Antrim Football Thread

[milltown row]

trouble in Cargin? or is it a case of being duffed by a good Bellaghy team. who's the new manager there?

maybe Maximus Marillius could give us some insight into it

[Maximus Marillius]

Cargin were beaten by bellaghy alright. New manager is Seamus Birt. But the most interesting thing about the win was that the bellaghy team has half a reserve team on. No Fergal Doc, Diver, Mc Goldrick, two Mc Nallys Paul Diamond, two Browns and still beat Cargin prompting a fairly aggressive discussion in the Cargin dressing room after the game. Shaney Mc Quillian already under pressure in that fairly mad outfit know as Cargin

[Maximus Marillius]

if you look at the other gaa section...this is the local section...there is a thread on Mc G....in it there is alink to his interview...very insightful too.

[milltown row]

seen that thread before, but like Saffron Sam i thought it was about someone else, well that broke up the day christ i didn't hink there was that many people out there that knew kevin

[robertemmet]

from Antrim website...

A superb wind-assisted first half from St Louis Ballymena condemned St Patrick's Downpatrick to a second successive Loch an Iuir final defeat in Carryduff yesterday.

Conor McNeill hit two early goals as St Louis raced into a 2-6 to 0-2 lead after 20 minutes.

Captain Dermot McWilliams then added a goal with Padraig Conlon fisting home another three pointer to put the mid Antrim boys in at the interval leading by 4-7 to 0-2.

Matthew hardy hit a Downpatrick goal on the restart, but just when it looked as if a revival was possible, Daniel McCloskey scrambled a fifth Ballymena goal and McNeill completed his hat-trick to ease St Louis over the finishing line.

St Louis : Shane Crossan, Joe Scullion, James Timoney, Aidan McKinley, Peter Shannon, Niall Delargy, Gerard McCorley, Daniel McCloskey 1-0, Michael O'Mullan, Peter Duffin 0-2, Dermot McAleese 0-1, Padraig Conlon 1-0, Connor McNeill 3-1, Dermot McWilliams 1-4, John Cassidy.

St Patrick's : Cathal Arnold, Conor Monan, Declan Turley, Sean Murray, Gavin Morgan, Jack Bell, Anthony Docherty, Deaglan Arnold 0-1, Caolan Heath 0-1, Joshua O'Hare, Rory Mullen, Sean Morgan 0-1, Matthew.Hardy 1-1, David Morgan 0-2, Joe Milligan 0-1.
Subs : Stefan Mason for M Hardy, Paul Gilchrist for S Murray.

[milltown row]

NO TALK ABOUT ANTRIM BEATING THE DUBS?

[imtommygunn]

Any details on Antrim beating the dubs??

Would have obviously been minus the two Poly boys as well.

[pebble-dasher]

A st galls half forward line, first start for convery who played very well at full back in the early 2000's.  Deadly fullforward line of left footers

[ONeill]

Antrim Remain on Target


Antrim 0-13  Carlow 0-07



Antrim remained on target, with promotion still in focus from division 4 of the Allianz National Football League, when they retained their unbeaten status, with a 0-13 to 0-07 victory over Carlow, in a rain lashed, and very chilly Casement Park on Saturday evening.

The Saffron's failed to impress in the first period, and in fact they had looked to an exceptional performance from Michael Mc Cann, to ensure they led at the break, 0-07 to 0-04. The mid-fielder had in fact contributed a trio of points from play during the 35 minutes, all of which were delivered right out of the top drawer, and it was only at the intervention of the visitor's net minder, John Brennan that he was denied a 33rd minute goal. C.J. Mc Gourty, and Paddy Cunningham had supplied the other scores, having two points apiece.

Carlow had looked menacing on occasions during the first half, particularly up front where corner forwards, Simon Rea, and Eric Mc Cormick had caused problems.

The second period saw, young Sean Burke join the fray, and the St. Gall's man was to have a big impact, as despite facing the breeze, Antrim retained command. The Saffron's looked much more secure in their rear-guard actions as both Kevin O' Boyle and James Loughrey were to get to grips with the elusive Rea, and Mc Cormick, and the half back line grew in composure, with Justin Crozier, Sean Kelly, and the pace laden Tony Scullion pushing forward with frequency. It was a testament to the second half qualities of Antrim defensive line up that Carlow were to replace four from six in the concluding period with only centre forward, John Murphy, and their best on view J.J. Smith retaining their start berths until conclusion.

Despite facing the elements in the second 35 minutes, Antrim dominated, with 'new boy' Burke impressing, and although the front men failed to capitalise on some excellent build up, it was left to the finishing prowess of Michael Mc Cann, who added another couple of points, as did Sean Burke, with Tomas Mc Cann, and Terry O' Neill completing the total, and secure a six point winning advantage.

Jody Gormley is certain to be pleased with another victory and he is just as certain to be pleased with the personal contributions of man of the match Michael Mc Cann, Justin Crozier, Sean Kelly, Tony Scullion, and second half replacement Sean Burke, who looks one to watch.

Referee Jimmy White (Dun na nGall)

Antrim
John Finucane, James Loughrey, Tony Convery, Kevin O' Boyle, Tony Scullion, Sean Kelly, Justin Crozier (0-01), Michael Mc Cann (0-05), Joe Quinn, Aodhan Gallagher, Kevin Niblock, Terry O' Neill (0-01), Paddy Cunningham (0-02), C.J Mc Gourty (0-02) Tomas Mc Cann (0-01),

Subs, Paul Close for Tony Convery. Sean Burke (0-02) for Kevin Niblock. Eoin O' Neill for Terry O' Neill.

Carlow
John Brennan, James Ryan, John Hayden, Pauric Bambrick, Paul Cashin, Brian Farrell, Richie Synott, Daithi Byrne, Ken Doyle, J.J. Smith (0-04), John Murphy (0-01), Mark Carpenter, Simon Rea (0-01), Brian Carbery (0-01), Eric Mc Cormick.

Subs, Patrick Walsh for Ken Doyle, Evan Doyle for Brian Farrell, Brian Kelly for Simon Rea, Daniel Saint Ledger for Mark Carpenter, Kieran Nolan for Simon Rea.

[ONeill]

Antrim Minor Footballers Defeat Louth in Ulster League: Antrim 2.09 Louth 2.04
16 March 2008
Ulster Minor Football League

Antrim 2 - 9  v Louth  2 - 4
@ St Endas GAC on Saturday 15th March 2008

This game was played in damp and misty conditions. Antrim began the game playing against the elements but started strongly going into an early two point lead with scores coming from Fleming and Mc Larnon.

Louth bounced back and their size advantage at midfield began to tell and both teams swapped scores , Antrim's coming from the St Galls pair Dowds and Mc Gowan. Louth took the lead when a misplaced pass allowed Louth in to score the first goal of the game. Antrim continued to press and hit back with their own goal when full forward Fleming finished with a left foot shot into the corner of the Louth net. At half time Antrim held a one point lead 1 - 4 to 1 - 3.

Antrim dominated the second half and further scores from Mc Gowan, Fleming, Dowds, Boyd and Gallagher gave them a comfortable lead. Louth did score a second goal late on but too late to influence the result.

In defence Mc Aleese, Kane, Gallagher and McClean were very strong and in attack Mc Gowan, Dowds and Fleming were always dangerous.


This was a good start for the Antrim minors who now travel to Fermanagh next Saturday. Antrim should be stronger next week as the St Mary's players should be available and some of the injuries should be closer to recovery.

Antrim scorers

Colm Fleming  1 - 3
Marc Mc Gowan 1 - 2
Simon Dowds   0 - 2
Paddy Gallagher  0 - 1
Darron Boyd   0 - 1

[Gold]

Good win on sat--what do we need to do now to secure promotion? How many games are left and how many do we need to win to secure this?

does anyone have the league table??

O'Neill are you from Tyrone or whats the craic are u a LD man or sumthin?

[imtommygunn]

2 games to go - London and Tipperary both away from home.

Realistically we need to win both.Tipperary have won all the games except Offaly AFAIK.
Offaly have a better score difference than us but we're level on points so we should finish best case 2nd place but that's enough for promotion.

Carlow were very bad. It should have been a good opportunity to rack up a big score but I think a lot of complacency set in and there was a lot of messing around in the forwards due to that. Six points wasn't a true reflection of the game - should have been twelve plus.

[nearlymad]

 Twelve points would still be an understatment as to how bad Carlow were.

[Mhic Easmuint]

Full details and you your ticket online at: http://antrim.gaa.ie/saffron-sweep-2008/

Feel free to ask questions on the main thread.

[Gold]

Do Antrim still not have to play Waterford as well as London and Tipp?

Congrats to St Marys on the McClarnon--looked like a real struggle to hold on for the win from the BBC's highlights at halftime in the McCrory.

Will be tough to win the All-Ireland especially given they appear to not have any marquee forwards. You never know with a strong workmanlike team they may well get the two wins that La Salle couldnt a few years back.

Will St Marys go into the McCrory next year or has no decision been made yet?