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If the stand in Pairc Esler holds over 4000 why are clubs only getting 6 tickets each for the Armagh game? Down have very few season ticket holders. Where are the other 3000 tickets going?

Is there a back door again this year?

Our club is bouncing! Haters gonna hate. Winners gonna win

The Town beat Kilcoo and won the league.

The row in Castlewellan had nothing to do with Ballyholland not taking being bullied any more- it was because their no 8 (who I won't name on here) punched a Town player and then as he knew the ref saw it and he was getting a red,  got completely stuck in.  He was an embarrassment to his club.
That is the first big row I can remember the Town being involved in for several seasons and I hope it it several more before they are involved in another one.  Several young children were caught up in the row and had to be taken to the changing rooms to get away from it as they were terrified. Anyone who thinks these rows are in any way acceptable needs to have a long, hard fukin look at themselves. 

I think teams who choose not to field shiuld be punished severly. Makes a mockery of the whole thing

Ballyholland a disgrace today against the Town , especially their 2 midfielders who started the brawl and then hit smaller men from behind as it all got out of hand . The supporters who went onto the pitch from both sides want to catch themselves on too- If I was a player and I saw my da running onto the pitch because someone hit me I would be roaring at him to  wise  up to fck and get back ouside the wire. As for Poacher- the man in a nutjob along the line and it is ironic that he shouts at his players to hit opponents when he was as cowardly a player as there was.

How does that work for the Warrenpoint players? As they are still in the championship their players will not be in the panel. Do they get called in later?

I've heard there will be some new faces from the lower leagues in the panel of 50 picked after the trials

Can't say I agree that the ref had a good game. He was weak in dealing with several black card offences - he showed no bottle and how he didn't give Burren a penalty and Brannagan a red card for taking out O'Hare is beyond me. His umpires should share the blame for that one too. Thankfully he didn't effect the result as Kilcoo were far superior in the second half and would have won anyway but I wouldn't want him in charge of another big game.

Conor Laverty got the best goal I have ever seen in a County Final today. Kilcoo the better team on the day though mistakes from Burren players and the ref made it more comfortable than it should have been. Noone will want to face them in Ulster

I heard Shorty Trainor is a selector- has done well with the Town and if the Burren job isn't available to him why not?

Can't  believe the county board have put fixtures on this Sunday at the same time as the All-Ireland semi-final between Mayo and Kerry. Now I'm torn between supporting my club in what should be a very one sided and thus boring game or staying at home and hoping for a cracker on the TV. As if the crowds haven't been poor enough for the championship games so far this year.

Very  entertaining game in Castlewellan  tonight with the Town winning 7-12 to Longstone's 4-13. Very open game played in a sporting manner. No one for those like defensive football  but definitely one for those who like to see scores.

Good win for the Town tonight. Always nice to win a local derby- a deserved win too. Kilcoo missed a few chances you would not normally expect them to miss but never looked like they believed they were going to win. Some encouraging performances from younger Town lads. Lot of work still to do but two from two is a good start

Decent performance today but still room for improvement. A few wayward passes and a return to blanket defence in the second half were negative points but outweighed by guts and determination. Turley impressed as did Garvey. Poland had his usual great game and I thought McKernan was vital. Still cannot understand how Johnston gets near the team. By my reckoning it was the 34th minute before he got his hands on the ball. I think Madine is going well and very mobile for a big man. Add Ambrose and Dan to the mix and we could have a decent summer- hopefully!