch but that point in the 13th minute was to prove to be the visitors' last of the night. A surging Sean Cavanagh run up the left wing finished with the captain dissecting the posts while at the other end of the field Damien McCaul put in a great tackle to dispossess Kevin McMenamin.
Tyrone then lost midfielder Kevin Hughes to a second yellow card but within a couple of minutes they had struck for a goal. Man of the match Gerald Cavlan put a great ball through to Colm McCullagh and the Dromore man did the rest with a first time finish past Donegal keeper Ciaran Sharkey. Tyrone now had their tails up and by the twenty second minute the gap had grown to six after Colm McCullagh punished a foul on Stephen O'Neill by converting the resulting thirty metre free. Paul Quinn was then fouled on a sortie up front and Cathal McCarron brought his tally to four on the night when he knocked over the twenty five metre free from the left wing. By now Donegal were holding a beaten docket and they were denied a consolation goal when Pascal McConnell saved superbly from Brendan Devenney after the full forward had caught the ball and burst through. With the game a minute into injury time Sean Cavanagh capped a fine second half display from his team when he burst through the Donegal defence to send a low shot to the net via the post to complete a convincing victory.

Tyrone - Pascal McConnell, Paul McGurk, Cormac McGinley, Damien McCaul, Davy Harte, Conor Gormley, Paul Quinn, Kevin Hughes, Sean Cavanagh, Tommy McGuigan, Gerald Cavlan, Christopher Colhoun, Cathal McCarron, Colm McCullagh, Damian McDermott. Subs – Dermot Carlin for Cormac McGinley, Owen Mulligan for Tommy McGuigan, Stephen O'Neill for Christopher Colhoun, Colm Donnelly for Cathal  McCarron, Mickey McGee for Paul McGurk

Donegal - Ciaran Sharkey, Eamon McGee, Paddy Campbell, Frank McGlynn, Paddy McConigley, Barry Monaghan, Barry Dunnion, Kevin Cassidy, Neil Gallagher, Kevin McMenamin, Brendan Devenney, Ryan Bradley. Subs – Colm McFadden for Brian Roper, Leon Thompson for Kevin McMenamin, Thomas Donaghue for Frank McGlynn, Michael Murphy for  Ryan Bradley, Michael Hegarty for Christy Toye

Tyrone scorers – Cathal McCarron 0-4, Colm McCullagh 1-1, Sean Cavanagh 1-1, Davy Harte 0-1, Gerald Cavlan 0-1, Christopher Colhoun 0-1
Donegal scorers – Brendan Devenney 0-3, Kevin McMenamin 0-1, Colm McFadden 0-1
Referee – Joe McQuillan Cavan
http://www.tyronegaa.ie/county/football/news/story.jsp?newsid=295
This match can be viewed on www.tg4.ie on the webcast (if you live in Ireland)

never kickt a ball

Tyrone decision in limbo
22 February 2007
The Ulster Council of the GAA met on Wednesday night, 21st February but failed to come to a decision on Tyrone's decision to field college players in last weekend's McKenna Cup final against Donegal.
At the meeting, the referee's report from the final was read but afterwards the Council declared that the matter was 'ongoing.'
Reports suggest however that Tyrone are likely to be hauled before a disciplinary hearing with the possibility that they'll have their McKenna Cup triumph nullified.

http://www.hoganstand.com/Tyrone/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=73142

"they'll have their McKenna Cup triumph nullified"   - Sounds painful!

Will Hunting

Why is this still 'ongoing'?

Surely they should strip Tyrone off their "title", and leave it at that.

Rois

Strip away, Mickey's got what he wanted, a few extra competitive games to try out new players.  I hardly think the McKenna Cup will be a big loss at the club functions at the end of the year when Sam comes visiting again  :P

true ulster gael

ulster council should take the cup away from tyrone and ban them from it next year
might teach micky hart some manners

realredhandfan


true ulster gael

speaking about me?
micky hart only cares about himself and not the gaa
he and tyrone always try to bend the spirit of the rules
they and the gpa will destroy the gaa with their greed

Gabriel_Hurl

is that yer man who was banging on about the drinking Mayobridge players were doing?

ONeill

Quote from: true ulster gael on February 22, 2007, 06:44:39 PM
speaking about me?
micky hart only cares about himself and not the gaa
he and tyrone always try to bend the spirit of the rules
they and the gpa will destroy the gaa with their greed

He's right. McCracken didn't die for this.
I wanna have my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames.

never kickt a ball



Mickey Harte
23 February 2007
Tyrone football boss Mickey Harte says just because the O'Neill County didn't appeal the Ulster Council's original ruling that the county be docked two points for fielding college players in the McKenna Cup doesn't mean that the would-be winners accepted the decision. "Just because the previous ruling wasn't contested, that wasn't tantamount to acceptance, "Harte insisted."In the interests of the continuity of the competition, that was maybe why nothing happened at that time.
"I would have expected an appeal, but I would understand as well that if an appeal was going to hold up the competition and upset the whole scene for the rest of the year, then that had to be brought into consideration as well."But it certainly wasn't an acceptance of the previous ruling, that's for sure.

www.hoganstand.com

never kickt a ball

Hard fax missing as Tyrone row rumbles on over delay

Friday February 23rd 2007
QUESTIONS will again be raised about GAA bureacracy after the Ulster Council failed to deal with a player eligibility issue this week because they had not received the referee's report in time.
The issue related to the final of the McKenna Cup, which took place last Saturday, five days before Wednesday night's meeting. Referees have three days in which to submit their report and it is understood that Cavan official Joe McQuillan had done so but that there was a postal delay.
Ulster officials said yesterday that reports sometimes take five days to reach them.
Faxed

But questions will be asked about why the referee's report could not have been faxed or collected. Whenever there are disciplinary matters arising from a referee's report it is recommended that they fax it initially, before forwarding the final copy by post.
The GAA recently said that disciplinary procedures would be speeded up by letting referees email their reports, but this system is not yet in place.
The matter now looks likely to be shelved until after Saturday's Ulster Convention at which outgoing provincial chairman Michael Greenan will be replaced by Donegal's Tom Daly.
The matter involved Tyrone who are expected to face a sanction for breaching Dr McKenna Cup rules in last weekend's final.
The county fielded two university players - Cathal McCarron and Damien McCaul - during their final win over Donegal on Saturday having earlier being docked points in the group stages for the same offence. Competition rules state that university sides should have first pick on players eligible for both teams.
But Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has repeatedly defended his decision to use college players and in this case said it was reasonable to do so as both of their universities had already been knocked out of the competition.
http://www.unison.ie/sportsdesk/stories.php3?ca=13&si=1782196&printer=1

Or he could have emailed the report?

never kickt a ball

McKenna Cup final controversy to be dealt with
28 February 2007
Donegal's Tom Daly's first job as the new Ulster Council Chairman will be to sort out the controversy surrounding Tyrone's use of college players in the recent Dr. McKenna Cup final. The issue wasn't dealt with last week because the Ulster Council hadn't received a copy of the referee's report. Daly says he is hoping to discuss the matter next week. "At the first opportunity we will be able to deal with the matter. I'm not certain if we will be able to deal with it early next week or not, said the Ballyshannon clubman who succeeded Michael Greenan at the week-end. Daly revealed that he can't deal with the matter until he first conducts some housekeeping duties. "The immediate things I have to concentrate on is re-establishing the provincial council's committees and deciding who will chair those committees over the coming term."That's work I will be doing this week with a view to formalising it at a council meeting on Tuesday, 6th of March. Later this week I will be meeting the new officers just to have a talk through how we will work together and organise things and agree the practical housekeeping things."For the coming couple of days, getting the committee structures sorted out and formalised is a priority,'' said Daly.
http://www.hoganstand.com/Tyrone/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=73521

McKenna Cup final controversy to be dealt with......................When?............................still waiting................. ???

I thought Greenan looked pretty relaxed at the McKenna Cup Final. Obviously knew he would be long gone before the situation was sorted......... if it's ever sorted.

The article states it is Tom Daly's first job to sort it out. Then the article states that he can't do anything until "he first conducts some housekeeping duties".................. ::)

never kickt a ball

Tyrone mystified by one-liner
16 March 2007

Tyrone County Board Secretary Dominic McCaughey says the O'Neill County still hasn't been informed by the Ulster Council why they were stripped of the McKenna Cup.
The Ulster Council's Competition Control Committee decided at a meeting on Tuesday night last that Tyrone breached the GAA's Rule 114 regarding their team sheet.But McCaughey maintains they haven't been given an official explanation as to why the Cup has been taken off them.
"We were sent a one-line email saying that the game was forfeited and that's all we know," McCaughey explained.
And the Tyrone official says he couldn't say whether third-level college players Damien McCaul and Cathal McCarron were listed on the O'Neill County's team-sheet for the final.
"I wasn't at the game myself, so I'm not sure what happened. We are still waiting for notification and to get a look at the team sheet we submitted."

http://www.hoganstand.com/Tyrone/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=74301

Have a look at this statement on hoganstand. It's not often the County Secretary misses a Tyrone game, especially a final. Is he absolving himself of all blame?  However it also begs the question why he was not at the game? Maybe he didn't agree with the teamsheet either?