Armagh Club football & hurling

[crossfire]

Cross Rangers 1-12 Whitecross 1-5.

Score at half time was 1-4 each but Cross pulled away in the last 15 minutes.

Any other results

[Harold Disgracey]

Tír na nÓg beat Silverbridge 1-10 to 1-8 I believe.

[pearseog]

Pearse Og 0-7 - 0-9 St.Patrick's
Cullyhana totally deserved their win

[fitzroyalty]

Culloville 1-10 Clan na Gael 1-16. I think that was the scoreline.

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Magnificent second half performance from Cullyhanna tonight with a makeshift side who performed heroically.

Absolutely delighted 

[charlie stubbs]

tones beat killeavey 2-17 to 1-12 up in killeavey.  Great first half performance with our boys going in 2-11 to 0-2 up at ht. 

[pearseog]

Tac was that you standing against the fence with notepad and blackberry?? 

[armaghniac]

Tac was that you standing against the fence with notepad and blackberry??

Janey, people's nicknames in Cullyhanna have changed since my day, imagine being called notepad, and blackberry would be worse. 

[twenty one yard free]

by the end of july there will be worse names floating about armagh

[Erwin Rommel]

Magnificent second half performance from Cullyhanna tonight with a makeshift side who performed heroically.

Absolutely delighted 

Didn't see that one coming. did you notice if the sidelines were in a bit?

Narrow ptch usually hampers Pearse ogs expansive football.

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Tac was that you standing against the fence with notepad and blackberry??

Janey, people's nicknames in Cullyhanna have changed since my day, imagine being called notepad, and blackberry would be worse. 

Twas meself alright. I was keeping up to date withevents at the Bernebeu on the phone. I presume the notepad gave the game away given my PRO status?

As for nicknames, we seem to have something of a penchant for idiotic monikers in Cullyhanna. I've variously heard people playing for the club be called Widgery, Jackson, Brookie, Bomber, Cluck, Savo, Sleepy, Chunk, Stafford, Slunky, Shoulders, schillaci, Foxy amongst other colourful names. I'll let you work out for yourselves what my own was.

[ogshead]

Magnificent second half performance from Cullyhanna tonight with a makeshift side who performed heroically.

Absolutely delighted 

Didn't see that one coming. did you notice if the sidelines were in a bit?

Narrow ptch usually hampers Pearse ogs expansive football.

The wider pitches do help us out... I think they played the Harps on a wider pitch recently. Seemed to work out that night 

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

St Patrick's 0-10 Pearse Óg 0-8

The St Pat's senior side travelled to Ballycrummy on Wednesday night having experienced a sobering defeat to Granemore the week previously. With another two players lost to the current ravaging injury crisis, there were few expecting an away victory against the 2009 county champions who have been in impressive early season form. Played in ideal conditions on a beautiful evening, the match commenced in fairly bland circumstances as each side struggled to create scoring opportunities in what were fairly even opening exchanges. Indeed nine minutes had passed before Pearse Ógs fisted the opening point of the match. Two minutes later, Ógs fired another point before a couple of goal chances went begging for the home side which could have put them almost out of sight within the first quarter. Despite being under severe pressure at this stage, Cullyhanna persevered and after 18 minutes Shane McKeever pointed a difficult free however this was soon cancelled out by a long range Pearse Ógs point. Soon after, a terrific interception and well delivered pass from Eugene Casey found Liam O'Hare who kicked a great point from a tight angle to bring the St Pat's within the minimum.

In the latter stages of the half, Pearse Ógs pressed to extend their advantage but failed to turn territorial dominance into scores as some stout defending put the Pearse Óg attackers under sufficient pressure to prevent points. On 29 minutes goalkeeper Deaglan McArdle had to react sharply to prevent a Pearse Ógs goal however the half ended on a pleasing note for St Pat's when a speculative ball forward bounced over a Pearse Ógs defender to put Kieran Hoey through on goal. Given the distance between himself and the goal and onrushing goalkeeper, Hoey no doubt choose the sensible option when chipping the ball over for a point to leave the sides level at half-time on a scoreline of St Patrick's 0-3 Pearse Ógs 0-3. Cullyhanna were perhaps fortunate to be level at half-time having played second fiddle to their opponents for much of the half however they deserved huge credit for their efforts and the manner in which they defended to restrict the Ógs to such a low first half score.

The second period was always likely to be more freescoring and within three minutes Pearse Ógs had almost doubled their first half tally with a long range score and a pointed free.  St Pat's replied with a good Eugene Casey point on five minutes and a minute later, a Shane McKeever free levelled matters once more. St Pat's edged into the lead for the first time when the ever dangerous Liam O'Hare was hauled down while soloing though the Pearse Ógs defence. Shane McKeever pointed the resultant free as Cullyhanna enjoyed their best spell of the match, producing some attractive following football. With 10 minutes remaining a long range Pearse Óg point levelled the match but within a minute Kieran Hoey won a ball in the corner before showing great speed and strength to burst past his marker and kick an excellent score.

The scores continued to flow as the game turned into a magnificent tussle with Pearse Ógs replying almost immediately with an excellent score. Kieran Hoey continued to inspire his teammates when collecting a Aidan Mackin pass. Despite facing away from goal, he turned, surged past two defenders and fisted a vital point to put his side a point to the good. With 3 minutes to go, Shane McKeever was faced with a placed ball 45m from goal to put his sides two in front. Rather than attempt an unlikely score, Shane McKeever used all his experience to select the correct option and exchanged passes with Niall McShane before passing to Eugene Casey.  With little time to assess his options, Casey was left with a difficult kick, 25m from goal and facing a tight angle. Yet, despite the pressure of the situation, he struck the ball hard and true, scoring a magnificent point with the aid of the post, to the sheer delight of the travelling supporters. The game was not yet won however as Pearse Ógs reduced the deficit to a single point on 28 minutes. The spectators were on tenterhooks as Pearse Ógs desperately tried to fashion an equalising score but the Cullyhanna defence held firm and avoided the concession of any rash frees. When eventually St Pat's regained possession, they used the ball wisely and precisely, retaining possession before Kieran Hoey was fouled. Despite the pressure of the kick, Shane McKeever made no mistake, putting his side two points in front and ensuring that only a goal would prevent victory. Try as Pearse Ógs might to fashion the major score, it was never likely given the tenacity and skill of the St Pat's tackling. As they came towards goal with menace late on, a magnificent steal robbed the Armagh men of possession and even though they attacked again in waves, when Eamon McArdle won possession for St Pat's, the final whistle blew and the victory was secured on a scoreline of St Patrick's 0-10 Pearse Ógs 0-8.

This was a magnificent performance and indeed no superlatives within my vocabulary can properly describe the effort, commitment and desire displayed by the Cullyhanna side. Heading into such a difficult fixture with a makeshift squad, it took a combination of quality and courage to produce such a superb and fully merited victory. It is perhaps unfair to single out individuals on an evening when all fifteen were heoric but Liam O'Hare was a constant threat while the victory could not have been secured without the sterling performance of Deaglan McArdle in goals. Kieran O'Neill produced a great hour's effort, Shane McKeever was unerring in his accuracy from frees while Kieran Hoey was magnificent throughout. It can only be hoped that this performance is one which can be used as a foundation for a successful season.


Starting XV: D McArdle; S O'Neill, S Reel, P McKeever; C Nugent, N McShane, E McArdle; K O'Neill, P Casey; R O'Neill, E Casey (0-2), A Mackin; S McKeever (0-4), K Hoey (0-3), L O'Hare (0-1)

[David McKeown]

Tac was that you standing against the fence with notepad and blackberry??

Janey, people's nicknames in Cullyhanna have changed since my day, imagine being called notepad, and blackberry would be worse. 

Twas meself alright. I was keeping up to date withevents at the Bernebeu on the phone. I presume the notepad gave the game away given my PRO status?

As for nicknames, we seem to have something of a penchant for idiotic monikers in Cullyhanna. I've variously heard people playing for the club be called Widgery, Jackson, Brookie, Bomber, Cluck, Savo, Sleepy, Chunk, Stafford, Slunky, Shoulders, schillaci, Foxy amongst other colourful names. I'll let you work out for yourselves what my own was.

Can I guess? I played football with a guy called Hoof for 7 years still dont know his real name.

They just dont have nicknames like that anymore though.  My brother tells a story that in the early 90's he went to Boston for the summer.  He had flown Belfast------> London--------> Amsterdam ------> Boston as a result he had had a lot to drink and when asked by Immigration who he was staying with he could only remember his soon to be housemates nicknames of stumpy and tree trunk.  As a result Immigration refused him entry and he was sent back to Amsterdam

[gaapunter]

Culloville 1-10 Clan na Gael 1-16. I think that was the scoreline.

Clans beat granmore in Lurgan by 2 points