Down Club Hurling & Football

[norabeag]

Well done Kilcoo. It's been a long wait but don't enjoy it too much! The Donegal Champions are waiting for you.

Yes congratulations to Kilcoo. Well deserved over the course of the campaign, but L'island will be kicking themselves. They should have been out of site by halftime but lack of a free taker proved very expensive.
Dan almost anonymous today but that game was their for the taking.
Really cant see Kilcoo doing much damage in Ulster but here's hoping

Lastly poor Gabriel Tumelty, what can I say

[Long Ball]

Loughinisland done a Fermanagh. The better team for the first 40-45 mins but their free-takers let them down. It cost Fermanagh last year's Ulster title and cost the blues the county title this year. They should have been 8-9 points up at half time, missed 2 or even 3 goals opportunities and their frees were woeful. Kilcoo know how to hold onto a lead and there was no way when they went 4 up that they wer going to lose.

[Square Ball]

Fair play to Kilcoo, the beer will be flying in Kilcoo tonight and in the Northern in Castlewellan,

[Maiden1]

Well done Kilcoo. It's been a long wait but don't enjoy it too much! The Donegal Champions are waiting for you.

Yes congratulations to Kilcoo. Well deserved over the course of the campaign, but L'island will be kicking themselves. They should have been out of site by halftime but lack of a free taker proved very expensive.
Dan almost anonymous today but that game was their for the taking.
Really cant see Kilcoo doing much damage in Ulster but here's hoping

Lastly poor Gabriel Tumelty, what can I say

Disagree completely.  Some of Dan's fielding and running with the ball was exceptional.  A good free taker and they would have been 5 or 6 up after 1/2 time.  Once Kilcoo got the first goal and got in front there was no stopping them.

[13aside]

good post maiden pretty near the mark

[supersub]

Anyone have teamsheet/scorers for the match?

Congrats to kilcoo!

[thegael]

Well what can we say but well done Kilcoo .
This is a club all the rest of us can learn from , admire and I really must say as a Down man I am so proud that they are representing us in Ulster , for one thing for sure is no one will get it easy from the magpies.
Kilcoo we gaels salute you a great club with a the spirit of the gael.





                                               the gael takes no prisoners !

[norabeag]

Well done Kilcoo. It's been a long wait but don't enjoy it too much! The Donegal Champions are waiting for you.

Yes congratulations to Kilcoo. Well deserved over the course of the campaign, but L'island will be kicking themselves. They should have been out of site by halftime but lack of a free taker proved very expensive.
Dan almost anonymous today but that game was their for the taking.
Really cant see Kilcoo doing much damage in Ulster but here's hoping

Lastly poor Gabriel Tumelty, what can I say

Disagree completely.  Some of Dan's fielding and running with the ball was exceptional.  A good free taker and they would have been 5 or 6 up after 1/2 time.  Once Kilcoo got the first goal and got in front there was no stopping them.

Maybe a bit harsh of me to say anonymous but when his leadership was needed most in the last quarter he wasn't there.
I am a big fan and expected more

[Aaron Boone]

Ref was very fussy throughout and even booked two men in injury time when the game was plainly over.

[Mourne Rover]

It was a great occasion in Newry today, all very well organised, with an excellent programme as well, and one of the biggest crowds I can remember at a county final making for a tremendous atmosphere. Unfortunately, it was a very poor game with Loughinisland's second half display,  when they failed to score, about as bad as it gets.

Fair play to Kilcoo, who completed the treble of u16, minor and senior, with no doubt the RFC to come. They looked second best throughout the first half, apart from missing a penalty, and Loughinisland,if they had a free taker, would have been six or seven up, rather than just two, by the break.

The start of the second half was even more one-sided, with the Island constantly attacking and missing chances.  Then Kilcoo broke away, and Dominic McEvoy, who was just about the man of the match, was left completely unmarked and thumped in a goal. The Island fell apart, completely lost their shape, and kept kicking wide after wide as Kilcoo tapped over a few points to cruise home. The second penalty was probably a dive from Conor Laverty, but it did not really matter by that stage and it was brilliantly tucked away by Paul Devlin,

There was not much for wee James to note, other than possibly the Kilcoo full back Niall Morgan's performance and the urgent need for big Dan,who was dreadful after a decent start and  got a straight red towards the end,together with Aidan Brannigan of Kilcoo, to take a decent rest and come back next year as the player we know he can be.

[dundrumite]

It was a great occasion in Newry today, all very well organised, with an excellent programme as well, and one of the biggest crowds I can remember at a county final making for a tremendous atmosphere. Unfortunately, it was a very poor game with Loughinisland's second half display,  when they failed to score, about as bad as it gets.

Fair play to Kilcoo, who completed the treble of u16, minor and senior, with no doubt the RFC to come. They looked second best throughout the first half, apart from missing a penalty, and Loughinisland,if they had a free taker, would have been six or seven up, rather than just two, by the break.

The start of the second half was even more one-sided, with the Island constantly attacking and missing chances.  Then Kilcoo broke away, and Dominic McEvoy, who was just about the man of the match, was left completely unmarked and thumped in a goal. The Island fell apart, completely lost their shape, and kept kicking wide after wide as Kilcoo tapped over a few points to cruise home. The second penalty was probably a dive from Conor Laverty, but it did not really matter by that stage and it was brilliantly tucked away by Paul Devlin,

There was not much for wee James to note, other than possibly the Kilcoo full back Niall Morgan's performance and the urgent need for big Dan,who was dreadful after a decent start and  got a straight red towards the end,together with Aidan Brannigan of Kilcoo, to take a decent rest and come back next year as the player we know he can be.

He had quite a performance. Highly impressed by him, has he ever represented Down at any level before?

[Bitta-Banter]

Loughinisland will be kicking themselves,Some bad wides.
Gabriel Tumilty was a shocking appointment as ref,how can you have a hard hitting flowing contest with this man in charge. He would make a good ladies ref or Go Games or something.Didn;t let it flow and didnt allow forwards to tackle defenders.

Also Kilcoo should look at getting Aidan Brannigan's straight red rescinded. The ref didnt want to send just Dan off, so he bottled it and sent both off.

[Long Ball]

Bitta-Banter, Aidan Brannigan punched Dan Gordon in the back of the ribs- a striking offence is a straight red. Ref coud have just booked them both though at that stage of the game. He was too fussy- probably just trying to do things by the book on the big stage.

Don't think Kilcoo will do much in Ulster- may beat St Eunan's but that's as far as they will get.

[Pangurban]

Best team won, but it could have been so different if the Island had not been so wasteful in the first half, opted for terrible shot selections from ridiculous positions in second half. Did not effect result but the standard of refereeing was absolutely deplorable, inconsistent ,nit-picking, long delays for no valid reason other than his indecision. Congrats to Kilcoo, hope they do us proud in Ulster, they are certainly going to be around for a few years and will be hard to dislodge. Sadly i think the Island have missed their chance and it will be a long time until we see them back at this stage

[umpire]

Well done to Newry Bosco on winning the Division 4 league final today, looks like they went through the entire season without dropping a single league point.

thnks rambler we did go through unbeaten, good game v Mitchels, glad to be out of div 4

Bosco should have beaten Glenn in Junior Football Championship, beaten by a freak Mattie Bagnell goal at the end.
Manager Paddy McAvoy done well.