ELEVEN years ago, Enniskillen Rangers’ player-manager, Neil Coulter, was in the exact same ‘boat’. Looking forward to a Mulhern Cup final, the only difference being he was player-manager with Ballinamallard United back then. Coulter helped the Mallards overcome Tummery Athletic, beating them 5-4 on penalties and he’ll be looking for the same outcome this Friday evening when his […]
Robinson says they’re ready to break the ‘hoodoo’
IN his third season at the helm at Connolly Park, NFC Kesh manager Scott Robinson is still searching for silverware and he’s very hopeful that they’ll finally break the “hoodoo” on Friday night against Enniskillen Rangers. “I was brought in to try to win them a trophy, they haven’t won a trophy in 20 years, for me […]
Jones hoping to end on a high
WHAT a way it would be to go out. On Friday evening, NFC Kesh’s leading goal scorer of all time will play his last game for the club. Mark Jones started playing for Kesh when he was a 17 year-old. Twenty-four years later and Jones is calling time on a career which saw him score over 500 goals […]
Khan says victory would be ‘special’
SHOULD Enniskillen Rangers win on Friday night, it won’t be Nathan Khan’s first Mulhern Cup. Back in 2011 the Enniskillen man was part of the Ballinamallard Utd Reserves team that beat Tummery on penalties. His memories of that occasion are not entirely what you might expect; “It was an amazing day but the main memory I have […]
Coulter ready to lead the way
NEIL Coulter knows he has ‘big shoes’ to fill after he was appointed as Michael Kerr’s successor at Enniskillen Rangers. Kerr brought the club huge success during his reign as manager but it’s an opportunity that Coulter is relishing. “One of the boys described it, it’s like David Moyes going in after Alex Ferguson” he […]
Mallards make it 3 wins from 3 friendlies
Ballinamallard Utd have been squeezing in all the game time they can in preparation for their Irish Cup game with Dergview on May 1. There has been no shortage of goals for the Mallards, having netted 15 goals in three games and only conceding three. Annagh Utd, Portstewart and Dungannon Swifts have provided […]
Coping without sport… We all need it to give us a life
The Herald speaks to Harry McConkey, Ballinamallard Utd manager and former physical education teacher, on sport in Fermanagh. How he views the importance of sport in our county, how we are dealing without it and what lies ahead for us. How important has sport been in Fermanagh? “I feel sport is in the very heart […]
Rangers the team to beat
When Enniskillen Rangers pipped Strathroy Harps to the Mercer League in the final game of last season at The Ball Range back in May it seemed like a seminal moment. It was after all a first Division One title for Rangers in 19 years. To the uninformed that didn’t seem particularly earth shattering, however, given […]
St Columban’s and Integrated take F&W indoor honours
Last week saw the Lakeland Forum staging the Fermanagh and Western Indoor soccer competitions for Fermanagh’s schools.
Whitey proud of ‘small club with a big heart’
November saw the Northern Ireland Football Writers Association give Ballinamallard boss Whitey Anderson the coveted Manager of the Month award.