FORMER Antrim player Kevin Brady says it’s time the Senior Football Championship was broken up into tiers as the gulf between teams has become too wide.

WHEN Seanie Johnston was first drafted into the Cavan fold as a skinny 17-year-old, he looked around the changing room and saw Larry Reilly sitting in one corner.

DRUGS are drugs. If you fail a drug test you are de facto a drug cheat.

IF Antrim minor footballers are to win the Ulster Championship this year they will have to do it the hard way.

MATTIE McGleenan was a culture shock right from the start.

DERRY captain Enda Lynn is a doubt for their first round qualifier away to Waterford after he suffered a hamstring injury during a club game.

RORY Dunne has emerged as Cavan’s latest injury doubt ahead of their Ulster Championship derby clash with Monaghan on Sunday.

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THE time has come for Armagh to deliver in a high-stakes game says Orchard county forward Aidan Forker.

DOWN midfielder Niall Donnelly had his left knee assessed by county physios last night.

ENVY coursed through every fibre of my being last Sunday.

Antrim hurling legend Terence McNaughton says football needs to follow in the footsteps of hurling and create a tiered Championship. 

Carlow had two options. Make themselves as competitive as possible or else go out and get walloped the way Longford did two years ago.

Former Tyrone star Joe McMahon believes the outcome of the big Ulster SFC semi-final against Donegal could be dictated by a mistake.

Tyrone have fresh injury concerns ahead of the Ulster SFC semi-final against Donegal on Sunday week.

IT’S hard to believe, but six years have now passed since Caolan Mooney made his senior Championship debut in red and black.

EVERY team needs a Shay Millar in their ranks.

DOWN are sweating on the fitness of skipper Kevin McKernan and midfielder Niall Donnelly as they look ahead to their Ulster semi-final with either Cavan or Monaghan on June 23.