Down Club Hurling & Football

[east down gael]

McComiskey is a class act,but I've seen him well marked in games,whereas Harrison is lethal every time I've watched him.I'm refering to club football only.

[umpire]

Great debate on best 15 in Div 3 this year..

Let pick your best 15 players for your own club that you have seen.

This can be any club from first div right down to fourth div.


I have pick 3 local teams that i have shown an interest in.


Rostrevor

Jay Parr
Martin Cole, Leo Murphy, Teddy Mulholland
Phemlin Leneghan, Tommy Markey, Mickey Daly
Liam Austin, Jarlath Austin;
Mickey Cole, Adrian Farrell, Damien Morgan;
Lloyd Parr, Shaun Parr, Pete McGrath.


Burren
Gary Walsh;
Brendan McKernan, Tommy McGovern, Malachy Murdock;
Kevin McKernan, Seamus Doyle, Brendan McGovern
Paddy O'Rourke, Declan Rooney;
Pat McKay, John Trainor, Tony McArdle;
Vincent McGovern, Tom Fegan, Gerard Murdock.


Mayobridge
Tommy McGivern,
Shane McMahon, Tom O'Hare, Jimmy Coulter;
Francis Poland, Francis Gallagher, Conor Garvey;
Eoin Woods, Paul O'Hare;
Ronan Sexton, Mickey Walsh, Peter Linden;
Mickey Linden, Francis Coulter, Benny Coulter.

[TheClutch]

McComiskey is a class act,but I've seen him well marked in games,whereas Harrison is lethal every time I've watched him.I'm refering to club football only.

have to say that harrison doesnt have the temperment or the pace of McComiskey. always seems more focused on fighting

[T O Hare]

Good to see our neighbours and future Ulster club champions training in our facilities tonight as both their bogs weren't fit for football Love thy neighbour and all

[dundrumite]

Great debate on best 15 in Div 3 this year..

Let pick your best 15 players for your own club that you have seen.

This can be any club from first div right down to fourth div.


I have pick 3 local teams that i have shown an interest in.


Rostrevor

Jay Parr
Martin Cole, Leo Murphy, Teddy Mulholland
Phemlin Leneghan, Tommy Markey, Mickey Daly
Liam Austin, Jarlath Austin;
Mickey Cole, Adrian Farrell, Damien Morgan;
Lloyd Parr, Shaun Parr, Pete McGrath.


Burren
Gary Walsh;
Brendan McKernan, Tommy McGovern, Malachy Murdock;
Kevin McKernan, Seamus Doyle, Brendan McGovern
Paddy O'Rourke, Declan Rooney;
Pat McKay, John Trainor, Tony McArdle;
Vincent McGovern, Tom Fegan, Gerard Murdock.


Mayobridge
Tommy McGivern,
Shane McMahon, Tom O'Hare, Jimmy Coulter;
Francis Poland, Francis Gallagher, Conor Garvey;
Eoin Woods, Paul O'Hare;
Ronan Sexton, Mickey Walsh, Peter Linden;
Mickey Linden, Francis Coulter, Benny Coulter.

I will put my neck on the line and say John "Shorty" Trainor was the best club player ever to play in Down......

My opinion only I might add

One of my first memories of growing up was seeing him in action on the club sence. Absolute marvel to watch.
Also remember watching benny play for the first time, think it was against An Riocht in Hilltown in a senior championship game, one of the best displays I have seen in club football.

[Pangurban]

I second Shorty Treanors nomination as the best club player in Down over a long number of years

[Mid Down Gael]

I second Shorty Treanors nomination as the best club player in Down over a long number of years

Its no contest. 3 man of the matchs in county finals, 10 championship medals, 5 ulster club and 2 all ireland club medals. He was the man that made Burren tick and was an absolute joy to watch even in the latter stages of his career.

[knockitdown]

I second Shorty Treanors nomination as the best club player in Down over a long number of years

Its no contest. 3 man of the matchs in county finals, 10 championship medals, 5 ulster club and 2 all ireland club medals. He was the man that made Burren tick and was an absolute joy to watch even in the latter stages of his career.

are there any videos of this man? Before my time unfortunately!

[Leo]

Heard that Club Down are reviving the all-stars.
Good idea but who i going to make the selections?

[Highlander3]

I have to agree that Shorty was the best club player i ever saw play in Down

[Leo]

Great debate on best 15 in Div 3 this year..

Let pick your best 15 players for your own club that you have seen.

This can be any club from first div right down to fourth div.


I have pick 3 local teams that i have shown an interest in.


Rostrevor

Jay Parr
Martin Cole, Leo Murphy, Teddy Mulholland
Phemlin Leneghan, Tommy Markey, Mickey Daly
Liam Austin, Jarlath Austin;
Mickey Cole, Adrian Farrell, Damien Morgan;
Lloyd Parr, Shaun Parr, Pete McGrath.


Burren
Gary Walsh;
Brendan McKernan, Tommy McGovern, Malachy Murdock;
Kevin McKernan, Seamus Doyle, Brendan McGovern
Paddy O'Rourke, Declan Rooney;
Pat McKay, John Trainor, Tony McArdle;
Vincent McGovern, Tom Fegan, Gerard Murdock.


Mayobridge
Tommy McGivern,
Shane McMahon, Tom O'Hare, Jimmy Coulter;
Francis Poland, Francis Gallagher, Conor Garvey;
Eoin Woods, Paul O'Hare;
Ronan Sexton, Mickey Walsh, Peter Linden;
Mickey Linden, Francis Coulter, Benny Coulter.

A Rostrevor team without Tom Morgan, Bud Reilly & Joey Annett?

A Burren team without Noel Millar, Pat Murtagh & Paddy MacMahon?

I dom't think so.

[Leo]

I second Shorty Treanors nomination as the best club player in Down over a long number of years

Outstanding player in a team of many stars.
Eye-catching forward who gets the crucial scores versus the dominant defender who stopped them (Tommy McGovern) - not as clear cut as you might think.
And then you have to consider massive club players down the years with less fashionable or successful clubs who could single-handed drag them to unreal results ...

Paddy Doherty Ballykinlar
Pat Small Lisnacree
Martin Farnon Clonduff
Sean O'Rourke Greencastle
Donal Bell Teconnaught
Marty Ross Ardglass RIP
Cecil Ward Bryansford
and the daddy of them all .....
James Morgan Kilcoo

... no not so clear cut at all unless you just want to concentrate on county champions.

[6th sam]

I second Shorty Treanors nomination as the best club player in Down over a long number of years

Its no contest. 3 man of the matchs in county finals, 10 championship medals, 5 ulster club and 2 all ireland club medals. He was the man that made Burren tick and was an absolute joy to watch even in the latter stages of his career.

Brilliant club player,and also performed well at county level-probably just unlucky not to fit in to the system that brought us two all-irelands in the 90s.Of the same era was Bundy Mason,who was unmarkable for Loughinisland.Burren at that time had an incredibly strong player base with consistent underage success,and county player representation.Loughinisland and specifically Bundy's achievement in competing with an outstanding Burren team,on very limited resources, has to be admired.Ambrose senior had a similar effect on an excellent Longstone team of the same era,who were again working from small numbers.I sense that Down club football is returning again to those heady days,and I would be delighted to see Burren push on in Ulster again, on Sunday.

[Mid Down Gael]

I second Shorty Treanors nomination as the best club player in Down over a long number of years

Outstanding player in a team of many stars.
Eye-catching forward who gets the crucial scores versus the dominant defender who stopped them (Tommy McGovern) - not as clear cut as you might think.
And then you have to consider massive club players down the years with less fashionable or successful clubs who could single-handed drag them to unreal results ...

Paddy Doherty Ballykinlar
Pat Small Lisnacree
Martin Farnon Clonduff
Sean O'Rourke Greencastle
Donal Bell Teconnaught
Marty Ross Ardglass RIP
Cecil Ward Bryansford
and the daddy of them all .....
James Morgan Kilcoo

... no not so clear cut at all unless you just want to concentrate on county champions.

James Morgan was the best player ever in Kilcoo bar none. I have vague memories of him late in his career and he was special.

[Mid Down Gael]

Even though Benny Coulter is known as a brilliant county player, he will also go down as one of the club greats in Down. 8 county senior medals and underage medals at every age group, he was highly instrumental in the fortunes of Mayobridge since the late 90's at senior level. He was/is simply unmarkable at club level and only for him i dont think the bridge would have won half as much. Any time he was injured, for example the Burren simi final a few weeks ago, they struggled. Mickey Walsh, Ronan Sexton, Eoghan Woods and Gavin Barry where also brilliant club players for the bridge in their decade of dominance.