Heard Fermanagh had lads leave the panel the day after the Tyrone defeat as they'll be for America and the $$$ ... lads who leave a county panel in this way should have to pay back the grant funding they've had for mileage, sports supplements, boots, etc. In the interests of equality of course. Grant funding comes from the government and supporters, we're all paying for it and the system is being abused, a bit of respect for those who lay on this level of support wouldn't go amiss, as one GPA rep said recently, if you're not speaking up you're part of the problem
Regards to the topic at hand, is there any footage online of the 2006 game in Omagh
Was a bit of a narrative on here a few years ago that Derry were thugish on the day
As a Tyrone supporter my recollection was Tyrone weren't up for the game and got completely outplayed, team selection didn't help but it was Tyrone who were ill disciplined and frankly all over the shop on the day
Would like to see some highlights, hopefully something surfaces this week in the lead up to the game
That was it 100% and missing O'Neill and McGuigan probably didn't help matters as well as Hughes getting the line.
Derry played a version of the blanket defence that day as well it was a fairly poor game of football with Derry holding Tyrone scoreless for the first half. It was a great win but then we were shite against Donegal and then went out to Longford!
I remember a real eerie Healy Park before the throw in. It was as if the spectators knew what was coming. Tyrone players out on the pitch walking about. I actually rang one of them for a chat! Tyrone were dire and completely flat. Derry deserved to win but because they were terrible for the rest of the season the win was rarely spoken about.
The fact that the players and fans celebrated as if they had won the all Ireland was a good fore warning of what was to come
I don't remember that much celebrating, though I think any time will celebrate if they've just beaten the AI champions.
I don't remember that much either, certainly no more than you'd expect after just beating the AI champions, most likely because it didn't happen.
https://www.irishnews.com/sport/gaafootball/2016/05/21/news/the-day-derry-shook-up-all-ireland-champions-tyrone-in-healy-park-527174/Crozier had this to say:
“At the end of the day, Tyrone was our All-Ireland final,” says Crozier.
“We took our eye off the ball after that game. Donegal beat us and they probably prepared for us the way we prepared for Tyrone.”
HOW THEY LINED OUT IN 2006
Tyrone: P McConnell; R McMenamin, C McGinley, C Gourley; D Harte (0-1), C Gormley, P Jordan; C Holmes, P Donnelly; (0-1, ’45); B Dooher, S Cavanagh, R Mulgrew; R Mellon, K Hughes, O Mulligan (0-2 frees); Subs: J McMahon (0-1) for Holmes (h/t), M Penrose for Mulgrew (h/t), E McGinley for Mellon (53), D Carlin for Gourley (53), B Meenan for Cavanagh (66)
Derry: B Gillis; K McGuckin, K McCloy, F McEldowney; L Hinphey, P McFlynn, J O’Kane (0-1); J McBride, F Doherty; M Lynch, B McGoldrick, J Diver, E Muldoon (1-3, 0-3 frees) , P Bradley (0-3, 0-1 free), E Bradley (0-1); Subs: G Donaghy for McEldowney (43), F Crossan for O’Kane (57), D McIlvar for Diver (70)
Referee: D Coldrick (Meath)
Attendance: 18,150