“He’ll be terrible at the speaking thing, you should just leave him run.” A second Dublin All-Ireland winner is due to join the ranks at Shelbourne, with striker Seán Boys revealing that Brian Fenton will be helping out the League of Ireland champions. Fenton is considered one of the greatest players of his generation, with […]
1 year ago
Dublin 1-19 1-12 Roscommon. Con O’Callaghan was back to his direct, point-scoring, dummy-throwing, bulldozing best as Dublin finally used him properly in their league win over Roscommon on Saturday night. The capital seem to have finally received the memo that they have excellent forwards, and that if you feed them the ball, they will do […]
2 years ago
Kilmacud Crokes 2-15 Raheny 2-15 (Crokes win 5-4 on penalties) Kilmacud Crokes are through to their third consecutive Dublin SFC final, but only after surviving an almighty test from a Raheny side that just wouldn’t give up. Crokes had looked dead and buried in normal time, trailing by three points with three minutes of injury-time […]
2 years ago
Fortune favours the brave. A Brian Fenton mistake actually ended up being the turning point for Dublin as they beat Derry to win the Division Two league title. Derry were in charge of the game in the first half, very much playing it on their terms, and the capital really struggled to break them down. […]
3 years ago
Derry 1-11 0-13 Donegal. Gareth McKinless came off the bench as Derry trailed against Dublin and he had the sort of impact that all substitutes dream of possessing. The Oakleaf county went into this game as the favourites, and the hype was mounting around them – their tackling, intensity, fitness and eye for goal; it […]
3 years ago
Dublin 1-13 Laois 0-11 Many expected Dublin to steamroll Laois in comfortable fashion to win another O’Byrne Cup this year, but alas this was not the case. Laois played a fantastically entertaining brand of football, very direct with lots of kick passing, paying homage to the old saying that ‘no one moves quicker than the […]
4 years ago