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This should be a thread for the Armagh Local GAA Discussion page as it's insignificant on an All-Ireland level.

A very poor role model for young football players who will really only be remembered outside (and maybe inside) Armagh for the 'hard man' image he tried to build for himself.

Remember him dragging Peter Canavan on the grass by the shirt in Croke Park or one winter he learned a bit of Ju Jitsu and decided to practice it before a ball was thrown in the championship. And who can forget when he cried about 'racism' he suffered against Laois despite him being known for sledging shite himself, one incident against Martin Clarke was particularly unsavoury.

Good riddance!

Criticising anyone for having a Confederate flag because white supremacists use it is like criticising people who fly tricolours or starry plough flags because dissident republicans identify with them. I think one of the main leaders of the Confederate army was Cork born and plenty of Irish men died fighting in that army and Cork fans have been flying it along with many others for decades offending nobody until now.

[(some as far back as 17 years ago!)]

There is really very little that either county board can do about this incident, however I do think they should issue a statement condemning it.
Reading fans of other counties talk about incidents involving Armagh & Tyrone fans over the years (some as far back as 17 years ago!) is really quite ridiculous...I could recount many incidents over the years where I have seen fans of other counties acting the drunken maggot including Derry lads at the first round of the Championship last year against Tyrone where a group of lads who had clearly been out on the lash from the night before proceeded to call just about every Tyrone player all the c**nts of the day (they were completely stinking too). Thankfully they left before the first half ended. Could talk about similar incidents with Cavan, Down, Fermanagh, Meath, Laois and Dublin fans. Maybe it is more prominent with Armagh & Tyrone because they bring a significantly larger support than most other counties (obviously barring Dublin). It would be great if these lads stayed away (like they do until we have a game in Croke Park) but unfortunately I can't see anything changing
The big problem is that in this country just about every big event is turned into a complete piss up. The footage from the train could have been taken in any town across the country on a Saturday night I have no doubt.

That long - was football even invented then?

Anyone remember an incident in Clones - Qualifier match - possibly 2001 / 2002 - Derry v Dublin.  Drunk Dublin fan decides to streak across the pitch, gets as far as the bottom of the hill and then goes onto relieve himself up against the fence. Think he got a couple of skelps for his trouble!

2003. My memory is that two lads ran onto the pitch at half time in the corner between the Hill and the terrace behind the goal. I don't remember them streaking (I might be wrong, or one or the other might have taken their top off), but one definitely had a pee on the pitch.

Dublin fans travelled in big numbers that day and a lot of them were tanked up. I think if Dublin was forced to travel more in the championship you would have to expect that.

This kind of thing is nothing new. It was just filmed. I seen on Facebook Joe.ie had the video of Armagh and Tyrone fans dancing with the status say: "this is why GAA is the greatest sport in the world". Aye fans being intoxicated acting like idiots is what makes the GAA.

There's always been a drunken element within the mostly good natured Tyrone and Armagh fans in the summer. The Ulster final in I think 99 when Armagh beat Derry in a great game was a particular highlight where we were surrounded by Armagh fans I think from Lurgan. The shite we listened to from start to finish on the Hill in Clones was unreal. If it was soccer fans they'd be referred to as hooligans. 

There are some hateful cyclists but there are also hateful pedestrians on country roads and far more hateful drivers throwing rubbish out their windows and driving like maniacs. Also plenty of hateful tractor drivers who have no respect for other people living in the area. You can't tax people for using something that emits no Co2 emissions or pollution at a time when governments need to be encouraging people to curb their car addiction.

You could fine the b**tards for dangerous driving, running red lights etc or breaking the highway code.  Take the bikes off them and scrap them if they don't pay a fixed penalty.  Maybe it's got to the stage to ride a bike on the road you need a licence!

Can't disagree with that. A couple of weeks ago a cyclist flew out past a give way sign in front of me and didn't even look sideways. I could have killed him if I was driving a bit faster. If his bike had a registration plate and I had a dash cam he'd have been done for it.

There are some hateful cyclists but there are also hateful pedestrians on country roads and far more hateful drivers throwing rubbish out their windows and driving like maniacs. Also plenty of hateful tractor drivers who have no respect for other people living in the area. You can't tax people for using something that emits no Co2 emissions or pollution at a time when governments need to be encouraging people to curb their car addiction.

Given Down's recent record in Clones, the sooner Casement is built the better. It certainly looks the part and I like the terraced end that has a roof over it.

Derry fans would be in the same boat Ogra. Casement more a home to South Derry fans than Celtic Park ever was! Que the abuse from the North Derry madmen

Why put a wink at the end of it as you aren't joking. Most in south county Derry don't have an affinity with anywhere north of the Sperrins, especially not Derry City. The road to Derry City is shite so nobody goes there for shopping or entertainment and most in south Derry don't work there as the jobs are in Belfast. That's a product of almost a century of Stormont concentrating its growth around Belfast and actively prohibiting growth west of the Bann. Public money being pumped into three Belfast stadiums is just another example of that. 

Count to 10 and breath Oakleaf

You said people in South Derry feel more at home in Belfast than Derry. I just pointed out some of the reasons why that's the case. Nobody's getting agitated here.

Given Down's recent record in Clones, the sooner Casement is built the better. It certainly looks the part and I like the terraced end that has a roof over it.

Derry fans would be in the same boat Ogra. Casement more a home to South Derry fans than Celtic Park ever was! Que the abuse from the North Derry madmen

Why put a wink at the end of it as you aren't joking. Most in south county Derry don't have an affinity with anywhere north of the Sperrins, especially not Derry City. The road to Derry City is shite so nobody goes there for shopping or entertainment and most in south Derry don't work there as the jobs are in Belfast. That's a product of almost a century of Stormont concentrating its growth around Belfast and actively prohibiting growth west of the Bann. Public money being pumped into three Belfast stadiums is just another example of that. 

Now the French farmers are asking for a hard Irish border.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-39946042

It's great the way one persons opinion automatically represents a whole county and probably region on these boards. Especially when that opinion isn't automatically Republican.

That all seems sensible enough to me. . . Nationalising the Railway should get them some votes because private rail is a complete shambles. Tuition fees isn't going to get you many votes except for the 18-25 bracket.

Surely any parent would consider voting for someone saying they will scrap tuition fees.

Glad to see this. Like a lot of people I was completely baffled and felt angry at him being given a funeral and burial with the family that he murdered in such a brutal way.

South Belfast is the only seat the Green Party could have had a chance of winning so there's nothing in it for them. Why would they say yes to being used as a pawn by Colm Eastwood for no reward. 

Probably Cork of the late 70's from what I've heard. Being biased I'll say Derry 1994. They might actually have been better than they were in 93 but just couldn't beat Down on the day. Nobody else really got close to Down that year.

'All-time' lists are a bit senseless. None of us have any clue who the great players were from 1884-1950 and even if we do have names none of us have seen them play. The furthest back I've heard of is John Joe Reilly from Cavan but there was a good six decades of GAA before him. I even doubt there's anyone on here who seen Sean Purcell or Sean O'Neil play.