Ulster Under 21 Football & Ulster Under 21 Hurling Championships 2011

drici · February 11, 2011, 12:34:38 PM

Ulster Under 21 Football Championship

Wednesday 9th March
Preliminary Round
Derry v Armagh
(Derry venue) 8-00pm

Wednesday 16th March
Quarter Finals:
Fermanagh v Cavan
(Fermanagh venue) 8-00pm

Donegal v Antrim
(Donegal venue) 8-00pm

Down v Tyrone
(Down venue) 8-00pm

Monaghan v Derry or Armagh
8-00pm

Wednesday 23rd March
Semi Finals:
Fermanagh or Cavan v Donegal or Antrim
8-00pm

Down or Tyrone v Monaghan or Derry/Armagh
8-00pm

Wednesday 30th March 2011
Final

drici · February 11, 2011, 12:38:18 PM

Extra Time if required in all games.

Replay date if required for the Final is Wednesday April 6th.

PAULD123 · February 11, 2011, 02:59:06 PM

Thanks for posting this. If you ever come across the information on venues I would appreciate you letting us know.

drici · March 01, 2011, 06:48:55 PM

Quote from: PAULD123 on February 11, 2011, 02:59:06 PM
Thanks for posting this. If you ever come across the information on venues I would appreciate you letting us know.

The only dodgy one might have been Donegal.

Ulster Under 21 Football Championship
Wednesday 9th March
Preliminary Round
Derry v Armagh
(Celtic Park) 8-00pm

Wednesday 16th March
Quarter Finals:
Fermanagh v Cavan
(Brewster Park) 8-00pm

Donegal v Antrim
(Ballybofey) 8-00pm

Down v Tyrone
(Páirc Esler) 8-00pm

Monaghan v Derry or Armagh
8-00pm

Wednesday 23rd March
Semi Finals:
Fermanagh or Cavan v Donegal or Antrim
8-00pm

Down or Tyrone v Monaghan or Derry/Armagh
8-00pm

Wednesday 30th March 2011
Final

FermGael · March 01, 2011, 07:48:03 PM

Any bookies pricing this up??
I would be assumming that Tyrone would be favourites.

boojangles · March 01, 2011, 10:14:46 PM

Quote from: FermGael on March 01, 2011, 07:48:03 PM
Any bookies pricing this up??
I would be assumming that Tyrone would be favourites.

Cant get anything on Paddy Powers yet, only Leinster as they have played the 1st round. You will get odds on the 1st round matches Id imagine and then they will probably do up an outright market after the 1st games.
Tyrone won the Minor AI 3 years ago so would imagine they would be favourites. Ulster looks very competitive.

DownFanatic · March 01, 2011, 11:44:16 PM

On paper Down have a very good squad of players this year. Tyrone mightnt get it all their own way.

put-it-up-again · March 01, 2011, 11:58:23 PM

Paddy Power had odds up for the AI u21 championship. I cant remember the exact odds now but I know they did have the Ulster teams in this order anyway -

Tyrone
Armagh
Donegal
Down
Cavan
Monaghan
Derry
Fermanagh
Antrim

tyroneman · March 02, 2011, 06:58:57 AM

Tyrone have been beaten by Fermanagh and Down in the Cremartin cup. Albeit with some key players missing. Coney will still be out Matt Donnelly should be back. Bout time the minor success we've had translated through to u21.

Very disapointing these last few years given the talent available.

PAULD123 · March 02, 2011, 08:17:29 AM

Tyrone put in place a fantastic system of bringing the young lads through the ranks to eventually feed the senior team. But for the last couple of years it seemed to break down at U21 level. I gather the management have now been changed. I'm sure it won't be long before they are back converting Minor success to U21 then senior. Down are now looking at the same strategy with the great Pete McGrath over our development and minor team. So hopefully we wil challenge Tyrone for years to come.

As for this year Tyrone deserve to be favourites but Down are represented by the minor AI semi-finalists of 2009 (which we should have won by a bagful) plus at least 4 players with senior county experience. We should be good in the forward line at least.

In fairness Armagh will be pushing forward their 2009 AI minor champions.

It could be an interesting competition

nrico2006 · March 02, 2011, 08:26:17 AM

Does the Tyrone team contain many of the 2010 All Ireland Minor Winners?

whitegoodman · March 02, 2011, 08:32:32 AM

Who are downs 4 that have played senior county football, I can only think of Paul mcpolin and he only played a couple of games at the start of this year

PAULD123 · March 02, 2011, 10:41:44 AM

Well from the panel I saw on Hoganstand (but it may be wrong):

Philip Bonny - McKenna cup game
Conor Poland - McKenna cup game
Paul McPolin - McKenna cup & 1 league game
Paul Devlin - McKenna cup game

Also Anton McCardle and Darren O'Hagan are part of the senior squad aren't they?

Now forgive my ignorance I may have got two things wrong:

Firstly I may have got two players with the same name mixed up.
Secondly I may not be looking at the official panel.

I would appreciate any re-direction if what I have said above is incorrect. I'd rather be put right than continue to be wrong.

fitzroyalty · March 02, 2011, 03:39:47 PM

What are Derry like? Armagh look strong with a number of the AI minor winners but there were some suprising omissions in the panel.

supersub · March 02, 2011, 11:18:09 PM

who was left out of the panel that was surprising fitz?