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Yes i suppose so but such is the damage that relegation to div 4 can do then while there is a slim chance they will try. In the meantime are St. Paul's training away?
On a different note how has gerry quinn done for you this year? Dont know if you're a playing member but if you are what did you think?

st pauls i do not know if the county board has notified mitchels of their relegation or not. I think that everyone has just sort of assumed that mitchels would be relegated as a result of drumgath's successful appeal! You say that you were told that winner stays up in your match against mitchels. This is only the case if mitchels go on to lose against drumgath. The playoff system for division 3 is like division two-a round robin series of games which each team facing eachother once. As was the case in the div 2 relegation playoffs this year warrenpoint, banbridge and glassdrumman each won a game each and therefore they faced each other again.
Blue island i didnt mean that mitchels went out taking it easy against st pauls but after the stpauls game they were in a position where they still had a chance of staying up. That chance has been taken away from them.
Although the case has been settled now and drumgath have stayed up you dont see any arguments with regards top 4. It states in the yet to be updated bylaws that it is top 3 in playoffs for promotion yet common sense has allowed there to be four teams. Surely drumgath should have allowed common sense to prevail and just played and most likely beaten mitchels in their playoff game but fair play to them. Its likely to go on for a while yet before we here the end of this anyway!

St Paul's regarding the mitchels situation my contacts within the mitchels have appealed their relegation as a result of drumgath's winning appeal because they played their game against yourselves under the initial belief that it was a three way playoff and would have another match in order to survive. They want the st paul's match replayed as a one off game with the winner staying up. To be fair I think they have a point and if it was my club I know we would have done the same!

now when u say a great burst of speed i think that it may have been Davy bagnall in full forward. He also has a bit of weight he could do without.  we wore our second set of jersies due to the color clash and there was plenty missing so it was difficult for me to keep up with who was wearing what but Peter definitely came on when micky got injured at wing half forward and stephen Lennon went in goal.

Out in Front the bustling full forward you are referring to was Peter Farrelly. He came on as sub when the goalie Micky Doran got injured. Peter got married a couple of months ago and that was the first game he has played this season. Although carrying a bit of extra weight hes extremely useful and has a great pair of hands.

Glenn's manager is Paddy Kennedy who won an allstar playing for down at full back. Im a bit young to remember but i think it was in the early to mid eighties.

Out in front what did u make of the game in Glenn 2nite. probably a fair result I have 2 say. Just a mention for Leo Smyth i thought he had a great game 2nite and was consistent in punishing lifting off the ground without use of the toe. fair play 2 him he warned the captains before the game and sruck 2 his guns.

In my opinion talk about the introduction of a video umpire is extremely nonsensical. If a solution is to be found it needs to be applicable across all grades and levels of football. It is obvious that leaving the decision on whether to rule a square ball or not to the referee is far from ideal as the referee will be too far away. In truth, from my own experience it is a complete lottery when the ball goes into the square and, being a defender, just hope the decision goes my way. If it doesn't then I know there is little point in arguing because I don't even know myself.

My feelings on what could be done are that a rule should be brought in stating that if the attacking player is static  in the square at any time prior to the ball arriving in the square then it should be deemed square ball. If a player has run in and is on teh move when the ball arrives then there should't be a problem. If a player challenges a goalkeeper from a standing start this too should be deemed a square ball. Surely both referees and umpires would be able to make decisions if these were the rules. What do you think of this?

div 3 is really close now with only 3 points separating 1st place from 8th place. really could go any way.

The where the ball lands rule is where the ball first hits the ground or is interfered with by another player after the ball has been kicked.

In my opinion talk about the introduction of a video umpire is extremely nonsensical. If a solution is to be found it needs to be applicable across all grades and levels of football. It is obvious that leaving the decision on whether to rule a square ball or not to the referee is far from ideal as the referee will be too far away. In truth, from my own experience it is a complete lottery when the ball goes into the square and, being a defender, just hope the decision goes my way. If it doesn't then I know there is little point in arguing because I don't even know myself.

My feelings on what could be done are that a rule should be brought in stating that if the attacking player is static  in the square at any time prior to the ball arriving in the square then it should be deemed square ball. If a player has run in and is on teh move when the ball arrives then there should't be a problem. If a player challenges a goalkeeper from a standing start this too should be deemed a square ball. Surely both referees and umpires would be able to make decisions if these were the rules. What do you think of this?

Is there any truth in a rumour that the fixtures which are now to be played on Fri 8th June (originally series 13) will be played after the Down Monaghan game on Monday 11th June?

newly registered to the board have followed it for quite some time now and decided to offer a contribution. wanted to geta debate going on what the feelings are on many players headin stateside for the summer. does any1 know exactly which players are leaving what clubs. just interested to see what kind of an impact this may have on the clubs in question.