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Any streams in english?

is there a way of getting sky sports on the iphone? seen someone watchin live football on their phone the other day, was just wondering if u can do it on th iPhone? checked the app store buy it's not there.

[the derry support will always be bitter when it comes to tyrone.]

Decent game, impressed by Derry but at the end of the day all we learned is half a Derry team can beat half a Tyrone team. Will have no bearing on  a Championship game where Derry will have Enda Muldoon, Paddy Bradley, Niall McCusker, Kevin McGuckin, Barry & Sean Leo McGoldrick back and Tyrone will have Sean Cavanagh, Davy Harte, Philip Jordan, Pascal McConnell, Dooher, Stephen O'Neill and Mugsy back!

Tyrone also won't kick as many balls into the keepers hand in the heat of summer.

Best for Derry - the two Kielts, Crook and Gerard O'Kane.

I wonder will the CCCC have a look at the footage of tonights game as it appeared that Bradley got stuck into Conor Gormley on the ground in the incident were he got booked in the 1st half. Probably not, I suspect.

True to form however, the Derry support can't contain themselves and resort to the ole nonsense with 5 minutes left. Will they ever learn?

didnt tommy mcguigan get done for 4 weeks last year against derry based on setanta's live coverage. will be interesting to see what happens there.

the derry support will always be bitter when it comes to tyrone. was a few of them beside me and kyle coney was their target for the evening.

Tyrone supporters think Derry supporters are bitter and Derry supporters think Tyrone supporters are bitter. Reality is both sides refuse to believe any of their fans are bitter.

[2 horse race]

i know theres a betting thread but this deserves a thread.

man u v portsmouth today, 2 horse race portsmouth to win 22/1. now i dont think there going to win so any bets will probably be lost but there sure is value there. .

3 horse race - Utd win, Portsmouth win and the draw.

Hope you kept your money in your pocket!

keep gettin an error message saying "make sure your iPod is connected and appears as a drive, click on my computer to locate your iPod".       

thanks i'll give it a try!

Can I not upload songs off two different computers to an iPhone?

Two computers in the house. I put all the songs I wanted off iTunes on one computer one onto the iPhone, but I tried to add songs from iTunes on another computer but it won't let me. Any way around this?

Dermot Mc Nicholl ? I,d say he had the lot.

Yes, he does.

Except for under 21, Hogan and Andy Merrigan.

Which leaves minor and senior (as a substitute) All-Irelands.

Most impressive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermot_McNicholl

Honours

County

    * All-Ireland Senior Football Championship - Winner (1): 1993
    * National Football League - Winner (3): 1992, 1995, 1996
    * Ulster Senior Football Championship - Winner (2): 1987, 1993
    * Ulster Senior Football Championship - Runner up: 1985, 1992
    * Dr. McKenna Cup - Winner (1): 1993
    * All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship - Runner up: 1983, 1985
    * Ulster Under-21 Football Championship - Winner (3): 1983, 1985, 1986
    * All-Ireland Minor Football Championship - Winner (1): 1983
    * All-Ireland Minor Football Championship - Runner up: 1980, 1981
    * Ulster Minor Football Championship - Winner (3): 1980, 1981, 1983

Club

    * Derry Senior Football Championship - Winner (1): 1985
    * Boston Senior Football Championship - Winner (1): 1991
    * Derry Minor Football Championship - Winner (2): 1981, 1982
    * Numerous underage awards including U-14 and U-16 Derry Championships

Province

    * Railway Cup - Winner (?): Years?

College

    * Sigerson Cup - Winner (3): 1986, 1987, 1991
    * Ryan Cup - Winner (2): Years?
    * Hogan Cup - Runner-up: 1980, 1984
    * MacRory Cup - Winner (4): 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984
    * MacRory Cup - Runner-up: 1981

Individual

    * All Star - Winner (1): 1984
    * All Star - Nominated (runner up): ?
    * Captain Derry Minor Ulster and All-Ireland winning side: 1983
    * Captain Glenullin Derry Championship winning side: 1985
    * Represented Ireland in three International Rules series: 1984, other years?

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.





not a bad haul ss.

Tony Davis is the only player to have won All Ireland medals at Minor, Under 21, Junior, Senior and Club.

Can anyone post the full Ulster panel please?

[I wouldn't like the last game I ever seen them play to be the Ogs game.]

Sad that this day has come.  Two fantastic players, played the game in their own unique style and added so much to any team they played on.

Seem to be very down to earth fellas and have given me a lot of pleasure watching them over the years.  An inspiration to all young lad (and lassies ((have to stay PC))) around the country.

Wish them all the best and hopefully they'll reconsider come the brighter evenings next year and they are wondering what to do with themselves.  I wouldn't like the last game I ever seen them play to be the Ogs game.

All the best to them whatever they do.

Going till/sying on Amragh SFC quarter-finals SLK? And youse Loup boys were playing down your chances of winnin Derry! 

I see the Mc Entee's has hung the boots, i can't say im suprised and i expect a few others aswell. they've had a brilliant career and are role-models for any young person to look up to.

What about this interview with a 19-year old Tony McEntee in 1997:
http://hoganstand.com/Armagh/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=44519

Check out the last question! 

No Eoin Bradley 

When was this draw made? Isn't on the Ulster Council website.

[Tyrone are odds on for the 2-in-row]

The new days can be just as good as the old ones
Mickey Harte

In recent years, Kerry and Tyrone have provided the benchmark for excellence in gaelic football.

A trip to the Ulster Council website gave me the lead for this week's column.

Earlier in the summer, Ulster Council secretary Danny Murphy enlisted the skills of Jerome Quinn to cover gaelic games in our province in a previously untapped way. The Ulster Council have been very much to the fore in branding the 125 celebrations and this initiative certainly enhanced that objective. Jerome has captured some unique sideline footage from the Ulster Championship games and has interviewed many significant personalities, often not before the camera to this extent previously.

Footage of the primary schools half-time exhibition games, along with coverage of the ladies' football and camogie finals, have ensured that all GAA activities are receiving appropriate attention this special year. My browsing took me to a link covering interviews and reflections from individuals involved in the historic breakthrough by Down in the 1960s. While the Ulster Council footage was celebrating innovation and embracing the current advances surrounding our games, such sentiments were not reflected by these now elder statesmen of the GAA.

I think it's a pity that many of these great players of previous eras have difficulty accepting the excellence that prevails today. I have always acknowledged the standards set by Down in the '60s and the confidence that gave to Ulster players. Likewise, I marvelled at the new heights Kerry and Dublin brought to the '70s and early '80s.

In the late '80s, Meath and Cork were the dominant forces who gave us the highest standards of the day. Down gave Ulster the lead again in the '90s, which contributed to Donegal (1992) and Derry (1993), having breakthrough years as they won their first All-Irelands at senior level. The current decade brought breakthroughs for Armagh and Tyrone, with Kerry ever-present to ensure only the best would be good enough.

However, I found the general views, coming from these innovators of their day, somewhat narrow. We are invariably reminded of the perceived death of high fielding and long kicking. As I have stated before, the initial flaw in this myth is that, because of the current nature of the game, it is impossible to compare like with like. Isn't it only natural that if the predominant style of that era was to kick the ball as far as high and as long as you could there would be more opportunity for high fielding?

Secondly, does the fact that these long kicks invariably resulted in a lottery for retaining possession make them a lost attribute? I think not. Other negative vibes prevalent in the interviews suggested tactics were all about being destructive and solely about stopping others playing football.

A glance at some of the high-scoring games in this year's Championship negates that argument. In the case of Tyrone, we have been fortunate enough to have been involved in 23 games (League and Championship) at Croke Park since 2003 and have averaged 17.6 points per game – hardly the return of negative footballers.

Other interpretations suggested that coaches have tried to take the risk out of football and, as a result, diminished the product. The first part of this inference contains a certain truth insofar as any competent coach will certainly want to work towards improved odds, but this does not necessarily imply that uniqueness and flair should not be allowed to prevail. Yet another contributor declared that, in the current game, it is too easy to retain possession.

Quite the opposite is the case, as never before has there been so much emphasis placed on disciplined individual and collective tackling. In previous eras, your direct opponent was the only one likely to challenge for your possession. In the modern game, tackles can come from any angle and from players wearing any number. Does that make possession easier to retain?

As I see it, accepting the greatness of the past is right and proper. The best in any given era is exactly that – the best. We will always appreciate great feats of the past, but we also need to acknowledge that innovation and progress is a fact of life and that current best practise deserves similar recognition.

A motoring analogy can help put some perspective on this view.

There was a time when a Vauxhall Victor or a Ford Cortina were the last word in driving comfort. They had the latest technology with regard to ease of starting, better springs (as it was in those days) and more elaborate instrument gauges. Engines ran smoother than previous models and fourth was top gear.

Fast forward to the present era and the instrument dash is more akin to that which would have served an aircraft pilot in the past. We have air conditioning, digital read-outs to tell us distance travelled on each trip, average speed in mph or kph as the case might be, fuel consumption details and cruise control functions.Top gear has moved through fifth and is sixth in many models. Hydraulic systems have become much more sophisticated, as have safety features.

Quiet diesel engines have become almost as prolific as petrol vehicles. And, of course, there is satnav. Were the Victors and Cortinas great in their own era? Yes they were. Would you still want to be driving around in one today? I think not. I rest my case.

Great days at Campa Chormaic

Campa Chormaic continues to go from strength to strength as over 230 young people from both Armagh and Tyrone converged on the Brantry Bard Centre and Eglish playing fields to enhance their command of Gaeilge and improve their playing skills in football, hurling and camogie. In week one, over 110 8-12 year-olds took part, while in week two there were over 125 12-16 year-olds participating.

Monday and Wednesday afternoons were given over to hurling and camogie, while Tuesdays and Thursdays were devoted to football skills. Friday's sporting activities were devoted to blitzes, which proved to be the highlight of the sporting week.

During the course of the camp, Tipperary hurling star Eoin Kelly made a guest appearance, as did Tyrone's Joe McMahon, Armagh's Charlie Vernon and members of the Lory Meagher Cup-winning Tyrone hurling team. I was delighted to assist with prize-giving on the final day of the camp and the atmosphere generated through Campa Chormaic was a fitting legacy of Cormac's example as a sporting gentleman.

This year, the camp extended to Castlewellan, Co Down, and plans are afoot to extend to Co Antrim next year.

Comhgairdeas to all concerned.


Well said Mickey. Tyrone are odds on for the 2-in-row and where are Down ?

Where?