Armagh Club football & hurling

[torres]

granemore deservenly bt ballymacnab by 2 pts

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

ACL Division 1: St Patrick's 3-11 Clan na Gael 2-8

Only a fortnight after their championship clash, St Pat's and Clan na Gael met for the 3rd time this season at St Patrick's Park on a blustery Sunday afternoon. After suffering two heavy defeats in the previous fixtures, the Lurgan men will have been keen to make amends and started the match the brighter, taking the lead with an early free. After 5 minutes a brilliant Liam O'Hare crossfield pass found Eugene Casey in space and Casey made no mistake in tucking the ball into the net. Two scores from Liam O'Hare and the returning Kieran Hoey put St Pat's further in front as they began to dominate affairs despite facing into a stiff breeze. A free from Shane McKeever made it 1-3 to 0-1 before 3 Clans points, 2 from frees reduced the deficit. A perfectly placed Ciaran McKeever pass found Shane McKeever who tapped over another point. Two late points from the Lurgan men left the score at halftime St Pat's 1-5 Clan na Gael 0-6.

The second period began with the sides exchanging pointed frees before Clan na Gael had a gilt edged opportunity to take the lead when atrocious defending put a Clans attacker clean through on goal. A major score seemed certain but a superb diving block from Brendan Savage kept the Cullyhanna goal intact. Shane McKeever then added another point before an excellent team move involving Robbie Tasker and Niall McShane resulted in Liam O'Hare kicking a point. The game reached a turning point soon after when a direct ball in was gathered by Shane McKeever and transferred to Kieran Hoey who rounded the goalkepper and finished to the net to put St Pat's seven in front. Two further points from Liam O'Hare and Eugene Casey stretched the advantage before Robbie Tasker put the match beyond Clans' reach when he seized upon a defensive slip before finishing to the net in impudent style. Twelve points clear, the game was over to all intents and purposes however the St Pat's management will still have been disappointed with the lax defensive play which allowed Clans to score 2-1 late in the game. A Robbie Tasker point ensured that the Lurgan revival had little more than a cosmetic effect on the scoreline as St Pat's ran out deserved winners on a scoreline of 3-11 to 2-8.

While this was a decent victory which makes division 1 football next season a mathematical certainty, it must be said that the football on display was of a far from vintage quality as the game was characterised by a lot of handling errors and elementary mistakes. No doubt huge improvement will be needed by the time St Pat's face Maghery in the quarter final of the Senior Championship.

ACL Division 4: St Patrick's II v Corrinshego

The Seconds side travelled to Corrinshego on Saturday evening and competed well in the first half, going in level at 0-6 a piece at half-time. However, home advantage began to tell in the second half as Corrinshego dominated affairs and ran out winners by a few points.

[pearseog]

not as much hype about cuchullianns this year as in recent years but they delivered the goods yesterday..well done lads

[Armagh Cúchulainns]

not as much hype about cuchullianns this year as in recent years but they delivered the goods yesterday..well done lads

Great result for us yesterday, good to see us back in a final - would be even better to see us beat our 'friends'.

[el_cuervo_fc]

Armagh ACL Tables as at Sunday 29 August 2010

Division I
Team P W D L Pts
Crossmaglen 18 17 0 1 34 (Champions)
Maghery 19 9 4 6 22
Pearse Og 18 9 2 7 20
Carrickcruppen 16 9 1 6 19
St Patrick's 19 8 3 8 19
Culloville 16 9 0 7 18
Dromintee 17 8 1 8 17
Whitecross 17 7 0 10 14
Clan na Gael 18 7 0 10 14
Sarsfields 17 6 1 10 13
Mullaghbawn 19 6 0 13 12
Killeavy 18 4 2 12 10

Division II
Team P W D L Pts
Ballymacnab 19 16 1 2 33
Armagh Harps 19 13 1 5 27
Granemore 19 13 1 5 27
Wolfe Tone 17 9 1 7 19
Tir na nÓg 18 8 3 7 19
Silverbridge 16 7 2 7 16
Clann Eireann 18 7 2 9 16
Madden 19 7 1 11 15
St Michael's 17 6 1 10 13
Ballyhegan 19 5 2 12 12
Keady 15 5 1 9 11
St Peter's 16 2 0 14 4

Division III
Team P W D L Pts
Shane O'Neill's 19 16 0 2 34 (Promoted)
Tullysaran 18 13 1 4 27
Middletown 17 10 1 6 21
Annaghmore 18 10 0 8 20
St Paul's 16 8 2 6 18
Collegeland 20 8 1 11 17
Forkhill 19 8 0 11 16
Eire Og 17 5 4 8 14
An Port Mor 18 5 3 10 13
Belleek 18 5 2 11 12
Clonmore 18 5 2 11 12
Lissummon 18 4 4 10 12

Division IV
Team P W D L Pts
Crossmaglen II 19 18 1 0 37 (Promoted)
Grange 19 15 1 3 31
Dorsey Emmett's 19 14 1 5 29
Killeavy II 19 14 1 4 29
Derrynoose 18 13 1 4 27
St Patrick's II 19 10 1 8 21
Corrinshego 19 6 2 11 14
Clady 19 5 2 12 12
Killean 19 4 4 11 12
O'Hanlon's 20 4 3 13 11
Mullabrack 19 1 1 17 3
Phelim Brady's 19 1 0 18 2

http://www.armaghgaa.net/forum/f25/armagh-acl-tables-sunday-29-august-2010-a-709/

Armagh Club Fixtures for w/e Sunday 5 September 2010

Wednesday 1 September
ACL – Div. III (7.00)
An Port Mor v Middletown (Noel Martin)

Saturday 4 September
Senior Football Championship – Semi-finals
Ballymacnab v Dromintee (Rory Robinson) at Cullyhanna (4.00)
Granemore v Pearse (Ronan Quigley) at Abbey Park (6.00)

Sunday 5 September
Senior Football Championship – Semi-final
Crossmaglen v Armagh Harps (Kevin McNeice) at Carrickcruppen (6.00)
ACL – Div. II (12.00)
Tir na nÓg v Wolfe Tone (Oliver Hearty)




That's a nice wee scrap between The Harps and Granemore for promotion

[RealSpiritof98]

Fierce quiet on here right in the middle of c'ship season

[ogshead]

Fierce quiet on here right in the middle of c'ship season

Some win at the weekend for the hurlers spirit... were you up at it?

[crossfire]

Are St Pats and Maghery not playing on sunday as well.?

[el_cuervo_fc]

Are St Pats and Maghery not playing on sunday as well.?

No it's been moved to the following week because of the hurling

[RealSpiritof98]

Are St Pats and Maghery not playing on sunday as well.?

Actually missed it which im a bit ashamed by, but a man's gotta work when there's no-one else to do it.

Are St Pats and Maghery not playing on sunday as well.?

explain! Double header?

[oman]

Any match reports from the hurling.

[JUst retired]

Ref the St.Pat`s  Maghery game, All Ireland hurling and football final days are closed dates, and clubs cannot be compelled to play on these dates.

[BenDover]

Any match reports from the hurling.

the match itself wasnt all blood and thunder as previous occasions between the two teams had been, middletown had a strong first half and went in 2points up they got a free handy frees from which Gaffney duly obliged. The Cuchullainns arrived out on to the field a few minutes after the whistle had gone for the 2nd half so whatever was said in the changing rooms certainly worked a treat. The likes of Clifford, Barton, Toner, Coulter, McKernan and both Duffy's put in a huge amount of work. The goal came from a high ball in that dropped right into the square a bit of confusion between the Middletown players and a CHC fella got a flick on the ball (not sure who it was) from there the Cuchullainns never looked back and  won by two points. Great result.

Heard the final is pencilled in for 12th Sept in Cross - god knows why they've two Mid-Armagh teams going Cross, surely middletown or even Pearse Og Park woulda have been better (best playing surface in the county) and Keady have already beat the Cuchullainns @ Pearse Og Park over previous years, so home advantage in this instance doesn't count for much

[nrico2006]

What was the scores in the hurling semis?

[thewanderer]

think maghery where happy to get it moved to try and have forkers available for the q/f which the new date would allow. however they forgot about the fact that a player must serve a one game suspension in the particular competition they where sent off in which will rule them out of the st pats game. harps/cross game still going ahead on hurling final day.