Armagh Club football & hurling

[thewanderer]

complete scumbags should have been brought to dromintee years ago but not for a match.

[IVEDECIDED]

How do you know that anybody was bit or spat at? Were you fit to see everything that happened everywhere on the pitch?! You come on making wild allegations yet the referee and 2 linesmen didn't manage to see all these mythical incidents that you are so well briefed on. If anybody from Clan na Gael had been punched they wouldn't have been long hitting the ground. There were 2 incidents in the match, one where a Clan na Gael man was sent off and another bit of a row along the sideline which I didn't see but again there was a linesman right beside it and no action was taken against anybody from Cullyhanna. I'll take the judgement of 3 nuetral officials over the typical whining of some Clans people.

Shock you didn't see that.

These aren't allegations, I was on the field of play, and I was spat at. I was also kicked off the ball... I'm near positive I didn't dream this incidents up 

I'll also inform you as to what happened when it kicked off at the sideline, beside the Cullyhanna bench (shock). Our player attempted to take a quick sideline and was forcefully stopped from doing so by the subs. This sparked the melee that proceeded, Cullyhanna were clearly the instigators yet in the end a Clans player was booked  Explain that.

This may come as a shock to you, but it is not uncommon for referees and officials to be bias towards/against certain teams. This certainly happened tonight.

Not that much of a shock, I was umpiring at the far goal.

The most obvious explanation would be that the linesman looked at the situation, deserved that the behaviour of the Clan na Gael deserved a yellow card but that nobody from Cullyhanna had done anything wrong. Probably a similar enough process to what happend when Clan na Gael had their man sent off. And its a lot more common for players and supporters to be talking nonsense about biased referees than to actually come across one.

Was behind the dugout incident and the Clans player was dragged over the wire by st. Pats subs, the clans player that was sent off was def bitten and bitten badly. Anyone who bites someone on a Gaelic field in my opinion deserves a smack in the mouth at the very least, its dirty and dangerous. On the match however I thought it poor enough and thought Clans lucky to get away with draw although they deserved bit of luck due to decisions that went against them. Neither penalty was a penalty. ABSOLUTE JOKE THAT A B MATCH CAUSES AN IMPORTANT SENIOR MATCH TO BE POSTPONED! ONLY IN THIS COUNTY!!

[corn02]

complete scumbags should have been brought to dromintee years ago but not for a match.

Sure we'd just make them a couple of the famous burgers and let them be on their way.

[LandErIn]

Is anyone close to ending Crossmaglen's hold on the Armagh championship?

Are Pearse Og still the closest team to them.

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Just on the scheduling issue, it seems as though the senior match must have been called off before the B match. I find it hard to believe that one man (Joe Jordan I think?) would have just made a split second decision to call off a match to replace it with a B match.There must have been some reason the senior match was off though I'm not aware of anything from the Cullyhanna side.

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Is anyone close to ending Crossmaglen's hold on the Armagh championship?

Are Pearse Og still the closest team to them.

No.

Yes.

[fitzroyalty]

complete scumbags should have been brought to dromintee years ago but not for a match.

Agree, f**king lowlife scum. Chip off the old block indeed 

[illdecide]

Just on the biting issue the lad that does the biting seems to get away scot free and the lad that hit back for being bit is punished, there is not too many guys here could say if they were bitten by someone that they wouldn't react to it. This isn't the first incident as a Silverbridge lad bit one of the Whitcross players earlier in the season and with a similar reaction the Whitcross guy got up and buried the head in the Silverbridge guy...same scenario whitecross man is off and the gypsy from Silverbridge is not punished...WTF

[full back]

I dont know very many people that wouldnt react to a bite from someone on the field

[corn02]

I dont know very many people that wouldnt react to a bite from someone on the field

Some would enjoy it.

[full back]

I dont know very many people that wouldnt react to a bite from someone on the field

Some would enjoy it.

Would you enjoy it corn?

[illdecide]

I dont know very many people that wouldnt react to a bite from someone on the field

Some would enjoy it.

Would you enjoy it corn?

Depends what they were chewing on Corn...isn't that right chief

[pats-mc]

Just to clarify a few things ref the second alleged incident last night at the dugout which I was about two foot away from at the time.

Our player was hit with a late tackle in the back from a Clans player just before he fell out over the line with the ball in his hand. The referee in one of the few decisions he got right in the second half gave us a free and our player attempted to get up to take it quickly. the clans player stood on him to prevent him from getting up and our subs stopped him from doing so. At no time was he pulled over the wire. Your manager came charging into the middle of all and was held back by one our players.
The linesman was on the scene and the referee and a county board official none of whom could see anything thing wrong. The Clan Na Gael player was booked our subs told to sit in the dugout and that was it.

On the game as a whole I think that both teams were fairly even throughout and the referee while making some comical decisions at times(Our midfielder getting hit with an elbow in the middle of the pitch at one stage allowwing play to go on was laughable if it wasnt so serious) but in fairness to him I think he was even enough to both teams. Clans penalty was no penalty but on reflection ours was on the very edge of the area (Sorry thats as far as my bias allows me to go).

On the sending off The Clans player was caught and the Cullyhanna man ended up in hospital. Both teams played on  the edge of the rules on the night. Both teams played some good football at times and the last three subs that came on for Clans made a difference just as the cullyhanna subs dis as well. Any word where the replay is on sunday as I think that there is a double header in The Athletic Grounds.

[illdecide]

All i know is there is a hurling match on at 6, i'd assume there is another one before-hand...

The match will end up in Keady, Abbey Park/Ballycrummie depending on availability...

[full back]

On the sending off The Clans player was caught and the Cullyhanna man ended up in hospital.

What happened to him he ended up in hospital?