Minor All Ireland Football Championship 2024

[Armagh18]

Yeah very true there Brendan and Mackers.

Fair play to Jarlath today in fairness.

Sergant was a man against boys

[Silver hill]

That wasn't overcarrying he only took 3 steps!

He kept blowing Derry for it and ignored a number of Armagh over carrys. Great to win especially when the ref is favouring the other side so much.

Catch a grip lads about the referee. It's embarrassing. Have a look at the steps Sargent took for his point in the second half. Great to win back to back but very rose tinted on here.armagh coughed up some amount of ball. They will have regrets.

[Wildweasel74]

From the Derry goal, the ref give Derry little, watching the game bck here, and Ger Dillon pulled to the ground by the collar for a blatant free 25m out and the ref played on.

[tyroneman]

Clones, while great for nostalgia, is objectively an awful venue. Facilities are dreadful, stuck somewhere in the 70s/80s.

Would need serious, serious money to get it even close to being what a modern stadium should be.

Add in the terrible travel infrastructure issues and it's clear why something else is needed to be the figurehead venue for Ulster GAA.

[Orior]

From the Derry goal, the ref give Derry little, watching the game bck here, and Ger Dillon pulled to the ground by the collar for a blatant free 25m out and the ref played on.

One man's blatent free is another man's fair tackle.

[imtommygunn]

Not a big fan of commenting on refs but there was a too long in that game and I have never seen a free being given for a boy holding the ball for that short a period of time...

I think the best team won but Armagh can hold their heads up high because that is a very good team and we'll see a lot more of quite a few of them in years to come. There wasn't huge amounts in it but Derry were I think that bit better.

Sargeant a big factor. Armagh were very well drilled and he was able to break their tackles in crunch moments when there were others who maybe struggled more to do that.

[Sportacus]

From the Derry goal, the ref give Derry little, watching the game bck here, and Ger Dillon pulled to the ground by the collar for a blatant free 25m out and the ref played on.

One man's blatent free is another man's fair tackle.

Not on that one.  He was dragged round the neck but the ref missed it. It would have been a crucial free in which would have given Derry a more comfortable finish to the game.

[Estimator]

Just looking back though the programme from yesterday's final and there is a page detailing the top scorers from each final since 2000. Obvious names stand out: Conor Mortimer, Ciaran Kilkenny, Cormac Costello, Tommy Conroy, David Clifford.

But there is also a good few that maybe didn't play much football at senior level. Or have a major impact.

So a couple of questions: Did Eugene McVerry or Robbie Tasker (2009)play much senior football for Armagh?

Have the likes of Matthew Cooley (2018), Tomo Culhane (2019) or Éanna Monaghan (2022) made any real headroads into the Galway senior team?

Would Kerry people have expected to get more out of Killian Spillane (2014), Conor Heaney (2015) and David Shaw (2016)?

[Blowitupref]

Just looking back though the programme from yesterday's final and there is a page detailing the top scorers from each final since 2000. Obvious names stand out: Conor Mortimer, Ciaran Kilkenny, Cormac Costello, Tommy Conroy, David Clifford.

But there is also a good few that maybe didn't play much football at senior level. Or have a major impact.

So a couple of questions: Did Eugene McVerry or Robbie Tasker (2009)play much senior football for Armagh?

Have the likes of Matthew Cooley (2018), Tomo Culhane (2019) or Éanna Monaghan (2022) made any real headroads into the Galway senior team?

Would Kerry people have expected to get more out of Killian Spillane (2014), Conor Heaney (2015) and David Shaw (2016)?

Top scorer with 1-6 in the 2020 All Ireland U20 final v Dublin.  He scored Galway's 17th and final score in their senior Quarter final win against Dublin.

[bennydorano]

McVerry did play a lot of Senior football for Armagh, a decent career in an unspectacular team. Tasker probably more talented but not committed, think he had runs ins with the law?? Don't think he played senior or if he did it wasn't very memorable or long.

[Armagh18]

Tasker had a few bits of trouble off the field which was a shame. Eugene did play a bit for Armagh and was a decent player, back with the club this year I think.

[imtommygunn]

Is one of them boys not in jail?

Hard to believe when you think back to good minor teams that a dublin team with a significant number of the great senior team there got beat by Tipperary in the minor final.

[Armagh18]

Is one of them boys not in jail?

Hard to believe when you think back to good minor teams that a dublin team with a significant number of the great senior team there got beat by Tipperary in the minor final.

That was some Tipp team, most of them won Munster in 2020 and got to the all ireland semi in 2018.

[Blowitupref]

2024 Electric Ireland Football Minor Star Team of the Year


1.         Kacper Robak (Kerry and Dr. Crokes)

2.         Tom Hession (Mayo and Eastern Gaels)

3.         Ronan Canavan (Derry and Brian Ógs Steelstown)

4.         Conall Wilson (Armagh and St Peter's)

5.         Luke Grant (Derry and Greenlough)

6.         Ben Murphy (Kerry and Austin Stacks)

7.         Diarmaid O'Rourke (Armagh and St Patricks Dromintee)

8.         James Sargent (Derry and Lavey)

9.         Dáithí O'Callaghan (Armagh and Carrickcruppen St Patricks GAA)

10.     Eamon Young (Derry and Newbridge)

11.     Kobe McDonald (Mayo and Crossmolina Deel Rovers)

12.     Gearóid White (Kerry and John Mitchels)

13.     Eoin Duffy (Armagh and Culloville Blues GAC)

14.     Oisín Deane (Mayo and Crossmolina Deel Rovers)

15.     Dylan Rocks (Derry and Loup)


James Sargent named player of the year.

[Newbridge Exile]

Player of the year would have been a very straightforward decision , he was outstanding all season