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[wasn't always won with football]

Glad they are gone.... wasn't always won with football!

?? what else ?

Tactics and bravery and a blatant disregard for "history".

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Ahem.   

Didnt know his daughter was on here as well

So you want the best referees overseeing the intermediate championship? That makes sense.

No Skull, you misinterpret me.  Just appoint a competent and honest referee, who is impartial, thats all.

Terry is a good referee, I've no problem with him refereeing our game on sat night.

referees don't influence games, if the game is close some teams my feel that certain calls go against them. does anyone think that a referee at this level cares who wins?

having managed teams for a number of years and refereed for the last two years, i know what its like. me personally i feel as long as the referee is consistant in his calls then everyone is happy.

Stick to the refereeing. Sounds like you're cut out for it.

[deliberate attempt to trip]

After 30 years of kicking ball, I thought I might keep a hand in the game by refing.  I was refing a game two weeks ago and it was pissing down and this clown tried to convince me that his deliberate attempt to trip another player was due to the rain.  I didn't even bother looking him in the eye!

Abuse from the sideline, knowledge of the rules, whinging players... aye, all part of the fun of the ref's job. 

Keeping me fit, I suppose.

Was it a Kilrea training match (underage)? 

So who do think will lift it in 3005 rrhf?

[we]

we played Rossa a few years ago on our pitch and we were some points up near the end. the manager went over to get the ball and Aidan for some reason wanted to fight with him. I'm standing there thinking how bizare that the principle of a local school could come out with such language and be so disrespectful. but sure we won the match and turned round to shake hands and he was gone in his car and up the lane.

no one hate losing worse than me but he really took the biscut

Did you go to his skool?

[more loyal to their team]

On BBC news it says that Rory Galagher plays for St Galls - is that a mistake and it's meant to be Ronan or is that true? He'd be some signing if he were to play though he may be getting on a bit.

old news imtommygunn, haven't see that lad in action yet.

Will be the ruination of the present St. gall's team.
Will someone explain to me  why he is being recruited by the BBC and gaelic Life. Surely there are numerous players, ex or present who have been more successful and more loyal to their team than this guy.

He's in the right place now. Loyalty to team has never been a big issue with the city men.

No Max, I'd think most of his team mates would sympathise, as would most fair minded spectators.

Fair play to Scullion though if that's what he said after the game.

[Scullion's reaction was also pre-meditiated and OTT]

Davey or any other player sent off in a similar fashion is very unfortunate.  Scullion had just done his best to cave his ribs in and Davey's reaction was instinctive, not pre-meditated like Scullion's "challenge".  Scullion's reaction was also pre-meditiated and OTT, but typical of the reaction of too many "men" in todays game.  

Did he not break his nose in 3 places?  Prob should have just run it off though in fairness... 

Although he did give him a brave cleaver to the ribs there before getting his snout rearranged!

Not sure about that, any reports I've seen only mention a bloody nose.  My main point though is that Davey was reacting instinctively to a brave cleaver as you would put it and it always seem unfair to me that the player reacting in this type of situation is the one who gets punished.   

Davey or any other player sent off in a similar fashion is very unfortunate.  Scullion had just done his best to cave his ribs in and Davey's reaction was instinctive, not pre-meditated like Scullion's "challenge".  Scullion's reaction was also pre-meditiated and OTT, but typical of the reaction of too many "men" in todays game.   

Probably fair to say they get a lot of talented players from other s armagh clubs - particularly the bridge and cullaville

Add Cullyhanna and Cooley in Louth.

The fact that the Derry Championship is so competitive is largely due to the fact that the clubs with any serious chance of winning it are located so close to each other.  Ballinderry, Loup, Bellaghy, Slaughtneil are all in the south Derry area. Local rivalry/ parish pride fuels the competition. Only Glenullin and Dungiven in North Derry are ever seriously considered as contenders, and they are so close to south Derry that the footballing talent has overspilled into their areas. 

Mickey Darragh, Andy McCallion, Eamon Prenter.......all great footballers.

So you're just a Tyrone mongrel then.