Armagh Club football & hurling

[border rabbit]

FFS Jerome Doyle made a quare clown out of himself yesterday!!

Your sum p***k, how do you know he made a clown of himself, when you werent even at it! I WAS at it and i can assure you he didnt strike the midfielder (oh and im a neutral), he run into him, it was what some people call 3rd man tackle. Hearty went over to Paudie Hughes asked him what happened and he said he seen nothing then mins later when Hearty had done his rounds Paudie was able to give a full account that he punched him. disgrace. If Hearty refs a few Cross games then they wouldnt finish with too many players.

Was very poor game of footie. But suppose local derbies are like that, too much at stake. Tullysarron are a good side bulging with talent but lacking a bit of height. Middletown should win final, but you never know

[Candyman]

FFS Jerome Doyle made a quare clown out of himself yesterday!!

Your sum p***k, how do you know he made a clown of himself, when you werent even at it! I WAS at it and i can assure you he didnt strike the midfielder (oh and im a neutral), he run into him, it was what some people call 3rd man tackle. Hearty went over to Paudie Hughes asked him what happened and he said he seen nothing then mins later when Hearty had done his rounds Paudie was able to give a full account that he punched him. disgrace. If Hearty refs a few Cross games then they wouldnt finish with too many players.

Was very poor game of footie. But suppose local derbies are like that, too much at stake. Tullysarron are a good side bulging with talent but lacking a bit of height. Middletown should win final, but you never know

If you read the rest of my posts I have stated that I was speaking to Tullysaran men who told me this, and when saying he made a clown out of himself I'm also talking about what went on in the dug-out after he left the field of play!!! (Which by all acounts was one of the main talking points of the match.) 

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Cullyhanna fully deserved their victory on Saturday evening. Sarsfield just didnt seem up for it & on this performance I would fear for them in Div 1 next year.
Ciaran Mc Keever had a solid game & Mal Mackin had a good first half.
Sarsfield had a few opportunities to make a game of it at the start of the 2nd half but hit 3 poor wides.
Cullyhanna won at a canter.
Special word about the referee, think it was Mc Nicholl. He gave St Pats everything, it had no bearing on the result at all, but any 50/50 challenge went the way of St Pats.
Cullyhanna should be confident going into the final

Didn't really think the ref favoured one side more than the other albeit that this isn't something you tend to notice as much against your own team.

Thought we played very well at times on Saturday, particularly in the first half and in the last 10 minutes. Excellent moves for both the goals. Good to see so many of our forwards playing, particularly Paudie Mackin and Liam O'Hare who had his best game for a while. There was excellent movement at times in the forwards, something which I've felt we've lacked in the past. Some of the point taking was excellent as well. That said, Sarsfields weren't really up to much and they gave off the impression of a team lacking a bit of belief which is strange for a side going so well in the League.

I'm not sure about being confident going into the final. Culloville were as good as us in the League although obviously Ciaran coming back into the side is a huge plus. If its a local derby against Silverbridge then these games tend to be close and difficult to predict.

Great day all round for the club on Saturday. The under 12s won the league and the minors made it into the semi final of the championship after a close 1 point victory over a reasonably unfortunate Granemore team. Granemore's inability to deal with Tony Donnelly's long range free kicks cost them 2-1 in the second half which was probably the winning of the match. Some very very questionable referring decisions as well. I genuinely try to avoid criticising the referee as much as I can but this was shocking at times.

[The Iceman]

FFS Jerome Doyle made a quare clown out of himself yesterday!!

Your sum p***k, how do you know he made a clown of himself, when you werent even at it! I WAS at it and i can assure you he didnt strike the midfielder (oh and im a neutral), he run into him, it was what some people call 3rd man tackle. Hearty went over to Paudie Hughes asked him what happened and he said he seen nothing then mins later when Hearty had done his rounds Paudie was able to give a full account that he punched him. disgrace. If Hearty refs a few Cross games then they wouldnt finish with too many players.

Was very poor game of footie. But suppose local derbies are like that, too much at stake. Tullysarron are a good side bulging with talent but lacking a bit of height. Middletown should win final, but you never know

historically Doyle is a clown  - always has been - didn't you see him in Duffys circus?

[Candyman]

Now now.... you'll see the JD Gun show in action if your not careful!!! 

[altovito]

i seen denis hollywood with the culyhana mangement team on sat evenin at the cship game.is he part of the mangement team now?if he was just trainin them he was givin plenty of advice. he is a vry good trainer an am sure he is a good help

[Onion Bag]

Does Denis not manage Newtown

[The Iceman]

Now now.... you'll see the JD Gun show in action if your not careful!!! 

I seen it before Candyman outside the Plough one night - he tried chasin Barry Daly down the entry where he met the show stopper and a pool cue

[back off the net]

denis hollywood is one off the best trainers you could get so im sure cullyhanna can only get better by having him and he also lives in cullyhanna so im sure he is only to please to help them out

[Candyman]

Now now.... you'll see the JD Gun show in action if your not careful!!! 

I seen it before Candyman outside the Plough one night - he tried chasin Barry Daly down the entry where he met the show stopper and a pool cue

Barry should have gassed him!!! 

(I'll get my coat) 

[illdecide]

Whats the craic in Div 2 with Keady? They've a lot of points to make up to avoid relegation but they do have 6 games to do it in. Is there a cut off date for them to get all of their games played by? They'd also have the Ulster hurling championship match or two to deal with in the next few weeks as well.

As far as i know all games must be finished before the 1st of November!!!

[el_cuervo_fc]

From Irish News

Joe to joust with his beloved Armagh Gaelic Games
By Kenny Archer
30/09/08

JOE Kernan has always insisted he couldn't manage another team against his beloved

Armagh – but he'll do just that tomorrow night.

To be fair (as I always am), 'Big Joe' was talking about taking on another inter-county job, which this isn't, and there's the added

incentive that this contest will be a challenge game in aid of charity.

Kernan, the new manager of the Ulster football side for the inter-provincial series, will select a side to take on Armagh to mark the first match use of floodlighting at the re-developed Athletic Grounds (throw-in 7.30pm).

Even with Joe himself, his assistant, the Monaghan manager Seamus 'Banty' McEnaney, Derry legend Tony Scullion, and former Derry and Armagh trainer John McCloskey on the line for Ulster, Kernan predicts: "I think it'll be timid enough now. It won't be anything I'll lose any sleep over!"

Certainly none of his footballing sons – Stephen, Aaron, Tony, and Paul – are likely to be involved, for either side, as Crossmaglen Rangers have an Armagh SFC semi-final this Sunday, also at the Athletic Grounds, as they target a 13th consecutive county championship.

Club considerations would also rule out other Crossmaglen and Armagh players, plus those from the other semi-finalists (Armagh Harps, Killeavey, and Pearse Og), thus excluding the likes of Charlie Vernon, Steven McDonnell, Ronan Clarke, and Ciaran McKinney among others.

In those circumstances, Ulster will not call on any Armagh players tomorrow night, even though Finnian Moriarty, Brian Mallon, Aaron and Stephen Kernan, Kieran Toner, and Ciaran McKeever have all been involved with the provincial panel earlier this month.

Kernan knows options will be limited for his successor as Armagh boss, Peter McDonnell, but "he's gathering up as many as he can. But the main thing is that we're getting a match – he can have a look at some players and so can we."

Joe's own choices were literally halved for their first trial/challenge match against Crossmaglen at Monaghan's training ground, as he explains: "We started off with 44 – and out of those there were 22 available, between club matches and injuries."

This interview interrupted Kernan phoning round yesterday afternoon to check on players' availability and the panel will be subject to plenty of change before the Inter-provincial semi-final against Munster on Saturday October 25.

Kernan added: "We've had nearly two different groups over the last two weeks, so we'll keep an open mind."

Admission for tomorrow night's match at the Athletic Grounds will cost £5 (or E7) and proceeds will go to the Newry Hospice.

[topgun]

Any one no where to get odds for the minor championship?

[Candyman]

Any one no where to get odds for the minor championship?

I would try a Bookmakers shop in Armagh, should be able to help out a high profile character like yourself!! 

[Over the Bar]

Anyone know if the Harps will have a dinner or reception for Collie Holmes of if they did any previous year he won an AI?