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Billy

A vote of confidence from me is hardly a kiss of death. I am sure the Colmcilles and the Swampies are a-quiver as to who Shamrock Shore is fancying.

Pass on best wishes to Billys Slippers who lines out for the Aughnacliffe men.

Auld Shore is in your corner as well - I know that may sting but he told me the 'Richie Culhane' story and I'll relate it, off-line, at some stage.

Fair play OMS. I missed the opportunity to tune in cos I was off ceili-ing, as we used to say in Longford (i.e. out visiting)

Dromard have some heavy guns in this year on the training side but I fancy Colmcille to win the Connolly Cup for the first time since the 50s and I know that the one team they'd want to beat in the final is Dromard. Iran and Iraq, North and South Korea, Falls and Shankill are minor compared to Dromard and Colmcille.

Good luck to Mullinyarta in the Intermediate final agin Kayna who beat Carrickedmond this weekend.

Owenmoresider

What class of a masochist are u?

Brutal stuff I believe and I wish Colmcille all the best in the final.

WTF is Jack O'Connor doing around Pearse Park? Perhaps eyeing Luke's job. After all - it's a step above the Kerry one 

Shocking stuff. Almost made the soccer boys look good.

I spose the only way is up but bear in mind Tunisia beat Namibia in the pre-qualifiers.

Tu-fuckin-nisia!

Anyone fancy the Connollys agin Dromard?

I fancy a shock - I think it's the Connolly's year.

Setanta Ireland wasn't bad.

Neil Francis, Matt Williams (remind me?) and Kieran Fitzgerald in the studio. They had Iddy on after talking the usual high falutin stuff about 'gain lines' etc.

That's Ireland goosed.

Pre-qualifying agin San Marion for 2011 looms 

[just]

Moydow second team

Now that just doesn't bear thinking about 

It would just be too funny if the Connollys won on Sunday, wouldn't it? But we can hope...

Quite simply it won't be allowed to happen.

I wonder will Geezer be there to rule over his charges? (a more than adequate description)

Billy

Take comfort in that we too have been rogered by Dessie Barry in county finals.

Auld Shore has been asked by Swampies on County Board to come out of retirement to ref county final. They must reckon he will do a fair job reffing the Comcille lads.

Either that or Rocky Tierney.

Which would you prefer?

Drici

It depends where you start from and how much you are getting paid per mile - officially, like!

Billy

Eh, that would be 1994, but who's complaining

Apologies - I thought it was 1952 or thereabouts. We have a worser record seeing our last Sept outing was in 1992.

Still a few blanks in the Wiki entry for the competition. I did my best to fill it in. Would Auld Boots be able to help out here Billy?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longford_Senior_Football_Championship

Congrats to Colmcille on reaching the senior county final for the first time since Cromwell with a 1-13 to 1-09 win over the Slashers.

Billysboots and North Longford happy.

Congrats to St. Columbas of Mullinalaghta who are now in the Intermediate final.

Laureleye v happy.

Nothing for Shamrock Shore or Longfordian to smile about.

Shame.

As a nipper always looked fwd to being Eddie Keher or Liam 'Chunky' O'Brien after the game out in the back field.

Was nealry always in the aunts for the football in the 70s if I wasn't at the game. She was posh cos she had a colour telly when we barely had a black and white one!

I have come to know one Stephen Travers who was part of the Miami Showband who, as we all know, were ambushed in 1975 by the UVF/UDR etc etc.

Well he has written a book called "The Miami Showband Massacre" about his 30 year search for the truth.

While not wanting to stir a hornets' nest here I should think it should be an interesting read.

It's out early next month </endplug>