LGFA- LIDL NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 2
By Michael McMullan
DONEGAL travel to Monaghan on Sunday with the aim of a second victory amid their overarching ambition of making the Division Two final.
Since being relegated in 2023, they have finished fourth and third in the last
Tte a competitive division and Monaghan won’t be an easy task,” said defender Evelyn McGinley, fully aware of the challenge they face in Sunday’s all-Ulster clash.
“We’ll be hoping to push on from the second half performance last weekend,” she added of their victory over Westmeath
“We’d like to push on to get to the final but it won’t be an easy path.”
McGinley goes into her seventh season and is happy with the level of the group’s preparation. Sean Taylor and Austin Doherty honed into conditioning. It paid off with an opening win over Westmeath.
After passing up chances to take a lead into half time, Donegal turned the game with a Susanne White goal but needed McGinley’s intervention to thwart a chance at the other end.
White’s goal came from Bláthnáid McLaughlin’s pass, marking her first game back after long-term injury.
It was a victory despite losing Roisin Rodgers to injury just before the interval and McGinley hailed the input of their substitutes, with three of them adding scores.
“It does help that we had a good few players coming off the bench and they really made an impact,” she said.
“Cait (Gillespie) got the goal and Eva (Gallagher) got three points as well, they all helped.”
