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ROCK LEADS THE WAY AS DUBS KNOCK OUT RIVALS MONAGHAN IN VERY IMPRESSIVE FASHION A rampant Dublin ruthlessly crushed Monaghan’s hopes of winning a first All Ireland senior football championship quarter final and reaching the semi-final for the first time since 1988 in what was a very disappointing, one sided affair in Croke Park on Saturday evening last. The biggest disappointment from Monaghan’s point of view though was that they never established a foothold in the game at any stage and were completely overrun by a Dublin team that bossed them ...

Colm Shalvey Monaghan will bid to win an All-Ireland SFC quarter-final at the fifth time of asking when they take on Dublin at Croke Park on Saturday evening.Saturday’s double-header, which starts with the Ulster derby between Tyrone and Armagh, is set to be Croke Park’s first sell-out of 2017. Monaghan booked their place in the last eight for the fourth time in five years via a Round 4B Qualifier win over Down last Saturday; only the county’s second SFC win at GAA Headquarters since 1930 and the first to be achieved ...

Kevin Carney Looking ahead to Monaghan’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final date at Croker Park this Saturday, Dublin resident Tony Donnelly believes Malachy O’Rourke’s men have the tools to cause an upset. The proud Clones native points to the most recent meetings of the sides as proof that Monaghan have shown that they have the mettle to rattle the Dubs’ cage: “Dublin have only beaten us by a point on a couple of occasions and we should have beaten them the last time we played them in Clones,” the long-time Parnells GAA (Coolock) ...

John Graham It is often said that revenge is a dish best served cold and that is exactly the frame of mind that Monaghan need to have when they approach Saturday’s game against Down, in a cold calculating frame of mind that can see them wipe away the memories of their bitter Ulster semi final defeat by the Mourne men back at the end of June. That was a game where Monaghan were literally ambushed and the confined spaces of the Athletic Grounds in Armagh, was the perfect setting for Down’s ...

Colm Shalvey reports A place in a fourth All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final in five years is the prize on offer when Monaghan and Down meet again at Croke Park this Saturday. Monaghan have reached the last eight three times under Malachy O’Rourke and if they can claim just a second championship win at Croke Park since 1930, they will once again take their summer campaign into August. To do that, they will have to turn the tables on Down, who of course knocked Monaghan out of the Ulster SFC at ...

Kevin Carney In round two of the 2016 All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers, Cavan eked out a 2-12 to 0-10 victory on home soil over Carlow. A one point win for Monaghan this Saturday (7pm) in Netwatch Cullen Park will be just as satisfying, says ‘erstwhile Cavan boss Terry Hyland. Hyland guided Cavan to victory over the Barrowsiders last year and says it’ll be a “major surprise” if Monaghan don’t progress to the fourth round of this year’s Qualifiers. “Monaghan are a proven, experienced division one side whereas Carlow failed to get out ...

GULF IN CLASS LAID BARE AS FARNEY MEN FIND FORM Monaghan 3-23 Wexford 1-11 A fired up Monaghan got their championship aspirations back on track when they proved too strong in every aspect of their play for Wexford in what was ultimately a fairly one sided affair in the excellently appointed Innovate Wexford Park on Saturday afternoon last. Played in sweltering conditions this was a performance and a victory that Monaghan needed following their bitterly disappointing defeat by Down in the Ulster championship but….

TG4 Ulster Senior Football Championship Final Donegal 4-11 Monaghan 0-15 ERIN TREANOR It was goals that counted in Clones on Sunday last as Donegal hit four to clinch their second TG4 Ulster senior ladies senior football championship title and, in the process, end Monaghan’s hopes of retaining the provincial title and landing their 10th crown in all. In what was an eagerly awaited final, the match did not disappoint and was played at an electric pace straight from the throw in. It must be said though that over the hour Donegal proved too hot ...

Colm Shalvey Monaghan must lift them-selves for a qualifier trip to Séamus McEnaney’s Wexford after falling to a shock defeat in last Sunday’s Ulster SFC semi-final against Down in Armagh. Monaghan were expected to be preparing for a fourth Ulster final in five years, just over 12 months after inflicting a record championship defeat on Down, but they had the tables turned on them in an incredible 21- point turnaround. The Mourne men, who qualified for a first provincial decider since they came from nine points down to stun Monaghan in ...