Armagh Club football & hurling

[pintsofguinness]

Yeah I see your point but I just think there's not much point in division 2 teams making up the numbers in the senior championship particularly when division 1 teams are in the intermediate championship 

[Arthur]

What exactly is the format for the SFC - Top flight and IFC of previous season - no?

[lurgan-gael]

Yeah I see your point but I just think there's not much point in division 2 teams making up the numbers in the senior championship particularly when division 1 teams are in the intermediate championship 

A club can win the IFC and be in Div3 as Granemore did a few years back, I think they played SFC that year and were still Div3 which they were entitled to do. No point in demoting/promoting a team based on their league form as it is Championship that counts. Does seem pointless for some clubs but if it wasn't for xmg dominance then it would make a bit more sense!?

[brokencrossbar1]

So 13 in a row is still on.  It was good to get over that one as it was always going to be tricky.  Dromintee are never easily beaten.  Is it an open draw now for the next round?

[bennydorano]

Poor attendance, poor atmosphere, shit ground but a great result for us.  Cruppen hit their fair share of wides in the first half and any luck going we probably got it so I was confident at half time as we had played against whatever elements there were and had been shooting into the far goals (I would always say the town end goals are better to play into).  We were excellent in the second half with some great attacking football at times.

A great fighting performance from everyone on the field, you really couldn't fault anyone,  but Vernon, Joe Quigley & Mark McConville were outstanding.  Vernon was just awesome at times coming forward with Cruppen men bouncing of him or just plain assaulting him to stop him. 

A kind draw in the next round would be nice and then we'd have Holmes back.

What game were you watching?  Can count at least 4 times off the top of my head he was easily dispossessed!  Poor game, poor venue and two poor teams!

You really are talkin out yer hole.  He was dispossessed a couple of times alright - after being assaulted by Cruppen players, doesn't take away from the level of his performance which was excellent.

[diesel-smuggler]

lads lets be realistic here! i am a big fan of charlie vernon and i am also a cruppen man!

had i been a neutral at the game on saturday night and i didnt know who the county players had been on the harps team i definitely would not have picked out charlie vernon! yes he is strong when on the ball, he looked good in the last ten minutes when we went chasing the game.

the lad who hit the frees with the left foot had been good has he been with the county at any level?

i suppose we cannot expect to win a championship game when we kicked 14 wides, have 6 shots drop into the keepers hands and give away 2 soft goals this was definitely a game that cruppen lost themselves moreso than the harps team won

[Goats Do Shave]

Full list of week end results?

[bennydorano]

Ended up getting to 4 matches, with Grange v Derrynoose on Friday night in the JFC probably the most entertaining.  Harps had a good win.  Went to Clann Eireann v Newtown and then the Cross game.

Clann Eireann's game was memorable for an almighty row, Clann's had a man sent off after retaliating to a sneaky dig from a Newtown MF'er.  10 mins later Kevin O'Rourke got the line for an awful bit of scumbagery – he clocked a Clann's man and while the man was down and the ref on his way over to send off O'Rourke he drove his boot into the man on the ground!  Unsuprisingly a huge row erupted and was just about over when one of the Clann's mentors went piling into the back of O'Rourke and it went off again.  Clann's held on well to win by 2 points – probably the team that most otherw would fancy their chances against.

AS usual Cross just about did enough but I thought Cross benefited from some shocking soft decisions throughout the game from ref Jim Slevin, the goal itself looked highly dubious.  Dromintee's over reliance on Michael O'Rourke probably cost them, while he was outstanding he didn't have much support.  Dromintee missed two clearcut goal chances which were obviously very costly. Vincey Martin and Shane O'Neill were both excellent for Dromintee as well.  Tony Kernan had a mighty game for Cross.

[diesel-smuggler]

the teams now left in the senior championship

crossmaglen
pearse ogs
killeavey
clann eireann
mullaghbawn
granemore
clan na gael
armagh harps

on yesterdays performance against dromintee, crossmaglen looked sluggish and had there been a decent refereeing performance things might have been different! crossmaglen got a goal when it should have been a free out to dromintee when cathal short charged for about 10 yards and carried the ball over the goal line! cross with gather momentum now from this first round win and go on and win their 13th championship in a row!

i just looked at them yesterday when they arrived at cruppen they are more professional an outfit than many county teams at present and with the players they had injured yet to come back into the team unfortunately for other teams in armagh they will only get better!

fair fcuks to them!

[Hank Everlast]

ARMAGH ALL-COUNTY LEAGUE TABLES AT SUNDAY 31st AUGUST 2008

ACL - Division One
TEAM P W D L Pts
Crossmaglen 17 15 2 0 32
Pearse Og 17 9 4 4 22
St Patrick's 17 9 1 7 19
Culloville 17 8 1 8 17
Killeavey 17 8 1 8 17
Mullaghbawn 18 7 2 9 16
Clan na Gael 17 6 3 8 15
Dromintee 18 7 1 10 15
Harps 17 4 3 10 11
Maghery 17 3 2 12 8

ACL - Division Two
TEAM P W D L Pts
Sarsfields 20 15 1 4 31
Carrickcruppen 20 13 1 6 27
Tir na nÓg 18 13 0 5 26
St Michael's 20 10 1 9 21
Granemore 19 10 0 9 20
Silverbridge 19 9 1 9 19
Clann Eireann 19 9 1 9 19
Wolfe Tone 18 8 0 10 16
Ballymacnab 19 7 1 10 15
Whitecross 18 7 0 11 14
Keady 15 4 1 10 9
An Port Mor 19 3 1 15 7

ACL - Division Three
TEAM P W D L Pts
Madden 18 14 3 1 31
St Paul's 19 12 1 6 25
Collegeland 19 12 2 5 26
Ballyhegan 17 11 0 6 22
Belleek 18 9 3 6 21
Annaghmore 19 10 0 9 20
St Peter's 18 7 3 8 17
Tullysaran 17 5 3 9 13
Lissummon 18 5 3 10 13
Clonmore 19 5 3 11 13
Crossmaglen II 17 3 3 11 9
Grange 19 3 2 14 8

ACL - Division Four
TEAM P W D L Pts
Shane O'Neill's 16 15 1 0 31
Middletown 16 11 3 2 25
Eire Og 17 11 1 5 23
Derrynoose 15 11 0 4 22
Forkhill 16 9 1 6 19
Clady 16 7 2 7 16
O'Hanlon's 15 7 0 8 14
Corrinshego 16 4 2 10 10
Mullaghbrack 17 4 2 11 10
Dorsey Emmett's 16 3 0 13 6
Phelim Brady's 18 1 0 17 2

[Hank Everlast]

ARMAGH CLUB RESULTS FOR W/E SUNDAY 31 AUGUST 2008


Monday 25 August

Minor Football Championship – Preliminary Round
Mullaghbawn defeated Middletown


Friday 29 August

Junior Football Championship – 2nd Round
Derrynoose 1-7; Grange 1-10


Saturday 30 August

Senior Football Championship – 1st Round
Ballymacnab 0-8; Mullaghbawn 1-11
Carrickcruppen 1-8; Harps 3-9
Killeavey 2-13; Maghery 0-14


Sunday 31 August

Senior Football Championship – 1st Round
Clann Eireann 1-10; St Michael's 0-11
Granemore 0-12; Whitecross 0-10
Crossmaglen 1-12; Dromintee 0-10
Pearse Og 3-14; Tir na nÓg 0-8

ACL – Division Two
Silverbridge 1-7; Wolfe Tone 2-10

ACL – Division Three
St Paul's 0-6; Collegeland 1-7
Crossmaglen II v St Peter's (Off)
Grange 0-12; Madden 1-9
Tullysaran 2-13; Annaghmore 0-11
Ballyhegan 3-16; Belleek 2-5
Lissummon 0-9; Clonmore 1-10

ACL – Division Four
Mullaghbrack 1-7; Corrinshego 1-7
Clady v Shane O'Neill's (Off)
Derrynoose 2-17; Phelim Brady's 0-3
Dorsey Emmett's v O'Hanlon's (Off)
Eire Og 0-5; Middletown 1-11

[Goats Do Shave]

Cheers Hank!

St Paul's 0-6; Collegeland 1-7

They should have a wedding every week end! 

[el_cuervo_fc]

Pearse Ogs 3-14 tof Na Nog 0-8
Convincing defeat. Tir Na Nog were Poor. BrianM allon Came on in the second half but he was struggling with an injury and it would have been hard to make an impact

[full back]

Pearse Og's are the team to beat now in the Senior C'ship

[gaa.boy]

When is the draw made for the next round of the sfc?