Laois 1-16 Antrim 2-15 ANTRIM produced a massive upset as they fought back from nine points down on Saturday to defeat Laois in an epic All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Round One Qualifier, writes David Mohan from O’Moore Park, Portlaoise. Dermott McAleese scored a late goal to give Frank Fitzsimons’ Saffrons their first lead of […]
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Laois left stunned by mammoth Antrim fightback in the ultimate game of two halves
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Four red cards produced as dismal Antrim go from bad to worse
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Qualifying Group Carlow 2-18 Antrim 1-11 THE annus horribilis for Antrim hurling continued on Sunday at Netwatch Cullen Park as they fell to a ten-point defeat to Carlow that means they drop down to the Christy Ring Cup for 2016. Both sides finished this game with 13 players, with Carlow’s Marty […]
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‘Inexplicable’ loss for Antrim
Antrim manager Kevin Ryan was making no excuses as his side capitulated to a humiliating 17-point loss to Westmeath on Sunday. The match was played in extremely wet conditions at Cusack Park, Mullingar and Antrim corner back Arron Graffin suffered a horror knee injury early on but Waterford native Ryan refused to use either as […]
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Ryan surveys the wreckage as Kingdom’s late winner sinks sorry Saffrons
Allianz National Hurling League 1B/2A promotion/relegation playoff Kerry 2-16 Antrim 1-18 SOUL-searching and tough decisions are now the order of the day for Antrim hurling as they face life in 2A of the National Hurling League following Saturday’s one-point defeat to Kerry in a crunch promotion/relegation game at Parnell Park, writes David Mohan […]
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Antrim’s promotion hopes extinguished
ANTIM’S hopes for promotion were extinguished at a sunny O’Connor Park in Tullamore yesterday as Offaly ran out six point winners to book a place in the Division Four final and more importantly, Division Three football for next year. It was a below par display from the Saffrons who were slow to settle. They trailed […]
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Antrim grab narrow win
ANTRIM’S quest for promotion remains on course as they held on for a 1-10 to 0-12 win against Wicklow at a wet and windy Corrigan Park on Sunday. Conor McGourty’s opportunist goal on 57 minutes proved crucial although a late Wicklow rally almost saw them take a share of the spoils, which would have been […]
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