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Anyone know where the ground is in Manchester?

The game is being played at Old Bedians which is in East Didsbury, south Manchester. The post code is M20 5QT.

Parke now play St. Peter's Manchester in the All-Ireland Quarter Final. The game will be played the weekend of the 27/28th November in Manchester.

Big win for St Peters yesterday, very impressive.

Great second half performance by St. Peter's yesterday. Hopefully we can go on now and win the All-Britain. We've got the tough side of the draw though and it starts with a difficult game against Cuchullains of Yorkshire on Sunday.

I'd expect Peters to beat Mitchells in the final now.

They were there for the taking yesterday but we just didn't take our chances when we were on top, we had some great goals chances but didn't take them. Was nothing in it until the last 6 or 7 minutes, the goal really killed us off, quite clearly a square ball though.

Mitchells have been together for a long time and they used that to their advantage.

Think Peters have superior forward to Mitchells which will be the difference.

We'll be back stronger next year.

It's going to be a cracking final, much closer than it was last year. St. Peter's have recruited really strongly this season whereas Mitchel's are relying on their talented, experienced group of players that have served them so well over the last 4 seasons. It was no real surprise seeing St. Brendan's pushing them so closely yesterday as they've been performing very well in the league.

As regards Oisin's, they don't seem to have recruited any players this season. Given the turnover in players that clubs in Britain experience a recruitment drive at the start of each season is a necessity.

St. Peter's 1-15 St. Lawrence's 0-03

St. Peter's of Manchester booked their place in the final of the Lancashire Senior Championship Final with what appeared on the scoreline to be a comfortable 15 point win over local rivals St. Lawrence's. The winning margin may suggest this but the truth was St. Lawrences were in still in this game in the early stages of the second half.

Despite being reduced to fourteen men with 20 minutes to go, St. Peter's galvanised as a unit and went back to basics with a long ball strategy that worked giving forwards like Micheál McKenna, John O'Neill and Eoin Meaney the chances to point at will. St. Lawrence's may look at their lack of composure in the final third as their undoing because the battled around midfield and half back were very much an even contest and at stages swinging in the favour of the visiting team.

The first 10 minutes was a very cagey affair with both teams being guilty of some late and sometimes clumsy tackling. The heat of Championship bringing out an intensity both teams had not shown in earlier rounds. St. Peter's and St. Lawrence's exchanged early scores but it was St. Lawrence's who were dictating play and using the wind effectively. They pointed opportunistically through their lively corner forward and only when St. Lawrence's nudged into the lead, St. Peter's sparked into life and began to find their rhythm. Eoin Meaney opened his account from play after some good build up play by midfielders Vahey & Corcoran. The contest between Meaney and his opposite number, Shane Goldrick was an intriguing one with no inch given during their exchanges. Ronan Gallagher raced up the field from his half back berth and pointed confidently after collecting a pass from Paddy O'Brien. At the other end, St. Lawrence's captain Brian Colton pointed from a long range free to keep the visitors in touching distance. St. Peter's extended their lead with points from John O'Neill & midfielder Joe Corcoran to send the men in Black & Amber 7 points to 4 up at the interval.

The second half began promisingly for St. Lawrence's with their backs distributing ball out of defence with relative ease. Their tactic of splitting the midfield was working with Rory O'Donoghue (lining out at wing back) working as a fielding third midfielder. St. Peter's response was to spring Donal Gallagher from the bench and he assisted in swaying the fortunes of the midfield exchanges in the way of last years finalists. Eoghan Vahey sent a speculative ball into the inside line where Stephen Lavery was on hand to collect, turn and fire a low ball to the right of the keeper. St. Peter's tacked on four more points in the space of 5minutes and daylight was beginning to show between the sides. However, the door of opportunity again opened up for St. Lawrence's when St. Peter's team captain, Ronan Gallagher was given his marching orders for a second yellow card offence. Yellow plus Yellow equals Red and St. Peter's were now on the back foot as to tried to deal with the extra man coming through their defence. Credit must be given to the St. Peter's back six (well marshalled by Joe Sheehan in goal). They stood resolute as St. Lawrence's went in search of the goal that might bring them back into the game. This though presented gaps in their defence and on the counterattack, St. Peter's pointed with every opportunity through Micheál McKenna and Eoin Meaney.

The game ended with both teams well in need of getting their breath back. This was evidence enough of Championship football where teams made up for lack of execution with pure heart and determination. St. Lawrence's must be praised for playing their part in a game which the spectators I'm sure enjoyed. Those who shone for the winners were Joe Sheehan, Shane Gallagher, Kevin Toohey & Micheál McKenna. St. Lawrence's had notable contributions from Dermot Costello, Shane Goldrick and Rory O'Donoguhe.

Good win for St. Peter's over St. Brendan's this evening, 1-14 to 0-04 in the Senior Championship. St. Lawrence's and John Mitchel's easily beat St Ann's and Oisin respectively as well.

Terrific win for St. Peter's tonight over John Mitchel's in the Lancashire Senior Championship, 2-10 to 0-07. Oisin beat St Ann's in the other game 3-15 to 3-10. Looks like the Championship is wide open this year.

Lazy ba$tard

Lancashire Senior League – Thursday 3rd June

Result
St. Peter's 2-08 John Mitchels 0-08

St. Peter's Senior Team continued their unbeaten run this season with a 6 point win over current holders and County Champions John Mitchels from Liverpool. Played under glorious sunshine with a slight breeze going down the pitch at Hough End, both teams showed a lot of hunger and determination and this is exactly what management from both sides would want to see with the Championship just around the corner.

Both teams exchanged early points from frees before St. Peter's opened up a three point lead during a strong 10 minute spell midway through the half. St. Peter's lost midfielder and captain Ronan Gallagher to a shoulder injury early in the game and this prompted a reshuffle by Sean Hopkins. Stewart Cherry moved from half forward into midfield alongside Eoghan Vahey with Aidan Farry slotting in on the full forward line. Micheál McKenna enjoyed the space made available around the half forward line and the no. 11 contributed some fine points from play and from the dead ball. John Mitchels for their part worked hard against the breeze and have their midfield and half backs to thank for some dogged work particularly around the breaking ball. Both corner forwards for the Liverpool men were lively and the no. 13 pointed confidently from an acute angle to keep the minimum between the sides. The move of the half came when John O'Neill pointed after some great break out work from defence by Ruairi Wedel and Sean McGeehan along the left wing. Paul Jones followed this up with a great solo effort after exchanging passes with Paddy O'Brien. A goal chance may have been on but the Longford man took the sensible option and fisted over the bar. St. Peter's went in at half time 3 points to the good.

The second half though full of commitment by both sides was a stop start affair with persistant fouling occurring on both sides. The midfield battle was still a 50 50 affair though Eoghan Vahey managed to point off his left after meandering through the John Mitchels defence. Joe Sheehan in the St. Peter's goal was confident under the high ball and his distribution from hand was good. Midway through the half, the visitors managed to cut the lead to two points after an excellent score from their centre half who pointed off his left from distance. Sean Hopkins was forced to make another change with the withdrawl of Paul Jones due to an apparent hamstring injury. As the game approached the final 10 minutes, St. Peter's managed to step it up another gear and Micheál McKenna was on the end of some slick handpassing between Stewart Cherry, Paddy O'Brien and Stephen Lavery. The latter made a great one-two with McKenna and the Armagh man dispatched the ball to the net. Five minutes later he repeated this again with another interchange of passes with corner Lavery who showed up well in the second half. The finish on this occasion was across the keeper and low to the corner. John Mitchels for their part kept plugging away and pointed twice in succession to bring the score back to a six point game. This is how it ended and St. Peter's drew first blood in what is the first of three meetings between the sides over the next 3 weeks.

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Can you five us a report on the game please inisceithleann?  Good win alright, will make for an ineteresting championship.

I'll post a link to our club website once the match report has been written up.

Great win for St. Peter's this evening, beating John Mitchel's Liverpool 2-08 to 0-08 in the Lancashire Senior League.

It must be hard for them to promote the game on the island, you could say they are stuck between a rock and a hard place!

Lancashire should be interesteing this year as Mitchels seem to be just about winning, whilst the Manchester teams are improving.  Any word on the new club in Liverpool?  I din;t think it is a hoax like St Ambrose's was!

The new club Wolfe Tones are definitely forming, they have formally expressed their interest with the county board. Anyone know who the fellas are who are forming the club?

Are there may Irish lads on the Isle of Man side, or are they all native islanders?

It's supposed to be a great night out!

There's a fair few Irish on the island, a lot more than we expected. A lot of them seem to be teachers or fellas with trades. A lot of the rugby supporters stayed on after their game to watch ours and there was a lot of interest from them. Hopefully nearly all the teams go over to play them this season as it's great exposure for the game over there.

In the Pennine League Div 1, Bros Pearse must have got a few players back and improved significantly this weekend as they only lost to Mitchells by 6 points. Cuchulainns beat Brendan's by 5 or 6, i'm sure brendans abu with correct me on that one. In Div 2, St benedicts beat st anns 0-15 to 1-5 and chester didnt travel to play JFK. Anyone know any other scores from yesterday?

I was away so wasn't at the game. Was told we were beaten by 4 points and it was cliose until the end.

Mickey Conway had to play 20 minutes because of an injury, Mickey made his debut for Brendans in the late 70's so that give his age away.

We beat Ellan Vannin Gaels on Saturday afternoon on the Isle of Man. They've a great set up going at Douglas rugby club. Great night out over there as well!

So lads, the season starts this weekend for the Lancashire and Yorkshire teams in the Pennine League. Anybody making any predictions for the winners of Divisions 1 and 2?

Sherry