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would love to see someone else winnin the championship but can't see past the bridge again. Although the island have a lot of quality i think it could be the same as last year, draw and replay win for the bridge!

rostrevor beat ballyholand by a point on saturday evenin!

Castlewellan reserves are playing well at the minute with Marty McKibben pulling the strings, donal ward, audie mcveigh, paddy hardy, kevin owens all playing as well as younger members - cannot see rostrevor beating them.

rostrevor have a lot of experienced and talented footballers in the side, shouldn't be underestimated at all. players like paul gannon and gary farell have a wealth of experience and the younger lads such as gareth clarke, brian keenan and barry og mcconville have shown well over the year and have a lot of skill, fight and spirit in them... even if they are all 2 fond of the drink but that didnt stop them gettin to the final! they dnt miss much from the dead ball either.. apart from the odd penalty ganz..  goodluck to both teams hopefully the reds can win a championship for the club this year!

yes i know that im not sayin that everyone else are saints, just utd do it a lot. its a known fact, u either love man utd or hate them (because of their fans), its not like that with any other club, or very few at least. ask anyone who isn't a utd fan, they are sickining to listen to!!

never heard anything more about bridge brawl, nothings been said amongst the rostrevor committee

what a typical reaction! no-one here was gloating about the victory, merely summing up the game. we all know that its a long season and many people have pointed out that utd will come strong etc. if it was the other way round utd fans would be gloatin in ur face nonstop!liverpool won the match yeh but it seems as though when utd lose these matchs it doesnt matter that much to their fans because "whens the last time u won the premiership" or "whos the champions" are the reactions liverpool people get from them. however when they win them they dont shut up!

or it could also be used as an excuse for one of the teams to get a new set of jerseys with county final 2008 etc on them as a memoir! im sure they could get sponsorship. only a thought though, i was thinking about the county jersey scenario as well there.

great win for the reds some super football played to outclass utd. it still remains to be seen though whether liverpool can maintain this form and become a real threat to utd and chelsea for the league. if they keep this up they will be right up there. we all know utd are goin to have an untouchable period at some point and it will be up to the teams at the top to stop them in their tracks!

do both teams have away jerseys 

well done to the island for gettin to the final, fair play! yet another opportunity missed for us after losing in the first round to them! i'd say they'l put it up to the bridge  even more than the stone did in the first game last year! good tight unit this l'island team with a few real stars.

rostrevor played quite well tonight burren were poor enough. burren had at least 5 of the startin 15 from the championship on the bench but rostrevor also had 4 r 5 regular starters not in the 15! reds seem to be takin advantage in the league of other teams focusin on the championship!

...wow

any word on the u21/20 championship in down starting? burren in with a good chance of winnin that aswell...again! hopefully not thow 

Are there a round of league fixtures tonight?

I don't think Burren would have won it as handy with 15 on 15, the sending off killed Kilcoo. 

yeh there are fixtures tonight supposed to throw in at 6.30! except for Kilcoo v Saval Rostrevor v burren
c' wellan v stone which are fixed for monday

and i agree 15 v 15 would have been a closer battle, as it was kilcoo didnt have enuff firepower up front

Just to clarify the score last night was 2-12 to 1-7.  Loughinisland really did not look interested in the match.  After 15 minutes it was 1-0 to Rostrevor but by half time it was 1-7 to 0-1.  Loughinisland were lucky they even scored in the first half to be honest.  The difference in the intensity compared to the championship match a few weeks ago was like black and white.  I think Gordon caught one ball all evening, and with O'Reilly only coming on for last 20, they had very little up front. 
For Rostrevor, it was a case of well if you want to give it to us we will take it.  Young Anthony Donnan made his debut and scored a goal and a point, so its good to see more young lads coming through. 
Both teams missing quite a few players but it now appears that Loughinisland are out of the top 4 running in the league.  A championship final appearance would more than offset that though.  Teams just need to watch for Saval coming sneaking up as they are on a bit of a roll.

Burren and Kilcoo on thursday should be a bit of humdinger.  It was seriously tough stuff in the first match.


yes sorry i meant 2-12 i had 2-10 in my head from seeing the previous post.

Any chance of a few scores from tonights games?

rostrevor 2-10 l'island 1-7

island were poor didnt seem that interested really. ben oreilly not playing maybe it wasnt their strongest team. rostrevor seem to be rallied from the close defeat and méle against the bridge thow!