McKenna Cup 2024

[twohands!!!]

A half of two halves.

Donegal 1-9 v Tyrone 1-6 at Half-time

Donegal 1-4 Tyrone 1-2 after 10 minutes

Donegal 0-5 v Tyrone 0-4 for the remaining 25 minutes.

Defenses were completely absent on both sides the first 10 minutes, but woke up after that.

I think Donegal will surely regret the patch of 15 minutes without a score, especially as they had a lot of very scorable chances in this period.

Tyrone lucky enough to be only 3 points down.

Conditions not the best, but some nice football being played.

[lenny]

Good to see the Dutch lad Hampshey starting.

lol noticed that also.

[Captain Obvious]

Great coverage. The BBC is giving better service to the GAA than RTE.

Stop you will upset Easytiger with comments like that.

[Captain Obvious]

That's Tyrone McKenna cup winning run over! Well done to Donegal.

[trileacman]

Great coverage. The BBC is giving better service to the GAA than RTE.

Stop you will upset Easytiger with comments like that.

We've Armagh co. Board to thank for the coverage not really the bbc. If this match was in Omagh or newry the cameras wouldn't be there for it. It's the Armagh tv gig which we've to thank for the coverage.

[omagh_gael]

Great coverage. The BBC is giving better service to the GAA than RTE.

Stop you will upset Easytiger with comments like that.

We've Armagh co. Board to thank for the coverage not really the bbc. If this match was in Omagh or newry the cameras wouldn't be there for it. It's the Armagh tv gig which we've to thank for the coverage.

It's a deadly set up to be fair to them. Well done Donegal, the game in Healy park in two weeks will be a tasty affair, as always.

[Rois]

Ah fair play to Donegal, some amount of messing by Tyrone but a more interesting game as a result.

Poor Niall Devlin, a Tyrone man, having to present the cup!

[armaghniac]

We've Armagh co. Board to thank for the coverage not really the bbc. If this match was in Omagh or newry the cameras wouldn't be there for it. It's the Armagh tv gig which we've to thank for the coverage.

Wobbler is somewhat sceptical of the sustainability of volunteer input to such operations, but perhaps the GAA providing the coverage is one way forward for smaller games. 

[Main Street]

Ah fair play to Donegal, some amount of messing by Tyrone but a more interesting game as a result.

Poor Niall Devlin, a Tyrone man, having to present the cup!

I thought Tyrone would be glad to rid of it, a millstone.

[StephenC]

Enjoyable enough game. Fair play to the BBC (and to the Armagh setup by the sounds of it) for broadcasting it.

Donegal tackling pretty poor I felt and it's been an unwelcome feature of our game all year. Some bad wides too. A good run out for the younger lads though and nice to see Frank and Michael feature.

[redcard]

Players like Ronan O'Neill and Ronan McHugh need to be doing much more to put pressure on for a starting spot in NFL. Not good enough tonight. McCurry doimg much better.

Yes ........ apart from Ronan's free kicks keeping Tyrone in the match.

[slippery dodger]

Attendance of 4,287 for the McKenna Cup final With each attendee paying €10 + no wonder they wanted it played

[skeog]

Wrong dodger season tickets which cost 25 for the five games children u 16 free.

[omagh_gael]

Ronan's free taking was much better after the first miss. Still not doing enough from open play though. Ronan McHugh took on some crazy efforts as well when recycling was the correct option.

Some finish by McElhinney for his goal, btw.

[never kickt a ball]

Dr McKenna Cup final: Donegal deny Red Hands

February 17, 2018

Donegal's first-half goal is chipped in by Martin McElhinney against Tyrone in the Dr McKenna Cup final
Donegal finished strongly to thwart Tyrone's bid for a seventh successive Dr McKenna Cup title at the Athletic Grounds this evening.

Declan Bonner's side have nothing to show for three promising performances in the Allianz FL Division 1 to date but they got their hands on some silverware thanks to a 1-16 to 1-12 victory over the Red Hand County.

A lively encounter saw Harry Loughran (Tyrone) and Martin McElhinney trade goals in the opening quarter and the Tir Chonaill oufit led by 1-9 to 1-6 at the change of ends.

Michael Murphy came off the bench to replace McElhinney early in the second-half and he contributed three points to his county's cause.

Niall O'Donnell and Paul Brennan also made an impression on the scoresheet while the Donegal defence did well to hold Mickey Harte's men scoreless in the closing stages.

It represents Donegal's first success in the competition since 2010 and is a timely boost ahead of next weekend's must-win league fixture against Kildare.

Donegal - Shaun Patton; Stephen McMenamin, Conor Morrison, Frank McGlynn (0-1); Eamonn Doherty, Paul Brennan (0-2), Dáire O'Baoill (0-2); Odhrán Mac Niallais (0-1), Hugh McFadden; Ciaran Thompson (0-1), Martin McElhinney (1-1), Mark McHugh; Caolan McGonagle, Stephen McBrearty, Marty O'Reilly (0-2, 1f). Subs: Niall O'Donnell (0-3) for S McBrearty (24); Michael Murphy (0-3, 2f) for McElhinney (41); Nathan Mullins for O'Reilly (45); Caolan Ward for McGlynn (53); Brendan McCole for McGonagle (64); Neil McGee for Doherty (70)

Tyrone - Mickey O'Neill; Aidan McCrory, Cathal McCarron (0-1), Brendan Burns; Michael Cassidy, Ronan McNabb, Kieran McGeary (0-1); Padraig Hampsey, Ben McDonnell; Declan McClure (0-1), Harry Loughran (1-1), Conal McCann (0-1); Darren McCurry (0-1), Ronan McHugh, Ronan O'Neill (0-6, 5f). Subs: Matthew Donnelly for McClure (40); Cathal McShane for Cassidy (41); Peter Harte for McGeary (42); Hugh Pat McGeary for McCrory (50); Conor Meyler for McDonnell (53); Niall Sludden for Loughran (60)

Ref: Barry Cassidy (Derry)

http://hoganstand.com/Tyrone/Article/Index/281376