Antrim Football Thread

[BrendanAntrim]

Great win. I did think we would be in with a shout today. A Down win tonight and we're safe. And all in our own hands regardless

[marty34]

Would the real Antrim stand up?

[EOC1923]

Cavan seemed to think only a matter of turning up and got caught, impressive fight shown from Antrim Ruairi McCann Aghagallon a real handful in first half, thought we'd thrown it away with C Stewart's late mistake but Deccy Lynch with an impressive run at the end to seal the free for victory. Good win

[bannside]

Come on Down. 9 a piece atm, approaching HT. Not safe yet!

[bannside]

Full Time in Newry. Down beat Longford so Antrim are officially safe in Div 3 with a game left.  Sincere congratulations to management and players on excellent achievement. 

[JimStynes]

Andy McEntee has done a great job!

[Milltown Row2]

Andy McEntee has done a great job!

Your mates won't be happy though

[Saffsof82]

Deccy Lynch battle with gearing Mckiernan worth the price if admission

[EOC1923]

Full Time in Newry. Down beat Longford so Antrim are officially safe in Div 3 with a game left.  Sincere congratulations to management and players on excellent achievement.

Great to avoid the basement but was it really that much of an achievement when you look at the bottom 2 teams

[marty34]

Biggest fear of teams, except in Div. 4 for obvious reasons, is to get relegated.

This is where the pressure comes from.

[bannside]

Make no mistake this is a huge achievement on a lot of levels. To go ten points up against a Cavan team chasing promotion, that toyed with us last year at the same venue, is mind blowingly impressive.

To do it without some of the stars of the season so far (Peter Healy, Oisin Leneghan, Big Pat, midfielders Conor and Kevin, Ryan, Dermot and Adam - plus medium term injuries Paddy Mc Aleer and Jamie Gribben - elevates the level of impressiveness even more.

To remain secure with a panel that was depleted of its spine right up the middle before a ball was kicked - Oisin, Ricky, James. MIck, Conor, Tomas , Paddy C etc - and as a result much of its on pitch leadership - is truly amazing.

Such was level of transition I feared we would drop a division to allow the rebuild time to settle, and to do so without having to deal with the fall out of the negativity that would surround that is a massive plus.

A lot of the players headed out in Belfast last night, city and country lads together. and somewhere in Dunboyne I hope Andy was sipping a good red, content in the knowledge he has achieved his main target for the season and the rest of it is in his hands ...and the debacle of Mullingar is whitewashed from the psyche.

Maybe we can all get fully behind this now.

[Milltown Row2]

Standard response from one, waiting on the others to weigh in with theirs also

[realisticsaff]

Full Time in Newry. Down beat Longford so Antrim are officially safe in Div 3 with a game left.  Sincere congratulations to management and players on excellent achievement.

Great to avoid the basement but was it really that much of an achievement when you look at the bottom 2 teams

Nope.

[country bumpkin]

Missed the game yesterday was down south in support of the boys in green.

A big win to avoid the basement.

See BS is on a high....fair play.
But, wonder as his club is up there potential champions why they only have one individual on 'senior county duty'.......?

[JimStynes]

Andy McEntee has done a great job!

Your mates won't be happy though

I don't have mates 😢