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St Malachys beat St Louis Ballymena.

Was up at the match last night Thought the standard was pretty decent. Great initiative, fair play to all involved.

Burren out. 5-4 penalties.

Excuse the ignorance but I was always told anecdotally that the rent in Belfast was OK. Like Dublin is totally warping everything. It is spreading out to neighbouring counties too.

That's the one mad thing about all the talk. It's like rent is not part of it all. It's all household bills and let's not mention the largest bill there is.

It's not ok for the slum conditions . It's about 700 sterling per month in holylands for disease ridden dumps

Per student? 5 in a house £3,500?

Yeah per room. Absolute crooks and as I said , mostly our own

There's no parent in their right mind would pay £700 a month for a room in the Holylands. A quick search on Property Pal, there is not one room for rent near £700 a month. BS

Was Daphne a stripper and I never even knew lol

Yes, not that you ever saw anything at 1PM in the day as I think that was when it was shown at the start, right after that other great Aussie Soap, The Sullivans.

Then prisoner cell block H last thing at night when you only had the 4 channels. You would watch anything in them days. The Aussies have a lot to answer for.

Colin Gaels, possibly only field up to U16 though. Seemed to be putting a lot of work in underage building from the bottom up, fair play to all involved.

Tommy, Vincent and Brendan McGovern from Down and Burren.

I don't think they played together for the county but Brendan, Collie and Gary Mason from Loughinisland, maybe.

Brendan was a cousin. Don't think all three played together at any stage.

I think McGrath has done enough in the area since the last election to warrant a seat, Paddy Brown is a good worker as well. Mason is also a good worker but people are not happy with how SF handled the Rogan not attendance.

What's the story with Rogan?

Did Val Kane win much with the Abbey?

I'm sure Dominic Cummings has plenty of dirt on Boris still to be exposed. He'll survive this one but it won't be long before he's busted again.

Who's the richest club in Antrim. Would have to be the posh lads from Malone Road direction? Or Dunloy with their Arab owner.

Lisburn or Larne I think. Did they not sell ground for fortunes of money?

Lisburn? Didn't know they ever owned their own ground, they've been renting off the brits for years.
Soon to be made homeless as the Brits are selling the land, which will be worth serious money.

CPN
Burren
Castlewellan
Mayobridge
Clonduff
Loughinisland
Bryansford
Carryduff


IFC

An Riocht
Clann na Banna
St Johns Bosco
Shamrocks
Liatroim
Annaclone
Saval
Tullylish


JFC

Glasdrumman
Drumaness
East Belfast
Aughlisnafin
Dundrum

Kurt Walker has had a huge win againt the Uzbek. The Uzbek was world champion and favourite for gold. i didn't see it but Walker surely has a good chance for a medal now.

The lightweight mens pair in the rowing also got into their final easily and look likely medalists from that.

Some crying by the Uzbek crowd on twitter. Shouting that it was a robbery.  I havent watched it myself but fair play to the lad.  he must have put a great performance in. From Lisburn i believe.

Played GAA for St Patricks I believe.

Jim Allister on another rant.

Derrygonnelly GAA - £72K
Trillick £106k

Another quick point.....whoever is given allocated the job....their very first phone call should be to talk to Hugh Mc Gettigan and build him into the backroom team. Hugh knows Antrim football just as well as anyone in the county, and will be there for 100% the right reason. Would be a great asset for any new management team.

Not sure if Hugh is retired yet, but he'd be a perfect fit for director of football, the same way Neal Pedan is director of hurling.

[Ryan Christie]

The Scottish FA has been informed that Stuart Armstrong has returned a positive test for COVID-19.

The midfielder returned a negative test for COVID-19 on arrival at Oriam on Monday but the supplementary UEFA test returned a positive result this morning.

Stuart will self-isolate for 10 days from the date of the test – Tuesday, 6 October - and will now be unavailable for the forthcoming international matches.

All other members of the squad have returned negative results. However, the Lothian Health Protection Team have identified two players and two members of the backroom staff as close contacts. As a consequence, Kieran Tierney and Ryan Christie – along with one physiotherapist and one masseur - will require to self-isolate for 14 days as of yesterday, and will also miss the forthcoming matches.

The Scotland National Team Chief Medical Consultant, Dr John MacLean, has been in constant dialogue with the Scottish Government's Clinical Adviser on COVID & Sports throughout.

Steve Clarke, Scotland National Team Head Coach: "While this is obviously disappointing news the most important thing is the health and safety of the individuals involved and the wider group.

"As soon as we were informed of the positive test, the Chief Medical Consultant immediately contacted the Scottish Government's clinical adviser, who in turn alerted the local Health Protection Team.

"We have informed the respective clubs from whom we have borrowed the players and backroom staff and we now have to prepare for a huge match ahead tomorrow."

Ian Maxwell, Scottish FA Chief Executive: "We were made aware of the positive test this morning and I reiterate Steve's view that the health and safety of those involved is paramount. We will maintain constant dialogue with Dr John MacLean to ensure that those who are required to self-isolate are given the full support of the Scottish FA in conjunction with their clubs.

"Equally, the protocols and procedures in place are designed to ensure that the remaining members of the squad – who have all returned two rounds of negative tests – can continue to prepare for the forthcoming matches in a safe and secure environment."

Chrsitie out of the Old Firm now as well!