Antrim Football Thread

[Hoof Hearted]

Yes, should've been for next season
Not fair on Glenravel who went all out to finish top cause only 1 team was going up, only to be joined by the 2 teams they battled with all year. Seems stupid.

[BelSaft]

Any developments from last nights meeting in Dunsilly?

[EOC1923]

Any developments from last nights meeting in Dunsilly?

Could you not ask your club rep that was at it? I heard they were also one of the dirty dozen who organised the new proposals

[Ghost+Tommy]

The league restructuring is not down to the out going chair and his sidekick,it's being pushed ny2 LD men,Frankie boy and sorry ex LD,Jim Brady,we ourselves find ourselves relegated,if that be in div or div 1b,it won't matter, current div 2 we should probably win it,getting Carl to commit is a big Positive,JB only looking after AS interest,they couldn't win div 2,if anything going by the last few years got worse,so have no arn in senior football to they prove themselves,

[EOC1923]

The league restructuring is not down to the out going chair and his sidekick,it's being pushed ny2 LD men,Frankie boy and sorry ex LD,Jim Brady,we ourselves find ourselves relegated,if that be in div or div 1b,it won't matter, current div 2 we should probably win it,getting Carl to commit is a big Positive,JB only looking after AS interest,they couldn't win div 2,if anything going by the last few years got worse,so have no arn in senior football to they prove themselves,

Teams like AS if they are involved in that, really is poor form. Go and earn your place lads

[Delgany 2nds]

The discussions for 2024, settled on a 16 team Division 1, with 1 round of fixtures, with 4 groups of 4 in SFC, the anomaly being Dunloy in SFC & Ballymena in IFC, as Dunloy seeded.

Going to 2025, relegation determined by SFC playoffs; bottom 4 teams in 4 groups play,  as teams would have full compliment of county players available)

Div2 League Winners & IFC promoted to Div1 for 2026.

Same set up for Div 2 / 3 places with
IFC two groups of 5. JFC - two groups of 4

[BelSaft]

Any developments from last nights meeting in Dunsilly?

Could you not ask your club rep that was at it? I heard they were also one of the dirty dozen who organised the new proposals

Dirty Dozen? Were there 12 involved? Salty response as you would say. Still in bad mood?

[EOC1923]

Any developments from last nights meeting in Dunsilly?

Could you not ask your club rep that was at it? I heard they were also one of the dirty dozen who organised the new proposals

Any developments from last nights meeting in Dunsilly?

Could you not ask your club rep that was at it? I heard they were also one of the dirty dozen who organised the new proposals

Dirty Dozen? Were there 12 involved? Salty response as you would say. Still in bad mood?

No the bad mood has moved on, yes I heard there were up to 12 and something like G and t states as well. IMO we are lowering the quality in Div1 by increasing the teams, which in turn will helps no one.

[BelSaft]

Any developments from last nights meeting in Dunsilly?

Could you not ask your club rep that was at it? I heard they were also one of the dirty dozen who organised the new proposals

Any developments from last nights meeting in Dunsilly?

Could you not ask your club rep that was at it? I heard they were also one of the dirty dozen who organised the new proposals

Dirty Dozen? Were there 12 involved? Salty response as you would say. Still in bad mood?

No the bad mood has moved on, yes I heard there were up to 12 and something like G and t states as well. IMO we are lowering the quality in Div1 by increasing the teams, which in turn will helps no one.

Totally agree

[imtommygunn]

On one hand you can see where they're coming from as smaller clubs will struggle without county but 16 teams in one division is far far too many.

Also I really don't think leagues with no promotion and relegation is a great idea.

[InnocentByStander]

Lets be totally honest the only reason what so ever this has happened is to avoid St Enda's dropping to Div 2.

There's no logical reason behind it. If anything its making the County weaker.

[SaffronSports]

Antrim do not have 16 senior clubs. Absolutely no need for a 16 team senior championship.

[BelSaft]

Lets be totally honest the only reason what so ever this has happened is to avoid St Enda's dropping to Div 2.

There's no logical reason behind it. If anything its making the County weaker.

1 man can't make that decision? There must be relegation from the league. Otherwise 15 pointless games. Bottom 2 playoff or something?

[antrimman667]

Why are we handicapping ourselves in Ulster Junior and intermediate by adding more teams into senior that should be intermediate. That's the part that gets me and no one is flagging this

[general_lee]

These proposals are similar to the set up in Armagh albeit our relegation is through league & not championship:

SFC: 1A 8 teams 1B 8 teams
IFC: 2A 8 teams 2B 8 teams
JFC: 3A 7 teams 3B 7 teams

In theory it makes a shorter path for clubs in Intermediate & Junior to reach senior (Annaghmore & Forkhill two good examples of traditionally Junior clubs that were plying their trade at senior in the past decade).

In practice, while the 8 team leagues are fairly competitive with few hammerings, it has probably diluted the overall standard of all three championships. Like Antrim, Armagh clubs generally do not fare well on the provincial stage.

16 teams in our SFC is too much, I'd say it's also the case in Antrim. What Armagh probably needs is a Junior B competition for clubs that have genuinely no chance of winning the Junior (which is a fair few).