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[another year drifted by and nothing to show for it.]

ballymacnab beat the 'bridge by 2 points.
Dull enough game, we slept through most of it. We levelled it just as time was up, I thought we might steal it,  but Nab responded with a couple of injury time points. 

Looks like that is the end of the bridges promotion push after the nab defeated them and granemore beat yas last week to pints?? wat you think of game 2day after you stated earlier in the year we wer worst team in division??? does that make yous worst team in division now??? 

I think promotion hopes really ended when Killeavy beat us.  Considering we've been riddled with injuries all year, I don't think we've had a full squad to choose from for any game (6 missing today - a seventh off injured early in the second half), the youngsters did exceptionally well to keep in touch for so long and Killeavy and St. Pat's record in division 2 this year is outstanding. 
It's a pity they're dropping the heads now.
- I'm not making excuses when I talk about the injuries, in a strange way I think it's done us good.

The worst performance (or excuse for a performance) I've seen this year was Ballymacnab in the 'Bridge.

Charlie

i see the bridge are slipping a bit . promotion gone nothing to play for. another year drifted by and nothing to show for it.

Dissapointing year but a lot of positives too. 

Pints was passing fordes the other day the new fields and lights look class, maybe next year with everybody on board you can push hard for an intermediate championship.

i hear big ryan hamills back in town, was he playing yesterday, or who all are you missing at this stage with these recent surprise defeats.

Bridge beat Cruppen in the B league final - 5 points in it.

did you get to the game pints?

what ground in the county, or anywhere, can everyone park at the gate?

It would need to be a right size of a gate if there was one. Would not be too keen if EVERYONE were to park at the gate, would lead to endless congestion on trying to exit the venue.

I notice how you did not pick up on my qualm about the bank issue and not being able to get a good view due to people obstructing your view as everyone is on the same height level. This mean you agree that this is a problem? 

you still haven't names a pitch in armagh with good parking facilities

Other than the Ogs faithful, does any neutrals among us see the Ogs overturning the AI champs.

I thought they might challange earlier in the year but after watching them against the Harps I would find it suprising if they did.

I took a bit of stick from our City rivals about being in the county final, but we were beat by cross in the 1st round, they're basically prolonging the agony IMO.

Without a doth cross are the best , bus yes i think your right there time is running out, the new players comming in are good but no where near as good as the players of the past 10 years, any team could surprise cross epically a team they dint know too much about, as i stated earlier cross never beat teams by lots its always a close game, the drominte first game was an example, but i still think cross may have another one or two county titles in great which is some record.

FAO pog
Parking is poor, takes f**king forever to get on the road home.
There is no bank (to speak of) on the side opposite the stand, so when people stand against the fence it is virtually impossible to see all of the field.
Am not going to mention, selling tickets at the gate, then not even calling out the winning one (or if they did I didnt hear it - as per Cross v Drom games. Before you start I know its only a £1 but it is the principle)
Finally, letting cars into the field, then they start to leave before the game is over & drive out through the crowd
This is all IMHO, before you get on your high horse for pointing out fault's with the 'Bridge

i was at all games in the bridge on sunday from their club game , cullyhanna game and then cross one, the cars parked on the hill was all cullyhanna supporters that came early to get parked up there for their own game and then it was them that had not the manners to wait until the game was over, i know i would not have started to drive through the croud and neither would pog im sure, unless the bridge went up to the hill with recovery trucks i dont think they could have moved those cars (the relationship between the clubs not that great anyhow, and was it not county officals that was doing the gate who should be stopping this) and for the half time draw, i did hear the number being called out and who the winner was was also called out but yes it is difficult to hear at most big games in cross it is hard to hear the half time draw also.

anyone know when the final is on and where

Very good argument crossfire! well put together. The basic fatc is, cruppen had no business being in a championship game with us, they are an average intermediate side, i mean what about paul keenan? how that man is on the county while star footballers like micky macnamee and tony kernan and johnny murtagh are kept out? they should have thrown on his fat brother sure.

Hold on a minute, cruppin did well on sunday, cross didn't know what to do in the first 10 minutes they were very unsettled, but when cross settled you could clearly see they didn't even have to get out of second gear but at the minute in the county that is what happens teams that play them, cross never usually win by such a large margin but in this case the scoreline may have looked good but cruppin actually did themselves justice on sunday, they may be back next year.
As for c4c account on cross players who should make the county panel, DO YOU GO TO THE CROSS GAMES CUS IF YOU DID YOU WOULD SEE TONY K IS STRUGGELING TO KEEP HIS PLACE ON CROSS TEAM AND MAY LOSE OUT SOON ENOUGH NEVER MIND BRINGING HIM ONTO THE COUNTY PANEL, yes i agree John M is there and there abouts but so are so many footballers of his type across the county.

illdecide.......peter mcdonnell will do just fine. he,s no mug thats for sure. played under him some years ago. sound man.

if you played under him some years ago you must mean last year or year b4 on the u 21 panel

This is my first post
I decided to register on this site to counteract the anti Rangers sentiments being expressed by a couple of posters.
On the issue of "outside players", John Murtagh's dad is from Cross and played with Rangers until he got married to a Cullyhanna girl. He then went to live in Cullyhanna and transferred to them which seems reasonable enough to me.
He eventually built a bungalow on his parents land in Cross and moved back to Cross when John was about 14. John then transferred to the Rangers. If it was reasonable for his father to transfer to Cullyhanna when he went to live there surely it was reasonable for his son John to transfer to the Rangers when he came to live in Cross.!!

John Donaldson  was born and reared in Cross Parish ( Upper Creggan ) and still lives there. He went to Cross primary school. He never ever lived in Cullyhanna parish ( Lower Creggan ), so arguably he should have been a Cross player all along. However on his fathers wishes he played for Cullyhanna at all levels which I have no problem with.. He eventually fell out with the Cullyhanna club and went to play for Stabannon in Louth for 3 years. He signed for the Rangers in 1999 as it was more convenient for him. Again it seems a reasonable enough decision.
You would think to read the post from Pints of Guinness that Cross were the only team to include players in their team that started their careers elsewhere.

Mind you the Bridge have had their fair share of "outsiders" in their ranks down the years, including James Traynor ( Forkhill ), Jimmy Phillips Drumintee ), Martin Smyth ( Belleek ), Joe Crawley ( Mullabawn ), Gary Boyle ( Carrickcruppen ), Colm Murphy ( Crossmaglen ), Kieran Mallie ( Drumintee ), ( Brendan Mallie ( Drumintee ), Mickey Martin ( Drumintee ), Vincent Martin ( Drumintee ) and Shane Lyons ( Forkhill ), I'm sure other posters could add to this list.

I am not criticising the Bridge for playing the aforementioned, they would be very silly not to as they would probably have ended up playing against them, but pints ever heard of "people in glass houses" ??

Well said cross fire, actually John M mother is from blaney but the family moved to cullyhanna as Johns Dads grandmother lived there and a house came up for sale from family next door.
You are correct about John Donaldson,
Stephen Clarke was originally from cross,
Glen Hanratty transfered from Cross to Silverbridge (in time for a minor championship with the bridge, ) and he lives in creggan, WHO OWNS CREGGAN WE WILL NEVER KNOW. LOL LOL
Not sure how true it is but heard C Conlon requested a transfer to cross but county board refused.

How many have there been?
Hearty - Silverbridge?
G O'Neill - Killeavey
Donaldson - Cullyhanna
Murtagh - Cullyhanna
Colm O'Neill- Cullaville
Joey Cunningham - Forkhill

others??

Its time all this stopped, hearty was brought up in lismore park in crossmaglen, Donaldson's actually lives on Donaldson's road beside creggan (who says creggan has to be the bridge, its choice), John M is cullyhanna, colm o neill also lived between cullaville and cross, again choice, Gary MC Shane lived in cross at the top of carron rd, Most player's who moved to cross was due to choice, just cus they live somewhere else now doesn't mean they should play for them

ok then,  were do they steal players from???  and why would they have to do this whenever they have possibly the best structure of any club in armagh

They steal players from their neighbouring clubs, john donaldson, john murtagh are not from Cross and have recently started targeting children in silverbridge.  Why do they do it, I've no idea.

POG, I know this topic is probably over now, but i have just logged on today as i was away and you are so out of order in what you are saying, John D and John M both came to cross after having a blow up with their own club ST Pats , cross did not STEAL THEM, it was their choice, and look at what they have now, as for children in silverbridge, i think your wrong, cross have enough of a panel at underage and so do the bridge, you just have to look at both clubs on a sunday morning from under 6 up.

duno all i no is that unless its been changed again the tones players was told the game was in mullabrack!  dnt see what the problem was with abbey park

Is both  championship matches on tonight, i thought the whitecross v's cullyhanna game was sunday

Cross will win the senior championship by the looks of things even if the next round is not until around the 19th aug, anyone know why that is?

Easy 3 pts for you Pints on sunday, the tones are bottom so should be a walk in the park. Their manager is a balloon. you's are sticking the pace rightly

If our boys go out with that attitude we'll be beat!
Ballyhegan beat us last year at home when they were at the bottom of the table and it took a last minute goal to beat St. Peter's at home.  I hope our boys learned their lesson!

As for sticking the pace, of course we are, why wouldn't we be?

What is happening with Tones, is it all down to the manager?  Going from the bottom of division 1 to the bottom of division 2 in 12 months takes some doing. 

Bridge v's Tones is off on Sunday,

any word on exact date and venus of cross championship match

Any truth in the rumour that a certain Cullyhanna county player was on the line at the Cullyhanna/Bridge B final shouting obscenities?  I wasn't at it and I stand corrected if i'm wrong.  Just a rumour I heard last night, not from a Bridge source I hasten to add.

Hi, again was at this match,clean enough match bridge played shit.  for once this certain county player was not shouting any abuse, he was in the stand at the game and not on the sideline, although i cant speak for b4 or after the game.
the other ex county player as tevez quotes can you explain as to what offence or bad tackle did he deserve to be sent off, Dont think he deserved a yellow never mind the red,

smuggler is it true yer man that hit our stephen murphy was up in court a while back for doing the same thing to another player?
i hear our player has been reported for 'assault' on the ref. which obviously has to be some sort of a joke. 

Assault, whats the story there?? what happened pog. i douth assault

Whitecross beat St Peters by about a dozen points.

Best man on show yesterday in Abbey Park was the Cullaville 14 - Ciaran Hatzer I think.  He won every single ball that went into him and most of them were despatched pretty efficiently over the bar.

did hatzer not have a short stint on the county panel a few years back?

Hatzer plays hurling and was on the county panel for some time, he is a good keeper in hurling but i think he also plays outfield.