St.Brigids V Nemo Rangers

[Tubberman]

The village boys from Crossmaglen have been making the city boys Nemo look insignificant over the past decade. As harsh as it sounds it is true. The great thing about now is that we live in the present, Cross are the best in Ireland and they face St Brigids who will try and write their own peice of history on 17th March.

Nobody could accuse ye of being shy or self-deprecating anyway.....

[mountainboii]

The village boys from Crossmaglen have been making the city boys Nemo look insignificant over the past decade. As harsh as it sounds it is true. The great thing about now is that we live in the present, Cross are the best in Ireland and they face St Brigids who will try and write their own peice of history on 17th March.

How so?

In the past decade:

Cross: 1 win, 3 final appearances, 5 provincial titles.
Nemo: 1 win, 3 final appearances, 5 provincial titles.

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

Do ye base it an AI's alone? Cross had 19 county championships before Nemo had their first.

Would have thought Cork would have been a far more difficult Championship to win than Armagh.

[Armaghgeddon]

The village boys from Crossmaglen have been making the city boys Nemo look insignificant over the past decade. As harsh as it sounds it is true. The great thing about now is that we live in the present, Cross are the best in Ireland and they face St Brigids who will try and write their own peice of history on 17th March.

How so?

In the past decade:

Cross: 1 win, 3 final appearances, 5 provincial titles.
Nemo: 1 win, 3 final appearances, 5 provincial titles.

Never mentioned anything about titles. The point I was making when talking about Nemo looking insignificant is that a small village team are doing just as well as them, if not better by appearing in another final this year.

[Tatler Jack]

The point I was making when talking about Nemo looking insignificant is that a small village team are doing just as well as them, if not better by appearing in another final this year

Nemo have a small enough catchement area surrounded by a lot of larger clubs.

[mountainboii]

The village boys from Crossmaglen have been making the city boys Nemo look insignificant over the past decade. As harsh as it sounds it is true. The great thing about now is that we live in the present, Cross are the best in Ireland and they face St Brigids who will try and write their own peice of history on 17th March.

How so?

In the past decade:

Cross: 1 win, 3 final appearances, 5 provincial titles.
Nemo: 1 win, 3 final appearances, 5 provincial titles.

Never mentioned anything about titles. The point I was making when talking about Nemo looking insignificant is that a small village team are doing just as well as them, if not better by appearing in another final this year.

Your point is waffle. This 'small village' stuff is the type of embarrassing gobshitery that you'd get from Marty Morrissey. Cross is a decent sized club, no minnow by any standard.

[Milltown Row2]

The village boys from Crossmaglen have been making the city boys Nemo look insignificant over the past decade. As harsh as it sounds it is true. The great thing about now is that we live in the present, Cross are the best in Ireland and they face St Brigids who will try and write their own peice of history on 17th March.

How so?

In the past decade:

Cross: 1 win, 3 final appearances, 5 provincial titles.
Nemo: 1 win, 3 final appearances, 5 provincial titles.

Never mentioned anything about titles. The point I was making when talking about Nemo looking insignificant is that a small village team are doing just as well as them, if not better by appearing in another final this year.

Your point is waffle. This 'small village' stuff is the type of embarrassing gobshitery that you'd get from Marty Morrissey. Cross is a decent sized club, no minnow by any standard.

stretches as for as Louth and Monaghan

[DuffleKing]

Crosmaglen is a town and the club reaches far beyond just the town.

Doesn't in any way lessen theur achievements. people shouldn't be looking for excuses to denigrate any successful club

[armaghniac]

Would have thought Cork would have been a far more difficult Championship to win than Armagh.

Perhaps, but then Nemo didn't win 13 in row. Ulster provincial titles are probably harder to come by than Munster ones.

Crosmaglen is a town and the club reaches far beyond just the town.

Far beyond the town is a relative measure, like about 5km in some directions, much less in others, Culloville is only about 4km away. Cross has about 2000 people to pick from, then that's about the average pick. Not a small club, but successful senior clubs are usually a certain minimum size.

[brokencrossbar1]

Lads whatever about the pick in and around the town what I would say is within a 5 mile radius of the town you have 2 division 1 teams in cuulyhanna and culloville. Strong enough intermediate team in the bridge and two decent intermediate teams in louth and monaghan in malachi's and toome. There isn't the widespread pick that people imagine and if you look at the players that come through year on year they are generally connected in a family way to the club for years. The same names over and over. If you pick the "new" boys on the team. James morgan, grandson of the great gene morgan, paul mckeowns family lived in cross all their lives, danny o the same. Stephen finnegans dad is a monaghan man married into a very strong cross family, the hughes, and has been involved in the club for 20 odd years, titch mc kenna, father is former player and manager, johhny hanratty is a local lad related to different club men, aaron cunningham's dad former player and manager, franny hanratty is with the club all his life, jamie's family have been in the club for generations. My son plays u 14 now and the same thing is happening.  Cassidys McConville's donnellys, sons of former players. It has always been like that and always will.

[fitzroyalty]

Moving on to the next debate who was better? Clan na nGael (Armagh) or Clann na nGael (Roscommon) 

Clan na Gael, Lurgan, undisputed second best team in Armagh