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Its not the worst set of fixtures and as you say the 20th March will be one to look forward to

I see Saturday 20th March is Paddy's homecoming.
Should be an interesting night. I am sure you boys will at least let him survive until then...

oops

Just in case you havent seen them. National league seems to be finalised
Sun 7/2 Away to Kildare
Sat 13/2 Home to Meath
Sat 6/3 Home to Tipp
Sat 13/3 Away Donegal
Sat 20/3 Home POR's Armagh
Sat 28/3 Away Westmeath
Sun 11/4 Home Laois

Just in case you havent seen them. National league seems to be finalised
Sun 7/2 Away to Kildare
Sat 13/2 Home to Meath
Sat 6/3

Good win No1. That should at least take away the relegation threat and still a chance of top3

I appreciate where you are coming from Daddy LL but to be fair to the Kilcoo players I dont think they behaved as badly yesterday as they had in earlier rounds. Surely the worst bit of "sportsmanship" came from the L'Island number 5 after the missed penalty??
As a few others have said I dont see Kilcoo getting much further. A decent team would have been out of sight with all the frees the full back line conceded.
The standard on the whole doesnt read well for Down football.

But ... A well organised colourful occasion and fair play to Kilcoo.

Id say there are a few Darragh Cross boys having a few bob on at those prices.

Kilcoo odds a little strange too. Burren were shocking in last round

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Any odds for the weekends games?

No 1 any team news for tomorrow night?? Does the full back play the night before the wedding?

I see Donal Murtagh has said he is stepping down from Crossmaglen, wouldn't be a bad appointment in my opinion

I know this man ,and he would never do the down job or second thoughts he mite if the money was right but I would have him as a man that inherited a successful  team and really had no experience with a big job like Down.I also know that there was a incident the morning of the All Ireland Final and was supposed to be handled very badly and we all know what happened later on that day

Have the county board put any timeframe on an appointment. With Kernan set to be unveiled (would need to be a big veil) in Galway tonight it sure didnt take the Galway Committee long to identify and get their man. Is it another case of bad management on the Down County board or do we give them the benefit of the doubt that they are being thorough and making sure they get the right man.
Having said that the "being thorough" doesnt really add up as my Ma could have come up with the current shortlist.

Just spoke to Frank Dawson while pickin the wee lad up from school. Sadly not very informative. I got a no comment when I tried the direct approach. Suppose it means he isnt completely ruling it out though

Poor excuse from the Newry reporter. Could you not use some investigative journalism and buy the irish news on a Tuesday and copy them??

It worked pretty well up and most banks paid back until about a year ago and as someone mentioned they have stopped paying out pending a high court ruling. Doesnt do any harm to try I suppose but it takes about 5 attempts before they stop trying to fob you off with legal jargon.

Did young Burke from Kilclief not also hurl for the County at one stage?

Graham Clarke Ballygalget
D   Byers
Stephen   Murray Portaferry
Jerome Trainor Portaferry
Gabriel   Clarke Ballygalget
Gary Savage_2000s Ballycran
Simon Wilson Ballycran 
Gerard  Adair Portaferry
G   Gordon
Gerard McGrattan Portaferry
Brian  Braniff Portaferry
Martin  Craig Kilclief
Noel   Sands_2000s Portaferry
Paul   Braniff_2000s Portaferry
Liam   Clarke Ballygalget
John   Caughey Ballycran
T   Coulter
Paddy Monan Ballygalget
Mick   Braniff Ballycran
Martin   Coulter Ballygalget
Johnny   McGrattan Ballygalget
Terence   Masterson Ballycran
B   Coulter_2000s
P   Mallon
Gabriel   Clarke_2000s Ballygalget
Eamon or Emmett? Trainor Portaferry
Tom   McMahon Darragh Cross
Barry   Coleman Portaferry
John   Brown Liatroim
James Henry   Hughes Ballycran
Michael   Pucci Ballygalget
Paddy   Coulter_2000s Ballygalget
Aaron   Dynes Ballygalget
Dan   McCusker Ballela
Eoin   Clarke Ballygalget
Gareth   Johnson Ballygalget
Stephen   Clarke Ballygalget
Emmett  Dorrian Ballygalget
Barry   Milligan Portaferry
Martin   Coulter_Jnr Ballygalget
Martin   Coulter_Snr Ballygalget
Andy   Savage Ballycran
John   Convery Portaferry
Brendan McGourty Ballycran
Paddy   Hughes Ballycran
R   Conlon
Andrew   Bell Ballycran
P   Smith
Jonathon   McCusker Ballela
D   Flynn
John   Doherty Ballycran
Ciaran   Coulter Portaferry
Richard  Murray Portaferry
Michael   Ennis
Ciaran   Courtney Newry Shamrocks
Arty   McGuinness Newry Shamrocks
Eoin   McGuinness Newry Shamrocks
N   Courtney
D   Coffey Portaferry
Hugh?   Torney Ballycran
Seamus   Roddy Ballygalget
Keiran   Courtney [same as Ciaran above]
Ruairi   McGrattan Portaferry
Paul   Braniff Portaferry
Ciaran   Sloan Kilclief
Fintan   Conway Kilcief
S   Ennis
John   Murphy Clonduff
Eamon or Emmett?   Trainor Portaferry
C   McManus
Benny   Ennis Ballycran
Kevin   McGarry Portaferry
Connor   Woods Ballycran
James   Coyle Ballycran
Connor   O'Prey Portaferry
Stephen  Johnson Ballygalget
Alan   Higgins Warrenpoint
Karl   Maxwell Warrenpoint
Owen?   Clarke [Same ae Eoin Clarke above?]

I've filled in some of the blanks for you. I'm sure others can get the rest and correct my mistakes.

Added a few more

Felt sorry for young Boyle after reading that in the Irish news this morning. It appears it was a bus load returning from cage fighting. Says it all really. A combined IQ of about 4 on the bus id say