Down Club Hurling & Football

[Nanderson]

Eventful match between Glenn and Saval

Was some craic.

what happened?

[County Star]

Eventful match between Glenn and Saval

Was some craic.

what happened?

Saval had 4 sent off and Glenn had one black carded.

[County Star]

Longstone were lucky to force extra time against Castlewellan. But worth their win in the end for sheer doggedness. Neither of them will reach the latter states though on that display.

Glenn v Saval another poor game. Neither of them will make latter stages either.

[sdg]

Terrible crowd in Newry tonight,  time to return to knockout football,  would have been 3>4 thousand easy

[ScarvaLegend]

Some finish to Stone and Castlewellan game. Stone score a goal 6 and half minutes into injury time to send game to extra time. Was only meant to be a minimum of 3 added minutes so unsure where McGrath found another 3 and half minutes.

EDIT: Longstone started extra time well with a goal and point to lead by 4 at ht. Castlewellan rallied in 2nd half to level the game and send to the game to penalties

Result: Stone win in sudden death penalties

Pretty sure the Castlewellan keeper was down injured for an extended period, possibly 2-3 minutes either right at the end of normal time or right at the start of added time.

Terrible crowd in Newry tonight,  time to return to knockout football,  would have been 3>4 thousand easy

I think the setup we have now is fine. Almost every other county has group stages, and those are not good to watch. I don't believe that there would have been a huge crowd in had it been straight knockout, a few more maybe but not big numbers. At the end of the day it was a first round game which was expected to be relatively one sided, it was a cold wet night, and there is excellent coverage of the game from your armchair for the same price as a ticket into the ground.

[Johnnysboys]

Disappointing performance tonight in a game where we had chances to hit goals v an inexperienced keeper. Route one against Burren causes havoc in their defence and teams will exploit this going forward. I thought big Cian McLoughlin had a great game against murdock and our defence was resolute against their attacks - I can't remember one clear ur goal chance created by them - Aaron Joe had his best game in ages and we will get better in the next while - hopefully a favourable draw in the next round will get us back to round 3.

[ClubScene13]

Burren won't be stopped the year

[bennydorano]

How has Forkhill / Armagh Paddy Hamstring ended up in Burren?

[Nanderson]

Some finish to Stone and Castlewellan game. Stone score a goal 6 and half minutes into injury time to send game to extra time. Was only meant to be a minimum of 3 added minutes so unsure where McGrath found another 3 and half minutes.

EDIT: Longstone started extra time well with a goal and point to lead by 4 at ht. Castlewellan rallied in 2nd half to level the game and send to the game to penalties

Result: Stone win in sudden death penalties

Pretty sure the Castlewellan keeper was down injured for an extended period, possibly 2-3 minutes either right at the end of normal time or right at the start of added time.

Terrible crowd in Newry tonight,  time to return to knockout football,  would have been 3>4 thousand easy

I think the setup we have now is fine. Almost every other county has group stages, and those are not good to watch. I don't believe that there would have been a huge crowd in had it been straight knockout, a few more maybe but not big numbers. At the end of the day it was a first round game which was expected to be relatively one sided, it was a cold wet night, and there is excellent coverage of the game from your armchair for the same price as a ticket into the ground.

Yes bubba was down for 2 minutes on the 53rd to 55th minute so that would have been included in the original 3 minutes one would imagine. There were no periods of stoppages in the added time itself

[ScarvaLegend]

Ah right well then I don't know

[ranch]

Terrible crowd in Newry tonight,  time to return to knockout football,  would have been 3>4 thousand easy

Why have Down moved away from double headers? Glenn v Saval or Drumgath v Rostervor, followed by Burren v Warrenpoint, would have made sense.
Pre pandemic there was usually an intermediate game followed by a senior game in Newry. Allows a bit of an atmosphere to build and gets the stand a bit more full.

[Nanderson]

Terrible crowd in Newry tonight,  time to return to knockout football,  would have been 3>4 thousand easy

Why have Down moved away from double headers? Glenn v Saval or Drumgath v Rostervor, followed by Burren v Warrenpoint, would have made sense.
Pre pandemic there was usually an intermediate game followed by a senior game in Newry. Allows a bit of an atmosphere to build and gets the stand a bit more full.

Covid put an end to it and it never went back since. They make more money pricing games individually so i doubt we will see it ever revert back.

[SHEEDY]

How has Forkhill / Armagh Paddy Hamstring ended up in Burren?

he lives in Burren

[Hard2Listen2]

Terrible crowd in Newry tonight,  time to return to knockout football,  would have been 3>4 thousand easy

Why have Down moved away from double headers? Glenn v Saval or Drumgath v Rostervor, followed by Burren v Warrenpoint, would have made sense.
Pre pandemic there was usually an intermediate game followed by a senior game in Newry. Allows a bit of an atmosphere to build and gets the stand a bit more full.

I'd say wet pitches is probably a part of it.

[Splash]

Longstone were lucky to force extra time against Castlewellan. But worth their win in the end for sheer doggedness. Neither of them will reach the latter states though on that display.

Glenn v Saval another poor game. Neither of them will make latter stages either.

Glenn and Longstone did well to be drawn against each other in the next round. 

Would say Glenn probably slight favourites. Seem to be clicking well now after a bad start to the year. If Shay Millar is fit will be a big, big asset to Glenn having a dynamic forward who's not afraid to take risks.

Glenn potentially have it in them to get to a quarter final or even a semi final if the draw is favourable after being relegated to Div 3. Interesting situation if nothing else.

Have to feel sorry for Saval. Argument to be made they should have won. Wouldn't fancy their chances against Ballyholand. Probably been a better side then Glenn all year and now could very easily find themselves in a relegation dogfight. All the same, can't be playing in a manner where you have 4 men sent off.

Both Saval and Glenn have great potential to grow and develop in the coming years as more families move into the very attractive area. Be interesting to see if they ever become serious competitive senior championship teams.