Tír Eoghain v Dún na nGall

[orangeman]

Those are fairly serious allegations orangemen and you'd need to be able to substantiate them. i find it hard to believe that players' health would be risked or even that players would be so easily  moved against their will

Do you need any further substantiation Uladh apart from the subsequent posts ?? You finf it hard to believe - don't - it's true ! Players will do almost anything to win - I'msure you know that yourself and / or have some insight into this.

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Allianz National Football League Division 1
Tyrone 0-11 Donegal 0-9

Tyrone battled hard to get the better of Donegal at Edendork on Sunday afternoon to ease their relegation fears while at the same time keep alive their chances of reaching the National League final.

It may not have been the best of games but it was played at a furious pace with both sides fighting tooth and nail for possession throughout. Level on eight occasions throughout the seventy minutes, a draw looked like being the likely outcome but late points from Tommy McGuigan and Enda McGinley sent the Red Hands support home happy and took Tyrone's points tally to five, all gained on home soil. 

It was a contest that really could have gone either way but it was Tyrone who finished the stronger as they followed up their win over Laois with another workmanlike performance. Conor Gormley, Justin McMahon, Philip Jordan and Ryan McMenamin were steady in defence for the winners while Collie Holmes and Enda McGinley gave Tyrone the edge at midfield. Up front scores from play proved difficult to come by against a good Donegal defence but everybody worked hard despite things not going their way at times.

It was honours even 0-3 apiece at the end of the opening quarter and that set the tone for the remainder of the game, Raymond Mulgrew, McMenamin, Kavanagh and Kevin Rafferty on the mark for their respective sides. Enda McGinley hoisted over the score of the half in the 32nd minute to give Tyrone a narrow interval advantage although seconds later they had keeper Pascal McConnell to thank for a point blank save to deny David Walsh when the Donegal corner forward seemed certain to find the net.

Ryan Bradley and Niall Gormley exchanged scores from frees on the resumption before a long range Tommy McGuigan effort left two between the teams for the first time in the contest. Tyrone were gaining the upper hand in the key areas in the field but they failed to add to their tally in a fifteen minute barren spell that allowed Donegal to level through substitute Christy Toye and Hegarty.

It was anybody's game at that stage but it was Tyrone who had that little bit more in reserve as McGuigan converted another free and McGinley pointed from a difficult angle with his left to secure a precious win for the hosts.

Tyrone – Pascal McConnell, PJ Quinn, Justin McMahon, Ryan McMenamin [0-1], Davy Harte, Conor Gormley, Philip Jordan, Collie Holmes, Enda McGinley [0-2], Ryan Mellon, Raymond Mulgrew [0-1], Sean Cavanagh, Tommy McGuigan [0-3], Shaun O'Neill, Niall Gormley [0-4].
Subs – Martin Swift for Quinn, Brian McGuigan for O'Neill, Peter Donnelly for Mulgrew

Donegal – Paul Durcan, Karl Lacey, Neil McGee, Paddy McDaid, Frank McGlynn, Eamon McGee, Kevin Cassidy, Neil Gallagher, Rory Kavanagh [0-1], Kevin Rafferty [0-1], Michael Hegarty [0-1], Brian Roper, Colm McFadden [0-2], Ryan Bradley [0-3], David Walsh. Subs – Ciaran Bonner for Gallagher, Christy Toye [0-1] for Bradley

Referee – Padraig Hughes Armagh

Sourced tyronegaa.ie : http://www.tyronegaa.ie/county/football/news/story.jsp?newsid=576