Armagh Club football & hurling

[doire na raithe]

No one is denying Cross's credentials BC. You don't win x amount of championships through luck or anything else.

Do you admit that it is unfair, and frankly unacceptable for any team beit Cross, Og's or anyone in Ireland, to play a county final in their own home ground where they have been playing all their lives, have used the dressing rooms, the facilities week in, week out, have kicked thousands of points over the bar, scored hundreds of goals, they know the pitch (for want of a better phrase) like the back of their hands, i'll rap this up... do you believe this is acceptable or fair?

[IVEDECIDED]

So your a Cross man and a Scouser brokeback1 - there is just no way we are ever gonna get on is there! Cross have had too much class your dead right. No arguments whatsoever and yes it is a gripe by those who that annoys the most. But that doesnt mean its not a genuine worry for teams. The fact that Cross dont need any help in finals is what bugs people. Its hard enough to beat them on any pitch but on their own - a step too far for most teams in Ireland as you said. Bellaghy aside of course.  

[brokencrossbar1]

I agree it should be played at a neutral venue and if there was one available then let it be played there.  It wouldn't matter to me or anyone else who has played for Cross where a game is played.  The reality is I believe that all things being equal, Cross are capable of continuing the run they are on in Armagh for a few years yet, no matter where the games are played.  The final should be somewhere else and it is incumbent on the Armagh Board to sort that out, not Cross. 

As for Bellaghy, they may have beaten us, but they never won that year, so it was all in vain.

[IVEDECIDED]

Maybe it wasnt Bellaghy beat yous - maybe it was the blue in their jersey.

[brokencrossbar1]

Dromintee?  Clans? St Gall's? 

[Surreal Steve]

its surprising cross have won that many trophies considering, ya know, theyre all insestuous.

[brokencrossbar1]

its surprising cross have won that many trophies considering, ya know, theyre all insestuous.

At least get the spelling right if you are going to insult somone!

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Basically it was a bad decision to allow county finals to be played at Cross - they should have been moved to somewhere like Newry (but of course the County board dint want the embarassment). However the liklehood is that Cross would have won each county final in Newry, Blayney, Crossmaglen or Cork.

[IVEDECIDED]

its surprising cross have won that many trophies considering, ya know, theyre all insestuous.

[winsamsoon]

This is a simple argument lads, All we are saying is that the final gis an extra inch advantage to cross. We are not attributing the success of Cross to this but even the purists will admit the advantage like Broken has done. I have already said that no blame should lie with the cross which brings us back to our old friend the county board. They are to blame and no one else. But not to admit the home pitch gives some form of advantage is laughable from a non cross perspective. If we were fortunate enough to reach the county final i would snap at the chance for the final to be played in Davitt park as would any team in their home pitch. Just for the record in 06' we offered to toss a coin for home venue with cross for the final, our friends again in the the county board rejected the offer. Game i Cross, the result is another stat 

[goh4205]

Hopefully this will be a problem consigned to the history books this year lads and wel have our own facility which is fair to all clubs. Not only will the athletic grounds be no teams 'home' pitch but it is also idealy located so as its fair to all sections of the county.

Maybe you have the insight so as to get the Buckie boys to stop firing their broken bottles onto the pathetic grounds then.  Isn't that why the county stopped training on it as one of them got a massive gash in 2006.
Facts are lads, it's all to do with health & safety were the matches are played, no matter what the county board says or does.  Maybe all the anti-Cross brigade should setup a thread and direct their venom toward them....

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Maybe all the anti-Cross brigade should setup a thread and direct their venom toward them....

And this thread is for what exactly?

[winsamsoon]

Maybe someone should state then whether they are anti cross or not? ffs this is starting to becoming daft.

[crossfire]

By all accounts this years County final will be in the Athletic Grounds which i would welcome wholeheartedly.

Perhaps it will put an end to the griping but i am sure the begrudgers will find something else to gripe about

But if Cross are in this years County final you can bet your life on it that we will win it.

Whatever chance any team has of beating Cross in the 2008 championship it will not be in the final.

Since 1996 Cross have played in 24 finals

Won 22 ...... Drew 2 ...... Lost 0.

Get real lads.

[doire na raithe]

Health and safety reasons were stated by goh and others for the final being in cross. Why then, could somebody tell me were these so important rules allowed to slide for semi finals?