Tyrone gaa articles
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Sitdown Sunday: Why some footballers are swapping the GAA for the NFL
Settle down in a comfy chair with some of the week’s best longreads.
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Penalty heartbreak for Derry U20s as Tyrone crowned Ulster champions
Derry 2-13, Tyrone 3-10 (Tyrone win 3-1 on penalties) Derry suffered penalty shoot-out heartbreak as Tyrone were crowned Ulster U20 Football champions in a dramatic finale at the Box-It Armagh Athletic Grounds on Wednesday night. A game Derry looked to have won on more than one occasion was finally decided by the heroics of Tyrone keeper Conor McAneny who saved spot-kicks from Niall O'Donnell, Johnny McGuckian and Patrick McGurk in a nail-biting finale. Only Ryan McNicholl found the target for...
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Derry manager McGrath proud despite Ulster U20 penalty heartbreak against Tyrone
McGrath's team gave up a four point lead in the second half of extra-time in a final of very fine margins, before watching Tyrone keeper Conor McAneny save penalties from Niall O'Donnell, Johnny McGuckian and Patrick McGurk to secure the Red Hands a 3-1 victory on spot-kicks. It was a difficult one to take for the young Oak Leafers but afterwards McGrath was in no doubt the Derry players had the character and resolve to bounce back from the disappointment. "In Derry, as a county, we've been on...