Antrim Football Thread

[johnnycool]

Also any word on fixtures? Nearly two weeks out from the proposed first game and we have no confirmed date schedule and no fixture list. Some handling!

Same most years. Does the change at the top, chairman etc impact this or are the people controlling fixtures stay year on year?

Managers dont know at the minute who they can/cannot use player wise. Players cannot plan their lives without a masters fixture list. Surely that is done by now?

I'm nearly sure its the Easter weekend and the football is the 10th of March..

Most hold ups are down to the clubs, they have to agree on things and then rubber stamped

These dates have been known for a few weeks

You should probably know the dates yourself? Easter weekend? Is it saturday or the sunday? Can you make plans with the wife on easter sunday yet? As far as im aware the u18 factor was discussed at the end of January and no decision made. Obviously a fixture headache for them but as far as i can hear almost every club is backing 18 year olds playing senior

are the Antrim minor hurling leagues not on the Sunday morning with the senior/reserve leagues later in the day?

Last few years yes. U17 games at 12. With senior games usually around 2/3. Reserve friday nights. Back to u18 now and no decision made if second year minors can play senior.

Whats the situation in Down

In Down those in their last year of U18 minor can play adult if parental consent is given and a guideline about not playing an adult game three days either side of a minor game, not sure how enforceable that is all the same.

[Milltown Row2]

Well considering I do 80% of the cooking I'm not sure how that is relevant to club fixtures and when they are starting..

Someone asked and I said the 10th March, and hurling starts Easter weekend but then started talking about his wife and booking weekends away and holidays ffs!

Who do you actually thinks slows down the fixtures coming out?

The topic pops up every year and your club sec's have all this information but to waffle on about booking weekends and holidays with the wife is getting tiresome!

Would ye whist. You have seriously went off on one, hunting for food, womens place in the kitchen

MR2 woman are allowed a wife too and men help out with children etc, This bit I'm not sure about though

[NorthAntrim]

Also any word on fixtures? Nearly two weeks out from the proposed first game and we have no confirmed date schedule and no fixture list. Some handling!

Same most years. Does the change at the top, chairman etc impact this or are the people controlling fixtures stay year on year?

Managers dont know at the minute who they can/cannot use player wise. Players cannot plan their lives without a masters fixture list. Surely that is done by now?

I'm nearly sure its the Easter weekend and the football is the 10th of March..

Most hold ups are down to the clubs, they have to agree on things and then rubber stamped

These dates have been known for a few weeks

You should probably know the dates yourself? Easter weekend? Is it saturday or the sunday? Can you make plans with the wife on easter sunday yet? As far as im aware the u18 factor was discussed at the end of January and no decision made. Obviously a fixture headache for them but as far as i can hear almost every club is backing 18 year olds playing senior

Maybe its different nowadays being married and being a player... I just left the house on the morning of the game played it and came back, my wife wouldn't even know where I was going lol

Club came first, Easter was way down on my list

As I've said on here many times, the clubs are generally the ones who hold up the fixtures

Fair enough, release the fixtures week on week and we'll keep every weekend free. No need to book a holiday or a weeekend away...club comes first

So when have the fixtures been released week on week?

It's a pastime sport, you don't get paid, if your wife wants you to go away for the weekend or book a holiday do it. Championship will be end August September time generally

Your Club Sec will give you all the answers

Its a past time sport that people make big sacrifices for. I'd like to book weekends away around my games and play as many as possible! It's not a massive ask

[NorthAntrim]

I've recently listened to a podcast with your clubmate MR2 who also plays county football and hes asking for better organisation so that he can plan out his downtime. Holidays/concerts whatever. Dual players are two weeks away from basically a match every sunday from now until they are knocked out of championship.

Maybe if they do get a free sunday they should just leave the house, tell the wife nothing and go on a two day bender

[Milltown Row2]

Also any word on fixtures? Nearly two weeks out from the proposed first game and we have no confirmed date schedule and no fixture list. Some handling!

Same most years. Does the change at the top, chairman etc impact this or are the people controlling fixtures stay year on year?

Managers dont know at the minute who they can/cannot use player wise. Players cannot plan their lives without a masters fixture list. Surely that is done by now?

I'm nearly sure its the Easter weekend and the football is the 10th of March..

Most hold ups are down to the clubs, they have to agree on things and then rubber stamped

These dates have been known for a few weeks

You should probably know the dates yourself? Easter weekend? Is it saturday or the sunday? Can you make plans with the wife on easter sunday yet? As far as im aware the u18 factor was discussed at the end of January and no decision made. Obviously a fixture headache for them but as far as i can hear almost every club is backing 18 year olds playing senior

Maybe its different nowadays being married and being a player... I just left the house on the morning of the game played it and came back, my wife wouldn't even know where I was going lol

Club came first, Easter was way down on my list

As I've said on here many times, the clubs are generally the ones who hold up the fixtures

Fair enough, release the fixtures week on week and we'll keep every weekend free. No need to book a holiday or a weeekend away...club comes first

So when have the fixtures been released week on week?

It's a pastime sport, you don't get paid, if your wife wants you to go away for the weekend or book a holiday do it. Championship will be end August September time generally

Your Club Sec will give you all the answers

Its a past time sport that people make big sacrifices for. I'd like to book weekends away around my games and play as many as possible! It's not a massive ask

Its not, and I would stress that you phone your club Sec and ask them why its being held up..

The start dates have always been there, its been the new proposals from the clubs that have held things up.

We all have a view on how things can be better organised but we have county set ups which have leagues and championships and back door championships and then all the divisions and different codes and ladies and camogies looking pitches, we have year tournaments (like or May day one and hurling one ) and county championships, then on top of that there was a restructuring of the leagues and ones looking it amended and whatever, not easy and would not have the foggest idea how that would be done, but hell, I can do a podcast and say it should be better organised.. OK, how?

I generally knew when playing, I was out Sunday, games Tuesday training, Wed games Thursday training or southy games and rinse repeat every week, as a dual player that's what ya did

But its better craic to blame the county

[barnish oggie]

This just randomly popped up on my social media. Antrim minor ladies playing tonight and of a panel of 29 there are 28 city and one glenavy. Something doesn't seem right there?

Fall out over the Minor Final last year being played on the same day Moneyglass Senior Ladies were playing in Ulster.

So the MG girls have left the panel this year.

Same goes for the Senior Ladies, apart from the O'Neill sisters who aren't available all the time as they have their studies to focus on this year so I believe will be dropping in and out.

All fair enough but unfortunate timing for the Senior Ladies after reaching Div 3 for the first time.

Although there is always a strong bias towards city players with underage squads in LGFA anyway.

It usually depends where the management team is from, sure Randalstown will be able to balance the books with the minor hurlers 

I take it you are referring to the 3 hurlers that were involved last year that preceded the change of management??

Don't see any more faces added to them to boost the numbers.

I get what you mean about location of the management teams but I was more meaning at school age it definitely works in their favour as most of the boys and girls, while maybe not at the same club, go to school together so are a lot more familiar with each other, as well as the coaches who know most on a first name basis.

I suppose it works the same for hurling/camogie and north Antrim, as the majority go to one of 3 or 4 schools and the coaches are north Antrim based.

That just seems to be the bias each way between big ball and small ball panels.

[imtommygunn]

28 out of 29 and I'd say a fair chance that number 29 goes to school in belfast. Just feels a bit off.

[BelSaft]

A lot of Senior Football league games are being played on Wednesday nights according to schedule i saw. Plenty of weekends available to head away if you wish.

I heard PG1 have done a bit of decent business over the offseason. Enda Lynn in process of completing a transfer?

[Dunsilly King]

A lot of Senior Football league games are being played on Wednesday nights according to schedule i saw. Plenty of weekends available to head away if you wish.

I heard PG1 have done a bit of decent business over the offseason. Enda Lynn in process of completing a transfer?

Seriously what is wrong with Portglenone that they don't want to play their own. Lynn is from Greenlough, McGarry from Bellaghy. There is no team who can't claim to be wholesome in this regard, but to actively go recruiting is another. Poor form in my view.

[NAG1]

A lot of Senior Football league games are being played on Wednesday nights according to schedule i saw. Plenty of weekends available to head away if you wish.

I heard PG1 have done a bit of decent business over the offseason. Enda Lynn in process of completing a transfer?

Seriously what is wrong with Portglenone that they don't want to play their own. Lynn is from Greenlough, McGarry from Bellaghy. There is no team who can't claim to be wholesome in this regard, but to actively go recruiting is another. Poor form in my view.

Not sure they had to do much recruitment for that, also hearing that Greenlough aren't too badly concerned at the departure.

[Dunsilly King]

Yeah, I also forgot the keeper they also recruited, Mullan, both he and Lynn played for London in the NFL. Thats 3 now.

[OakLeaf]

Not sure they had to do much recruitment for that, also hearing that Greenlough aren't too badly concerned at the departure.

He transferred away from Greenlough a couple of years back (to a team in London). He's not the easiest to deal with from what I hear. Same issues with Derry back in the day.

[NorthAntrim]

A lot of Senior Football league games are being played on Wednesday nights according to schedule i saw. Plenty of weekends available to head away if you wish.

I heard PG1 have done a bit of decent business over the offseason. Enda Lynn in process of completing a transfer?

Seriously what is wrong with Portglenone that they don't want to play their own. Lynn is from Greenlough, McGarry from Bellaghy. There is no team who can't claim to be wholesome in this regard, but to actively go recruiting is another. Poor form in my view.

theres no evidence in active recruiting is there?

[BelSaft]

Didn't really mean they actively recruited. I don't know the ins and outs of it. Will be a really good addition to them regardless.

[Dunsilly King]

What is active recruiting? Phoning someone and asking do you want to play for us, or they phone you and you say, yes please, rather than if your living in the parish we would take the transfer, but if your outside of it we are not really interested. It doesn't work and the lads from your club are left out in the cold, next year is where it will come to roost. I think a player coming into your club in the city is very different to a rural club.