Down Club Hurling & Football

[bridge fan]

ford match draw

[bridge fan]

bryansford 1-9 castlewellan 2-6 think ford got a fifty at the last 2 draw it

[Maiden1]

I know this is slightly of subject but thought someone on this board would know

What were the teams lined out for down in the all ireland finals in 1991 and 1994?

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[DownFanatic]

IFC
Darragh Cross 2-12  Atticall 0-10

Darragh led 1-04 to 0-06 at halftime. A Hugh Murray penalty just before HT got Darragh back into it.

Atticall offered little resistance in the 2nd half. Darragh played some lovely direct football. Hugh Murray stroked in a second penalty for them halfway through.

Murray was the best player on view with 2-05 to his name. Marcus Miskelly, Paddy Branney, Padraig Mageean and Rory Miskelly were others to impress. Atticall lacked leadership and a cutting edge up front.

[Out in Front]

JFC

St Michael's 1-12 Aghaderg 0-7

H-T: St Michael's 0-6 Aghaderg 0-4
St Michael's hit 1-6 in first 12 minutes of the second half - game over - although they didn't score after that.

[5 Sams]

The Ballyholland and Darragh Cross results will have an interesting influence on the predictions competition.

[Square Ball]

The Ballyholland and Darragh Cross results will have an interesting influence on the predictions competition.

very interesting indeed, 50% so far, wonder has anyone 100%

[umpire]

Breaking News!!

Prediction League update

67 entries
4 Completed games so far.

Only 3 Entries with 4 correct results. 
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17 entries with 3 correct

[True Blue]

as a neutral it wasnt great football but the closeness of the score in the last10 minutes made it entertaining. if the town had of held out, bryansford would only have themselves to blame. it took them 10 minutes to recover from the early goal but ciaran brannigan & danny savage were tearing them apart and then ford stopped giving them the ball. they were ahead by 2 at ht and in the 2nd half went 1-7 to 1-2 up and looked comfortable when duffin scored a fantastic goal a point from mckibben and fintan mcgreevy found his shooting boots to fire over a few frees and the town found themselves 1 up going into injury time. Ford had a 45 with practically the last kick which fell short only and with 4/5 bodies going for the ball it was fisted over the bar. ford survive town probably disappointed and the replay is to be played after the AI semi

[umpire]

Conor Maginn punched the 45 over the bar in injury time to draw the game.

Bryansford Team:
Peter Travers, Jim Magorian, Stevie Toner, Luke Byrne, Luke Howard, Aidan Shields, David McKibben, Phillip Bonny, Kalum King, Chris Clarke, Conor Maginn (0.02), Chris Brannigan, Danny Savage (0.01), Conor Gribben (1.01), Ciaran Brannigan (0.05)
Subs Used: Neil Murray for Luke Howard, Colm Kearney for Chris Clarke

Castlewellan Team:
Michael Cunningham, Aidan Brogan, Ruairi McArdle, Fearghal McLaughlin, Patrick Boyle (0.01), Kevin Duffin (2.01), Barry Travers, Fintan McGreevy (0.03), Mark Stratton, Cathal Crilly (0.01), Damien McGrady, Luke Toner, Sean Russell, Liam McKibben, David Gilmore
Subs Used: Rory Brogan for Sean Russell

   

[supersub]

Top class supersub!

Didn't get to tonights game any updates appreciated.

It'll do as my match report - still in despair!

[When We Win]

Darragh Cross were playing on all cylinders last night showing the form which took them to the last Final. Looked sharp all over the pitch. The forwards were on top and the defence bottled their forwards rarely conceeding possession. Attical couldnt get into their stride. Superb performances for Darragh Cross all over the pitch. A complete team performance. And fair play to the ref, he had a superb game. Made this one enjoyable to watch. Looking forward to seeing a few more open games this weekend and a few more shocks. Will help with my predictions )

[Mid Down Gael]

Jesus Matt Fitzpatricks previews to the weekend championship fixtures are ridiculous. For the Dundrum v Carryduff game he mentions 6 Dundrum players and not a mention off their greatest player Paul McComiskey.
In Kilcoo v RGU game he refers to a Brian Brannigan in defence for us and there isnt even a Brian Brannigan from the parish never mind featuring tomorrow. Also he states that Sean Devlin and Nial Morgan have been in outstanding scoring form all season. Sean has hardly started a game all season while Nial Morgan is our full back. None off the forwards he mentioned have scored heavily while Anthony Devlin and especilally Donal and Barry Kane have been our top scorers.
In the Burren v Loughinisland preview he says the island will look too Ben ORielly and Cormac OToole for inspiration, both who are not even in the country at present.
I could go on all day but i think its time this man was freed off the role off this. Has never been up to the task and he continually uses the same phrases etc...  Rant over!

[Mid Down Gael]

Rostrevor 0-5 Ballyholland 1-11

We went to the bridge looking for a win
Ballyholland the opposition, losing would be a sin
The teams arrived early ready for battle
Hard to call this one, harps will give it a rattle.
The crowd stood eagerly awaiting the action
'Reds in the next round' they were hoping would be the caption.

The game threw in and it was all guns a blazing
Harps were at full tilt, the intensity amazing
Reds got the first score, threw young Sean Magee
But not long after the harps had three.
Murtagh was flying, he was a hard man to mark
With the towering Murphy the difference was stark.

Havern struck out, McGrath went to ground
But Leo bottled it, just a yellow he found.
Coming up to half time a leak at the back,
Murtagh burst through the defending was slack.
The troops trotted off, reds losing by five
It will take some effort to keep this game alive.

The second half began and went much the same way,
Harps knocked over again, it wasn't the reds day.
Leo pulled over to the line by his mate,
A strike by McGrath, red card was his fate.
How could this be, the first half saw the same
Though only yellow for Havern, the ref was to blame!

The game went on and there wasn't much fight
Rostrevor lost out, no work rate no bite.
All credit to Harps they did their club proud
Celebration after this must have been allowed!
And so it's gone by, another first round defeat
It's not a good feeling this old 'getting beat'.

Where do they go now? Where to begin?
Hopefully next year we will get that first round win.

Superb stuff.

[umpire]

Really disapointing for Rostrevor management and players. They have lost in first round for past 2 years.
They need to pick up and win few games to stay out of bottom 3. going to be tough.