Hear are the results of this weekends games:
Laois Shopping Centre ACFL Division 1
Arles Kilcruise: 0-8
Arles/Killeen: 1-4
Emo: 0-10
Graiguecullen: 2-13
Mountmellick: 3-9
Crettyard: 1-7
Portlaoise: 3-12
St Joseph's: 3-7
Stradbally: 0-10
The Heath/An Fraoch Mór: 2-9
Portarlington v Killeshin postponed due to a bereavement in Killeshin.
Bad injury in the Mountmellick Crettyard game. Hopefully the chap makes a good recovery, it was nasty.
A pity to see all the names of lads playing ACFL at the weekend who are good enough to improve the Laois team.
Davy Conway, Kevin Meaney, Paul Cahillane and Colm Kelly were all playing for their clubs.
Quote from: Heshs Umpire on March 26, 2015, 10:05:51 AM
A pity to see all the names of lads playing ACFL at the weekend who are good enough to improve the Laois team.
Davy Conway, Kevin Meaney, Paul Cahillane and Colm Kelly were all playing for their clubs.
I think Colm Kelly was permitted to play? He was at the game in Galway anyway. The other players would definitely add something but what can be done.
Quote from: Teo Lurley on March 26, 2015, 11:39:33 AM
Quote from: Heshs Umpire on March 26, 2015, 10:05:51 AM
A pity to see all the names of lads playing ACFL at the weekend who are good enough to improve the Laois team.
Davy Conway, Kevin Meaney, Paul Cahillane and Colm Kelly were all playing for their clubs.
I think Colm Kelly was permitted to play? He was at the game in Galway anyway. The other players would definitely add something but what can be done.
Good to hear that about Kelly- he is good scoring forward. I know there's nothing can be done about the missing lads but it's a real pity we don't have everyone on board - we would have right shot at a league title if we had.
Quote from: SCFC on March 23, 2015, 09:56:40 AM
Bad injury in the Mountmellick Crettyard game. Hopefully the chap makes a good recovery, it was nasty.
Who got hurt and from which team??
This Weekend's Fixtures:
06/04/2015
12:00 Arles/Killeen v Mountmellick Arles-Killeen
12:00 Crettyard v Emo Crettyard
12:00 Graiguecullen v Killeshin Graiguecullen
12:00 Portarlington v Portlaoise McCann Park
12:00 The Heath/An Fraoch Mór v Arles Kilcruise The Heath GAA Club
12:30 St Joseph's v Stradbally Tony Byrne Park
Todays Results
St Joseph's: 0-8
Stradbally: 1-16
Crettyard: 3-7
Emo: 2-11
Graiguecullen: 1-11
Killeshin: 1-4
Portarlington: 3-8
Portlaoise: 1-10
Good wins for Portarlington and Stradbally today..
The Heath beat Arles Kilcruise by a point. Heath almost blew 5 point lead 5 mins to go. Nonetheless the better side won.
Killeen v Mountmellick was called off. Injured player.
This weekend's results:
Emo 2-13
Arles/Killeen 2-19
Killeshin 0-14
Crettyard 2-7
St Joseph's 1-10
The Heath 1-9
Stradbally 1-11
Portarlington 1-14
Portlaoise 3-9
Graiguecullen 2-10
Port are going along very well. Could they be the team to threaten the Portlaoise dominance?
Of course they can. There are plenty of teams well able to beat Portlaoise, as a Portlaoise man I feel belief is a problem for some teams when they have faced Portlaoise in recent seasons especially at the latter stages, thats not to say Portlaoise havent been a very good club team and deserved every title but every team is beatable .
its a bit early to be talking up Port, won't see the best of portlaoise till later on in the summer.
Quote from: Thewildcat on April 26, 2015, 04:31:39 PM
its a bit early to be talking up Port, won't see the best of portlaoise till later on in the summer.
You're right, but it's encouraging to see someone like Port pushing on in the league. We need our larger urban areas challenging properly. Portlaoise, Port, Mountmellick and Graiguecullen account for a sizeable chunk of Laois' population and should be more prominent.
Quote from: Dave like the tv channel on May 06, 2015, 12:19:15 AM
Quote from: Thewildcat on April 26, 2015, 04:31:39 PM
its a bit early to be talking up Port, won't see the best of portlaoise till later on in the summer.
You're right, but it's encouraging to see someone like Port pushing on in the league. We need our larger urban areas challenging properly. Portlaoise, Port, Mountmellick and Graiguecullen account for a sizeable chunk of Laois' population and should be more prominent.
Agreed. Fully expect Portlaoise to win again but it would be good to see Port in the mix.
Full round of games this weekend.
Emo v Mountmellick tonight at 7 and all other games tomorrow at 7.
Portlaoise v Killeen
Killeshin v Arles Kilcruise
Heath v Port
Joseph's v Graigue
Stradbally v Crettyard
Tonight's Results:
Portlaoise: 3-12
Arles/Killeen: 0-12
St Joseph's: 1-12
Graiguecullen: 2-17
Stradbally: 2-10
Crettyard: 0-12
The Heath/An Fraoch Mór: 0-12
Portarlington: 0-12
ACFL Div 1 table after 5 games
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Laoisgaa.ie needs to be tidied up. Putting in The Heath/An Fraoch Mor or duplicating teams like Clonaslee and Clonaslee St Manmans shoudn't be happening.
Just a reflection on the level of competence shown by the CB, I suppose.
Completely agree Dave, it is a pretty minor issue but it is extremely annoying for what should be a simple fix!
Which is it Arles or Killeen :o ;D
Quote from: Dave like the tv channel on May 28, 2015, 12:16:32 PM
Laoisgaa.ie needs to be tidied up. Putting in The Heath/An Fraoch Mor or duplicating teams like Clonaslee and Clonaslee St Manmans shoudn't be happening.
Just a reflection on the level of competence shown by the CB, I suppose.
Looks like they heard you dave. she is all new and shiny! :D
http://laoisgaa.ie/
Looks worse, HP. Looks like the Laois UTV internet site from 2001!!!
The same oul shite has been copied over. Look at the state of this.
http://www.laoisgaa.ie/league/94550/2015_a_c_f_l2
Quote from: Dave like the tv channel on May 30, 2015, 09:06:41 PM
Looks worse, HP. Looks like the Laois UTV internet site from 2001!!!
The same oul shite has been copied over. Look at the state of this.
http://www.laoisgaa.ie/league/94550/2015_a_c_f_l2
I'd contact them if I were you. This is unacceptable.
It's absolutely brutal. No football results on the home page.
Quote from: SCFC on June 01, 2015, 10:12:46 AM
It's absolutely brutal. No football results on the home page.
I found them in the results thread. Bizarre stuff.
Hello Don. That was bad news to get about Betty last week. Hope you can find some solace and the strength to carry on. You should pay more heed to Meredith as she always tries to look after you with the best of intentions.
Quote from: Clinker on June 01, 2015, 10:58:12 AM
Hello Don. That was bad news to get about Betty last week. Hope you can find some solace and the strength to carry on. You should pay more heed to Meredith as she always tries to look after you with the best of intentions.
I'd ask you to respect our wishes for privacy at this difficult time.
didn't make any of the games over the weekend and had to rely on the local rags for updates. A few surprising results...Arles beat a strong Stradbally team without the Kingstons, Shane Julian James Mahon and Mick Leigh. Kilcruise beat a Portlaoise team minus 12 or 13 regulars. Josephs blowing hot and cold and after some terrible beatings got a decent win over Cretty. Last years championship results don't lie in either Stradballys and Josephs case as i think they will be in relegation trouble again. It bears well for Arles Kileen this year come the championship....I think its their year
Don't write off the Kilcruise side of the parish either. They seem to be motoring along nicely.
Quote from: redsetanta on June 09, 2015, 04:25:56 PM
Don't write off the Kilcruise side of the parish either. They seem to be motoring along nicely.
I doubt it...They were also in trouble at championship time last year and but for the grace of god they and and Josephs were in a dog fight to stay up.Neither of them have improved at all and will be found out come August. Arles Kileen look like the only team to knock Portlaoise off the throne. Strong , determined, training well and all good players playing outstanding football.
Can't see St. Josephs in relegation trouble this year as they got the easier draw of Ballyfin in the first round. Ballyfin along with Stradbally, Crettyard/Ballyroan and Ballylinan will have to battle hard to stay up this year. Is it only one team to be relegated this year? (assuming they are no more safety nets of illegal byes etc ;) )
Quote from: Spillane on June 10, 2015, 07:28:57 PM
Can't see St. Josephs in relegation trouble this year as they got the easier draw of Ballyfin in the first round. Ballyfin along with Stradbally, Crettyard/Ballyroan and Ballylinan will have to battle hard to stay up this year. Is it only one team to be relegated this year? (assuming they are no more safety nets of illegal byes etc ;) )
Ballyfin could surprise the Joey's. Joey's are put-er bad and will be fodder for most senior teams.look at their league Games so far...one win and they are in for another beating Friday night. I think Ballyroan may surprise a few, Ballylinan will stay up. I'll stick with Stradbally/Joeys to go intermediate ..one to go down
A few results from the weekend...
St Joseph's: 1-12
Arles/Killeen: 0-15
Graiguecullen: 2-9
The Heath: 1-12
Portarlington: 3-12
Crettyard: 1-4
Stradbally: 1-15
Arles Kilcruise: 1-6
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Two good results from Cretty has them off bottom spot! Somehow every year they seem to do enough to stay among the elite! However saying that a win over Graigue then seeing Graigue awarding a walk over the next day does take the shine off the win. Things aren't too well down on the border, pulling out their div 2 team and now not having 15 for div 1 isnt the greatest preparation either. Arles Kilcruises great start to the league seems to have come to an abrupt halt. Surely Ross back on board they will rediscover a bit of form. Hard to predict the 4 semi finalists here. Im going with Port, Killeen, Portlaoise and Stradbally
It's a bit of a disgrace that a senior team concedes a game at this time of year. If you cannot get 17 or 18 players together from a club the size of Graiguecullen you're in bother.
I take it there was a wedding or something on. Did they try to get the game changed?
Games should not be conceded though.
Crettyard do seem to kick into survival mode at this time of year and fair play to them! The Heath seem to be going well and should be in line for a semi final although they do have 2 tough games coming up. Very strange with Graigue conceding game, you would imagine no team in Division 1 should be conceding games but sure!
No real relegation this year as bottom four go into 1b next year with top four from division 2.The graig results are strange does anyone know what's happening with them,have they list slot of players.Heard birdy isn't playing anymore which would be a massive loss for them
I cannot understand why the league format was changed for next year. Am i right in saying each divisional section will be comprised of 8 teams with each other playing home and away fixtures next year. Thats 14 games each team will play. Madness i think. As the saying go'es familiarity breeds contempt and i can see some serious confrontataions between certain clubs especially if they meet twice in the space of a few weeks. Let the fun begin :-* :-* :-* :o(//)
It's worse than that. There will be two Division 2's, 3's and 4's. six teams per group. 10 games. Play each team twice. Can see walkovers aplenty in the lower leagues.
Quote from: The Monument Road on July 04, 2015, 07:28:50 AM
I cannot understand why the league format was changed for next year. Am i right in saying each divisional section will be comprised of 8 teams with each other playing home and away fixtures next year. Thats 14 games each team will play. Madness i think. As the saying go'es familiarity breeds contempt and i can see some serious confrontataions between certain clubs especially if they meet twice in the space of a few weeks. Let the fun begin :-* :-* :-* :o(//)
Jaysus that sounds great. Who wouldnt want that?!!
Quote from: SCFC on July 04, 2015, 09:33:37 AM
It's worse than that. There will be two Division 2's, 3's and 4's. six teams per group. 10 games. Play each team twice. Can see walkovers aplenty in the lower leagues.
The 2016 leagues could look like this:
Div1A (8) Portarlington, Arles/Killeen, The Heath, Portlaoise, Stradbally, St Josephs, Arles Kilcruise, Mountmellick.
Div1B (8) Graiguecullen, Crettyard, Emo, Killeshin, O'Dempseys, Ballyroan Abbey, Timahoe, Annanough.
Div2A (6) Ballylinan, Portlaoise2, St Josephs2, Ballyfin, Park Ratheniska, Clonaslee.
Div2B (6) The Rock, Graiguecullen2, Courtwood, Rosenallis, O'Dempseys2, The Heath2.
Div3A (6) Portarlington2, Stradbally2, Kilcavan, Spink, Barrowhouse, Portlaoise3.
Div3B (6) Timahoe2, Ballylinan2, Graiguecullen3, Killeshin2, Ballyroan Abbey2, St Fintan's.
Div4A (6) Arles/Killeen2, Arles Kilcruise2, The Rock2, The Harps, Mountmellick2, Ballyfin2.
Div4B (6) Kilcotton, Slieve Bloom Castletown, O'Dempseys3, Ballyroan Abbey3, Emo2, Rosenallis2.
Div5A (5) Courtwood2, Timahoe3, Crettyard2, Annanough2, Stradbally3.
Div5B (5) Park Ratheniska2, Camross, Clough Ballacolla, Portlaoise4, Borris in Ossory.
How does the A/B thing work? If it's like the hurling, they are independent leagues, so why not number them 1-10?
If it's like the national league hurling, 2B teams can win the Division 2 title, beating 2A teams in the semis/playoffs. Does a 2B team, winning the Division 2 title go into Division 1B or still only into 2A?
Oh, County Board......shower us with your wisdom as our unlearned brains are incapable of distinguishing between a pile of sh*te and a work of genius........
Comprehensive win for the Town over Strad last night. I was expecting Strad to win this game as Portlaoise never really concentrate on the league and wouldn't show their hand before championship. A win for Graiguecullen over Mountmellick brings them out of the bottom 4 so they will avoid the drop to Div 1b.
Mountmellick
Emo
Crettyard
Killeshin
O'Dempseys
Ballyroan Abbey
Timahoe
Ballylinan
Am i right in saying this is how that division will look next year?
The semi-final pairings should as i read it are Port V Heath. Kileen V Portlaoise.Am i correct???. Next year should be interesting with home and away matches although i think that unless they start the leagues earlier it will cause congestion problems.I can see a lot of walkovers especially if clubs have teams in the higher leagues and players cross over between both. Arles ,Josephs and Graigue survived in the top tier after a shaky start. Championship is on the horizon and i see a few shocks awaiting some who are being touted as certs to progress...
These are the final placing's in the Div1 Football League 2015.
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They could be two decent semi finals; Killeen v Portlaoise and Port v The Heath.
Nice to see Port going well. Laois could do with 2/3 players from the second largest town.
The new style Division 1A and 1B next year could be good. Hopefully more close games. Think Killeen might win this year, they have a strong first 15.
Kileen 0-12 Portlaoise 2-4
For the first time in a long time Portlaoise were outplayed, tactically very naive and seriously out-muscled in this league semifinal last night. To put it mildly Kileen won pulling up so well done to them. They had outstanding players in the Kingstons brothers, The two O'Sheas, Joe Mulhare, Alan Ryan and the excellant Jason Enright. Portlaoise were terrible and lost a lot of ball while trying to burst through tackles. Their passing was also atrocious and many passes were intercepted by Kileens well drilled mass defence.
The only one blot on the game were the sending's off.After 5 minutes Kileen lost Donie Brennan to a black card for what looked like petulance towards referee Maurice Deegan.They also lost a midfielder to a straight red for punching a portlaoise player during a small melee. Kileens dicipline this year is bordering on the ridiculous and something needs to be done to stop it by either their own mentors/administrators or by the administartors at board level. If not someone will recieve a another serious injury. Portlaoise lost Cahir Healey to a black card for a late tackle in the first half.
Where do's this leave Portlaoise. I dont know but it could be the first sign of a drop in their standards as they dont seem to have quality players to replce those missing. On the other hand they have been stung and anyone else who meets them may suffer.
On this performance the odds on Kileen winning their first championship will have shortened although their dicipline and what looks like a very limited bench could be their downfall.
Portlaoise's standards are dropping in line with the overall standard, and if that doesn't show up in Laois, it certainly will if they or whoever else represent us in the Leinster Club. Ill discipline is a county wide problem. Fair play to Arles Killeen. You can only beat what's in front of you and they did that Saturday evening. They have a winning and hard working attitude to the game despite being very limited in a number of areas on the field. The presence of The Heath in the other semi shows how far the rest of the teams are plummeting. Laois football is in a bad place
Any noticeable absentee for Portlaoise? Good win for Killeen all the same, hopefully a win over Portlaoise will actually give them the belief that they can beat them in championship and not just contain them in a damage limitation system they had the year previous.
In fairness to The Heath last year they were unlucky not to beat Killeen and reach a semi final in championship only for the brilliance of both Donie's, big and small.
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A bit harsh on the Heath there a lot of hard work out there being done out there. Expect a good game Thursday evening in OMP for the final.
No offence intended. Just calling it how I see it really. None of these emerging teams have anything new or exciting to offer the county. Portlaoise are blending in and hoping to coast to another county title. They might get caught in the long grass adopting such a lazy attitude, and in many ways it might wake them up as a club. Only getting 7 scores against a back line like Killeens is pretty poor stuff. I don't see anyone there even the colour of a county player
Low scoring final tonight. 8-5 to Killeen. Any reports?
Quote from: Heshs Umpire on July 30, 2015, 10:48:10 PM
Low scoring final tonight. 8-5 to Killeen. Any reports?
Yea very low scoring. Kileens new ultra defensive system where they put 12 behind the ball accounts for that. they then depend on the Kingstons to score. they are very strong physically so well done to them. They will be in with a big shout for the Championship this year again and have a great chance of winning it.
Quote from: Dave like the tv channel on May 06, 2015, 12:19:15 AM
Quote from: Thewildcat on April 26, 2015, 04:31:39 PM
its a bit early to be talking up Port, won't see the best of portlaoise till later on in the summer.
You're right, but it's encouraging to see someone like Port pushing on in the league. We need our larger urban areas challenging properly. Portlaoise, Port, Mountmellick and Graiguecullen account for a sizeable chunk of Laois' population and should be more prominent.
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mountmellick beat them again in the championship big differents to league and championship.