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Sorry Don, my mistake. Are you always complaining, I put up a lot of links here from laoistoday.ie and I've never seen you thanking me...
Here's one for you, might stop you giving out for a few minutes.
http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/06/02/can-name-laois-panel-2003/

[Here's a report from Laois.ie:]

Here's a report from Laois.ie:

St Joseph's   1-12
Emo    0-11

A Ciaran Ramsbottom goal in the dying minutes eventually decided an entertaining Kelly Cup decider in St Joseph's favour in Crettyard this evening.
And St Joseph's, who have been the form team in the county this year and lead Division 1A having only lost one of their opening ten 10 games will be hoping this is just the first trophy they lift this year.
They were pushed all the way by an Emo side who will play in the intermediate championship and who have been struggling in Division 1B. But Ramsbottom's goal eventually settled the issue in favour of the Kellyville outfit.

The sides were level 0-7 each at the break with Emo keeping in touch thanks to Paul Lawlor's frees and points from play from Nigel Murphy, Shane Murphy and Chris Gleeson. Dylan Doyle accounted for four of St Joseph's points in the opening half with Dan Dunne and Mattie Campion also on target.
Nigel Murphy and Paul Lawlor added Emo's points in the second half but Ramsbottom's late goal ensured the silverware for St Joseph's.

SCORERS – St Joseph's: Dylan Doyle 0-6, Ciaran Ramsbottom 1-1, Dan Dunne 0-2, Jason Campion and Mattie Campion 0-1 each. Emo: Paul Lawlor 0-5, Nigel Murphy 0-3, Shane Murphy 0-2, Chris Gleeson 0-1
ST JOSEPH'S: Aaron Cooney; Tom Dunne, Aidan Brennan, Adam Campion; Murtagh Condron, Dan Dunne, Willie McDonald; Cathal Fleming, James Smith; Paddy Hickey, Mattie Campion, Liam Kealy; Dylan Doyle, Jason Campion, David Brennan. Subs: Conor Kealy for Aidan Brennan (black card), Ciaran Ramsbottom for A Campion, Peter Kealy for Hickey
EMO: David Whelan; Paddy Dunne, James O'Rourke, Sean Ryan; Nigel Murphy, Niall Wheeler, Pauric Kirwan; Brian Gorman, Mark Carney; Cian Langford, Shane Murphy, Chris Gleeson; Rory Meredith, Paul Lawlor, Dylan Lawlor. Subs: Dylan Langford for Meredith

[Explainer: how the first round of SFC Qualifiers is shaping up]

Explainer: how the first round of SFC Qualifiers is shaping up
29 May 2017


The All-Ireland football qualifiers are just over two weeks away and we look at how the first round draw will pan out.

The provincial championship draws are arranged on an 'A' and 'B' side to try and ensure beaten counties get two weeks before having to play a qualifier game.
The round 1A qualifiers take place on Saturday 17 June with the 1B side game a week later on 24 June. Both round 1A and 1B involve counties that didn't make it to their provincial semi-finals.

'A' side:      Wicklow, Longford, loser Kildare v Laois, loser Meath v Louth, Waterford, Antrim, Derry, Sligo.

'B' side:      Wexford, loser Carlow v Dublin, loser Offaly v Westmeath, Limerick, Fermanagh, loser Down v Armagh, loser Cavan v Monaghan, London.

An open draw will take place between the eight teams on the 'A' side and repeat pairings of games from the provincial championship are allowed. The same occurs on the 'B' side.
The winners of the round 1A and 1B games play the beaten provincial semi-finalists. Teams that progressed to a provincial semi-final by beating a team on the 'A' side remain on the 'A' side if they enter the Qualifiers.

[Emo V St Joseph's: 19:30 @ Crettyard]

The Kelly Cup final will finally go ahead tonight in Crettyard

Emo V St Joseph's:  19:30 @ Crettyard

[Relax lads and try this quiz, I was amazed at how bad my scores were, must be getting old....]

Relax lads and try this quiz, I was amazed at how bad my scores were, must be getting old....   


http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/06/01/test-memory-laois-kildare-football-quiz/

They might be missing two forwards, Flynn and McCormack but they are a team on a mission this year and are very strong in most positions. We have to admit we are massive underdogs in this one and if we can put up a decent performance I'll be happy enough.
We will need to have a plan in place and play to the best of our ability to even come near them. We also will need a bit of luck and a fair referee, think it's David Coldrick from Meath is the man in the middle on Sunday

[Laois Team For Sunday]

Laois Team For Sunday

[Talking points as Laois see off Longford and set sights on Kildare]

Talking points as Laois see off Longford and set sights on Kildare
http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/05/23/talking-points-laois-see-off-longford-set-sights-kildare/

[Results]

Results

The Rock 1-13
Ballyfin 1-12

Rosenallis 1-12
Courtwood 0-13

Mountmellick 0-12
Timahoe 1-5

St Joseph's 2-11
Clonaslee St Manman's 3-10

Park-Ratheniska 0-9
Kilcavan 1-12

They say it's at the discretion of management if they can play or not....

[Leinster Council Explain Why Dublin Vs Carlow Will Take Place In Laois]

Leinster Council Explain Why Dublin Vs Carlow Will Take Place In Laois
https://www.balls.ie/gaa/dublin-carlow-laois-365590

Great win for Laois footballers.

http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/05/22/jack-nolan-refreshing-display-much-admire/

[Div 1A League Table this week]

Some results from the two div's this weekend...                                                                                                                                        Div 1A League Table this week

           

Great win and for once I thought our defending was fairly good. We didn't stand off lads as much as we have been and met some lads full on when they came running at us and we stood our ground well.

One thing I noticed today which has improved the team is the quality of ball to the full forward line, it was mostly into the space in front of lads rather than straight down on top of them and we made great use of that possession throughout the game. Donie tends to give off ball quicker when Paul is on the team as he tends to overplay it normally and loses a lot of ball. That is a major positive and it created a lot of chances for us today.

On the negative side we coughed up a big lead while playing with a strong breeze and a few heads were going down until we got those two goals before half time. We don't seem to be able to hold on to a lead and letting Longford back into it was sometimes down to silly, lazy play and giving the ball away too easily.

Brody will get caught soon coming out like that and there really is no need for him to be out around the midfield area, ok, come out and help out the defence if they need you but don't forget what you primary duty is. He got dispossessed on one occasion in the second half and it could have been very embarrassing only the referee gave him a free for a foul that some ref's wouldn't give.

Overall it was great to see the spread of scores we got and our play looked sharp and decisive. Our defending was good and we didn't let them walk through us as we had been doing previously. Probably wont be good enough for Kildare but it wont be for lack of effort from these guys..

On another note how is it that O'Moore park is big enough to hold Dublin v Carlow this year when it was NOT big enough to hold Dublin v Laois last year .. ?

Great Article redsetanta, just fixed the link here if you don't mind...
http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/all-for-the-love-of-the-game-26496024.html