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The lad in question got a 96 week ban for the kick to the head incident.

No common sense most prevail but in the Tir Na Nog incident a lifetime ban ie required. No thug should be allowed back onto a gaelic field if he kicks someone on the head whilst they are lying on the ground. Especially when they are doing it at underage. What will he be like when his taws drop.

He might just get a two year ban but i seriously think he'll have to join another cluib as i doubt tir na nog will let him back. However, the young fella who got the kick was no saint either. He was rrunning about the field battering people and there mjst have been 5 off the ball incidents involving him. Him and the "accused" were fighting,he got knocked to the ground and the boot followed. Typical of a dirty streetfight and theres no place for it on a pitch in the GAA or any other sport mind you.

[yet anothe act of Portadown Thuggery]

Well pints i told you what Hearty was and i also told you full back about Quigley but remember your responses "it is only clans people who whinge about refs" I think you guys have just proved that it ain't.

On the Tir Na Nog incident, I was only posting what i heard about the incident and i was asking whether or not there was any truth in it. I put in "repeatedly kicking" and you say it was only one kick to a lads head when on the ground. Who cares one kick as you have said is perfectly deserved of a lifetime ban. It is wreckless aswell as being a total act of thuggery. This guy should be banned for life because if he is doing this at underage level what will he be like when he grows a set of goolies. If he ain't banned for life then it is a total disgrace. There is actually a strong possiblity that it could become a police matter as this is an act of GBH, but i doubt the lad in question would take these steps.

The whole club is in the same opinion that he won't kick another ball at the club. The weird thing is, it was totally out of character for the lad that done it but im afriad theres no second chances when something like that had happen. Its cowardly and it brings down the name of the club as a whole so theres no point in defending him..

Well pints i told you what Hearty was and i also told you full back about Quigley but remember your responses "it is only clans people who whinge about refs" I think you guys have just proved that it ain't.

On the Tir Na Nog incident, I was only posting what i heard about the incident and i was asking whether or not there was any truth in it. I put in "repeatedly kicking" and you say it was only one kick to a lads head when on the ground. Who cares one kick as you have said is perfectly deserved of a lifetime ban. It is wreckless aswell as being a total act of thuggery. This guy should be banned for life because if he is doing this at underage level what will he be like when he grows a set of goolies. If he ain't banned for life then it is a total disgrace. There is actually a strong possiblity that it could become a police matter as this is an act of GBH, but i doubt the lad in question would take these steps.

the police are involved WSW - yet anothe act of Portadown Thuggery- i was at the match and it was a brutal attack- apparently that wee thug is a black belt in karate- hence the potency of the kicks- ban the  whole club for life- it would do us all a favour

Another act of Portadown thuggery? You care to explain what you meant by that statement. If its to do with fighting on a field then im afraid your mistaken. Ive been going to games for years and violence on the field from our team is no more than any other team in the county..

On the second note about the karate, thats the biggest pile of balls ive read on this forum! The lad hasn't been in a fight in his life no doubt and your saying hes the karate kid. Hope you have facts to back up these accusations.

Back to the point though, he wont be playing again for the club and i doubt no-one else will take him after that incident.

Tir na Nog won by 4 points today against granemore. It was a tight enough match but we seemed to have too much up front for them. They had a man sent off in the first half for two bookable offences but i don't think it affected the game.

And on the topic of the minor game last week, an incident did occur when one of our younger players kicked a sarsfields player (who had been running about the field like a lunatic) while he was on the ground. It was still the wrong thing to do and it looks like the player will get a lifetime ban. Saying that he repeatedly done it is an exaggeration to say the least but things like that shouldn't be tolerated at all!

Tir na nog for the league.

all i was trying to say was that if dromintee beat crossmaglen,or if any team did for that matter, it would blow the whole thing wide open, and im sure you would agree as they are big favourites to win the championship, as they are every year! our team are not any less ambitious as any other team and to say that the championship match against the clans was our "final" is wrong..fair enough, our league form has been terrible, but the lads have been turning up in numbers at training, even when the times have been bad. As for mcalister, i think he was away playing for northern ireland u21s and i seriously doubt that he will be starting the game.

Seriously fancy us for the replay on sunday.Just heard that we have mcalister back and that would be a major boost for us on the scoring front! Brian mallon however is struggling with an injury again. If dromintee don't choke then it could throw the championship wide open!

I'm sure the portydown players love to see you coming on the board to mouth off
You were strangely subdued there for a while when portydown were beating the door down to get to Div 2

where in my first post was i "mouthing off"? i just stated that i fancy our chances against carrickcruppen, would that be a crime? to be honest, i just feel that our clan na gael friends are a bit "envious" of not being at this stage of the championship! am i right?

Seriously fancy us for the replay on sunday.Just heard that we have mcalister back and that would be a major boost for us on the scoring front! Brian mallon however is struggling with an injury again. If dromintee don't choke then it could throw the championship wide open!

I personally think that this is a load of balls! Your basically saying that if all the clubs in lurgan ( a big catholic majority) would join up, they would beat cross. Is that something to be proud of or something? Tir na nog recruit their players from ONE ROAD and still manage to put you's out of the championship whilst "drinking etc" and having poor attitudes. Says alot for the clan na gael club then. In my opinion, within 3 years the clans team will be extinct, just like armaghs senior team.

Tir Na Nog play maghery tonight in what could turn out to be a crucial match! I personally think that if we dont win tonight then we will get relagated as there is no play-off format this year and this has been our saviour in the last few years. We have a few players back from injury and suspension so hopefully we can put a couple of points on the board because we certainly need them! wont be easy though, maghery have a few good footballers and their forward line seem to be flying! but its a derby game and with us being at home, i think we'll win!

They could still play if the matches are on sunday but i doubt they would be able to train all the time which is a real pity. I was takling to brians father, charlie, last week and he was saying that biran isnt too far away and that hes training away but in non contact terms. Would be a big boost for tir na nog, and probably more importantly, Armagh.

I think with Ronan McAlinden taking the team, though hes still very young, reports from the players say that hes a very good coach and great tactician and with Brain Neeson behind him,theres also a bit of discipline there too. Hopefully the boys can get themsleves up for the carrickcruppen game just as much as they did against the clans. It will be a completely different match though, they wont be underdogs this time and this i feel is one of our falling points. ie, getting beat by weaker teams.
on the subject of celtic, i was happy as larry that he played on saturday night, but being a celtic fan, i just can't come to terms of how stupid he was!
Anyone know when the quarter finals will be played?

He would be, maybe 23 tops.

I totally agree with what your saying that one win in the championship doesnt mean that wee rule the roost..it certainly doesn't. I just think that a game like that (sorry two games like that) will do all of our young players a lot of good in terms of a test of character. I think the hungrier side won on saturday night and to be honest, i havent seen a side from tir na nog as well organised in 10 years. When going through the team:
Tony marley-19
chris mcdonald-22
pierce mcdonald-20
steven mccann-20
barry mcdonald-23
gavin cusack-21
ciaran tiffney-21
paul carville-21
david scullion-23
kieran mccann-23
mark mcalister-19
james donnelly-17/18

And this isnt to mention our county player brian mallon who is also 22!

All these players played in those two games and when you look at the average age, its rather frightening to think that they give an experienced clan na gael side who hadnt one player under 21 on the pitch, all they wanted. The big problem is though, keeping the team together,keeping them off the drink, and making gaelic football their main priority.

I dont think the tir na nog lads were celebrating as if they had won the championship, they know that they have won nothing but its just the fact that they beat the clans who seem to have taken an arrogant approach to both games. As people are saying, tir na nog deserved their victory but credit must go down to both teams as it was blow for blow for the two matches and one of the best club matches ive seen in recent years, and thats nothing to do with us winning! The only problem is whether tir na nog can gain some kind of consistency now and perform like that in a regular basis. The talent is there,its just a question on whether they want to use it or not!

Fair play to both team last night. Absolutely tremendous game of football played in the right spirit. It shows there isnt much between the two sides on the day!Carville didnt miss at all from frees even though he wasnt 50% fit! David turley again showed his experience with some unbelievable scores!I thought our defense throughout was superb and soaked up pretty much everything the clans had to offer even though there was a few heart stopping moments!As for mcalister, possibily the best performance ive seen in championship football from a teenager. Well done lads!