Armagh Club football & hurling

[charlie stubbs]

Bridge beat tones by two.
Valuable couple of points for us.

bridge 1-6 wolfe tones 0-7

bridge started the game qute well and raced into a free point lead.

we gradually got back into the game and started to dominate.  continue to be hard to watch and refuse to put early quialty ball in to the full forward line

The bridge full forward got a goal against the run of play before halftime

score at halftime 1-5 to 4points

within 2 mins of restart reduce to 14 men chris mcalinden sent off for 2 yellows deserved 2nd 1 but cant mind the first one though was in few mins late

bridge never real;ly threatened in the second half and was disappointed we couldnt get the scores.  deserved a point at least i thought

ciaran conlon went off with what looed like a bad hamstring injury

[qub la la la]

DIVISION: 1 PLD W D L PTS
Crossmaglen 6 6 0 0 12
Pearse Og    6 4 1 1 9
Dromintee    6 4 0 2 8
Cullaville        7 3 1 3 7
Killeavy         6 3 0 3 6
Carrickcruppin 7 2 1 4 5
Mullabawn     7 2 1 4 5
Sarsfields       7 2 1 4 5
St.Patricks     6 2 0 4 4 
Clan na Gael   6 1 1 4 3

[ogshead]

Clans had one to spare over Pearse Og. Leading by 9 at one stage. Pearse Og battled well and Clans should never have let them back in but a wins a win.

Thought there was at least two or three in it at the end. Clans won easy enough against very poor opposition.

One point doesn't sound easy enough to me!! Very poor opposition- between injury and county players thought it was as well as could be expected. Would still have liked them to win but was always going to be difficult.

Under 16 team managed to beat the Harps in a championship replay, they done very well by all accounts.

[corn02]

Sarsfields are absolutely taking Dromintee to pieces.

16in it in the end i hear

Yip, I think Sarsfields hit 4-16.

Probably the worse scoreline in my lifetime anyway, weird considering we had actually been playing decent in the league this year. Obviously we were missinglt eight or nine starters, but it was at home. Fair play Sarsfields.

[Goats Do Shave]

Think Madden & Ballyhegan drew.

[Onion Bag]

Nab beat Harps by 4, not an undeserving win but Harps can have plenty of gripes.  Jim Slevin as ref, in the first half particularly, was nothing short of disgraceful, directly responsible for about 1-3 of the Nab's scores (A ridiculous pen and 3 or 4 soft frees). We need to get our missing players back asap or our season is going to slip away from us.

Have to say the Nab are hard to watch, must have had 13 men inside their 50 for the whole of the 2nd half, seems to be working for them ok but.

Jim slevin was bad alright, but to say that he was responsible for 1-3 of nabs scores is ridiculous, it was def a peno, our guy was pulled down in the box.

[illdecide]

On the Clans game, i knew the Ogs had players so it was a good opportunity for us to get our first win. We started very well but let the Ogs back into it with 3 late points at the end of the first half, 2nd half we just didn't show and i suppose the Og's upped their game too. All in all we hung in for a 1pt win which was a relief to actually get a win, we will not be getting carried away by beating an under strength Ogs team but a wins a win and hopefully it will bring a bit of confidence for the coming weeks...

[umgolaarmagh]

Was at the game, ogs didnt play well but showed alot of character to come back, Clans played well though looked a very young team and hit alot of good scores

[davo]

also went to the ogs and clans game. Clans deserved their win but to be honest i didnt even recognise the ogs team. they had about 5 or 6 b players playing and a few minors. i take it the rumours were true about the amount of palyers they were missing. well done clans. this should spur them on and kick start their season. Looking forward to friday and the ogs cross game but i hope the ogs field a stronger team than they did against clans!

[bennydorano]

Nab beat Harps by 4, not an undeserving win but Harps can have plenty of gripes.  Jim Slevin as ref, in the first half particularly, was nothing short of disgraceful, directly responsible for about 1-3 of the Nab's scores (A ridiculous pen and 3 or 4 soft frees). We need to get our missing players back asap or our season is going to slip away from us.

Have to say the Nab are hard to watch, must have had 13 men inside their 50 for the whole of the 2nd half, seems to be working for them ok but.

Jim slevin was bad alright, but to say that he was responsible for 1-3 of nabs scores is ridiculous, it was def a peno, our guy was pulled down in the box.

It was a hauling match at the time, the corner forward had our CB by the jersey, a laughable penalty, doubtful it was even inside the box as well.  Jim Slevin was determined to give us f**k all and if that sounds like sour grapes i dont care.

[torres]

barney henry referred the granemore v clann eirann game fri night and gave one of the most one sided referring performances i,ve ever seen .how did a north armagh man get to ref this game ? surely it should have been a south armagh ref .

[winsamsoon]

Torres if you flick back a few pages to my post of the refs . This is a common thing (i wasn't at that match) but refs will always favour the teams that they live closer too (for obvious reasons) Someone will probably post now with an exception but in the whole they do.. The same happens our club when we play south Armagh teams with a south Armagh ref. It is wrong and the sysytem needs changed to stop frustration boiling over between players and officials.

[Onion Bag]

Nab beat Harps by 4, not an undeserving win but Harps can have plenty of gripes.  Jim Slevin as ref, in the first half particularly, was nothing short of disgraceful, directly responsible for about 1-3 of the Nab's scores (A ridiculous pen and 3 or 4 soft frees). We need to get our missing players back asap or our season is going to slip away from us.

Have to say the Nab are hard to watch, must have had 13 men inside their 50 for the whole of the 2nd half, seems to be working for them ok but.

Jim slevin was bad alright, but to say that he was responsible for 1-3 of nabs scores is ridiculous, it was def a peno, our guy was pulled down in the box.

It was a hauling match at the time, the corner forward had our CB by the jersey, a laughable penalty, doubtful it was even inside the box as well.  Jim Slevin was determined to give us f**k all and if that sounds like sour grapes i dont care.

Sour Grapes is exactly what it sounds like, it was actually our CHB that won the penalty, he was straight through and pulled to the ground, had the shoe been on the other foot, you would have been crying looking a penalty, I agree with you that Jim Slevin was bad, but he was bad for both sides

[torres]

Torres if you flick back a few pages to my post of the refs . This is a common thing (i wasn't at that match) but refs will always favour the teams that they live closer too (for obvious reasons) Someone will probably post now with an exception but in the whole they do.. The same happens our club when we play south Armagh teams with a south Armagh ref. It is wrong and the sysytem needs changed to stop frustration boiling over between players and officials.

the clanns no 2 got into a wrestling match with one of our players and while still on his knee,s he headbutted our player everyone up that side of the pitch myself included clearly seen it but not this ref who booked both players  , its no wonder frustration boils over among players and officals with such inept refferring yes it wrong and the system needs changed and referre,s need acessed but will it ever happen .

[winsamsoon]

never seen the incident but i was talking to the lad involved and he said he was punched first in the face and he has the face to prove it. (that is why he was on his knees) he then retaliated with a headbutt. Both players to the letter of the law, going on both version ie yours and his should have got the line. None of them did which only further highlights the need for change and refs being monitored.