Derry Club Football & Hurling original

[Keyser soze]

Think 6th plays 7th from 2 groups, with 2 losers going down to leave a 12 team top tier next year, not sure if there's playoffs for winners with top intermediate teams to decide promotion.

[Red10]

No promotion from junior or intermediate. Last 2 in senior play off to decide who plays Intermediate league next year but loser still plays in the senior championship next year unless they also lose the 6 v 7 game. If  the same club they will play both intermediate league and championship.  That's if clubs with clout don't complain again this year and get it changed.

[Wildweasel74]

Should be standard 2 up, 2 down.

[Real Talk]

My first All Ireland semi-final was 1975, Derry v Dublin. No tickets required!!!

Was at that game too in 1975 Brendan (Neilly ) Kelly, Sean O'Connel and Johnny O'Lear got the goals but they were defeated

Was also at the !970 AI Semi-final when we were hammered by Kerry .... Derry had two penalties missed that day one by the late Sean O'Connell (Ballerin) and the other by the late Seamus Lagan (Glen)

How the years go by !!!

[Wildweasel74]

What age are u lads lol

[JoG2]

What age are u lads lol

Waldorf and Statler, there's a history of Derry GAA book just waiting to be written

Minors going well.

[InnocentByStander]

What ever happened to straight championship knock out football?

Derry championship used to be exciting and anyone could have beat anyone but with 6 group games it really will just help the strong get stronger and leads to a less likelihood of an upset.

Gives the stronger teams to get caught up to speed.

We had it in Antrim a few years back 6 games 4 teams home and away, leads to so many dead rubber games that doesn't feel like championship football. 

[marty34]

What ever happened to straight championship knock out football?

Derry championship used to be exciting and anyone could have beat anyone but with 6 group games it really will just help the strong get stronger and leads to a less likelihood of an upset.

Gives the stronger teams to get caught up to speed.

We had it in Antrim a few years back 6 games 4 teams home and away, leads to so many dead rubber games that doesn't feel like championship football.

Not many counties do straight knockout now for obvious reasons.

1. Every team 'needs' a second chance.  Like senior inter-county.  No point training for 9 months for 1 game..so they say.

2. More games means more cash.

[Ghost]

Would Derry be better off delaying the last 6 or so games of the league until the county is finished and then proceeding into a knockout or back door championship? (I'd prefer straight knockout myself personally)

Would mean not having to play a drawn out championship to give county players time to transition into the team and would also give the non-county players 6/7 meaningful games  which could be played alongside a cup completion of some sorts.

Maybe the format being announced when the county team are doing so well has made it go under the radar a bit but I haven't seen much support for it.

[Rawhide]

Ah lads would you give over, the club season for 98 pf player in Derry lasts from the second week in April until early October, 6 months. That's it, 6 months. Give us games.

Secondly, the split season means you have to have a championship round robin format that allows county players some genuine game with the club where they learnt it all,  otherwise clubs will dig in on not allowing county players to to be away literally 9 months of the season if they don't get an opportunity to play more than one meaningful game with the club.

[Red10]

Great display by the minors yesterday. Fair dues to the management team for coming back in and delivering an All Ireland. A pity about the level of Derry support there compared to Monaghan. A few lads there that could possibly make the step up if they keep progressing. At that age it's still a big step straight to Senior so the U20s need to get the focus next year unlike this year where Gallagher called all the shots and then didn't given game time to a couple of those who could have helped the 20s progress. 

[Real Talk]

Aye Brilliant performance from the New Minor All Ireland Champions

Second game in a row to blow away the opposition ( Dublin and Monaghan ) with 14 lads

The quality of their play is just outstanding

[Wildweasel74]

Had be 75% monaghan there, suppose only over the road for them. Game should been in Omagh, bigger ground. It was a tight fit in the shed.

[Will it ever end]

Athletic Grounds has a bigger capacity than Omagh - no?

[markl121]

Wouldn't have been as tight a fit had them
Silly gaa signs been moved from behind the goals