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Good Afternoon All.
Anyone hear from a reliable source or know when the Down Football Leagues are scheduled to start in 2022??

Looking at the NFL fixtures they end on 27th March so I would say Leagues would start the next week on 3rd April (Sunday). With a stacked league fixture in top divisions there'll be a need to get games played. Reserve Leagues possibly starting the beginning of March as per pre-covid years.

Of course this is all a theory and up to what restrictions are in place due to COVID.

Down play Monaghan on April 30th in the SFC.

Will be a break for that weekend I would suspect though and a starred fixture - perhaps something like below (Best option I can think off, but open to others suggestions)

Round 1

1st-3rd April

Round 2

8th-10th April

Round 3 (Easter Monday Fixtures)

18th April

Round 4

22nd April (Starred Games)


Ulster Match vs Monaghan (30th April)

Round 5 - 6th May etc

I think you will find split season means no county men available for clubs until your own county finished up

Any word of who else is involved in backroom team?

Dan
Eoin
Charlie pat

Burren
An RIOCHT
Finn

Kilcoo
Burren

Bryansford

An RIOCHT
Annaclone

Dromara

Aughlisnafin
Dundrum

Glenn
Clonduff
Burren
Kilcoo

Rostrevor
Loughinisland

Annaclone
Darragh Cross
An RIOCHT
Liatriom

Bright
St John's

Aughlisnafin
East BELFAST
Dundrum
DRUMANESS

Blame the management again when I just said NMA took us to a very high level?
I didn't blame management
I said players sensed that things didn't go to a higher level
The reason you take in a manager is to try get the players to a higher level than the previous manager
Truth u said on the 4th that you fancied Clonduff for the Frank O Hare cup and a few posts later tipped Kilcoo Burren for the final
Now i think what you say will be taken with a pinch

Maybe it's the fault of the players? Did they commit enough?

Player's definitely didn't commit fully, but the management played them.

CPN
Carryduff
Glenn
Mayobridge

Saval
St Paul's
D Cross
Drumgath

Burren
RGU
Ballyholland
Kilcoo

Carryduff
Mayobridge
CPN
Castlewellan

Annaclone
D Cross
TULLYLISH
An RIOCHT

St John's
Ballymartin
Bright
Saval

Ardglass
Kilclief
St Michael's

We were very poor last nite, no leadership on and off the pitch, Longstone deserved to win . Next day out is massive 

CPN
BURREN
BREDAGH
KILCOO
CLONDUFF
BALLYHOLLAND
GLENN
RGU

AN RIOCHT
CLANN NA BANNA
ATTICALL
SHAMROCKS
LIATROIM
ANNACLONE
DARRAGH CROSS
TULLYLISH

GLASDRUMMAN
DRUMANESS
East BELFAST
FINN
DUNDRUM

Jesus Christ I'm a Point Man and even I can't listen to that garbage from these two Gobshites...any wonder half the county hates us...

Would be great for our lads to win something, this group has given us a lot of joy over the last few years and their efforts are massively thanked by gaels in our club as we were in a terrible place not that long ago. We were a Yo-Yo intermediate team about 6yrs ago, A division one title was laughable then. I still don't think we are good enough to win a SFC but here's hoping they prove me wrong. The seconds are massively up against it on Saturday, Burren will win that match handy IMO. They have the most strength and depth of any club in Down and I'd argue Kilcoo and Clonduff are next best, we have been fortunate to get an easier draw to the final but you can only beat what's in front of you.

Still think there's a twist in the tale tonight, Ford always good when there's no pressure on them. I fully expect them to take this game the whole way...Still think the Bridge will fancy their chances of winning the league.

As a fellow point man I cudnt agree more, 2 Arsholes.  Probably didn't even know where moygannon was when we where in the 2nd division

I think  Down should accept they were in the wrong and take the punishment given out by croke pk. They broke the rules. Any word of who is in for the minor job?

Conor Toner and McArdle are both shy of 30.  Gerard McGovern and Cathal Foy will still be around as well. There will be 3-4 of the under 17 team integrated fairly sharpish.

The likes of McKernan and Conal McGovern will still be about to make a bit of an impact at club football and help mentor the younger lads.

Was McCorry first choice for CPN ?

Was McCorry first choice for Burren?

Don't label all of Down in that vein please.. His antics didn't work though. On another note today I seen a referee who had the balls to move a free in when Rian O'Neill was kicking it and 3 Derry players were standing in front of him roaring at nothing in particular.. Imagine the amount of frees that would be moved forward against kilcoo if we had any referees (apart from Falloon) who had the stomach to stand up to them???  Knew the rule existed and knew they were getting away with murder..

Bernie Ruane won underage titles yes but had his chance with us at senior level and didn't cut it.
G Poland, McKernan are in back room teams but not front line there is a massive difference.  Johnston's had the success but mostly with 2 teams from the club. They ain't winnin as many 'A' titles further down the age groups. Last years minors could be their last for a while..
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Ruane didn't cut at senior, I think u will find he won Down intermediate, ulster Intermediate and division 2, in his 1st year then kept us in the 1st division for the 1st time in nearly 40 years all the while bringing in all the underage players and getting rid of the deadwood. And left a ready made team for the next man coming in.

Exactly
A down and ulster INTERMEDIATE.. his success was staying in division 1 and nothing else. But he did that to his credit.. if we are being honest the management that have just departed we're not a "success" either. No titles in 4 years is poor. Let's see what Mulholland and Poland can do..

Johnnysboy exactly I think ur missing the point, we were a club that maybe got promoted 6 or 7 times over a 40 year period and went straight back down every year until 2015. Maybe your  1 of these new people that started hanging about the club in recent years but the ulster Intermediate win was my best day as a blue the catalyst for we are now.

Don't label all of Down in that vein please.. His antics didn't work though. On another note today I seen a referee who had the balls to move a free in when Rian O'Neill was kicking it and 3 Derry players were standing in front of him roaring at nothing in particular.. Imagine the amount of frees that would be moved forward against kilcoo if we had any referees (apart from Falloon) who had the stomach to stand up to them???  Knew the rule existed and knew they were getting away with murder..

Bernie Ruane won underage titles yes but had his chance with us at senior level and didn't cut it.
G Poland, McKernan are in back room teams but not front line there is a massive difference.  Johnston's had the success but mostly with 2 teams from the club. They ain't winnin as many 'A' titles further down the age groups. Last years minors could be their last for a while..
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Ruane didn't cut at senior, I think u will find he won Down intermediate, ulster Intermediate and division 2, in his 1st year then kept us in the 1st division for the 1st time in nearly 40 years all the while bringing in all the underage players and getting rid of the deadwood. And left a ready made team for the next man coming in.