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Is that Shane Mc Naughton's first senior start?

I'd like to say that Bacon was right and there was a couple between us and liatroim.... but we were stuffed! Liatroim, attack after attack went in search of goals, with play reminiscent of a 7's team, their support play and teamwork was excellent with Jerome Mc Crickard conducting operartions whether on the ball or otherwise. Half-time score was 5.4 to 2.3 to them, in the second half intensity dropped with liatroim picking off a succession of points, i'l keep the score to myself!

Anybody got any exciting plans for the Summer? Holidays, weddings etc...
Im for Oxegen, Ibiza in August and Prague for four days in September for Czech Rep v Eire1 

Myself and six other lads went to Magaluf last August, stayed in the fiesta jungla, £425 for a fortnite through thomson. The holiday had everything you mentioned! There wasn't that many irish about which we were happy enough about because we didnt want to go on holiday and it seem like it was bundoran. Santa ponsa's 10min up the road, but alot quieter.

ACFL Div2
Clann na Banna 2.4 Ballymartin 1.11

In the ACHL Div2 Ballyvarley were beaten by Ballycran by 6, I was at neither.

ACHL Div1
Newry Shamrocks 1.13 Ballela 2.9

Poor conditions first half, Newry led 1.6 to 0.2 at half time. Its not sour grapes here but we honestly query the referees score keeping, a substitute came on with ten minutes to go, who i was marking and he said we(Ballela) were a point up, other players were of the same view. This led Shamrocks to change players about in an effort to gain level, last ten minutes both teams scored 3 points a piece. Maybe its was just ourselves and Shamrocks had poor score keeping! We had Jonny Mc Cusker, our best forward in nets until the last 10 through injury, for Shamrocks Eoin Mc Guinness went off after 10min with a wee nick to the forehead. Reason for optimism in the camp though, even if we only gathered 15 players late in the day.

Thats a very good win for Ballyvarley, they had Sean Kennedy sent off  , the lad must have been sent off 10 times in the last 3-4 years!

In Down hurling, Ballycran, Ballygalget and Portaferry all on the ards peninsula, and the 3 contest the Senior Championship each year.

Agree with Clor Mor, might be wrong but thought mc guigan started on hanratty, was switched off him and then back on him again. Was he supposed to have improved significantly in 40min? Thought Murph had a good game, Packie and Mc Govern arent up to the level. Any word on when Dee Rafferty would be back at county level, playing club football again.

Div2
Kilclief 0.15 Clann na Banna 1.9

Tight match up until the last quarter until kilclief pulled away, ciaran sloane and ricky kerr kicking some good points, deserved winners. Bann could have stolen a point at the death but as a hand pass was a few inches too far from putting ruairi gillen through one on one.

Down Senior football manager Ross Carr has made two changes to his starting XV for Sunday's Bank of Ireland Ulster SFC quarter-final with Monaghan in Newry.

John Clarke comes in at right corner back as a direct replacement for Dan McCartan.

The only other change in personnel sees Jack Lynch take the place of Paul Murphy, who hit 0-2 against Cavan last time out, at centrefield alongside Dan Gordon.

Carr and his assistant, DJ Kane, have opted not to make any positional switches to their young side (throw-in 15.30).

DOWN: M McVeigh; J Clarke, D Rooney, K McGuigan; R Murtagh, B Grant, M Cole; D Gordan, J Lynch; J McGovern, A Carr, R Sexton; D Hughes, P Downey, B Coulter

Source  www.gaa.ie

Portaferry brought 16 with them and to be fair they rang in the evening to confirm that we could field, all our players were sent a message on monday night to let somebody know if they would be missing, about 4 of the lads all 17yr olds had turned there phones off and didnt contact anyone. Portaferry told the referee that we played 13 a side against ballygalget and nearly beat them so they wouldn't take any chances. Not that it makes much differance but we actually played 15 that match. Although the Portaferry lads all would have wanted a game in my view they would have had a far better exercise playing 13 a side.

ACHL Div1
Ballela 1.16 Portaferry 7.29

We only had 12 players so we had to put a fella who was injured in goals and ask portaferry to play 13 a side but they wouldnt agree. We then had to ring two 18 year olds from the area who dont play hurling, and havent in the past, to play 15-a-side. Their corner forward Nigel Milliigan? scored about 3.6 off one of the poor lads!

Yeh merchant citys nice, stay around that general area, i wouldn't advise going up sauchiehall street, some dodgy spots lik Archaos at the bottom and some cheesy joints like ABC, Campus and The garage up at the Charing Cross end although the sports cafe's up there which would be ok for during the day. If your looking to go clubbing go to the arches down on Argyle st or the subclub on jamaica st(which is at the bottom on buchanan st), both amazing !

Overdabar, if u travelled a long distance say as an away fan, brought the children with you and found the weather was terrible then i doubt you would want or expect them to stand getting soaked for two or three hours!