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No doubt both clubs own this but the County Board appear to lack the desire to tackle these brawls any more.

There have been 2 or 3 this year, and I don't believe there was any action taken.

Is the messaging part of the issue.

Like any county board in Ireland, it'll be brushed under the carpet.

And next year, they're be this sort of racket in plenty of counties.

Newbridge are on top but are very poor. Glen/Slaughtneil in Ulster with this possession would have you put totally away. 1pt lead not much with so much ball in the scoring area.

That was my thoughts too. Any of the other top sides in Ulster or even Derry would have put them away in the first half. Newbridge very talented but still very naïve at times. Understandable given the youth in the team.

Lads, have a word with yourselves. 2nd run into Ulster, what would be the average age of this Newbridge front 6? Some ballers the pair of ye

A very young front  6 is right  Oisin Doherty 19,Eamon Young 18 ,Sean Young &Paddy McMullan 20, Mark Doc 22,Conor McAteer 24 , (another 4 of starting team under the age of 24 as well )

Is that lad Mc Mullan the goalie from last year Newbridge Exile?

Or am I mistaken? I see Rocks is in goals this year.

Plenty of youth in that team. A few more will get the Derry call up I'm sure but a great age profile for a club who've already won 2 Derry championships in a row. Mc Grogan has been a valuable asset at half-back after being out all last year.

I'm surprised that Kevin Brady wasn't mentiond more in the Antrim job. A quiet but shrewd operator. Probably wants to stay and see how Ulster goes this year - maybe even wants the Derry 3 in a row.

Newbridge are a credit to any club. Probably didn't play much 'A' grade football in the underage set up but hve brought through these lads very well. You, Newbridge Exile, probably know more re: underage  this past 6 years. 

When you think of the 'big' clubs around them in south Derry and how competitive the GAA is there, then Newbridge have done fantastic to get to where they're at.

Truthsayer classy as always. Belittling one of the smallest counties

You'll find it was in response to Fermanagh poster slagging off Tyrone.
Fermanagh football is very far from my thinking but when Antrim and Fermanagh lads start slagging Tyrone football..  like really?!! 🤷 😊

Remind me what county the Tyrone senior manager is from ?

Is that the best you got?! 😆 he moved to Tyrone nearly 40 years ago.. not surprising. Jumping on here to slate Tyrone football. Have a bit of respect. Fermanagh only county in Ulster not to win a senior provincial title ffs! 🤡

Lol.
Slating Tyrone football .
Nobody has done that

Just can't handle a few facts about Tyrone club teams record in Ulster senior club.
And also the fact that you needed a Fermanagh man to sort out your county team
Cuts deep

Back to the Tyrone club championship you go.
You get the count down timer started.

Fermanagh never won an Ulster senior county or club championship      go away ffs! Idiot 🤪

Seriously, what age are you?

Wise up.

Murtagh o brien helped dunloy win their first championship in 89 years, should get a statue built aswell as collect his 50gs..

Is he S&C or what?

Where's he from?

Ballyhale got over Kilcormac in a good battle there, they'll be in the mix later.

A bit of a melee at the end there. 

Ballyhale the better side with that bit
More dog in them. but fortunate not to have a penalty given against them just after half time which would have made it a bit interesting.

I suspect it was the Ballyhale centre half back shouldering players after the final whistle that kicked off the row, the tube who came into the field then trying to start a row in the stand after he'd been fired out.

Was it not the KK lad who pulled a dirty stroke on Adrian Mullan? Then the referee blew the final whistle.

Mullan and his brother Paddy weren't happy with it and 'had a few words' with the KK lad.

Then the supporter came on and the argy bargy started full pelt.

The camera panned to the lad 2 or 3 minutes after the scuffle and he still had a temper on him. He still was an angry lad. Looked to want to box with every one, including it looked like, his fellow club members.

Na Fianna gone.

Martin's beat them by 1pt.

[Tyrone club football is still the best about.]

Tyrone teams doing what they normally do, get dicked in Ulster

Waited since first round of Ulster last year to put up that message    coming out of Tyrone is a season's work... Kilcoo's season starts in Ulster.. as for Antrim 

One win since 2017 for Tyrone clubs in Ulster senior club championship.

Fermanagh and Antrim slagging off Tyrone football   

Tyrone club football is still the best about. Kilcoo I know had to prepare very diligently for that last night whilst probably had a hangover to shake off and loughmacrory were still very hard to beat. There are quite a few Tyrone club teams at this level which demonstrates a very competitive championship and hence such a strong county setup at all levels...we are all playing catch up in Ulster.

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The key question for me why, in Tyrone, are these leagues finals played after the championship?

In my opinion, your season should finish when you get knocked out of championship.

Not an excuse for this brawl but game shouldn't have been played in early November. Just asking for trouble.

Went to the game as a neutral yday. Was in the middle of a large kilcoo contingent in the stand.

Have to say it was not a pleasant experience.

This doesn't relate to Kilcoo specifically but people need to be honest. Every club has their clowns and mouth pieces. I see and hear it at every game I go to, whether it's adult or underage.

And sometimes they become more emboldened in with a bigger group. Herd mentality.

And a lot of the time it's just complaining about every decision a referee makes. Even if up by 20pts, they'd still be giving the referee abuse.

I think a lot of these type of 'supporters' have never ever coached a team. 
 

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2025/11/07/two-man-appear-in-court-over-alleged-cross-border-terrorism-operation/It was alleged during Garda evidence that a video recording had been made by four masked men indicating their intention to take violent action. Judge Andrew Cody remarked that the video, shown to him after the court was cleared, showed "anyone interfering would be a target" for the group.

A document described as a "manifesto" for the extremist right-wing group also forms part of the evidence, having been found during searches.

Karolis Peckauskas (38) of Newfoundwell Rd, Drogheda, Co Louth, and Garrett Pollock (35), with an address at Kilhorne Green, Annalong, Co Down, appeared before the court on a number of charges

Judge Cody said the video found by gardaí on Mr Pollock's phone was "a practice of a statement being released subsequent to a successful terrorist attack". This attack was intended to bring about the "destruction" of Galway Mosque, which was described as the first mosque in the Republic.

Judge Cody noted that the men in the video said they were "taking a moment to speak honestly and directly" as "everyone in the country" had had enough of the poor treatment of people "particularly children, women and the elderly" who had been "left homeless starving cold and under threat". The video said this was "due to the number of migrants that have been brought into the country by our Government". The men described this as "a threat to our sovereignty and could potentially be a hostile takeover".

"They say that they accept [the destruction of Galway Mosque] would have caused a lot of hurt, disappointment and destruction for foreign migrants, both the legal and illegal, in the community, that they do not care," the judge said in summary.

"They say that this will not be their last attack. They describe their philosophy as an eye for an eye. They say they intend to target Ipas [asylum] centres, Mosques and hotels housing migrants and that they would take this as far as necessary to achieve their goals and call on others to join them."

With these addresses and stuff, surely these lads etc. must be all connecting up on-line nowadays?

Anybody think Michael Murphy in there maybe more so on his profile and him coming back after a few years break?

Or just me being harsh on him?

I don't think Swatragh playing intermediate is a major issue, but Lavey playing junior is wrong.
Eight adult clubs in Derry could be distributed as Slaughtneil out on their own, then another five at a similar level and then eoghan rua and na magha as realistic ulster junior clubs.

That's a fair comment. They all play senior championship and they Derry grades them on where they finish.

Only 8 teams, excluding Finbarr's, so 3 teams go through to Ulster every year. Not a bad change to go percentage wise, especially at Junior level.

The problem then comes in the All-Ireland series when they come up against a Cork team say. Cork have probably 30 junior club so it's a numbers game.   

But then as DuffGael say, they normally get tanked in the All-Ireland series.

Can think of only one club that really doesn't bring in outsiders as managers that much, maybe 2.. Dunloy and Rossa, the Johnnies also rely on in house for the main, the rest, well if you ain't from those clubs then ya haven't much of a leg to stand on and throw shit..

Clubs will do what they feel right for them, so let them at it, internally these posts are advertised and the options are there for clubmen to take it on. If not the only other option is the committee take that role or the look outside..

 

That day we pay for senior managers in our club is the day ill stop giving my time for the club.

Ive been involved in teams for 14 years coming now in all 3 codes and all 3 senior teams at one stage along that. Not a single penny has ever been sought for doing this nor has anyone else (bar the S&C coaches) taken from managements.

If we start to pay the managers what about all the others then who give hours up each week like myself.

If we ever start that crap then ill be finished giving my time up for free. Mercenaries coming in for a year with no care for the club or what happens the next year.

Nah, pass.

Is Murtagh O'Brien now relegated to a mere S&C Coach?

Is he the manger -  no

Was the rest of the management getting paid - no

Was outside funding used for MOB - most likely

Our senior hurling & camogie set ups didnt get a penny either for their managements

You see when you're talking about this in a general sense and managers not getting paid etc.

Is it a case of they get fuel (as in the correct milage, nothing more) OR do they get nothing, as in absolutely not a penny?

Anybody know?

To be honest, I wouldn't notice if there's 2 or 3 stripes on the jersey.

I think I read an article about the great Kerry team having Adidas as their jersey manufacturer for a season.

They had such a status in the GAA world that Adidas came onboard. That's going back over 40 years now obviously but a big coup.

Maybe there was a rumpus about it at the time re: Irish made products?

Id imagine Barry Burns will take the St Paul's job and leave Antrim, Terry will stay and continue to build, Paddy Nugent is in with St John's, Hugo is the fergie of rossa he'll stay, Mcshane will have another roll of the dice with the paddies and I've heard the hotdog man is back at ods 😂 that's the west of the city covered!

Hearing new Antrim manager Doran has put his name forward for club jobs in other counties. Surely Antrim won't allow that?

Is he just in the door with Antrim and looking for a club job already?

Hard to police that. A lot of them are at it. An extra few quid.

You'd think being with a county 24/7 for 6 months of the year, that you'd want a complete break from all the running every night and at week-end.