Donaghadee hosted Clogher Valley on Saturday looking to defend their unbeaten home record against a team that had yet to be beaten in league action this year and competing for the league title. The visitors took no time to settle and implemented their very simple game plan of keeping the ball alive and moving at […]
It was always going to be difficult for Clogher Valley to maintain the same levels of intensity as the previous week in the bruising encounter against Cooke. CLICK HERE FOR 76 ACTION SHOTS Not for the first time this season Valley had to dig deep when not playing well.That tenacity and never-say-die attitude saw them […]
Both teams were on the hunt for points on Saturday for very different reasons – Dromore in their fight against relegation and Donaghadee in their bid to finish in the top four of Qualifying League One. After a disappointing outing against Cooke the previous week Donaghadee began the game at an intense pace scoring two […]
Donaghadee were convincingly beaten 44-18 by Cooke last Saturday in their heaviest defeat of this campaign. Donaghadee made a couple of enforced couple of changes to the team that beat Ballymoney in the second round of the Towns Cup with front row forwards Chris Schofield and Chris Goode missing out due to illness. Cooke narrowly […]
Donaghadee came from a 24-10 halftime deficit to beat Ballmoney 30-27 in the Towns Cup second round in one of the most memorable cup games seen at Donaldson Park in recent years These two teams had met twice this season in league encounters and although Donaghadee had a home win and an away draw to […]
REVENGE FOR COLERAINE Coleraine 1stXV gained a measure of revenge for their Junior Cup Final defeat against Donaghadee, when they put in a spirited performance at Sandel Lodge, on Saturday, to defeat the same opponents 22-18, in the Kukri Qualifying Div. 1. It was a closely contested match, played in a good spirit with little […]
Donaghadee played their first league game of 2012 last Saturday looking to maintain their excellent form of 2011. Coleraine hosted Donaghadee in a re-match of the Junior Cup Final and it was the Bannsiders who came out on top in this exciting league clash. Donaghadee enjoyed a bright start, Nigel Barker slicing through the Coleraine […]
After a couple of weeks of cup fever in Donaghadee and the Junior Cup Final success at the end of 2011, cup action returned to Donaldson Park in the form of the 1st Round of the Towns Cup. Portadown were Donaghadee’s first round opposition and after two previous visits to the Dee this season including […]