If anything is possible in Championship football, Down need to hope that mantra rings true as they bid to overcome Monaghan at St Tiernach's Park today.
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Hello and welcome to our coverage of Monaghan's Ulster quarter-final with Down. A match nobody is expecting the Mourne County to win.
It was a Jack McCarron masterclass as he was was ever present throughout the game and tormented the Down back line. And Monaghan impressed as they stepped it up ...
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With 11 players on the scoresheet and 14 points from a potent front line of McCarron, Mohan and McManus, it's all too easy for Farneymen.
R O’Hare for Gilmore (30), D Guinness for Francis (39), A Doherty for McEvoy (50), T Rushe for Havern (53), G Collins for McArdle (55) Referee: F Kelly (Longford).R O’Hare for Gilmore (30), D Guinness for Francis (39), A Doherty for McEvoy (50), T Rushe for Havern (53), G Collins for McArdle (55) Referee: F Kelly (Longford). P Havery 1-1, C Mooney 1-0, A Gilmore (f), C Francis, C Poland, B O’Hagan (’45), T Rushe (f), D Guinness 0-1 each.P Havery 1-1, C Mooney 1-0, A Gilmore (f), C Francis, C Poland, B O’Hagan (’45), T Rushe (f), D Guinness 0-1 each. J McCarron 0-7 (2f, 1m), C McManus 0-4 (3f), G Mohan 0-3 (2f), R Beggan 0-2 (1f, 1 ’45), K Hughes, A Woods, C McCarthy, R Wylie, C Boyle, K Duffy, S Carey 0-1 each.J McCarron 0-7 (2f, 1m), C McManus 0-4 (3f), G Mohan 0-3 (2f), R Beggan 0-2 (1f, 1 ’45), K Hughes, A Woods, C McCarthy, R Wylie, C Boyle, K Duffy, S Carey 0-1 each.
Monaghan are through to the Ulster Football Championship semi-final, after a comfortable 0-23 to 2-7 victory over Down.
Conor Poland first kicked a well-worked team point, before Caolan Mooney drove at the Monaghan defence and beat Beggan to reduce the gap to 0-12 to 1-4 at the break. Monaghan are through to the Ulster Football Championship semi-final, after a comfortable 0-23 to 2-7 victory over Down. Monaghan far too strong for Down in the Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final, running out 10-point winners; Caolan Mooney and Pat Havern find the net for the Mourne County, but the Farney men are convincing victors
Just as Down manager James McCartan was beginning to think that he had managed to steady the Mourne ship, Ceilum Doherty, Finn McElroy and Liam Kerr decided ...
Conor Grimes, Ciaran Byrne and Tommy Durnin are well capable of delivering when it comes to putting scores on the board while Daniel Flynn, Jimmy Hyland, Peter Woodgate and Paul Cribbin are acknowledged Kildare marksmen. “This is a big game for us, one that we really want to win. Indeed, with Darren O’Hagan, Caolan Mooney, Kevin McKernan and Barry O’Hagan expected to be on duty, the expectation is that pride in the jersey will be a motivating factor.
Monaghan 0-23 Down 2-07Seamus McEnaney's Monaghan side saw off Down in the Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship quarter-final.The Oriel County had.
Seamus McEnaney's Monaghan side saw off Down in the Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship quarter-final. Monaghan stroll past Down in Ulster Football Senior Championship quarter-final at St. Tiernach’s Park Monaghan 0-23 Down 2-07
Monaghan cruised through to the Ulster SFC semi-finals with a 0-23 to 2-7 win over Down at Clones.
Conor McManus, largely on the periphery of the contest, shot a delightful sore, and there were points from Shane Carey and Conor Boyle to warm Monaghan hearts on a miserably wet Clones afternoon. Darren Hughes supplied the perfect pass for Conor McCarthy’s point, and Monaghan were on their way again, with Mohan, McCarron and Kieran Duffy also finding the target as they out-scored their opponents by eleven points to three through the remainder of the contest. Pat Havern got the Mourne men on the scoreboard in the 15th minute, but they were soon on the back foot again, and struggling to cope with the physicality Kieran Hughes and Gary Mohan brought to the contest.
It was an Ulster quarter final but not as we know it. Monaghan came in on the back of a rousing final day rescue act in the league, sending Dublin down while ...
They got a good start and we didn’t. The wide count was ten to two they were very economical in front of goals, we needed to be like that, we weren’t. We gave ourselves hope before and after half time but they quickly scored points after that. That removed any chance of a surprise on the day and with the Down challenge long since faded, it was just a matter of how many Monaghan would win by. In the end, they had ten points to spare, outscoring Down 0-11 to 1-3 in the second half. And if there nerves amongst the Monaghan supporters in the 5,418 present, they could be forgiven as they have been chinned in the past when expected to progress. Down got just a point from seven division two matches and along with that, they were in the news for breaches of discipline on a training weekend. It was scarcely deserved but for the first time in the afternoon, it felt like James McCartan’s men might ask a few questions. With Monaghan minds seemingly already in the dressing room, Conor Poland picked off a point before former AFL man Caolan Mooney punished hesitancy in defence and goaled past Beggan. Down went in trailing 0-12 to 1-4 at the break. Otherwise, Monaghan were in control in most areas of the pitch. And if there was a lack of urgency to the game then there was a greasy ball and difficult underfoot conditions to contend with too. Direct and strong, his progress will be watched with interest as the summer progresses. Only Jack McCarron shone through the gloom and by half time he had four points to his name, mixing some sublime kicking with smart turns that had Down clutching at fresh air. Monaghan came in on the back of a rousing final day rescue act in the league, sending Dublin down while saving their own skin.