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Senior Championship

Liatriom v Longstone      
Bryansford v Kilcoo
Clann na Banna v An Riocht
Loughinisland v Warrenpoint
Castlewellan v Saval
Mayobridge v Annaclone
Clonduff v Rostrevor
Ballyholland v Burren

Intermediate Championship

Ardglass v Carryduff
Glasdrumman v Drumaness
Shamrocks v Kilclief
Ballymartin v Drumgath
Dundrum v Saul
Bredagh v Atticall
Downpatrick v Tullylish
Darragh Cross v St Johns

Junior Football Championship

Dromara v Aughlisnafin
St Michaels v Glenn
Mitchels v Teconnaught

Friday 26th June 2009
O Neills Down SFL Division 1
Team 1 Score Score Team 2 Venue Comment   
Loughinisland  0-14 0-14 Saval  Loughinisland Round 12 
Bryansford  1-13 0-13 Burren  Bryansford Round 12 
Mayobridge  0-10 0-9 Warrenpoint  Mayobridge Round 12

O Neills Down SFL Division 2
Team 1 Score Score Team 2 Venue Comment   
Annaclone  2-12 1-8 Downpatrick  Annaclone Round 12 
An Riocht  1-7 0-6 Carryduff  An Riocht Round 12 
Glasdrumman  1-7 3-10 Ballyholland  Glasdrumman Round 12 
Ballymartin  0-14 1-13 Atticall  Ballymartin Round 12

O Neills Down SFL Division 3
Team 1 Score Score Team 2 Venue Comment   
Tullylish  0-13 0-13 Dundrum  Tullylish Round 12 
Bredagh  2-10 0-13 Ardglass  Bredagh Round 12 
Saul  0-8 2-4 Drumaness  Saul Round 12 
Teconnaught  1-12 0-9 Glenn  Teconnaught Round 12 
Drumgath  1-13 1-6 St Johns  Drumgath Round 12 

O Neills Down SFL Division 4
Team 1 Score Score Team 2 Venue Comment   
Ballykinlar  1-9 1-9 Dromara  Ballykinlar Round 12 
St Michaels  0-12 3-10 St John Bosco  St Michaels Round 12 
Aughlisnafin  0-3 2-15 Mitchels  Aughlisnafin Round 12

St Michaels were going ok against Bosco but then conceded two goals in two minutes and had one of their main players sent off... Ah well... Bosco have the league in the bag now, playoff up for grabs.

Only 1 team goes up. you may face mitchels in league semi and winners face Bosco in league final to see who goes up.

Was at the QUB V UUJ game there. Its time James Colgan was back on county panel. he marked Charlie Vernon very well. some difference in Colgan than Jack Lynch or joe Ireland, the pairing that Vernon cleaned two weeks ago. Ireland never even got a run out. hear jamie orielly quit the queens squad because he never got on in McKenna cup. thats queens and loughinisland he has quit on in his career and stil only 21. and yeah he starts for Down at present. Time Ross picked the best players in Down.

Who won the game??

Burren won the A final by 4 pts in An Ríocht. They were the better side, and only for a spirited comeback by our boys, they should have won by more. Burren were a massive outfit, very big in all sectors of the pitch.

Never heard how the B final went.

Thanks. Honestly thought by previous reports that Burren would have won by much more.
Any county U21 stars on show?

Any word on how the U20 A & B finals went?

I think my original point has been completely missed. I was suggesting that it would serve the selection team better to watch the games in the U20 competition rather than see a bunch of stranger attempt to impress during a trial where very often players do not display any teamwork and bring fellow club mates into the game. Resulting in not everyone getting an equal chance.

[Fellas, Wee Pete has seen every club in Divisions I and II over the past few years with An Riocht. What he saw there would always be far more useful to him than what he sees in a trial between players who have never played together before]

Fellas, Wee Pete has seen every club in Divisions I and II over the past few years with An Riocht. What he saw there would always be far more useful to him than what he sees in a trial between players who have never played together before, in crap winter conditions. You might ask what the point in a trial is? Well, a lot of the time the purpose is so that previously established players can play themselves out of contention rather than the other way around.

On top of that, he knows everyone in Down football, he knows whose opinions to trust and whose to ignore. Instead of getting your knickers in a twist over your clubmates, start naming players who should be on the panel (and not just to make up the numbers), and why they should be in the panel. I saw every player in Division I last year and can't think of any shocking ommissions, not even close.

One fella who should be in on it your man Johnston from Tullylish, but by and large it's the right squad.

This make no sense at all. Surely it would be more beneficial to see these lads competing at the level they are gonna be representing the county. Does this also suggest that you must play for a Div 1 or 2 club in order to represent your county??

I can't understand the point of having this league over the winter, when the management aren't going to bother turn up and see these young prospects in action....it's madness.
The U-21 management should at least acknowledge these young players and give them the decency and come and watch them play! It'll be interesting to see if any will be in attendance come Sunday.....even though they have the panel picked!

 

I totally agree. And with Pete McGrath's fingers in so many other pies how can he see what some of these young lads have to offer. Correct me if i'm wrong but i believe he is promoting Sportstracker, Helping out Derek Davis at Glasdrumman, manager on Bryansford and TRYing to look after the Down U21 team. Surely there are other managers i the county with more time on heir hands to dedicate to the job. Would love to know what the south/ east ratio is on the final panal. Remembering that out of 28 on the Mckenna cup panal, 4 were from EAST down.

Down U-21 panel has already been picked and maybe thats why management weren't at the ED final. Some of the players in that final attended trials for the U-21's and didn't get picked

I would be interested to know where and when the U21 management team seen this young lad Somers play competitive football. ( trail matches are not and have never been competitive)
Surely the selection of the final panel should have been left until after the ED A & B finals and then after the All County Finals.
That is of course unless the management team had already made up their mind. I know lads who were asked along to the final trail from the teams in question but only received 10 mins football. It would have been in the better interest of all included for the the be at Saul on Sunday.
Or maybe thats too far to travel from South Down!!!

Does anyone know if there were any of the Down U21 management team in attendence at the EDu20 A final yesterday?
And if so was there any displays which would have caught their attention?

At the moment there is only the East Down U20 competition to report on.
It would be nice to find the results posted within a few days of the games.
Results of Sundays games have not as of yet appeared on the Down website.
Maybe these EAST Down U20 game are of more interest to rest of the County than they are to the County U21 management team!!!

New Down Website!!
What do you think of the New Website???
At the minute they are very slow to post match results and reports so what will it be like when the season is in full flow??
I honestly see no improvement.

Position played for the club is not relevant to that played for the county.
Conor Degan played midfield for Downpatrick but full back for county.
Cormac McAnallin (RIP) is the best example of a player adopting to a position when asked.

East Down representation is very poor.
Of the Senior Championship semi finalists we have.
Mayobridge------- 4
Burren ------------ 3
Saval  ------------- 2
loughinisland -----1

Then league champions
Kilcoo ------------ 0

South Down------- 24
East Down ---------  4

Do Ross and his team not like to travel far to watch matches or is this another symptom of the credit crunch and the price of diesel??

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Saw a bit on Hogan Stand that St Johns would be staying in Div 4 due to failure to field twice this season. Would seem a bit harsh but is that the rule? If so maybe only two would come down from Div 3, not three as planned.

If that is true, and I dont know if it is  , it should be Dromara that gets promoted instead, as they were the ones that suffered from St. Johns failing to field against Aghaderg.

I did have a look at hoganstand to see what the story was about St Johns failing to field twice this season. It does appear they may have a case to answer. There are no play-off game in division 4 and i do understand the county board wanting to get on with play-off games in the other divisions and thus not bothering with meaningless end of season games. But St Johns games with Aghaderg and The Finn were both scheduled games where they failed to field.

Think your tyring to make somthing out of nothing here just because dromara didnt get promoted.  there is more to this story, st johns did appear for game with the finn as originally planned a month or so earlier, as did the ref, but finn said pitch had been closed by council.  ref carried out a pitch inspection on the same night, deemed it playable, then left as the finn were not present, they were on their golf day.  st johns did not fail to appear for next game, they appealed to the co board that they had already appeared for this game and should get the points.  think you are trying to stir things here from a dromara perspective with the hope of dromara getting promoted at the expense of st johns?  dromara have only themselves to blame, losing to a better aghaderg team late in the season.

I think you are mistaken as i am in no position to stir things from a dromara perspective. I have nothing to do with Dromara. I happen to know the facts. Fact : Council had closed Finn pitch when originally fixed and no ref in the county can over rule the council. Fact : The county broad re-fixed the match and St Johns refused to field. Fact: St Johns applied to county board for the right to play a challenge match on same weekend they were due to play Finn. County board refused as they had a scheduled league fixture.
Why do St John feel the need to claim the point from The Finn?? Why not give some fringe players a game in a game which is meaningless??

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Saw a bit on Hogan Stand that St Johns would be staying in Div 4 due to failure to field twice this season. Would seem a bit harsh but is that the rule? If so maybe only two would come down from Div 3, not three as planned.

If that is true, and I dont know if it is  , it should be Dromara that gets promoted instead, as they were the ones that suffered from St. Johns failing to field against Aghaderg.

I did have a look at hoganstand to see what the story was about St Johns failing to field twice this season. It does appear they may have a case to answer. There are no play-off game in division 4 and i do understand the county board wanting to get on with play-off games in the other divisions and thus not bothering with meaningless end of season games. But St Johns games with Aghaderg and The Finn were both scheduled games where they failed to field.