2017 The Most Rev. Dr. Patrick McKenna Bank of Ireland Cup

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Roll up, roll up for the greatest pre-season GAA competition in the world.

Will Linwoods Armagh TV be broadcasting today’s showpiece tie from Owenbeg, @Nembo_Kid?

Section A – Queen’s University Belfast – Down – Armagh – Derry

Section B – St Mary’s University College, Belfast – Antrim – Fermanagh – Monaghan

Section C – Ulster University – Tyrone – Cavan – Donegal

8th Jan (Sun): Round 1:

Section A:

Down V QUB at RGU Downpatrick

Derry V Armagh at Owenbeg

Section B:

Antrim V St Mary’s at Corrigan Park

Monaghan V Fermanagh at Clones

Section C:

Cavan V Tyrone at Kingspan Breffni Park

Donegal V Ulster University at Pairc MacCumhaill

15th Jan (Sun): Round 2:

Section A:

Down V Derry at Pairc Esler

Armagh V QUB at Athletic Grounds

Section B:

Antrim V Monaghan at Corrigan Park

Fermanagh V St Mary’s at Brewster Park

Section C:

Donegal V Cavan at Pairc MacCumhaill

Tyrone V Ulster University at Healy Park

18th Jan (Wed): Round 3:

Section A:

Derry V QUB at Owenbeg

Armagh V Down at Athletic Grounds

Section B:

Fermanagh V Antrim at Brewster Park

Monaghan V St Mary’s at Inniskeen

Section C:

Cavan V Ulster University at Kingspan Breffni Park

Tyrone V Donegal at Healy Park

22nd Jan (Sun): Semi Finals:

(1) Section C Winner V Best Runner Up

(2) Section B Winner V Section A Winner

28th Jan (Sat): Final:

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Armagh TV only broadcast certain games from the Athletic Grounds I believe. Looking forward to it, hard to see past a 6th successive title for Tyrone though. We really are the kingpins of the McKenna Cup.

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All three groups are the proverbial “group of death” in this competition.

Tyrone’s remarkable winning run means every other team will be out to take them down.

It’ll be fascinating to see if any team can do it.

I’m tipping Armagh to have a good run throughout this year and they are my tip for the title.

But Tyrone are not going to relinquish their title without a massive fight.

This year’s January Ulster football action will be BOX OFFICE.

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A:
Derry 1-05 Armagh 1-03 HT
Down 1-05 QUB 0-04 HT

B:
Antrim 1-04 St Mary’s 1-07 HT
Monaghan 1-08 Fermanagh 0-08 HT

C:
Cavan 1-07 Tyrone 0-05 HT
Donegal 2-08 UUJ 1-09 HT

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Tyrone remain in bother with 19 minutes left, 4 points down.

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Tyrone’s bid for 6IAR looks in tatters as they trail by 6 points with about 10 minutes to go.

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This will be serious ammunition for @caoimhaoin in his anti-Mickey Harte campaign.

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Crisis in Tyrone if we have relinquished our O’Fiach and McKenna Cups at the start of January!

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McAliskey has been stretchered off. :eek:

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Straight red card for Mattie Donnelly.

It’s all gone wrong for Mickey Harte’s men today.

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Things are falling apart for Tyrone in this year’s McKenna Cup in a similar way to how they fell apart for Spain at the 2014 World Cup and France at the 2002 World Cup.

Very difficult to keep a long winning run in major sporting tournaments going.

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5 points remains the gap with 5 mins of injury time left.

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Are Team Talk covering the game live or will there be a post-game analysis/round up show?

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Teamtallk were covering it I think.

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Cavan win by 4.

Tyrone’s fate is now out of their hands.

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Down 1-11 Queens 1-08, Downpatrick, 2pm FT
Derry 3-10 Armagh 2-12, Owenbeg, 2pm FT
Antrim 3-12 St Mary’s 2-16, Glenavy, 2pm FT
Monaghan 1-13 Fermanagh 0-15, Clones, 2pm FT
Cavan 1-13 Tyrone 0-12, Breffni Park, 2pm FT
Donegal 4-13 UUJ 2-20, MacCumhaill Park, 2pm FT

All six games decided by a scoring margin of 4 points or less.

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4 of the games ended in 1 point victories - unreal.

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That’s the magic of the McKenna Cup.

It never, ever lets you down.

It’s no wonder a blue chip company like Bank of Ireland wants to be associated with the competition.

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Cavan or Fermanaghs year

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Was he reenacting one of his boxing videos he’s fond of throwing up in the 'book?