Antrim Football Thread

[ONeill]

Good luck to St Gall's on St Stephen's Day. Would love to see them run out against the Island in the final - CJ's swansong at minor level?

Any word how Mickey Rea is getting on with the Antrim panel?

[johnneycool]

I hear the Gaels were invited to Ballymena council buildings for a civic reception and the sitting DUP mayor welcomed them as Antrim and Northern Ireland junior hurling champions.

Shit stirring bollocks.

[SlimShady]

i never heard that but i did hear it was on last night and there wasnt the slap up feed that they were expecting!

[johnneycool]

i never heard that but i did hear it was on last night and there wasnt the slap up feed that they were expecting!

Tea and biscuits was what my reliable source told me

[johnjoe]

Its all gone very quiet. All you civil servants off already?

Heres a stocking filler, might liven up the thread.

Top Ten Best Performance Awards for me in 2006.

1 St Galls display versus Nemo.
2 Antrim minor hurlers gallant display versus Galway
3 Cargin display versus St Galls
4 Under 21`s twelve point victory versus Fermanagh
5 Antrim Hurlers Christy Ring revenge versus Down
6 Antrim minor footballers victory against Armagh
7 Under 21`s narrow defeat to Tyrone in Omagh
8 La Salle Mc Larnon Cup campaign, esp All-Ireland semi final.
9 Lamh Deargs gutsy c`ship final versus Cargin
10 Cushendalls c`ship comeback versus Loughgiel


Best young footballer award     CJ Mc Gourty
Runner up                              J. Crozier and K O Boyle (joint)

Best young hurler Award          Paul Shiels
Runner up                              Neil Mc Manus

Best overall club.                     Gort Na Mona   ( For providing an outlet in an area with particular urban distractions, and under age
                                            teams in both codes who can hold their own at the highest level in the county)

Runner up                              St Brigids, both on and off the field. In 5 years, they could be the biggest and best club in Antrim.

Merit                                      St Galls, for putting Antrim football on the map, and for nearly (should have) winning the All Ireland.
Merit                                      Cargin, for winning new admirers for their fast and positive brand of disciplined football.
merit                                      St Johns, for underage emphasis, winning u-12 all county football and hurling.

Finally, county man of the year to John Mc Sparran, for the ability to take hard decisions, for his committment to delivering the Strategic Plan (excellent stuff) and to his support and instigation of new finance initiatives, and better training facilities.  Also a good effort( can be better next year, but good start) at a players awards dinner in Tullyglass. Very good first year, tho priority next year is to get fixtures sorted out.



Should start a bit of debate, comment, (slagging off) whatever!

Either way, seasonal wishes to ye all,  even you Slim, and lets make 07 a good un.

Slan.























                       

[johnneycool]

Its all gone very quiet. All you civil servants off already?



Top Ten Best Performance Awards for me in 2006.

5 Antrim Hurlers Christy Ring revenge versus Down
                     

Are you sure it wasn't Down who exacted revenge in the Christy Ring round robin game after taking a pummelling in the Ulster championship??
I know Antrim went onto win it, but that was by beating Carlow not Down!

[saffronman]

Merry Christmas to all Saffron Gaels. Wishing you all A Peaceful and Prosperous New Year. Heres to a good National League Run then success against them Derry c***s in our back yard! Up the Saffrons

[Maximus Marillius]

Merry Christmas to all Saffron Gaels. Wishing you all A Peaceful and Prosperous New Year. Heres to a good National League Run then success against them Derry c***s in our back yard! Up the Saffrons

How can you put merry xmas and c$$ts in the same sentence....very uncharitable of you

[johnjoe]

Maybe youre right JC, no worries. At the end of the day Antrim hurlers got to the final, only to go for 30 minutes without a score, against CARLOW. And some people thought it was a good display! Hard to watch I thought, and a million miles removed from the pace of the senior game that followed. Hopefully better fare ahead next year.

Max, have to say that Saffronman was way over the top there, but only because of the supposed season of goodwill. Normal hostilities will resume in January. Until then, convey our best wishes to the gaels of Derry.

[hightower]

johnjoe must be on the soup why was cargins thumping of casements not in top 10,

[aontroim]

Tragic news about the untimely death of former Antrim footballer Sean Paul O'Hagan in a car accident last night - deepest sympathy to his family and friends and all at Con Magees Glenravel.

Go ndeanaidh Dia trocaire ar a anam.

[hitzelsperger]

Deeply shocked and saddened to hear the death of Shaun Paul, a great lad and great player, will be sorely missed by family and whole Antrim GAA community! R.I.P

[ziggysego]

Terrible news this morning about Sean Paul. My sympathies go out to his family, friends, community.

[Abble]

Spo, you'll be very sorely missed as a superb footballer and a great person at Northbrook, you won manys a game for us on your own...it was a joy to have known you, socialised with you and played alongside you.
Jordy.

[brokencrossbar1]

Terrible news.  My sister in law was very friendly with Shaun paul and I met him on a few nights out.  I am also friendly with Kieran McKinley, who was seriously hurt in the crash and their is a very surreal feeling about the whole situation.


May he rest in peace.