Down Club Hurling & Football

[Mourne Rover]

It's worth mentioning that Club Down members voted to give Dee Rafferty the Spirit of Breen Morgan award in 2010, meaning that in an AI final year he was the player who best exemplified what it meant to wear our jersey. If he and McComiskey had been left on the field at Croke Park, we might even have lifted Sam that year. Dee was as game as they come, attacked every ball and used possession exceptionally well. He will be badly missed.

[southdown]

Any idea when the Stone v Ballyholland game will be replayed.  Sean Rooney sadly passed away yesterday, will be sorely missed around the 'stone.

[TheClutch]

I'd just like to point out that the result submitted to the Down website for Dundrum Vs St Pauls is incorrect. The match was not played as the referee deemed the pitch unplayable.

[general]

HT SCORE

Shamrocks 0.02 MAYOBRIDGE 4.08

Some game 

[general]

Shamrocks 0.09 mayobridge 5.16

[thewobbler]

After that result, can anyone in this county really still advocate a division 1 of 16 teams?

[general]

Saval 0.05 liatroim 0.04

[Mid Down Gael]

After that result, can anyone in this county really still advocate a division 1 of 16 teams?

It is absolute madness. I think this should be reviewed, disaster waiting to happen. Football is hard enough to watch at present. Burren v Kilclief will be another cricket score winning margin later.

[Line Ball]

Saval 0.05 liatroim 0.04

Is this the final result?

After that result, can anyone in this county really still advocate a division 1 of 16 teams?

It is absolute madness. I think this should be reviewed, disaster waiting to happen. Football is hard enough to watch at present. Burren v Kilclief will be another cricket score winning margin later.

For the life of me I cannot understand how the clubs voted for these proposals.  We will see many mis-matches next year in the league similar to some of the championship results we have seen today and will see again in the championship.  The county board will seriously have to take another look at this if these results continue.

How can this be good for club football in Down?  What was wrong with the old set up anyway.?

[John Martin]

Saval 2-09
Liatroim 1-08

[5 Sams]

After that result, can anyone in this county really still advocate a division 1 of 16 teams?

Burren result would back that up...massive gulf between Div 1 & 2 and SFC and IFC.

[No1]

Can't argue with that 5 Sams. We were completely out of our depth and were handed a lesson by a  top class football team. In our defence I will say that we more than earned our shot at the SFC after winning the IFC last season. Very proud of our lads tonight though, they never gave up and worked right to the final whistle.

[Line Ball]

Burren 7-15 V 1-9 Kilclief

Get used to results like this!  And you can't blame the likes of Kilclief or Shamrocks for it.

[here comes 6]

Back to old system a MUST after today

[DownFanatic]

Lads, when this was put to the vote at a county board meeting, only 7 or so clubs voted against League re-structuring, my club included. At the end of the day county board delegates on behalf of their clubs voted unanimously for these proposals to go through. We are stuck with them for the forseeable.