Antrim Football Thread

[glens abu]

just drove up the falls today and very disappointed that the Gaels of Belfast have very few flags or bunting out.A couple of flags at the bottom of whiterock and a few at O'Neills in andytown.I would have thought the local gaa clubs by this stage would be starting to have a bit of colour about the place and get the buzz going.

[pebble-dasher]

just drove up the falls today and very disappointed that the Gaels of Belfast have very few flags or bunting out.A couple of flags at the bottom of whiterock and a few at O'Neills in andytown.I would have thought the local gaa clubs by this stage would be starting to have a bit of colour about the place and get the buzz going.

Disappointed myself,  I have the flag flying from the house but there is some other team's colours flying in the town, didnt know tyrone added blue to there jersey.
Moneyglass is well decorated tho


The bus company we are using told me he is fully booked for the game, he has buses from toome, randalstown, portglenone, ballymena, and creggan.

Anywhere selling flags or bunting to get the town sorted this week?

[fred the red]

just drove up the falls today and very disappointed that the Gaels of Belfast have very few flags or bunting out.A couple of flags at the bottom of whiterock and a few at O'Neills in andytown.I would have thought the local gaa clubs by this stage would be starting to have a bit of colour about the place and get the buzz going.

Disappointed myself,  I have the flag flying from the house but there is some other team's colours flying in the town, didnt know tyrone added blue to there jersey.
Moneyglass is well decorated tho


The bus company we are using told me he is fully booked for the game, he has buses from toome, randalstown, portglenone, ballymena, and creggan.

Anywhere selling flags or bunting to get the town sorted this week?

what town you close to then?

[GaelicGames.In]

Hi there,
I'm trying to put together a list of all the recent Antrim footballers and their clubs. Can any one help by adding in the first names and the clubs?
(Please can you keep an eye out for players with the same first initals eg P Canavan could either of the Tyrone footballers so dont just change it to Peter or Pascal - could you just add a note to say that)

Sean   McGreevy   
E   McLernon   
T   Convery   
G   Bell   
G   Adams   
A   Morris   
M   Mulholland   
J   Quinn   
J   Barr   
C   McCabe   
P   Logan   
F   Wilson   
Kevin   Brady   
O   Quinn   
R   McAleese   
P   McCann   
O   Doherty   
A   Finnegan   
P   Close   
K   Madden   
P   O'Connor   
J   Kelly   
A   Convery   
S   Kelly   
M   McCrory   
G   Flynn   
M   McCarry   
K   Doyle   
N   Ward   
S   McKenna   
N   Doyle   
J   McKeever   
P   Murray   
E   McCann   
J   Murphy   
C   Anderson   
Colin   Brady   
SP   O'Hagan   
K   McGourty   
C   Kelly   
D   O'Hare   
J   Storey   
T   O'Neill   
C   Tumelty   
R   O'Loan   
J   O'Neill   
C   McCann   
G   Brown   
D   Martin   
C   Lynch   
K   Murray   
J   Marron   
H   McKay   
P   Doherty   
Mark   Dougan   
A   McClean   
Tony   Scullion   
K   Close   
B   Herron   
J   McAleese   
D   Gault   
S   Devlin   
C   Gallagher   
Michael   McCann   
B   McCann   
C   Close   
N   Enright   
A   McLean   
Aodhan   Gallagher   
J   Finucane   
A   Press   
Sean   McVeigh   
C   McGoldrick   
M   Magill   
P   Cunningham   
C   McKeown   
N   Donaghy   
O   O'Neill   
A   McKeefry   
N   Scullion   
E   O'Neill   
M   McGill   
A   Scullion   
K   Niblock   
CJ   McGourty   
K   Stewart   
Tomas   McCann   
S   Burns   
L   Higgins   
M   Rea   
Justin   Crozier   
James   Loughery   
James   Loughery   
M   Pollock   
B   Hasson   
C   Murray   
G   Crossey   
C   Totten   
P   Conlon   
K   Boyle   
Kevin   O'Boyle   
S   Burke   
A   Douglas   
P   Carey   
D   Edwards   
D   McAlernon   
G   McAleese   
L   Carlin   
C   Maxwell   
D   Graham   
C   Creaney   
N   O'Connell   
K   McGlinchey   
C   Fleming   
Declan   O'Hagan   
D   McCann   
N   McKeever   

[Mhic Easmuint]

Sean   McGreevy   - St Pauls
E   McLernon   - Enda - Creggan
T   Convery   - Tony - Casements Portglenone
G   Bell   - Gavin - Rossa
G   Adams   - Gearoid - St Johns
A   Morris   - Aidan - St Johns
M   Mulholland   - Martin - Glenravel
J   Quinn   - Joe - St Pauls
J   Barr   - John - Sarsfields
C   McCabe   - Colm - Lamh Dearg
P   Logan   - Paddy - Was Ahoghill - now Ballymena
F   Wilson   - Frankie
Kevin   Brady   - Moneyglass
O   Quinn   - Owen - Rasharkin
R   McAleese   - Ryan - Rasharkin
P   McCann   - Peter - Ballymena
O   Doherty   - Owen - Casements Portglenone
A   Finnegan   - Anto - St Pauls
P   Close   - Paul - Rossa
K   Madden   - Kevin - Portglenone
P   O'Connor   - Pat - St Galls
J   Kelly   - John - St Hohns
A   Convery   (is probably same as Tony above - Anthony)
S   Kelly   - Sean - St Galls
M   McCrory   - Mark - St Galls
G   Flynn   - Gary - St Pauls
M   McCarry   - Martin - Portglenone
K   Doyle   - Kevin - Cargin
N   Ward   - Niall - St Pauls
S   McKenna   - Seamus - Rossa
N   Doyle   - Niall - Cargin
J   McKeever   - John - Portglenone
P   Murray   - Paddy - St Galls
E   McCann   - Eamon - Cargin
J   Murphy   - James - St Johns
C   Anderson   - Ciaran - St Johns
Colin   Brady   - St Galls
SP   O'Hagan   - Shaun Paul - Glenravel - (RIP)
K   McGourty   - Kevin - St Galls
C   Kelly   - Conall - St Johns
D   O'Hare   - Darren - St Galls
J   Storey   - James - Portglenone
T   O'Neill   - Terry - St Galls
C   Tumelty   - Chris - Lamh Dearg
R   O'Loan   - Ruairi - Glenravel
J   O'Neill   - Jamesie - St Pauls
C   McCann   - Chris - Was St Galls Now St Brigids
G   Brown   - Gavin - Lamh Dearg
D   Martin   - Darryl - Creggan
C   Lynch   - Chris - Lamh Dearg
K   Murray   - Kevin - Lamh Dearg
J   Marron   - James - Moneyglass
H   McKay   - Hugh - Creggan
P   Doherty   - Paul - Rasharkin
Mark   Dougan   - Creggan
A   McClean   - Andy - St Galls
Tony   Scullion   - Cargin
K   Close   - Kieran - Cargin
B   Herron   - Brendan - Lamh Dearg
J   McAleese   - Johnny - Rasharkin
D   Gault   Damien - St Enda's
S   Devlin   Shane - Cargin
C   Gallagher   Ciaran - St Galls
Michael   McCann   - Cargin
B   McCann   - Brian - Cargin
C   Close   - (Same as K Close)
N   Enright   - Niall - Gort na Mona
A   McLean   - Same as A McClean above - St Galls - McLean is correct spelling I think
Aodhan   Gallagher   - St Galls
J   Finucane   - John - Lamh Dearg
A   Press   - Anto - St Johns
Sean   McVeigh   - Sean - Ballymena
C   McGoldrick   - Conor - St Teresa's
M   Magill   - Michael - Randalstown
P   Cunningham   - Paddy - Lamh Dearg
C   McKeown   - Ciaran - Glenravel
N   Donaghy   - Neil - Moy Tyrone
O   O'Neill   - Owen  - Cargin
A   McKeefry   - Adrian - Moneyglass
N   Scullion   - Niall - Cargin
E   O'Neill   - Eoin - Cargin Same as O O'Neill above
M   McGill   - Same as M Magill above - Magill correct spelling
A   Scullion  
K   Niblock   - Kevin 0- St Galls
CJ   McGourty  - St Galls
K   Stewart   - Karl - St Galls
Tomas   McCann   - Cargin
S   Burns  
L   Higgins  
M   Rea   - Mickey - Tyrone Club
Justin   Crozier   - Cargin
James   Loughery   - St Brigids
James   Loughery  
M   Pollock   - Michael - Gort na Mona
B   Hasson   - Brendan - Rasharkin
C   Murray   - Conor Lamh Dearg
G   Crossey   - Gerard - St Endas
C   Totten   - Conleth - Randalstown
P   Conlon   - Paul - Gort na Mona
K   Boyle   - Probably Kevin below
Kevin   O'Boyle   - Kevin - Cargin
S   Burke   - Sean - St Galls
A   Douglas   - Aaron- St Johns
P   Carey   - Patrick - Portglenone
D   Edwards   - Dara - St Brigids
D   McAlernon   - David - Aghagallon
G   McAleese   - Gerard - Portglenone
L   Carlin   - Liam - St Pauls
C   Maxwell   - Conor - St Enda's
D   Graham   - Diarmuid - Ahoghill
C   Creaney   - Conor - Glenavy
N   O'Connell   - Neil - Ahoghill
K   McGlinchey   - Kevin - St Johns
C   Fleming   - Colm - Rossa
Declan   O'Hagan   - St Johns
D   McCann   - Dermott - Creggan
N   McKeever - Niall - Portglenone

[Minder]

Sterling work Mhic Easmuint

[SERVASPORT]

A   Scullion - Anthony (Tony) Cargin
S Burns - Sean - St Galls
L Higgins - Laurence - St Pauls

[A Quinn Martin Production]

Frankie Wilson - Lamh Dhearg??
Aidan Morris also played for Newtownstewart in Tyrone
Mickey Rea - Brackaville in Coalisland??

[ONeill]

Mickey Rea - Derrytresk

[saffron sam2]

what do any of you fellas think of the antrim county board adding £1 to price of tickets for ulster final!
apparently its for development, underage!
someone correct me if i'm wrong!

not a bad way of making a few £'s!
but think their taking the mick abit, doing it on ulster final tickets!
saying antirm got 10 thousand tickets and going by irish news yesterday,
county had sold over 7 thousand.

means they will make over 7 grand a quid a ticket!!

No better than the touts who flog their tickets at rates above the printed price and a shocking, sickening piece of opportunism against the Gaels of Antrim. £1 this time, nothing to stop it being £5 or £10 next day. I'll not be availing of their kind offer.

I would like to ask those who came up with this scam a few questions:

1. How many tickets did you allocate to yourselves?
2. How many of these did you pay for?
3. Are you prepared to detail the total number of tickets allocated to Antrim and the total income received from the sale of these tickets and will you preovide receipts to verify this?

[imtommygunn]

If I'm right A Scullion would be Adrian formerly full back of Stinsons who I think moved to Rasharkin at senior level at some point. I do think he played for Ahoghill for a while. Could be wrong here though - Mhic Eismuint would surely know these things more than me...

I haver heard of this pound extra on a ticket thing before. Could have been from the hurling in Croke though...

[Mhic Easmuint]

Yep your right with A Scullion, just didn't ring a bell for a while.  Did play for Ahoghill, now with Rasharkin. 

I don't see an issue with the extra £1 per ticket, its not a major extra outlay to the overall price of a ticket.  But it works out a nice extra £7,000 or £10,000 extra funds for little work.  Funds aren't easy got. 

Out selling tickets tonight for the Up for the Final night the club is running.  It's a hateful job, but one that needs to be done.

[Atticus_Finch]

I don't see much of an issue with the £1 a ticket scheme either.

Would it be fair to say that there will be a large number of fans travelling to the ulster final who wouldn't normally travel to games ?

Many of these new fans have been understabdably caught up in the hype and want to be part of the occasion.  I would guess that a lot of these fans don't have any affiliations with clubs so therefore the most likely way they are going to source tickets is through one of the below options:

1. General Public Sale that was held at Casement

2. Ticketmaster.ie - http://www.ticketmaster.ie/event/180042E2D651305C?artistid=944137&majorcatid=10004&minorcatid=229

If they had of bought tickets through ticketmaster they would have been stung with a 2 Euro service charge.  I'm pretty sure that 2 euro service charge will not go towards benefitting antrim gaa in any way.

On the otherhand, if they bought their tickets at casement not only would they have paid less than ticketmaster service charge but that pound will go towards benefiting antrim gaa.

I know if i was a "new" saffron fan what option i would want to go for.

Why should genuine fans be penalised then ?  Well perhaps they shouldn't.

But if the County Board are able to document how much revenue was raised by the extra £1 scheme and what that will go towards, I think that will more than satisfy the genuine fans. As Mhic Easmuint says funds are not easily obtained these days.  It's a simple but effective method of raising additional money.

[fred the red]

If I'm right A Scullion would be Adrian formerly full back of Stinsons who I think moved to Rasharkin at senior level at some point. I do think he played for Ahoghill for a while. Could be wrong here though - Mhic Eismuint would surely know these things more than me...

I haver heard of this pound extra on a ticket thing before. Could have been from the hurling in Croke though...

Down have been doing this for years

[Minder]

As long as they are transparent about it, there was no talk of "funds to benefit Antrim GAA" when they were charging an extra pound on the price of tickets for the Dublin match last month. Maybe they have their story straight this time.