Antrim Football Thread

[Milltown Row2]

Last year minors are allowed to play senior, minor fixtures to be moved to midweek though not confirmed which day.

Fixtures due out on Thursday evening/Friday morning, 9 whole days before the first game.

Sooner the better, that wife of mine is looking to know which games she can go to and when to book the aul weekends away! 

Oh stop! I'll be a wife beater after that post

[SW Ultras]

Any news on Shea Downey playing for Antrim? Seen Oran Downey regularly on Antrim bench, and was wondering would his Downey brethren be playin for the saffron yellow this year? Obviously not getting a look in under Mickey, and with him playing club football in Beal Feirste at Musgrave, wouldn't it a be a no-brainer to transfer over? Food for thought lads? Only a newbie here 

[belfastsaff]

Any news on Shea Downey playing for Antrim? Seen Oran Downey regularly on Antrim bench, and was wondering would his Downey brethren be playin for the saffron yellow this year? Obviously not getting a look in under Mickey, and with him playing club football in Beal Feirste at Musgrave, wouldn't it a be a no-brainer to transfer over? Food for thought lads? Only a newbie here 

Will the glenone mens new signing put his hand up for the new adopted County   

[Hoof Hearted]

Any news on Shea Downey playing for Antrim? Seen Oran Downey regularly on Antrim bench, and was wondering would his Downey brethren be playin for the saffron yellow this year? Obviously not getting a look in under Mickey, and with him playing club football in Beal Feirste at Musgrave, wouldn't it a be a no-brainer to transfer over? Food for thought lads? Only a newbie here 

welcome Seamus

[EOC1923]

Any news on Shea Downey playing for Antrim? Seen Oran Downey regularly on Antrim bench, and was wondering would his Downey brethren be playin for the saffron yellow this year? Obviously not getting a look in under Mickey, and with him playing club football in Beal Feirste at Musgrave, wouldn't it a be a no-brainer to transfer over? Food for thought lads? Only a newbie here 

welcome Seamus

   

[Spike]

Any news on Shea Downey playing for Antrim? Seen Oran Downey regularly on Antrim bench, and was wondering would his Downey brethren be playin for the saffron yellow this year? Obviously not getting a look in under Mickey, and with him playing club football in Beal Feirste at Musgrave, wouldn't it a be a no-brainer to transfer over? Food for thought lads? Only a newbie here 

welcome Seamus

 

[Round or stuffed]

Last year minors are allowed to play senior, minor fixtures to be moved to midweek though not confirmed which day.

Fixtures due out on Thursday evening/Friday morning, 9 whole days before the first game.

Any White smoke yet?

[ck]

Any news on Shea Downey playing for Antrim? Seen Oran Downey regularly on Antrim bench, and was wondering would his Downey brethren be playin for the saffron yellow this year? Obviously not getting a look in under Mickey, and with him playing club football in Beal Feirste at Musgrave, wouldn't it a be a no-brainer to transfer over? Food for thought lads? Only a newbie here 

Dumping his own club for another was bad enough without dumping his county too! LOL
He's on the Derry bench, he has won 2 Ulster Cships and Derry are now genuine All-Ireland contenders. Where on earth would he be going!

[Cnoc Bán]

Last year minors are allowed to play senior, minor fixtures to be moved to midweek though not confirmed which day.

Fixtures due out on Thursday evening/Friday morning, 9 whole days before the first game.

If (2nd year) minors can play senior and there needs to be 48 hours between games then surely minor games have to be Friday, to account for Sunday/Wednesday for Senior.

Is that not the way it used to be years ago, with U16 then on a Tuesday night?

You would think every year when this comes up that this was the first time they ever had to sort fixtures.

[Cnoc Bán]

Most 2nd year minors won't be playing senior,they'll be playing res unless they are like C Johnson from cargin,which I don't think there are

I accept that but if the option is there, then allowances have to be made for it.

[Caesar]

Fixing the state of reserve football should be a big priority. My own club's reserves only played 4 or 5 games last year because other clubs kept forfeiting. Young players have walked away because they spent all lasy year training for very few matches.

[Milltown Row2]

Fixing the state of reserve football should be a big priority. My own club's reserves only played 4 or 5 games last year because other clubs kept forfeiting. Young players have walked away because they spent all lasy year training for very few matches.

Problems have existed in reserve for as long as I can remember and one solution doesn't suit all teams, the best fix has always been that the seniors played after the reserves. But its only a best fit when the teams have adequate numbers, a decent manager looking after them and a good working relationship with the senior manager.

I much prefer that second teams drop down into the leagues and play in the normal divisions, the quality is better and attitude is different, to do that both panels need at least 22/25 players in their squads, otherwise its pointless

[Hoof Hearted]

Fixtures are up
Nearly all Wednesdays
9 I think

[Milltown Row2]

Fixtures are up
Nearly all Wednesdays
9 I think

Great for weekends away thankfully

[asaffgael]

What way do the leagues work then does anybody know?