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Why was there no games fixed for today

Was wondering that myself. Cemetery Sunday in Milltown. 

It was 'La Na Club' day (excuse the spelling) i will let HS correct it. there were to be no fixtures in any county (im sure someone here will find some) and clubs were encouraged to have a club celebration/promotion day. i know our club had a Family bbq and traditional music with a bit of puck/kick fada and a few other games. i actually think it was a good idea (if your club took part) and allowed familys to enjoy a day together in the club

Armoy's old changing rooms that sat on the opposite side of the pitch to the current facilities were the roughest I ever frequented!

Maybe not a whole load of craic but as somthing a bit different i would love to see a few pictures of Old facilities beside their new facilities posted on here maybe just to get a sence of just how far we as clubs in antrim have come but also to get a look at some of the ones i never had the mis fourtune to have to bare my arse in. ie i never remember the old Armoy ones but if they beat some of the ones ive been in i would love to see them.

By default that probably means PaddyJohn that you never had the unenviable pleasure of changing in the tin huts at Hugomont! Now that was an experience.

What age do you think I am?? Lol

All Saints have done a power of work, credit to the club.

Never mind the changing rooms, that pitch tested my limited skills. Sometimes had to beat a man and a low hanging branch! Most uneven pitch ever. We used to change in our cars or the bus.
Always liked Dunloy's old changing rooms. Seemed exotic going upstairs to get ready. Scene of my last ever match. I had a stormer unusually but was away to England soon after. Miss those days. You young lot are spoiled. 

Never played on the hugomount pitch. I agree always was something about coming down the stairs and hitting the daylight that got the blood going.

Memories eh?

The old Dunloy changing rooms were way ahead of their times, overlooking the pitch, a dozen lads crammed against the windows looking out on a shitty day. I think one of the windows was cracked and had a sock stuck in it IIRC.
They were par for the course back then to be fair.
Showering was a hit or a miss in most clubs, either freezing cold water or piping hot, no mixer taps in sight!!

Milltown would have given anywhere a run for their money when it came to showers. Asbestos feet required back then to dare to have a shower with the concrete floors and walls painted with a thick green moss. i think thats the reason flip flops for the shower were invented.

our manager is the same as last year, Dominic Dillon. He doesnt get paid, like all the managers in our club.

Bradley hardly coaching for the sake of it?

hes an outside coach, players fund raise to cover it themselves. Club doesnt pay a penny. Same policy for all outside coaching in the club. we will never pay anyone to mange any team at our club at any grade or code.

Firstly im not saying its the wrong thing to do, but is it not the same thing as paying the manager/coach, where the funds come from is irrelevant, most clubs would say they don't pay as they run a draw, members subscription, outside funder/donor or whatever way they want to raise the funds. just because its not a direct payment from club account its still a payment. I have no problem with it happening as I feel every club is entitled to run as they see fit but I just think your first quote was one on a moral high ground then followed with a "yes, but" answer.

i more interested in the building project as its something i work with each day. To see any project stood still for a long period is never a good thing. Its generally a bad sign esp if a big company is involved.

if its somthing you work with each day then what would you do? if you came across a multi million pound project that was stop start from the word go (both legally and financially) and you took over the reigns, would you walk in and start laying brick? or would you take the project apart, costings, legal holdups, current expenditure available, prioritize necessities and extras which could be done in the future and plan it your way?

The dunsilly one is one that interests me as i pass it every day on the training going to and from Belfast to work. Each day i look to see if something is happening and each day nout!

There was a real push there for a while but for that past 2 months nothing has happened. To me it means theres no money to do the work.

Maybe its about time we asked for a status update on social media to see if they come back to us about it!

Can't say much without the gauntlet rush of "don't be so negative".

Nothing has happened with these projects in the last 5/6 years and you were expecting it all to be done in the 2 months after Antrim Vision was put in place?? FFS lad, I thought you'd a bitta sense

Totally agree, it would take a few months just to look at the books, see where you are and put a plan in place in order to not make the same mistakes again. things couldn't continue in the direction they were going, therefor you would have to plan what is going to happen, when its going to happen and in what order (priorities). Or would you just prefer to continue on the same ad hoc path which we have been on, stumbling from one disaster to another?. I would say just fighting their way through the financials (and finding a large debt) has taken a lot of time and energy already. Agree with the lads about the social media overdrive though... the next time i see a photo of Chris Kerr and his mates in the gym (as i tuck into my Chinese) i'm cancaling my twitter 

The Cat has got gizzys toungue it seems

no, just haven't logged in for a few days. and no, Aggies don't  have to book their council owned pitch. more like a long term lease, they pay for and manage the upkeep of the ground, fencing ball catchers and cutting the pitch etc. a yearly fee i think, but work for both parties.

What's the development going on in Woodlands?

New 4g pitch where Eire Og pitch was, new changing pavilion also. Looks a great job, dont know will Eire Og be using this pitch for games? Are you allowed to have a 4g pitch as your home pitch? i think Pearses and Ardoyne are using the new pitch at the cricky?

Don't think it was ever nor will be Eire Og's pitch you will probably find that on City Council/ Antrim booking forms other clubs such as st johns or Mitchels  booked woodlands as much if not a lot more than Eire Og. should be ok for game use though as it is full size as far as I can see.

I agree with Gizzy on this.

The proposal is as follows.

A. Do we play off a normal 12 team division one league with 22 matches....or B. Do we split the league at half way point and top six go into their own league (mostly chasing div 1 title) with the bottom six (trying to avoid relegation).

The thought process behind the split into two leagues is clever enough imo. All games then  become meaningful (very few dead rubbers) and there is a prize for top six finish, ie, seeded in the following years championship.

Makes sense to me. A has 22 games, and B has 21 games. I'd go for a league final too between top two on points.

I know that our footballers are against a 22 game season for the league in Div 2. They are prefering the 11 games and then the split to sort it out. 22 games is alot of games to be playing and if im honest they will be playing games in Dec at that rate!

I think the split is the only viable option, but Bannside I think with the split its 16 games not 21 unless you are talking about home and away after the split?? I think just a one way split would be better. if there was a need for a few extra games then 3rd play 6th and 4th play 5th in league q/f winners play 1st and 2nd in League semi final and obv then a final. do the same for bottom half (1b) min games 17, max games 19.

Glensgael, what is the proposal this year?

Is it based on league positions or how they finish in championship the past year?

That's where I'm confused by his post. It seems he's saying it's based on league, which is the same as last year so I don't know why it would need proposed.
Unless last year's proposal was that it would be based on league for the 1st year and championship semi finalists every year after.

Surely the league positions for seeding are more relevant. for a number of reasons I would agree with this format. we cry out for more meaningful league games so there you go, with the inclusion of a down team in the mix usually, it would mean that the top 6/7 Antrim clubs may have extra incentive top finish as high as they can in order to miss the better teams in c/ship draw. secondly if it was based purely on c/ship semis from previous year you are basically saying to clubs that if they win (in most cases) one championship match that they will be seeded for next year. surely the reward for hard work and a good sustained league campaign should be rewarded more than a team that has one a championship match.

4 more games a year will put a bit more of a strain on dual clubs and fixtures committees mind you...

They definitely needed some form of rebalance as how division 3 was run off last year at the beginning provided a lot of very lop sided games. This looks like it could do that I suspect which is good.

Division 1 may have some one sided games but unfortunately the top couple could probably play two teams who would beat other teams even in a 10 team league anyway so no-one's fault.

Is it set in stone that there will be four more matches, i thought there may be the option of two less games with 11 first round games followed by a Top/Bottom half split and another 5 games. even if not the 'bigger clubs' who don't seem to want these extra fixtures or Easier games have a chance to blood their younger players and give their extended squad a run out if the gulf is so big. pick the two teams you dont deem worthy and play your second 15 against them, simple

They were basically downright rude to anyone who asked a question, often shouting at them to sit down, refusing to answer questions, shouting people down and just shouting that they were moving on without acknowledging questions. On one occasion Jim Murray shouted, "I don't know what you're talking about, sit down" to a man who was only half way through his question. It was totally embarrassing and shameful.

Better than the "fcuk off" answers he gave at a meeting with CSC members I suppose.

I don't know the guy and have never spoken to him but does anyone have anything decent to say about Jim Murray??? Honest question

a face (and attiude) that only a mother could love

Malachy Delargy VC by a landslide. Bronagh Lennon culture.

My aul mate as VC.... Good man Mal

county final for mr2 next year

[This team, this year have won all county championships and league titles in hurling and football undefeated. In progressing to the Paul McGirr Rossa had to overcome a strong All Saints team from Ballymena by 6 points in the county final.]

Rossa U-16s flying the flag for Antrim Football down in Paul Mc Girr tournament. Another good win today this time over the hosts. Final next Sunday. More signs that we have plenty of genuine talent to work with in the underage ranks. Go win it now.

Didn't Rossa win this already just a few years back?

Aghagallon won the south west championship and never got to play Rossa in the county final. Rossa may well have won but bit stupid from the county not to let the champions from both sections play off in the final. Only in antrim.

i may be wrong here but i am near certin Rossa played an All County Final against All Saints this year which would suggest Ballymena won South west, or at least were selected by South West to compete in the final.

Southern Gaels v O'Donovan RossaThe third Quarter Final in the Pall McGirr U16 Club Champions Tournament takes place on Saturday morning at 12:00 in Gardrum Park Dromore and it is an intriguing tie between the highly promising Antrim champions O'Donovan Rossa and tournament debutants Southern Gaels of Cavan. Both teams have had great season so far winning league and championship double's and indeed in Rossa's case it has been an extra special season having also secured the Antrim hurling title as well with 16 of their players being on both panels. Rossa also have pedigree in the tournament having won it on their last visit and this is something team mentor Hugh McGettigan pointed to as a motivating factor "Having won the Paul McGirr in 2011 O'Donovan Rossa, Belfast are very happy to return to this prestigious tournament. These current crop of lads stood on the sidelines 4 years ago cheering on their older club mates hoping some day they would reach the pinnacle of u16 club football in Ulster. Having progressed from u14 with a winners and runners up medal in All Ireland Feile in hurling and football respectively, This team, this year have won all county championships and league titles in hurling and football undefeated. In progressing to the Paul McGirr Rossa had to overcome a strong All Saints team from Ballymena by 6 points in the county final.


taken from Dromore gaa facebook.

Rossa U-16s flying the flag for Antrim Football down in Paul Mc Girr tournament. Another good win today this time over the hosts. Final next Sunday. More signs that we have plenty of genuine talent to work with in the underage ranks. Go win it now.

Didn't Rossa win this already just a few years back?

Aghagallon won the south west championship and never got to play Rossa in the county final. Rossa may well have won but bit stupid from the county not to let the champions from both sections play off in the final. Only in antrim.

i may be wrong here but i am near certin Rossa played an All County Final against All Saints this year which would suggest Ballymena won South west, or at least were selected by South West to compete in the final.