McKenna Cup 2024

[bigfrank]

Just through the door there from the game,entertainin stuff for the month of january!!St Marys very unlucky to come away with nothing,very well drilled side that caused alot of problems.That game will do Tyrone the world of good tho!!

[laceer]

what way did Tyrone line out bigfrank?

[bigfrank]

curran
mc ginn
p donnelly
pj quinn
harte0-01
joey mc mahon
swift
holmes
mc gahan
o donnell 1-01
tommy mc 0-01
penrose0-02
mc anulla 1-02
ryan t oneill0-01
mulligan1-00

5 subs came on:
Jordan
Kavanagh
Cassidy
McGee
O neill

Those scores are very close,cant mind who got the rest but thats a fair start

[laceer]

curran
mc ginn
p donnelly
pj quinn
harte0-01
joey mc mahon
swift
holmes
mc gahan
o donnell 1-01
tommy mc
penrose0-02
mc anulla 1-02
ryan t oneill0-01
mulligan1-00

5 subs came on:
Jordan
Kavanagh
Cassidy
McGee
O neill

Those scores are very close,cant mind who got the rest but thats a fair start

Cheers. How'd Peter McGahan get on?

[bigfrank]

Came off 5 mins into second half injured,got a bang to the head! Didnt really do much first half,very quiet debut

[stiffler]

Antrim 1-4 3-17 Queen's 

Justin Crozier plotted the downfall of his native county Antrim
Two goals by Justin Crozier against his native county sent dominant Queen's on their way to a big win over Antrim in the Gaelic Life McKenna Cup.

Crozier, playing in the full-forward line, landed 2-1 in the first half against an experimental Saffrons side.

Tyrone's Shaun O'Neill got six points for the university side and also scored their third goal to give them a good chance of making the semi-finals.

Daragh Edwards netted the goal for a completely outplayed Antrim.

[Schkite]

Fermanagh 1-11 1-9 UUJ 


Late points from Michael Jones and Paul Ward secured a first win for Fermanagh in the Gaelic Life McKenna Cup.

UUJ dominated early on and were 1-5 to 0-2 up before Enda Ferris stole in for a fisted goal just before half-time.

Ryan McCloskey was red-carded and Darren Hughes yellow for an off-the-ball incident just after Ciaran Donnelly had netted for the visitors.

Three other UUJ men were shown yellow cards along with one from Fermanagh.

The students had to replace Aidan Girvan, Niall McKeever and sharpshooter Donnelly while Fermanagh lost the services of Martin McGrath.

[tyrone86]

Justy McMahon best player on the field by a mile, followed by Conor John Pius whom was gifted 2 of the handiest goals he'll get by Johnny Curran and PJ Quinn & the post. Kevin Niblock and Sean O'Neill also impressive for the Ranch. Judgment on Tyrone's new boys to be reserved until after the Monaghan game

[Tyrone Dreamer]

Great goal by Mulligan. Is that Tyrone more or less out after Queens big win because there scoring average wont be good enough for best placed 2nd team?

[Maguire01]

Just through the door there from the game,entertainin stuff for the month of january!!St Marys very unlucky to come away with nothing,very well drilled side that caused alot of problems.That game will do Tyrone the world of good tho!!

Puts Monaghan's result on Sunday into better perspective. Look's like Down's massive score against them was a fluke.

[tyrone86]

Puts Monaghan's result on Sunday into better perspective. Look's like Down's massive score against them was a fluke.

Tally was lamenting the lack of Justin McMahon in the Down game in the IN today, and judging by his performance tonight he would appear to be the key man for the Ranch

[Maguire01]

Antrim fans - stop worrying. RTÉ's Aertel says you scored 1-14. It's not so bad after all.

[gerry]

just back from the pub after having a few hot whiskeys to get the feeling back into my cold limbs after a cold night in omagh.  tyrone were lucky to win tonight as st marys put up a good performance.  tyrone looked poor enough and will have alot to do before we head to croker at the end of the month.  alot of stray passes and wrong decisions taken when passing the ball, a far cry from the kerry game.  st marys would have us dead and buried if they had took half their chances in front of the posts.

is it me or is £8 steep enough for the standard of football that was on display tonight

[Redhandfan]

I suppose, given the windy and very wet conditions in Omagh tonight, both Tyrone and St Mary's served up a decent enough contest.  There were some really good scores but it was tame fare for the most part and it definitely had the feel of a challenge match.  Not a yellow card in sight and little in the way of serious tackling.  

St Mary's were desperately unlucky not to get something from this game.  They deserved to be seven points ahead early in the second half and also missed quite a few good scoring chances.  McGourty was the best forward on view and caused the Tyrone defence major headaches all night.  His place kicking was also of a very high standard.  Justin McMahon is the real deal alright and was a tower of strength for St Mary's at CHB.  Marty Murray also played very well when he came on in the second half.

Paddy Tally will be a bit disappointed that the students could not hold on to their 2nd half lead.  Although playing into a stiff wind after the break, I thought their more advanced level of fitness would have carried them through.  Instead, it was Tyrone who finished strongest and dominated the final 15 minutes.  It was a disjointed Tyrone display for long periods but they did create several goal chances during the match.  Mugsy's goal was a cracker, while it was good to see McAnulla and O'Donnell also grabbing majors on their debuts.

Mickey went with a lot of new faces for this match but I am not sure he will have learned a great deal.  Swift had a fairly good outing in defence while O'Donnell and McAnulla looked lively at times in attack for Tyrone.  It was tough on the newcomers/fringe players to make much of an impression in what were very poor conditions, and it will be interesting to see how many get a further chance impress this Sunday against Monaghan in what will probably be Tyrone's last match before the NFL panel is named.

Finally, £8 is a bit steep into these McKenna Cup games.  There were barely 1000 people in Omagh tonight and, while the weather probably kept a lot of people away, the admission fees set by the Ulster Council are doing little to attract Gaels to these matches.

[Redhandfan]

Donegal 2  2  0  0  3-25  1-18  1.619   4
Ferman  3  1  1  1  2-26  2-27  0.857   3
UUJ       3  1  0  2  1-35  4.35  0.808   2
Derry     2  0  1  1  1-17  0-23  0.870   1



Down    3  2  0  1  4-41  1-31  1.558  4
Mon      2  1  0  1   2-22  2-22  1.000  2
Tyrone  2  1  0  1    3-18   1-27  0.900  2
Mary's    3  1  0  2  3-34  7-37  0.741  2


Queen's  3   2  0  1  6-42  4-22  1.764  4
Armagh  2   2  0  0  3-18  0-22  1.227  4
Cavan    2    1  0  1  1-23  3-25  0.765  2
Antrim   3    0  0  3  1-26  4-40  0.557  0    

Just a small point of order: Tyrone have actually conceded 2-27