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Had a dream last night that it was all a ruse to lull Offaly into a false sense of security and we went out and hurled like demons and beat them with Cheddar on the line and Whelan putting in a man of the match performance.

Good man. I dreamt I was with Jennifer Lawrence.......I reckon my dream has a better chance of coming true.

They played as Queen's County in the 1915 final, didn't they?

No, at that time the town that won the county final represented the county.  Ballygeeghan (Ballacolla) was who represented Laois.
For the Semi-Final one player walked from Portlaoise to Ballyroan to milk cows before training and then walked on to Abbeyleix to meet up with his team.

Laois was once known as Queens County many years ago, as Offaly was known as Kings County.
However, the men of Laois and Offaly took no shit even back then and both counties kicked the Brits and anything to do with them out of the place.
Britain does cling on to ownership of other counties but not Laois or Offaly though.

Anybody know when the practice of the county champions stopped representing the county for the intercounty All-Irelands?

1892. It was wound down, though. Teams would pick one or two of the best of opposing teams, but eventually these selections morphed into full-blown county teams.

Looks worse, HP. Looks like the Laois UTV internet site from 2001!!!

The same oul shite has been copied over. Look at the state of this.

http://www.laoisgaa.ie/league/94550/2015_a_c_f_l2

Laoisgaa.ie needs to be tidied up. Putting in The Heath/An Fraoch Mor or duplicating teams like Clonaslee and Clonaslee St Manmans shoudn't be happening.

Just a reflection on the level of competence shown by the CB, I suppose.

We beat a Division 4 side. I think we can beat a Division 3 side as well. If the lads have any f**king pride, they won't let Kildare catch them out again. Can't bate them enough.

Rule 6.20 (5) (c) (ii)-(iv) states: "Where Teams finish with equal points for Qualification for the Concluding stages or for Promotion or Relegation, the tie shall be decided by the following means and in the order specified:

(i) Where two Teams only are involved – the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the previous game in the competition

(ii) Scoring Difference (subtracting the total Scores Against from total Scores For)

(iii) Highest Total Score For

(iv) A Play-Off.

Great, thanks. So assuming the best....Laois win by 9 and will win the group, barring a huge win by Antrim.

If Laois win by 1 and Antrim don't win, Laois will win the head-to-head with Westmeath and win the group.

https://www.gaa.ie/content/documents/publications/miscellaneous/CCCC%20Proposal%202014%20to%202016.pdf

1st Plays Offaly
2nd Plays Wexford
3rd Plays Winner of Christy Ring with the Winner of that being in Leinster Championship and the Loser being in the Christy Ring next year
4th Plays in/Relegated to Christy Ring next year

Grand. But it doesn't address the possibility of teams finishing level on points.....two teams - I presume head2head. Three teams?

What's the story when teams are level on points? Assuming Laois beat Westmeath and Antrim beat Carlow...

Currently
Westmeath 4pts +19
Antrim 2pts -16
Laois 2pts +2

Laois' third place is the head-to-head (again assumed) but if three teams are level, do they simply disregard the Carlow results for each team?

its a bit early to be talking up Port, won't see the best of portlaoise till later on in the summer.

You're right, but it's encouraging to see someone like Port pushing on in the league. We need our larger urban areas challenging properly. Portlaoise, Port, Mountmellick and Graiguecullen account for a sizeable chunk of Laois' population and should be more prominent.

We owe Antrim for last year anyway. That is a must-win game. Staying in Division1 is of paramount importance.

Whats the story with relegation this year?

depends who's in it........

Stradbally will find a way out!!

Houdini GFC

Whats the story with relegation this year?

depends who's in it........