Antrim Football Thread

[ciaran1988]

Third minute of injury time. It looked like the Gorts red card was going to cost them

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

Complete sickener last night. this has not been a good few days with both the hurlers and footballers out inside 3 days of each other. thought we had done enough to win it but gave it away and they scored the goal right at the death.

pretty depressing but thats life. some you win some you dont.

[belfastsaff]

Some change from last year DR. If you had the team that finished starting the game was yours.

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

thats true BS. but sure its the joy of being a dual player, you cant train like hell for the hurling and football and be fresh for both in the same short period. its one or the other.

hurling is the main code in our club and football will be a second for the most of them young lads.

[Hejustkeepsdroppingballs]

Dunloy improved significantly in the 2nd half with the introduction of 4/5 of the lads who had played hurling on Sunday. Started to win a few balls in midfield when they brought the big man in there as it was killing them before hand.

[Hoof Hearted]

It was the classic case of trying to keep the ball in midfield to run the clock down
One misplaced pass a quick break and bang the ball is in the net
Heartbreaking for Dunloy who looked well beat at half time at 8-4 down but had a great 2nd half
Draw would have ben a fair result TBH
Enjoyable game for the neutral

[country bumpkin]

Toals fancy an all country senior final.....

4/6 Cargin St Gall's 6/4

8/11 Creggan St John's 11/8

[Rawhide]

thats true BS. but sure its the joy of being a dual player, you cant train like hell for the hurling and football and be fresh for both in the same short period. its one or the other.

hurling is the main code in our club and football will be a second for the most of them young lads.

Not trying to rub salt in the wounds, but Slaughtneill manage it very well, how come you don't?

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

thats true BS. but sure its the joy of being a dual player, you cant train like hell for the hurling and football and be fresh for both in the same short period. its one or the other.

hurling is the main code in our club and football will be a second for the most of them young lads.

Not trying to rub salt in the wounds, but Slaughtneill manage it very well, how come you don't?

tbh football took a massive back seat for a long time in our club during the hurling sucess. there wasnt the same emphasis put into it as the hurling and as a result the team went into a decline from D1 to D2 and then to D3 for a number of years. A seriously lack of commitment from everyone meant it was way down the pecking order.

It took a few people to bring it back up and around and with development groups now in the club for all 3 codes and dedicated people involved in them it meant that the 3 games were getting good imput and coaching.

It might take a few years but at the moment theres a good sustained growth of the game again in the club and getting good numbers at all the grades again. You'll always get a back year with birthdays but thats part and parcel.

[Rawhide]

thats true BS. but sure its the joy of being a dual player, you cant train like hell for the hurling and football and be fresh for both in the same short period. its one or the other.

hurling is the main code in our club and football will be a second for the most of them young lads.

Not trying to rub salt in the wounds, but Slaughtneill manage it very well, how come you don't?

tbh football took a massive back seat for a long time in our club during the hurling sucess. there wasnt the same emphasis put into it as the hurling and as a result the team went into a decline from D1 to D2 and then to D3 for a number of years. A seriously lack of commitment from everyone meant it was way down the pecking order.

It took a few people to bring it back up and around and with development groups now in the club for all 3 codes and dedicated people involved in them it meant that the 3 games were getting good imput and coaching.

It might take a few years but at the moment theres a good sustained growth of the game again in the club and getting good numbers at all the grades again. You'll always get a back year with birthdays but thats part and parcel.

That's good to hear, can't beat hard work and committed folk.

[country bumpkin]

Hearing Cargin v St Gall's has been switched to Creggan....

[ciaran1988]

Yes game has been switched

[paddyjohn]

Hearing Cargin v St Gall's has been switched to Creggan....

Good!

[Hectic]

Slaughtneill are a freak. They manage the two codes brilliantly and certainly dual clubs could try amd learn a lot from them but even by following their blue print the commitment there is incredible and would be the hardest bit to replicate.

Dunloy always had top quality footballers and would probably have been a div 1 club for the majority of the last 30 yrs had they all been fully committed to football.

The foundations at the club seem stronger than ever so it will be interesting to see where they go on the football front in the next 10 yrs plus.

[country bumpkin]

Eoghan Rua 1-11 Slaughtneil 0-13.......


Big shock in Derry.....