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Castlewellan 3-14 Drumgath 2-16- draw would have been a fairer result but who cares- THE TOWN ARE BACK IN DIV 1!!!!!
Where we belong!

Hopefully Castlewellan will seal promotion tomorrow night and will have Div 1 football to look forward to next season. it's going to be tight as to who joins us but I fancy Liatroim

Ridiculous decision to play a double header in Newry this Wednesday night. 8.30pm throw-in for a game that could go to extra time! The town- Clonduff game should be played in Newcastle. If people wanted to attend both games one coule be played on Tuesday and one on Wednesday.

I have a lot of respect for Pete McGrath, but last night he (because they lost the game) cancelled the minor's meal after the game.
What point was he trying to prove by doing this ridiculous action? Shocking way to treat young fellas who were undoubtably hurting after the defeat.

This amalgamation thing is a complete joke and will turn out to be a cake walk for Saval, hope it doesnt become too much of a farce on the night, I can see 15/20 point spread.

I don't agree with the amalgamation at all but I think your prediction may be way out.  I'd fancy Kilclief on their own to have a fighting chance against Saval.  Perhaps the dilution of the "do it for the parish/jersey" attitude and lack of training together will work against this Lecale team but if they put out the strongest team (which is 12 Kilclief men, 2 Ardglass men and a keeper from Saul) there is no way they will get beaten by 20 points by Saval.

Kilclief wouldn't have a snowballs chance in hell against Saval! Look at the facts- Kilclief are a Div 3 club and have been beaten this year. The gulf between Div 3 and Div 1 is massive. Castlewellan could hardly win a game in Div 1 last year but in Div 2 they are stuffing teams by an average of 8 points- Saval will be odds on to win at a canter.

[I'd say the mix-up was that the ball for tullylish didn't seem to be in the draw so they ended up just playing them against the last team drawn out, warrenpoint. They could get away with playing away as it is but some teams may say that it wasn't really fair.
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No offence to Tullylish but I'd rather we had drawn them than Mayobridge!

How were benny and McVeigh left out of the RTE team of the year? Unbelievable

How Brendan McVeigh and Benny Coulter didn't make that team is a mystery- I hope the journalists picking the All-Stars don't omit them.

They done us proud and didn't let us down- I hope all true Down Gaels come out tomorrow and welcome the boys home as they have given us a summer we never believed we would have!

Did anyone hear that effin pillock Jim Wells going mad because Ulster Bank staff in Castlewellan wore Down jerseys yesterday?
That's what we are up against.

How much are Hill 16 tickets and are the co board charging pound for Euro on them as well?

Stone v bridge
kingdom or hilltown v kilcoo
saval v c wellan or b ford
Harps v burren

You wud have to fancy bridge, kilcoo, ford + burren

The Ford have yet to get past the Town!!!

I don't care what you say- raising an extra £145,000 out of the pockets of genuine fans who have followed the team through thick and thin is a slap in the face. It wasn't needed in 91 or 94- I'm pretty sure the great Kerry team of the past decade didn't ask if of their supporters but our board only see the £ signs. Many genuine supporters are struggling for work never mind the fortunes they have already spent kitting out their kids in strips and getting them flags etc.

[Grab All Association]

It's a disgrace- what families who have followed Down all year can afford an extra £12 per ticket? The county board will make plenty from the final as it is with merchandising etc- it really is the Grab All Association if that get passed at the county board meeting

Bridge 2.10 Castlewellan 0.10 Poor performance by us to be honest!!!

If the town had been more clinical when presented with 3 gilt edged goal chances and not given away an awful goal the result would have been very different.

Are you being serious? The Town never looked like at any stage capable of beating us, we missed a bucket load of chances ourselves even though we weren't at full tilt! I thought we played well in patches cutting through your defence with ease, also our defence stood up well blocking the Town out!

I don't know what game you were at- you were gifted your second goal right at the death. The town were awful in the first half but were by far the better team in the second half and had any of those goal chances went in it would have been a different result.