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So who are we saying is in this year?

J Clarke
Callum Daly
R McCullagh (all confirmed)


Oisin McCann
Dalaigh Jones
Michael Conroy
Niall McCarney
Conor Cush?

McCarney is an interesting one. Definitely would give us a target man in at full forward. I know he's not playing the highest level at his club but he seems to have been going well this year.

We need different options rather than the same type of players. Guys like Fullerton and Jordan probably deserve a call up solely based on their form but don't really see them giving us anything we don't already have with the Canavans, McCurry, McElhom, McCullagh etc

Is McCarney definitely involved? I hadn't heard that reliably

[Whats your source for this?]

Whats your source for this?

Tyrone GAA Annual Report to County Convention 2024

The figures are for registered members. I'm sure we're all aware that some clubs don't register 100% of their members, keeping the fees withing the club - something which comes back to bite them when All-Ireland tickets are being distributed.
Camogie & LGFA Memberships wouldn't be included. I removed the hurling only clubs.
Interesting to compare size V ranking; many clubs roughly where they "should be" with some over/under achievers

Couple of things here.

Registering a male member, to the best of my knowledge (I'm 3 years out of the loop to be fair) doesn't cost anything. When I was looking after things for Ballyholland, fees paid to both county board and central funds (insurance) are based on the number of teams entered, and not on the number of players. So if you've 40 players at say u14 and need 2 teams, the fee wouldn't change whether all 40 players are registered, or just 10.

Also... are Foireann teamsheets not a thing in Tyrone juvenile football? They're now pretty much omnipresent in Down football. Players can't appear on those unless they're registered centrally.

Foireann definitely has some major plus points. 

Some clubs use the foireann template, some just use their own excel/word templates. Obviously all players still need to be registered for competitive games (u13 and up in tyrone)

Alot of clubs wouldn't officially register u6/u8/u10 players etc in Tyrone.

Players i would like to see feature in a Tyrone jersey in 2026:

Paul Donaghy
Ruairi Mccullagh
Michael Rafferty
Danny Fullerton
Conor Oneill
Ethan Jordan
Ciaran bogue
Dalaigh Jones
Conor Cush

Anyone else have any other shouts?

I've been impressed with Shea Coney from clonoe. Believe he was in the development team last year

Thought this was all voted on and sorted in April???

https://wearetyrone.com/sport/gaa/senior-and-intermediate-club-leagues-set-for-2026-revamp/

I hear Martin sludden setup a new committee to come up with these recommendations with a group of people that have little experience in organising games

Anyway according to my club rep, the meeting last night went down like a cup of cold sick. Clubs shot the proposals and their reasoning down

Provisional 2026 NFL fixtures (gathered from other counties & press snippets)

Game Week 1 - 24th/25th Jan – Kildare at Home

Game Week 2 -  31st/1st Feb - TBC

Game Week 3 - 14/15th Feb  - Cavan at Home

Game Week 4  - 21st/22nd Feb - TBC

Game Week 5 – 28th/1st Mar - TBC

Game Week 6 – 14th/15th March – Cork at Croke Park

Game Week 7 – 22nd March - TBC

Why is the Cork game at Croke Park?

We play Meath in Croke Park on that date. Not Cork.

I really hope we take the opportunity to have a proper reset of the squad - and rebuild with some younger talent. I have to admit I was disappointed last year that we defaulted back to the '21 squad in the most part - relying on Mattie, Mickey O'N, Frank burns, Hampsey, Mccurry, Mcgeary, Harte etc. They're not getting any younger.

Whilst there were some positive signs from some of the younger players, we need to be using division 2 to blood a whole batch of new players - many of the names mentioned above.

I hear that we will have a new S&C coach which is a big positive.

Do you mean a new S&C coach or the return of an old one?

Yep, maybe return is a better way to put it. Flights home are booked as far as I know

I really hope we take the opportunity to have a proper reset of the squad - and rebuild with some younger talent. I have to admit I was disappointed last year that we defaulted back to the '21 squad in the most part - relying on Mattie, Mickey O'N, Frank burns, Hampsey, Mccurry, Mcgeary, Harte etc. They're not getting any younger.

Whilst there were some positive signs from some of the younger players, we need to be using division 2 to blood a whole batch of new players - many of the names mentioned above.

I hear that we will have a new S&C coach which is a big positive.

[Really do think the county board should have a look at themselves with the prices into these games. Money is tight enough for a lot at the minute and now they have to pay that amount to even watch a game from their house.]

Weekend round up

Senior replay- a serious game of football, thought it was going to be disappointing going by first half but they served us a treat in the second was back and fourth, couldn't tell u who was going to win some point to win it.

Intermediate final- a brilliant game of football also shame it cost that much to go or watch it on tv, have to give it to clonoe unbeaten all year is a great achievement. Muldoon going off for eglish definitely had an impact on them.

Junior final- a disappointing state of affairs was looking forward to a good game but drumragh never got going. The drumragh players will wonder will they ever win a final. 3 losses since 2020 if I'm not mistaken. I think they treated Cookstown as the championship final and not clogher.

A good weekend for Tyrone football and this Sunday should also be brilliant. Really do think the county board should have a look at themselves with the prices into these games. Money is tight enough for a lot at the minute and now they have to pay that amount to even watch a game from their house.

Agree with you here, nearly £50 to stream the games at the weekend whereas Derry GAA TV is £50 for a season pass. From watching both the Derry stream is better in terms of quality & commentary. Armagh also do a variety of packages with the dearest at £150 but offer weekend passes for £25 so Tyrone is extreme in comparison.

100% agree - what happened to football is for the grass roots??? - its an amateur organisation with a for the people ethos. TyroneGAA are a disgrace they make football for the rich in Tyrone they sit in Garvaghy and pat each other in the back on ending the dodgy stick (I heard that venture cost and unbelievable amount of money).

They are even that boul they changed the system this year to prevent the dodgy stick and in the process it meant 1000's of TVs in the county couldnt actually play the match. They added a tick box for purchaser to agree they could play the macth so that they wouldnt have to refund anyone who didnt see it so they pocket the cash!

Its been said for long enough get a season pass out there at an afforadable price - reduce the price of a one off match - people who go to matches go - neutrals who like to watch at home will do if the price is right!. How many fivers would they have got for the junior games this year cause thye wouldnt have gotten to many neutral £10+

In years gone by when a big match went to a replay the gate was half price the next night - no word of that last Friday from the Greedy Garvaghians!

And where does this money go? into the back pockets of the county board?
a tenner is more than enough to charge into a game of football. When and where is this daylight robbery of the people of Tyrone going to stop. This has reached a new low recently

To be fair, people are crying that the Tyrone Senior footballers need to perform better.

How do you think that investment is paid for? A new S&C needed who will carry a big price tag - do you want this or want tickets to be cheaper? Because it's unlikely you can have both

Same for the underage teams. It takes a huge amount of money to run and Championship is the only real income for the county board on a yearly basis

Loughmacrory celebrating like they have won the thing meanwhile Trillick keeping it all on the down low and they will be looking revenge for last years loss. Loughmacrory simply don't have the defenders to stop all of Trillicks attacking power. Trillick will be happy with Loughmacrory in final as I believe Carrickmore would of been a bigger challenge for them

To be fair, trillick players and supporters also celebrated on Sunday evening. They did not keep it down low afterwards - and nor should they.

If both teams can ground themselves again then I don't see an issue

Strange game Trillick and Errigal.
Some moments of real quality within a low scoring game. Errigal didn't make their early 2nd half dominance count

They didn't make use of the trillick black card period at all.

When Gallagher went off Errigal were a point up, when he came back on it was level.

[If it was a player they'd be dropped or subbed off.]

Referees have been disgustingly poor this year, so many costly decisions or lack of clarity form the refereeing team. The Hurson 2 pointer, was that an umpire or referee error. Massive call.

Omagh vs Errigal, too many decisions in that game to go over. Shane used to be the best in the county, those days have passed.

Moy vs Eglish. Seen the video of disallowed Moy goal. Sparky is guessing from distance and guessed wrong. Over ruled the umpire who was reaching for the green flag.

Drumragh vs Cookstown, 2 pointer ruled out.

Players go through the mill all year to prepare for these moments only to be done over by incompetence. Referees need to look at better training and better support teams. Buck has to stop with Shane Dorrity.

To add to this, the amount of one sided referee performances is absolutely frightening

Refereeing decisions could have left a very different looking championship at this stage. Trillick, Errigal, Eglish and Cookstown could and maybe should all be gone but for the referees decisions favouring them. Seems to be a common trend that the percieved favourites are coming out the right side of these decisions. Definite need for referees to be held accountable - I wonder what the feedback from assessors is and what effect this has on the allocation of referees.

Clearly it has no effect.

While I thought Cahal bell was okay last night, he shouldn't have got the game at all after his disastrous performance in trillick/pomeroy. He was also on the line for two other senior games the same weekend.

Shane meehan also back out on the line (and as standby referee) in Dungannon on sunday.

No lessons are being learnt. Referees are not being held accountable. And even worse, we seem to be under utilising the small number of good referees we have - hurson and Eannetta have done 1 maybe 2 games each. It's baffling.

So what now — we publicly shame referees every time they make a bad call? Strip them naked for missing a foul?
If you're looking for someone to blame, sure, go ahead and point fingers at the officials. It's easier than blaming your own players. It must be the referee's fault.

No. We shouldn't. But they simply shouldn't get another game in the Championship after such a bad performance.

If it was a player they'd be dropped or subbed off.

I don't expect referees to be perfect, I expect that they will make some decisions that people might view as wrong. But when it happens consistently, it needs to be dealt with.

So lets get referee sub bench made at every pitch with a referee management team (made up of referees?) who can sub on & off referees who aren't performing???

Where do we start?

Getting enough referees for each game would be top of the list then we can worry about getting back ups. 

Agreed there is referees doing an enormous amount of work doing multiple games a week. We need to get more from each club the more referees there are, the more quality refs we will get. A lot of armchair warriors in this who have have never lifted the whistle in their lives

Are we just happy to sit back and let these performances continue then? Under the constant guise that there aren't enough referees.

As I said, no one is expecting perfection esp not for normal acl games and underage leagues. Mistakes happen.

But for our premier competition, we need to expect better. We can't keep doing the same thing and expecting the situation to improve.

Supporters pay good money to attend, and players train for months. The situation must improve, and that starts with putting the right officials in the right games.

Referees have been disgustingly poor this year, so many costly decisions or lack of clarity form the refereeing team. The Hurson 2 pointer, was that an umpire or referee error. Massive call.

Omagh vs Errigal, too many decisions in that game to go over. Shane used to be the best in the county, those days have passed.

Moy vs Eglish. Seen the video of disallowed Moy goal. Sparky is guessing from distance and guessed wrong. Over ruled the umpire who was reaching for the green flag.

Drumragh vs Cookstown, 2 pointer ruled out.

Players go through the mill all year to prepare for these moments only to be done over by incompetence. Referees need to look at better training and better support teams. Buck has to stop with Shane Dorrity.

To add to this, the amount of one sided referee performances is absolutely frightening

Refereeing decisions could have left a very different looking championship at this stage. Trillick, Errigal, Eglish and Cookstown could and maybe should all be gone but for the referees decisions favouring them. Seems to be a common trend that the percieved favourites are coming out the right side of these decisions. Definite need for referees to be held accountable - I wonder what the feedback from assessors is and what effect this has on the allocation of referees.

Clearly it has no effect.

While I thought Cahal bell was okay last night, he shouldn't have got the game at all after his disastrous performance in trillick/pomeroy. He was also on the line for two other senior games the same weekend.

Shane meehan also back out on the line (and as standby referee) in Dungannon on sunday.

No lessons are being learnt. Referees are not being held accountable. And even worse, we seem to be under utilising the small number of good referees we have - hurson and Eannetta have done 1 maybe 2 games each. It's baffling.

So what now — we publicly shame referees every time they make a bad call? Strip them naked for missing a foul?
If you're looking for someone to blame, sure, go ahead and point fingers at the officials. It's easier than blaming your own players. It must be the referee's fault.

No. We shouldn't. But they simply shouldn't get another game in the Championship after such a bad performance.

If it was a player they'd be dropped or subbed off.

I don't expect referees to be perfect, I expect that they will make some decisions that people might view as wrong. But when it happens consistently, it needs to be dealt with.

Referees have been disgustingly poor this year, so many costly decisions or lack of clarity form the refereeing team. The Hurson 2 pointer, was that an umpire or referee error. Massive call.

Omagh vs Errigal, too many decisions in that game to go over. Shane used to be the best in the county, those days have passed.

Moy vs Eglish. Seen the video of disallowed Moy goal. Sparky is guessing from distance and guessed wrong. Over ruled the umpire who was reaching for the green flag.

Drumragh vs Cookstown, 2 pointer ruled out.

Players go through the mill all year to prepare for these moments only to be done over by incompetence. Referees need to look at better training and better support teams. Buck has to stop with Shane Dorrity.

To add to this, the amount of one sided referee performances is absolutely frightening

Refereeing decisions could have left a very different looking championship at this stage. Trillick, Errigal, Eglish and Cookstown could and maybe should all be gone but for the referees decisions favouring them. Seems to be a common trend that the percieved favourites are coming out the right side of these decisions. Definite need for referees to be held accountable - I wonder what the feedback from assessors is and what effect this has on the allocation of referees.

Clearly it has no effect.

While I thought Cahal bell was okay last night, he shouldn't have got the game at all after his disastrous performance in trillick/pomeroy. He was also on the line for two other senior games the same weekend.

Shane meehan also back out on the line (and as standby referee) in Dungannon on sunday.

No lessons are being learnt. Referees are not being held accountable. And even worse, we seem to be under utilising the small number of good referees we have - hurson and Eannetta have done 1 maybe 2 games each. It's baffling.

Hearing Pomeroy and Omagh both on the Sunday! Not sure why the Sunday, when they expect Junior to be happy with Saturdays!

To be fair, Junior is only on saturday this week because of the two Hurling finals on sunday. Have to give them their day in all respect

Thought the referee was terrible.

I'm a fair neutral for both teams but he was blatantly favouring trillick. Any touch it was a free, including a bizarre free he gave in the last 10 minutes while mcgeary was in possession and being fouled?