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Definitely the best performance of the season so far, surpassing in my opinion the victory away to Wexford. Its time for a win at the Athletic Grounds this weekend though. Practically everyone was up to scratch yesterday.

Echo the thoughts about the stadium. For a modern day County Ground it is delapidated to say the least. The few seats in existence were filthy.

Took the opportunity aferwards to visit the Newbridge Silverware plant. Great exhibitions, photographs of everybody and anybody who has visited, on the walls (including Larry Hagman and his wife), and a very enjoyable experience. This company seems to go from strength to strength as opposed to Waterford Crystal. Why is this?

Is the Armagh and Meath game not in Crossmaglen next Sunday, Tony?

Anyone have any links today apart from 5fm???

http://www.kfmradio.com/

Try the following website which may help you.

http://www.irishidentity.com/names.htm

How many of the people who decide these admission charges actually pay into games?

When, and where, do Armgh under 21's play Cavan.??

Athletic Grounds, Armagh, tonight (Wed) at 8.00pm

Armagh v Fermanagh game live on the link below:-

http://www.q101west.fm/

I don't think we have finalised what we are doing but we were hoping to have a fun day (bouncy castles etc.) and maybe an inter townland tournament for the grown-ups.  I'd be interested to hear what other clubs are planning.

The chairman of a club in Dublin told me that they could not get insurance cover for having a bouncy castle at their childrens day last year.  I wonder has this now changed?

Reading over some of the postings about the Armagh and Laois game I have two suggestions to make:-
(i) Pat Fox will probably get the All-Ireland SFC final and
(ii) There would seem to be plenty of room on the Armagh team for the Crossmaglen boys.

Dessie has let the cat out of the bag - once again.

is the charity game football or boxing,or is that all the same against keady

Probably a bit of both.

[2009]

Good Luck to the 2009 Cork hurling panel and goodbye to the 2008 panel.

Latest Example - The Ulster Council launched their 125 celebrations in Belfast the other day and while the BBC had a journalist there was no camera so no pictures on the TV.  Would such a thing happen for the IFA when the BBC continue to cover every event watched by two men and a dog.

If there had have been a chance of a row then they would have had a few cameras there and it would have been the lead story on the evening news.

[O'Rourke blasts referee]

Looks like the Queens manager may be in trouble as regards the comments he allegedly made to reporters after the game and which appear in some of this morning's newspapers.

What'd he "allegedly" say?

O'Rourke blasts referee
From Paddy Heaney at the Dub
Queen's manager Aidan O'Rourke launched a scathing attack on the referee who took control of the Belfast derby game at the Dub yesterday.
Crossmaglen whistler Padraig Hughes sent off four players in the second half.  A mass melee in the 50th minute led to straight red cards for Queen's Joe O'Kane and Jordanstown's Niall McKeever.
Queen's substitute Paul Courtney received the third red card of the game for a high elbow charge on Ciaran Donnelly, while UUJ's Packie Downey was ordered off for two yellows.
Despite the high card count, the game was largely played in a good spirit until the indiscipline became a factor in the last quarter.  Queen's boss Aidan O'Rourke insisted that Jordanstown were deserving six-point winners but that didn't stop him from delivering a corcuscating criticism of his fellow county man:  "He lost control because he has no understanding of the general flow of how football is played.  He knows a few bits and pieces about pulling jerseys..."
The Armagh player went on to make even stronger criticism of the referee's performance, although he acknowledged that he was not the reason for Queen's losing:  "But that is bye the bye.  He certainly didn't beat us today. He was atrocious for both teams."
O'Rourke is currently serving a one-month suspension for comments made to a linesman during the Dr McKenna Cup.

Irish News

Looks like the Queens manager may be in trouble as regards the comments he allegedly made to reporters after the game and which appear in some of this morning's newspapers.

Would money not have been better spent on this worthy venture rather than spend 500,000 to light up the Dublin sky on a Saturday night.