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The Cuchulainns V John Mitchel's game has the makings of a great game of football. I've heard that the Newcastle boys are pretty strong, but will they be able to challenge the Merseysiders?

Division 1 Results

Devenish    2-8   0-12   St. Patricks       
Tempo    1-14   0-13   Derrygonnelly    
Roslea    1-8   0-12   St. Josephs       
Enniskillen    0-8   1-11   Belcoo

Enniskillen 0-08 Belcoo 1-11

Gaels in serious trouble now of going down.

St Peter's play John Mitchel's in the Lancashire SFC final on Sunday 4th October.

St Peter's beat St. Lawrence's comfortably in the end after a bad start, when they went 4 points down. Was anyone at the Oisin's and John Mitchel's game?

Enniskillen 0-07 Devenish 2-07 Full Time result.

Enniskillen 0-05 Devenish 1-05, 20 mins gone in the second half.

Enniskillen 0-04 Devenish 0-04 at half time.

St. Joseph's Ederney 3-05 Coa O'Dwyers 1-10.

Derrylin 0-08 Kinawley 0-13, Full Time.

Derrylin O'Connells 0-03 Kinawley Brian Boru's 0-04 at half time in the Intermediate Championship.

Any reports from Chester v St Peters last night in the juniors?  A good high scoring game by all accounts.

It was an enjoyable game to play in. We were always in control but took the foot of the pedal in the second half. Chester have some very good players. Not sure if they'll be ready for senior level next season though. Not too many games left in the junior league now, the fixtures for the quater finals will be out in the next few weeks.

We got beat by Lawrences yesterday, still bemused how we failed to win. We were 4 points clear at half time, dominated the first half and should have been 7 or 8 points clear.

Unfortunately for us than the rain started and the referee decided to give Lawrences free after free, he was not helped by the diving of Lawrences star forward. Never had any problems with the ref before, always been very fair but yesterday's performance was shocking.

In fairness to the refs at all the games yesterday, the conditions made it very difficult for them. It looks like the top 4 now will be 4 semi-finalists unless theres a few surprise results. No-one will want to end up fourth either as they'll end up meeting John Mitchels.

Mitchels beat Peters well on Thursday night and St Annes today in terrible conditions.

Oisins and Peters drew today, again in terrible conditions.

Old Bedians looked more like a swimming pool than a football pitch at the end of todays game. The referee could easily have abandoned it in the second half. Peter's were 5 points up within the first 15 minutes, and then the heavens opened. It was impossible to play football, but fair play to both teams for sticking at it. A draw was a fair result. Mitchel's again look like they're a class above most other teams. Another easy win today with a lot of their regular players missing.

Lancashire were beaten by 2 points in the All-Britain final this afternoon against London.

Overalls?
Instead of shorts and jerseys is that? How would that help? 

It'd be worth a try! 

If I knew how to post pictures, I think a tumbleweed would be appropriate.
Is it still too early for post-mortems?

Not too early for post portems. The harsh reality is that we're simply not good enough. Our strength always lay in our team work, togetherness and organisation. Our game plan of defending and counter attacking was sussed out this season. This together with our inability to find a few scoring forwards ultimately led to our downfall.

I don't blame O'Rourke. The game plan worked last season. However I don't see how he can take us any further. Next season, we need to play a few more younger players, for example a few of the Devenish lads. It may seem a bit harsh but a bit of an overhaul is needed.