Down Club Hurling & Football

[DownFanatic]

bredagh beat clann na banna in the reserve league, no idea what the score was

Can any posters ever remember a senior team in division 4 playing at all county reserve before?
It'll surely be a quick tour of 4 then out for Bredagh.

For one or two years in the eighties, Dromara senior team played in the East Down Reserve League instead of Division 4.
A few years later they were in Division 2, and playing in the Senior Championship!

Think Dromara won the IFC in 1990. I mind they beat Rostrevor in the 1st round of the SFC the following year and then ran Downpatrick close in the Quarter Final. Some fall from grace. Dromara must be in Division 4 now ten years.

[Banana Man]

bredagh beat clann na banna in the reserve league, no idea what the score was

Can any posters ever remember a senior team in division 4 playing at all county reserve before?
It'll surely be a quick tour of 4 then out for Bredagh.

For one or two years in the eighties, Dromara senior team played in the East Down Reserve League instead of Division 4.
A few years later they were in Division 2, and playing in the Senior Championship!

Think Dromara won the IFC in 1990. I mind they beat Rostrevor in the 1st round of the SFC the following year and then ran Downpatrick close in the Quarter Final. Some fall from grace. Dromara must be in Division 4 now ten years.

ironically i think their fall from grace came from they moved to the new pitch

[DownFanatic]

bredagh beat clann na banna in the reserve league, no idea what the score was

Can any posters ever remember a senior team in division 4 playing at all county reserve before?
It'll surely be a quick tour of 4 then out for Bredagh.

For one or two years in the eighties, Dromara senior team played in the East Down Reserve League instead of Division 4.
A few years later they were in Division 2, and playing in the Senior Championship!

Think Dromara won the IFC in 1990. I mind they beat Rostrevor in the 1st round of the SFC the following year and then ran Downpatrick close in the Quarter Final. Some fall from grace. Dromara must be in Division 4 now ten years.

ironically i think their fall from grace came from they moved to the new pitch

Where was their old pitch?

[guevara]

Few Down fans are getting carried away with Corks domination around the middle their of the field but a quick look at their sheer presence in this area of the field would suggest few teams would match them physically here.

(5) N O'Leary,  5ft 11                                     
(6) P Kissane,  6ft 1                                         
(7) D O'Sullivan; 6ft                                         
( 8 ) A O'Connor, 6ft 4                                       
(9) N Murphy; 6ft 5                                       
(10) F Goold,  6ft 1                                       
(11) P Kelly,    6ft 0                                       
12) P O'Neill  6ft 5     

In my opinion you have to be smart with your kick outs etc against Cork as going down the middle seems to play into their hands. Maybe a more mobile Midfielder like Ambrose couldve moved their big men about more & caused problems.                                   

[Mid Down Gael]

Watchin Saturday nights game again on Setanta, the use of the Down subs where hard to make sence off. Murtagh and Laverty in no way deserved subtituted. Maginn was quiet and him and Poland failed to win any breaking balls, which was critical. James made like for like subs which where uncalled for, the problems didnt lie with our inside forward line. For 50 minutes Down where as good as Cork, but faded badly in last twenty. The scoreline flattered Cork in the end though.
Massive game this Saturday, midfield must improve and also the half backs and half forwards in the break ball stakes. Monaghan looked impressive yesterday against Dublin and are badly in need of points to avoid relegation so it promises to be a great battle. Hopefully Benny can play a role in this one.

[dundrumite]

bredagh beat clann na banna in the reserve league, no idea what the score was

Can any posters ever remember a senior team in division 4 playing at all county reserve before?
It'll surely be a quick tour of 4 then out for Bredagh.

For one or two years in the eighties, Dromara senior team played in the East Down Reserve League instead of Division 4.
A few years later they were in Division 2, and playing in the Senior Championship!

Think Dromara won the IFC in 1990. I mind they beat Rostrevor in the 1st round of the SFC the following year and then ran Downpatrick close in the Quarter Final. Some fall from grace. Dromara must be in Division 4 now ten years.

Some memory for a 6 year old 

[whitegoodman]

Watchin Saturday nights game again on Setanta, the use of the Down subs where hard to make sence off. Murtagh and Laverty in no way deserved subtituted. Maginn was quiet and him and Poland failed to win any breaking balls, which was critical. James made like for like subs which where uncalled for, the problems didnt lie with our inside forward line. For 50 minutes Down where as good as Cork, but faded badly in last twenty. The scoreline flattered Cork in the end though.
Massive game this Saturday, midfield must improve and also the half backs and half forwards in the break ball stakes. Monaghan looked impressive yesterday against Dublin and are badly in need of points to avoid relegation so it promises to be a great battle. Hopefully Benny can play a role in this one.

Agree with all of this.  I just hope the boys confidence hasnt been knocked by this as they did alot of things right on the night.  They are not as brittle as they once were and james and co have got them mentally stronger but this is a tough test of character on saturday night and if they are able to come through unscathed i fancy them to take one of either dublin or kerrys scalp, more likely kerrys given recent form.

[Banana Man]

bredagh beat clann na banna in the reserve league, no idea what the score was

Can any posters ever remember a senior team in division 4 playing at all county reserve before?
It'll surely be a quick tour of 4 then out for Bredagh.

For one or two years in the eighties, Dromara senior team played in the East Down Reserve League instead of Division 4.
A few years later they were in Division 2, and playing in the Senior Championship!

Think Dromara won the IFC in 1990. I mind they beat Rostrevor in the 1st round of the SFC the following year and then ran Downpatrick close in the Quarter Final. Some fall from grace. Dromara must be in Division 4 now ten years.

ironically i think their fall from grace came from they moved to the new pitch

Where was their old pitch?

other side of the road about 500 yards away or so, real wee tight bumpy one, best comparison would be brights old pitch

[DownFanatic]

bredagh beat clann na banna in the reserve league, no idea what the score was

Can any posters ever remember a senior team in division 4 playing at all county reserve before?
It'll surely be a quick tour of 4 then out for Bredagh.

For one or two years in the eighties, Dromara senior team played in the East Down Reserve League instead of Division 4.
A few years later they were in Division 2, and playing in the Senior Championship!

Think Dromara won the IFC in 1990. I mind they beat Rostrevor in the 1st round of the SFC the following year and then ran Downpatrick close in the Quarter Final. Some fall from grace. Dromara must be in Division 4 now ten years.

Some memory for a 6 year old 

Child prodigy

[AnDun]

Big game tonight for our U-21's v Tyrone in U21 championship.  We are big underdogs, but then again we were not fancied two years ago, but thanks to Michael Magee's fantastic goal 10 mins from time we beat Tyrone and progressed all the way to an All-Ireland Final.  Good luck, Down.

[redandblackareback]

Team in Irish news this morning which is strange considering no other county has declared their team

C Heaney - what club??
M Higgins - Bmartin
P Boyle - Castlewellan
R Mc Aleenan - WPoint
A Brannigan - Kilcoo
P Bonny - BFord
D Mc Kibben - Bford
C Poland - Longstone
K Quinn - Mbridge
B O Reilly - Lisland
P Mc Polin - Cduff
C Clarke - Bford
D Savage - Bford
C Harrison - GDrumman
R Brady - Mbridge

Looks like a decent enough team but by all accounts Tyrone are fancied and have some really good players, we ll have it very tough tonight. Good luck to the lads anyway.

[Mike Tyson]

Team in Irish news this morning which is strange considering no other county has declared their team

C Heaney - what club??
M Higgins - Bmartin
P Boyle - Castlewellan
R Mc Aleenan - WPoint
A Brannigan - Kilcoo
P Bonny - BFord
D Mc Kibben - Bford
C Poland - Longstone
K Quinn - Mbridge
B O Reilly - Lisland
P Mc Polin - Cduff
C Clarke - Bford
D Savage - Bford
C Harrison - GDrumman
R Brady - Mbridge

Looks like a decent enough team but by all accounts Tyrone are fancied and have some really good players, we ll have it very tough tonight. Good luck to the lads anyway.

Strong enough team. Think we'll be grand, this team should have beaten Tyrone at minor level that year. Down by 2

[Mid Down Gael]

I think that team will have bother with a very potent Tyrone side tonight given our defence is average enough against a brilliant forward line consisting of Peter Harte, Kyle Coney, Paddy McNiece, Ciaran Gervin, Ronan ONeill and Mattie Donnelly. But the first round is the best time to get them. Down are without Paul Devlin, Darren OHagan, Barry Kane and Anton McArdle for different reasons, all starters in the 2010 under 21 team while Gerard McAnulty, Arthur McConnville and Chris Duggan where used as subs last year in Breffnie Park. Devlin and the latter 3 are on the bench tonight though, surprised all 4 are not in from the start. Good luck to the lads involved, be a massive scalp if they could win.

[Mid Down Gael]

Team in Irish news this morning which is strange considering no other county has declared their team

C Heaney - what club??
M Higgins - Bmartin
P Boyle - Castlewellan
R Mc Aleenan - WPoint
A Brannigan - Kilcoo
P Bonny - BFord
D Mc Kibben - Bford
C Poland - Longstone
K Quinn - Mbridge
B O Reilly - Lisland
P Mc Polin - Cduff
C Clarke - Bford
D Savage - Bford
C Harrison - GDrumman
R Brady - Mbridge

Looks like a decent enough team but by all accounts Tyrone are fancied and have some really good players, we ll have it very tough tonight. Good luck to the lads anyway.

Goalkeeper is Colm Heaney of Shamrocks.

[Down Follower]

Wondering where the Burren players are!!!

Down U20 champions and Ulster U21 champions.