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Btdgtt. Why did anybody enter it? Because it was a useful pre season warm up nothing else. And if I recall correctly there was cash prizes for the winner of each division! Teams might have celebrated winning it but I'd doubt if they booked the next week off work!

What a strange time/ issue to make your first post?
Seems by that u care about the Ulster league!
Nobody set out to lose - and everyone prefers to win.
Rossa did win it - that's the fact I stated. Ur argument is for urself as it doesn't change the fact.

MR2 the debate over the last 10years we'll gladly leave - I lost any partisan nature when I was away with work so often hence I get behind all city teams - I've a foot in a few camps with connections but as a hurling man grew up with tradition of Rossa being thehurling team of the city - apologies if that lends to bias. Otherwise I was merely stating facts as I said regarding both their volunteer cup & Ulster league win. I think we've established there was no fluke or out of the blue.

So I will finish by saying it's all past history a and irrelevant. We'll know this year where the City teams stand in relation to each other - and we will also I fear learn that it's along way behind the glens men.

Btdgtt- I've been reading this for a while now and had decided to sign in so when I decide to make my post is upto me. Just found it strange that somebody that follows hurling is holding up an Ulster league win as the equivalent of another senior championship!

Btdgtt. Why did anybody enter it? Because it was a useful pre season warm up nothing else. And if I recall correctly there was cash prizes for the winner of each division! Teams might have celebrated winning it but I'd doubt if they booked the next week off work!

Big tickle! if u ever played in that particular competition ud know it was a waste of time! Travelling the country on a sat nite to play teams that had no interest in hurling on some bog of a pitch. Was good for a bit of craic on the way home though!

Ulster league meant nothin. The fact that u can't recall the opposition for this final under lights proves how memorable it was btggt

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Yeah, Id love to see a Belfast team pushing the country teams all the way, was great when that Rossa team of the late 80's early 90's was so strong followed by that out of the blue win against Loughgiel.

But as you have said DR, keeping these players together year in year out is the problem, we have managed well at football because we kept on winning!!! Easier to keep on winning and having everyone together than keep all players when losing all the time....

I think the out of blue bit is inaccurate - Rossa defeated a Dunloy team with the previous three championships under their belt and Although I didn't make the final it came as no surprise to me to hear in Florida they had won a deserved championship. Rossa had lost out narrowly to the great Dunloy sides in previous years which skewed their true ability. And went on to win that Ulster league also.
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St John's made finals in 89 against loughgiel (could have won that day - nasty injury to pedan and I might recall Pearse McFall was sent off). They also made a final in the 90s but we're no competition for Dunloy.

Sorry to come back to this whole debate but Ulster league! Your having a laugh if u even count that as a serious comp. It was really only a pre season warm up which ended up with a farce of a final normally played around xmas.
St Galls strength for me is their ability to stay consistent in the "lesser code" at Milltown and that's been really impressive - but without ever looking like winning anything.

But like I have said - I think it's a bit of a null argument.
All three in divino one and senior now - the proof will be in the pudding. Results will settle it.
But I might add - being the best team in belfast is irrelevant if you're nowhere near as good as the glens teams!