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Been off the board for awheena months and have just come back (ahem...in time for the new AFL season - but I'll not elaborate on that!) and there yiz all are berating the Emmets.

Well, in my humble opinion what that club has achieved is fantastic, remarkable and worth every column inch of praise the club has been getting.

When I started out for the Kilrea u-12s, the one game you were guaranteed to win was against the Emmets.  And that continued for years.  The club often struggled to turn out a full team in the various grades, and it was not uncommon for u-16s playing senior reserve football.  Same with hurling.  You knew you'd be in a game with the Emmets, too, though. 

But the one thing that was so tangible among the Emmets was the spirit and club pride.  They introduced the forward-planning mentality and when the first signs of success were beckoning it wasn't long before they had the ball and were running.  Adrian McGuckin did exactly the same thing at Ballinderry, setting up excellent underage structures that was bought into by the whole community.  I recall playing at a S.Derry u-16 final and looking into the stands and seeing a whole raft of Ballinderry senior players on the sidelines roaring on their team.  We never had that same support in Kilrea and never enjoyed much success despite there being some incredibly talented players.

So,no, I don't care where the McGuigans live, or how many generations of Cassidys played for the club or other such shite that some have been spewing on here on this thread. 

The club is a wonderful example of GAA culture, Irish culture and just great community spirit.  I was most pleased for the hurlers as they broke the hoodoo Derry teams losing Ulster finals.  Sure they didn't beat Cuala but as Cuala are in unchartered ground too, I will be hoping they win the final.

Billy Magoo, hats off to your club, fella.  And here's to an All-Ireland double.

Good man, at last someone talking sense.

Not naming players on this board but there are players lived and have been living in catchment area of other clubs who play for Slaughtneil.

Easy way out longballin.  Saying you'll name no player simply cause you know there are none.  As for Shannon Graham. Yes she's from Antrim.  Her mother was one of the Cassidys,  sister of Thomas. My understanding is that she opted to come to slaughtneil as her own club had no team.  As for the footballers tones you wanna name any who fall into the category I outlined above?

According to our girls Billy, that's not true at all, that Creggan have a very good camogie team and to say the least were not all pleased with how Slaughtneil prised her way and claim that her transfer was illegal and that the Derry clubs will be objecting to her playing in Derry leagues and championship this year

Our girls lol, if the girl in question here was to the standard of your own players would you be worried about her transfer ? I'm getting the feeling of sourgrapes here, if she wasn't playing in this years championship V Bellaghy would yous have put up a better performance?
Plus has she not been playing for Slaughtneil for a few seasons, but only now after winning an Ulster title and reaching the AI final "our girls" claim the transfer was illegal ?

Anyone know where I could pick up a couple of tickets for the new firm match ?

take tickets from a CSC for any normal league games and they aren't hard to get

Was for taking the cub over, been to a few matches with the family booking the boat tickets on-line via Celtic..... this one seems a bit harder.

Thanks lads,  long way to go without a ticket. Got a feeling this should be a good game for us !

Anyone know where I could pick up a couple of tickets for the new firm match ?

Massive bonfire built on the Shore Road, Belfast. Few nice messages on it too. Are you allowed to burn tyres ??

Cross I missed Seanie the last time, young cub called Sean. Its 9/2 today some change !

No Samaras

Done a 1st goal scorer treble on Tuesday night.
M Gomes @ 9/2, C Ronaldo @ 11/5 and D Welbeck @ 7/2/
£10 returned £792 NICE !

Was he in the car ?

everyone should be on the red

Here here, even if you drive a petrol !

Did someone say my name ?

Theres a wile bang of the board on the bbc, heard that the winmau borad is harder. But the PDC is a class show.

The miss nearly got a ticket in a car park once for sticking the ticket to the drivers window instead of putting it into the wee plastic holder on the windscreen that some cars have ! What a joke !!!!!!!!

Stick to the red, its the only genuine stuff out there !