McKenna Cup 2024

[Club Rossa]

Our Patrick won't be impressed by that statement 

[Any craic]

http://www.youtube.com/user/UlsterGAA - McKenna Cup Gold. Tyrone were at their peak in destroying Donegal.

[Trevor Hill]

Does tonights game start at 7.00pm or 7.30pm? I thought 7.30 but the Irish News says 7.00.

[redcard]

http://www.youtube.com/user/UlsterGAA - McKenna Cup Gold. Tyrone were at their peak in destroying Donegal.

great video. subscribers are a bit dodgy

[Out in Front]

Does tonights game start at 7.00pm or 7.30pm? I thought 7.30 but the Irish News says 7.00.

From Ulster Council today

Saturday 16th January (All games at 7.00pm unless otherwise stated):
Barrett Sports Lighting Dr McKenna Cup: 
Section A
Armagh v UUJ at Crossmaglen (2.00pm)                   Ref: M Higgins (Fermanagh)
Section B
Cavan v Donegal at Kingspan Breffni Park                 Ref: G McCarron (Monaghan)
Section C
Down v Queens at Pairc Esler                                    Ref: G Walsh (Antrim)

[AFS]

So we were beat 0-16 to 1-12. Typical McKenna Cup game, a bit sloppy and plenty of players not looking fit yet.

Armagh team was:

P Hearty
A Mallon
V Martin
B Shannon
S O'Neill
B Donaghy
F Moriarty
M Mackin (C Vernon, HT)
J Lavery
R Austin
C Watters (A Kernan, HT)
J Feeney (J O'Neill, ~60mins)
T Kernan (M McNamee, ~15mins)
R Henderson
B McCone (S McDonnell, ~60mins)

Defence was a bit sloppy and loose, Martin was probably the pick of them. Midfield broke about even. Forwards were alright, but not great. Of the newer faces, few really stood out apart from Martin and maybe Feeney, and a few others were pretty awful, but it would be unfair to judge them after one game. Stevie McDonnell had a free from about 35 yards to even it with the last kick of the ball, but missed.

The new rules are a bit shit. Clean catches at midfield were so infrequent that the mark seems slightly pointless. This rule fails to deal with the far more common situation, where a man picks up a break ball only to find himself surrounded. The hand pass rule is idiotic. Enforcing the use of the fist does nothing to improve the game, and only serves to frustrate players and spectators when blown up.

Someone should tell that Conor Bayne fella to sort his hair out.

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Tame enough affair - high scoring for this time of year but lacking a real intensity. The disappointing aspect was not really the defeat but the fact that no one really put their hand up in terms of demanding inclusion later in the year. Thought Feeney done well enough, Tony Kernan got the goal and James Lavery played well. I agree the mark didn't seem to make much of an impact but James Lavery would have had another two except for a very dubious free against him on one occasion and the ref forgetting the rule on another. You'd have expected Stevie to snatch the draw for us at the end, dead straight in front of goals.

[AFS]

Was it not McCone with the goal?

[crossfire]

It was Mc Cone.

[never kickt a ball]

Videos and interviews from Armagh V UUJ game:

http://www.youtube.com/user/UlsterGAA#p/a/u/1/Jnd9KLB009c

Can anyone tell me what the programmes were like?

[AFS]

Videos and interviews from Armagh V UUJ game:

http://www.youtube.com/user/UlsterGAA#p/a/u/1/Jnd9KLB009c

Can anyone tell me what the programmes were like?

Same as last year, just one for the whole competition with all the teams and their squad numbers. The teams actually seem to be using their squad numbers this year, which is nice.

[never kickt a ball]

UUJ beat Armagh in McKenna opener

UUJ defeated Armagh 0-16 to 1-12 in Group A of the Barrett Electrical Dr McKenna Cup at Crossmaglen on Saturday. Brian McCone's 16th-minute goal gave Armagh a five-point lead but UUJ hit back with six unanswered points to draw level at 1-6 to 0-9 at half-time. Jason McAnulla put UUJ in front with the first score of the second half and remained ahead until the final whistle. Steven McDonnell had a chance to level with the last kick of the game but sent his free wide.

Barrett Electrical Dr McKenna Cup results/ fixtures

Saturday 16 January

Group A - Result

Armagh 1-12 0-16 UUJ

Group B

Cavan v Donegal (Breffni Park, 1900 GMT)

Group C

Down v Queen's (Pairc Esler, 1900 GMT)

Sunday 17 January

Group A

Fermanagh v Monaghan (Brewster Park, 1400 GMT)

Group B

Tyrone v St Mary's (Healy Park, 1400 GMT)

Group C

Antrim v Derry (Casement Park, 1400 GMT)
Story from BBC SPORT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/8463450.stm

Published: 2010/01/16 16:35:22 GMT

© BBC MMX

[never kickt a ball]

Cavan 0-09 Donegal 0-11 Result


Donegal scorers:

Hanlon 1
McFadden 2 frees
Murphy 0-2
Gallagher 0-1
Cassidy 0-1
Gareth Concarr  0-3

Cavan scorers
Smyth 0-7
McGuigan 0-1
Cahill 0-1

http://links.pollenzone.com/highlandradio.asx

http://powerlink.powerstream.net/002/00187/live4.asx

Donegal prove too good for Cavan

Donegal defeated Cavan 0-11 to 0-9 in Saturday night's Barrett Electrical Dr McKenna Cup Group B match at Breffni Park.  Cavan led 0-4 to 0-3 at the break but two points from Michael Murphy, who came off the bench, changed the course. Gareth Smyth was the top-scorer for Cavan with seven points while Gareth Concarr was Donegal's most impressive player, scoring three points.

Story from BBC SPORT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/8463855.stm

Published: 2010/01/16 21:08:34 GMT

© BBC MMX

[down6061689194]

Good show by down in cold conditions. Marty clarke was the highlight with some good scores. For me laverty showed Again he isn't up to scratch, going out of his way to fight costello and being lost in the forwRd line.

[Square Ball]

Good show by down in cold conditions. Marty clarke was the highlight with some good scores. For me laverty showed Again he isn't up to scratch, going out of his way to fight costello and being lost in the forwRd line.

What was the score?