Down Club Hurling & Football

[DownFanatic]

Down ACFL Division 2

Warrenpoint 1-14  Shamrocks 2-04

[umpire]

It's a pity Bryansford got relegated.  They probably would have done well in division 1.  They where very unlucky to be in a relegation playoff with 23 points or whatever it was and semi final of the championship

Bryansford only got 21 points, but i agree with Maidan1 that the Ford are far too good for 2nd Div.
They have 7 great forwards and i think they have selection problems who to leave out.

[umpire]

Saval v Clonduff OFF

Table for Down 1st Div @ June 13th

P   W   D   L   Pts   SD   Teams
9   9   0   0   18    73   Mayobridge
9   6   1   2   13    46   Kilcoo
9   6   0   3   12     5   Longstone
9   5   1   3   11     0   Rostrevor
8   5   0   3   10    -2   Clonduff
9   5   0   4   10    -9   Loughinisland
9   4   1   4    9    13   Castlewellan
9   4   0   5    8   -12   Burren
8   2   2   4    6   -10   Saval
9   2   1   6    5   -13   Ballyholland
9   1   0   8    2   -39   Liatriom
9   1   0   8    2   -52   An Riocht

[Niall Quinn]

ACFL Div 1 Friday 13th
Saval v Clonduff (Mon)
Mayobridge 1 17 Liatroim 0 07
Loughinisland 1 05 Kilcoo 0 11
Ballyholland 2 06 Castlewellan 0 15
Longstone 0 17 Burren 0 14
Rostrevor 1 15 An Riocht 1 09
ACFL Div 2
Clann na Banna 1 08 Daragh Cross 1 07
Attical 0 13 Ballymartin 1 10
Warrenpoint 1 14 Shamrocks 2 04
Annaclone 3 14 Kilclief 1 08
Downpatrick 3 16 Dundrum 0 10
Tullylish 0 04 Bryansford 3 21
ACFL Div 3
Drumgath 2 11 Drumaness 1 08
Mitchels 0 08 St Pauls 4 08
St Micheals 3 10 Teconnaught 1 09
Bredagh 1 12 Saul 0 08
Glenn 1 11 Bosco 0 11
Ardglass 1 11 Carryduff 1 07
ACFL Div 4
Aghaderg 3 13 Ballykinlar 2 09
St Johns 1 11 Dromara 1 10
Aughlisnafinn 1 13 Bright 4 14

[SCENTOFSAM]

Having kept an eye on results this season, it seem that the Finn are no longer getting the absolute hammerings they once were getting.
Obviously things are coming together there with a lot of hard work in the back ground.

[umpire]

Correction

A slight correction in score difference with Kilcoo and Loughinisland

P   W   D   L   Pts    SD     Teams
9   9   0   0   18    73   Mayobridge
9   6   1   2   13    45   Kilcoo
9   6   0   3   12     5   Longstone
9   5   1   3   11     0   Rostrevor
8   5   0   3   10    -2   Clonduff
9   5   0   4   10    -8   Loughinisland
9   4   1   4    9    13   Castlewellan
9   4   0   5    8   -12   Burren
8   2   2   4    6   -10   Saval
9   2   1   6    5   -13   Ballyholland
9   1   0   8    2   -39   Liatriom
9   1   0   8    2   -52   An Riocht

[Bitta-Banter]

Does anyone know if there is any coverage of the match at all today? On the Radio, Internet or TV?

[mournerambler]

The match is live on BBC Radio Ulster MEDIUM WAVE only 1341MW.

[dodgy umpire]

better than that the match is on live at 7 oclock in newry

[western exile]

St Johns 1 11 Dromara 1 10
I attended my first Div 4 game of 2008 and it was a good competitive match.  St. John's scored from a penalty in the first minute and Dromara responded with 2 points.  After that there was never more than 2 points in it and Jonnies eventually winning by 1.  The penalty proved too much for Dromara to crawl back, but I think that St. Johns will be very relieved to have survived that one, and Dromara will feel very disappointed not to have gotten at least a point out of it from their effort.

[Dannymcfella]

There is live streaming of the match on RTE.ie

[Our Nail Loney]

where do ya get the live streaming from? explain to a silly computer illiterate **** like me please!

[lecale4]

What a game!!! The adrenalin is still flying!!!
Men of the match for Down:

- Benny Coulter - most direct forward, great to see ponits from play - and of course the goal
- Murphy - really got under Doohers skin - had him rattled throughout - the Golden Boy even resorted to diving - not a thing Tyrone are renowned for
- Dan Gordon - great display despite being hampered by injury
- Liam Doyle - great engine, kept it going til the end - brilliant free taking under pressure
- Ambrose Rogers - player of the 2 games on aggregate - McEnaney wouldn't give him a free all night - went to the end - won a great possession in the fourth period at the death - brilliant
- Ross & DJ - INSTILLED SOME BELIEF - despite conceding 8 points without reply - from 0-12 to 0-16 to 0-20 to 0-16 they still kept going!!!

Unbelievable referring from McEnaney - played for a draw in normal time - has to be the man in the big picture. 4th period was a free for all - you couldn't buy a free - think the bad light got to him!!
An Dun Abu!!!

[5 Sams]

This weeks fixtures:

Tuesday 17th June 7 30
ACHL Div 1
Kilclief v Ballycran
Ballygalget v Portaferry
Shamrocks v Liatroim
Bredagh v Ballela
ACHL Div 2
Portaferry v Castlewellan
Warrenpoint v Clonduff
Ballycran v Ballygalget
Friday 20th June 7 30
ACFL Div 1
Liatroim v Saval
Mayobridge v Kilcoo
Clonduff v Loughinisland
Longstone v Ballyholland
Castlewellan v Rostrevor
Burren v An Riocht
ACFL Div 2
Ballymartin v Clann na Banna
Attical v Warrenpoint
Darragh Cross v Shamrocks
Downpatrick v Annaclone
Kilclief v Tullylish
Dundrum v Bryansford
ACFL Div 3
Bosco v Glasdrumman
Saul v Ardglass
Tecconaught v Glenn
St Pauls v Bredagh
Drumaness v St Micheals
Drumgath v Mitchels
ACFL Div 4
Bright v Aghaderg
St Johns v Ballykinlar
Dromara v Aughlisnafinn
Sunday 22nd June 2 00
ACPRL Div 1
Mayobridge v Bryansford
Clonduff v Burren
Kilcoo v Rostrevor
An Riocht v Liatroim
Downpatrick v Castlewellan
ACPRL Div 2
Warrenpoint v Kilclief
Loughinisland v Carryduff
Tullylish v Saval
Bredagh v Ballymartin
Annaclone v Longstone

[Mourne Rover]

I'm not sure if we are all back down to earth after Saturday night, but the Armagh performance today gave us much to think about. Cavan may be an ordinary side but, as we know from 2004 and 2007,  they are a tough proposition on their own ground. However, Armagh, without playing particularly well, won very easily today and, only for the excellent Cavan keeper Reilly, could have been ten or twelve points ahead at the end.

Armagh may be in transition, but bringing in a new manager seems to have given them an edge which was missing from the Tyrone set-up. At the same time, Peter McDonnell let himself down today by claiming that he knew nothing about our game, which was played about ten miles from where he lives. It was a comment which indicated that he was worried abut us, and we can probably look forward to some more carry-on in the approach to the semi.

We will go into the match as outsiders, which suits us fine, but our defence is still the big issue. While McVeigh did well again in nets, the full back line from Saturday is probably too small for the likes of Ronan Clarke and Stevie McDonnell. Dan McCartan was one of our heroes on the night, and battled with Cavanagh for everything, but he would be giving away about three stone and four inches against Clarke, who is a specialist full forward and not a converted midfielder like Cavanagh.

James Colgan was not on for long at full back, but he might be worth trying. The obvious marker for McDonnell would have been Martin Cole, but a final appeal against his suspension seems unlikely, so, having snubbed out Dooher, Paul Murphy should be the man for the job, with Luke Howard keeping his place in the other corner.

Doyle and Carr are certainties in the half-back line, but Rafferty, while he may join them, is is on the small side . Lynch did not do badly at midfield, but the pairing there should really be Gordon and Ambrose.

Benny got 1-3 from play switching between the lines, and there is is a strong case for keeping him in in the half forwards with McKernan, who did well when he came on, and Clarke just getting in ahead of Kearney. Sexton needs a free role, and Hughes and McComiskey could do the job in the full forward line. The evidence is that Murtagh would be better coming off the bench, but we have plenty to consider over the next fortnight.