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The champions dig deep after lightning-fast start by Truagh Scotstown retained their SFC title with a win over Truagh in Clones on Sunday that was hard-earned than the eventual sixpoint margin suggests. Scotstown were pushed all the way by their near-neighbours as they won their seventh county championship in the space of nine years, with a goal deep into added time by Conor McCarthy finally ending Truagh’s challenge. Kieran Hughes kicked three superb points in a Man-of-the-Match performance for the 2018 Ulster Club finalists, who came from four down early on ...

JACK MADDEN REPORTS At the beginning of the weekend just passed, a photo circulated online of the Bragan bog. One side Scotstown, one side Truagh. Over a sheugh that separates the two lay the Mick Duffy Cup, awaiting the news on his latest one-year lease. A lease solely dictated on the outcome of the Monaghan Senior Football Championship Final. On his left is the jersey of Scotstown, a child draped in the blue and white. On his right is a child from Truagh, clad in the red and black. A parish ...

COLM SHALVEY REPORTS DONAGHMOYNE 1-15DOOHAMLET 2-08 Donaghmoyne are through to their fourth IFC Final since 2014 after they came through a thriller against Doohamlet in Inniskeen last Saturday evening. This game brought together two of the perennial Intermediate contenders of recent years and it didn’t disappoint, with Donaghmoyne coming from six points down to secure yet another narrow win. Donaghmoyne had to dig themselves out of trouble twice in this action-packed encounter, but they gradually got to grips with the Doohamlet attack, restricting the Group One winners to just a single point ...

Never-say-die Truagh heading to St Tiarnach’s Park for County Final Colm Shalvey reports The hype in north Monaghan is building for Sunday’s Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship Final between near-neighbours Scotstown and Truagh. It’s a first ever county-final meeting between these clubs, who go into the game at St. Tiarnach’s Park with very different perspectives. It’s all a new experience for this young Truagh team, some of whom will have no memories of their back-toback SFC Final losses to Castleblayney in 2000 and 2001. Truagh have been an established senior team since ...

McEnaney’s side front-runner in Intermediate relegation group COLM SHALVEY REPORTS Corduff took a major step towards retaining their Intermediate status with a convincing win away to Killanny last Saturday. Goals in either half by Jason Hand and Michael Connolly, along with eight points from placed kicks by Fergal Hanratty, proved enough for Corduff in a tense encounter where no player scored more than once from play. Despite not getting on the scoresheet, Keith McEnaney was an effective focal point in the Corduff attack, while Pádraic Keenan also played a key role from ...

… and Sean McDermotts face Toome in Junior decider COLM SHALVEY REPORTS The Senior and Junior Football Championship Finals will both feature first-time pairings after last weekend’s semi-final double-headers. Truagh are into their third SFC Final – and their first since 2001 – after they produced another strong finish to oust Ballybay. The Pearse Brothers raced into a 1-5 to 0-1 lead, but they were unable to maintain the tempo they set early on, as they only managed to score another two points across the remaining three quarters of the game. With ...

Monaghan Ladies’ Secretary Mary Grimes presenting the LGFA Intermediate Football Championship Cup to Scotstown capain Edel Corrigan. (report inside)© PEADAR MCMAHON

A bumper weekend of club football championship action sees no less than ten key games take place between tomorrow and Sunday. Topping the bill is Sunday’s Greenfield Foods SFC semi-final double-header in Clones, which starts with the meeting of Ballybay and Truagh. Having had a bye in the last round of the group stage, Ballybay have gone three weeks without a competitive game ahead of this meeting with a battle-hardened Truagh side. A pair of one-point wins put Ballybay in pole position in Group Two and although an understrength Pearse ...

INNISKEEN 0-09SCOTSTOWN 1-17 Scotstown are the only team with a 100% record in this year’s Senior Football Championship group stage after they sent out a statement of intent away to Inniskeen last Sunday. Both teams took an unbeaten record into this one, with Inniskeen looking to leapfrog the holders at the top of the group, but 1- 7 without reply in a 15-minute spell either side of half-time, despite an injury to the influential Kieran Hughes, saw Scotstown send a message to the chasing pack. Inniskeen may have been looking at ...

Colm Shalvey reports After the group stage of the club football championships wrapped up last weekend, there are SFC and JFC quarter-finals down for decision this weekend. Castleblayney is the venue for Sunday’s SFC double-header. Truagh take a three-game unbeaten run into their clash with Clontibret, but despite their inconsistent form to date, the 2019 champions retain the experience at this level to ensure that they will give Pascal Canavan’s side their toughest test since their Group One opener against holders Scotstown. Oran McElligott, Gary Mohan and Christopher McKenna have all ...