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Belfast Telegraph
06-05-2025
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- Belfast Telegraph
Dungannon hero runs part of Belfast Marathon hours after Irish Cup heroics for cousin who died in nightclub tragedy
The defender was overjoyed when Dungannon Swifts won the Mid-Ulster Cup in January — his first medal — little realising that far more important silverware was soon to come.
BBC News
04-05-2025
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- BBC News
Swifts boss McAree wins NIFWA Manager of the Year
Dungannon Swifts manager Rodney McAree has been named Manager of the Year at the annual Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association won the award ahead of Linfield boss David Healy and Cliftonville manager Jim Magilton, who were also helped the Swifts to their first ever Irish Cup triumph after beating Cliftonville on penalties in Saturday's decider as well as a fourth place Irish Premiership finish and a Mid-Ulster Cup win."It has been an incredible weekend for our football club. I want to thank everyone at Dungannon Swifts for their support this season, our success is a team effort," said forward Joel Cooper was named Player of the Year after a stellar campaign for the who will join Coleraine in the summer, scored 19 league goals as the Blues won the Gibson Cup before the beat off competition from Swifts midfielder Gael Bigirimana and Cliftonville striker Joe Gormley to claim the Blues player Matthew Orr was named Young Player of the Year after playing a key role in the title win in his first season with the first helping Bangor to promotion by scoring 24 league goals, Ben Arthurs won Championship Player of the Ireland legends Steven Davis and Stuart Dallas were inducted into the Dr Malcolm Brodie Hall of Fame."It's an incredible honour to be inducted into the Hall of Fame alongside genuine greats such as George Best and Harry Gregg," said Davis."It was always a privilege to represent my country and the people of Northern Ireland. To receive an accolade like this is incredible."Earlier this month, Liverpool defender Conor Bradley was named International Player of the Year, while Northern Ireland winger Danielle Maxwell was chosen as Women's Premiership Player of the Year after helping Cliftonville to an unbeaten of the Year: Rodney McAree (Dungannon Swifts)Player of the Year: Joel Cooper (Linfield)NIFWA Young Player of the Year: Matthew Orr (Linfield)NIFWA Championship Player of the Year: Ben Arthurs (Bangor)NIFWA Team of the Year: Daniel Gyollai (Glentoran); Matthew Orr (Linfield), Kodi Lyons-Foster (Glentoran), Euan East (Linfield), Adam Glenny (Dungannon Swifts); Fuad Sule (Glentoran), Rory Hale (Cliftonville), Gael Bigirimania (Dungannon Swifts), Joel Cooper; Matthew Fitzpatrick (both Linfield), Joe Gormley (Cliftonville)
BBC News
28-01-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Dillon goal wins Mid-Ulster Cup for Swifts
Dungannon Swifts won the Mid-Ulster Cup with a 2-1 victory over Loughgall at Stangmore McAree's side led 2-0 at half-time after strikes from Brandon Bermingham and Kealan Dillon before Jordan Gibson pulled one back deep into added time. Bermingham's goal came as early as the 11th minute but the attacker's joy was short-lived after he hobbled off soon after having picked up a knock in the act of Swifts' lead was maintained only after Danny Wallace cleared Jay Boyd's goal-bound effort off the line and that intervention loomed all the larger when Dillon doubled the advantage in first-half injury time. In the second half, substitute Tomas Galvin thought he had made it 3-0 only to see his effort flagged for strike reduced the arrears in the final minute of the game but, after defeats in the past two finals, Dungannon held on to win the trophy for a first time since 2016.
