DONEGAL, DERRY AND Tyrone have all unveiled their starting sides for tomorrow night’s opening Division 1 Allianz football league games.
11 of the Donegal football side that started in last year’s All-Ireland final have been named to face Derry in Ballybofey tomorrow night.
Mark McHugh is a notable inclusion at wing-forward while wing-back Ciarán McGinley, centre-forward Martin McElhinney and corner-forward Martin O’Reilly are the other additions.
DONEGAL
1. Paul Durcan (Four Masters)
2. Paddy McGrath (Ardara)
3. Eamonn McGee (Gaoth Dobhair)
4. Frank McGlynn (Glenfin)
5. Ryan McHugh (Kilcar)
6. Karl Lacey (Four Masters)
7. Ciarán McGinley (Kilcar)
8. Neil Gallagher (Glenswilly)
9. Christy Toye (St Michael’s)
10. Mark McHugh (Kilcar)
11. Martin McElhinney (St Michael’s)
12. Odhrán Mac Niallais (Gaoth Dobhair)
13. Patrick McBrearty (Kilcar)
14. Michael Murphy (Glenswilly)
15. Martin O’Reilly (Sean MacCumhaill)
Here’s how opponents Derry will shape up in MacCumhaill Park.
DERRY
1. Thomas Mallon (The Loup)
2. Oisín Duffy (Foreglen)
3. Niall Holly (Eoghan Rua)
4. John O’Kane (Glenullin)
5. Kevin Johnston (Dungiven)
6. Gerard O’Kane (Glenullin)
7. Mark Craig (Dungiven)
8. Mark Lynch (Banagher)
9. Conor McAtamney (Swatragh)
10. Benny Heron (Ballinascreen)
11. Daniel Heavron (Magherafelt)
12. Enda Lynn (Greenlough)
13. Sean Leo McGoldrick (Eoghan Rua)
14. Emmett McGuckin (Magherafelt)
15. Barry McGoldrick (Eoghan Rua)
Finally Tyrone have made six changes from their team that in last weekend’s Dr McKenna Cup final win over Cavan. Ronan McNamee returns at full-back, Matthew Donnelly is named at centre-back while Colm Cavanagh comes in at midfield.
In attack PJ Lavery and Peter Hughes return to the half-forward line while Darren McCurry is selected at corner-forward. Justin McMahon, Joe McMahon, Conal McCann, Mark Donnelly, Plunkett Kane and Kyle Coney are the players to make way.
TYRONE
1. Niall Morgan (Edendork)
2. Aidan McCrory (Errigal Ciarán)
3. Ronan McNamee (Aghayaran)
4. Cathal McCarron (Dromore)
5. Ronan McNabb (Dromore)
6. Mattie Donnelly (Trillick)
7. Barry Tierney (Omagh)
8. Colm Cavanagh (Moy)
9. Padraig McNulty (Dungannon)
City with majority of possession…. nothing up front. Bohs very ordinary….
@IrishOwl: woeful watch
@IrishOwl: If a very ordinary side can beat City, just shows how much they have fallen.Hard to see a future for this club if same group of players there next season….
@running man: couldnt agree more. Serious overhaul needed
@running man: where are you going with an ordinary side were 3rd you have become the ordinary side. stop trolling
@IrishOwl: another muppet cork fan.
@Heckler davies: If you think Cork are the ordinary side, then you must think Bohs are worse than ordinary. That is Bohs first league win over Cork this season compared to two wins for Cork
Bit hard on the keeper there.
Not as bad a performance as in recent weeks, but still several players far short of League of Ireland full-time professional standard.