Derry Club Football & Hurling original

[Newbridge Exile]

And 4 teams apparently getter relegated from Div 1 ,winner of Div 2 plays the 12th placed team in Division 1 in a play off,,4 teams dropping down from Division 2 also

[Keyser soze]

Isnt April 1st on Easter Sunday this year?

[toby47]

Isnt April 1st on Easter Sunday this year?

Very true. I had heard a few months back they were looking all leagues started on 1st April maybe with that being Easter they will start the week after.

[ON THE HILL]

sat 31st march

[honthecounty]

And 4 teams apparently getter relegated from Div 1 ,winner of Div 2 plays the 12th placed team in Division 1 in a play off,,4 teams dropping down from Division 2 also

whats the reasons for this?

[JoG2]

Good fair at CP tonight. We were behind from about the 3rd minute until Endaonion bagged. He was excellent again tonight. McFaul, McAtamaney had good games. Young McCluskey was solid before going off injured. McEvoy again was good, carried the ball into the tackle a couple of times but the McKenna is the place to learn. The jury is out with McGoldrick at 3, superb footballer, position wise a bit off kilter but it's a specialised position. Will come good I'd say

Did O'Hanlon get the line at the end? He could have been shown 3 red cards! Some going for one player

Would it be 4 / 5 years since Mick Bateson played county? Good to have him back.

[Newbridge Exile]

Could be wrong but it would have been probably  2012 / 13 the last time  Michael Bateson was on the panel ( he started the ulster final in 2011 and played  in 2012 as well (   God a bad knock against monaghan in the league that year )

[restorepride]

Good fair at CP tonight. We were behind from about the 3rd minute until Endaonion bagged. He was excellent again tonight. McFaul, McAtamaney had good games. Young McCluskey was solid before going off injured. McEvoy again was good, carried the ball into the tackle a couple of times but the McKenna is the place to learn. The jury is out with McGoldrick at 3, superb footballer, position wise a bit off kilter but it's a specialised position. Will come good I'd say

Did O'Hanlon get the line at the end? He could have been shown 3 red cards! Some going for one player

Would it be 4 / 5 years since Mick Bateson played county? Good to have him back.

Lynn is a fantastic footballer but was it not Niall Toner who scored the crucial goal? Derry defence completely at sea in the first quarter, kick outs poor, 3 over the sideline, Down could have had 2 more goals. Needed extra man back to steady the ship. A few players out of depth and position but they did turn the game around so fair play to them. McFaul and to an extent McAtamaney need to get the temperament sorted. O'Hanlon came on to act the thug - it didn't work v Slaughtneil and glad it backfired again tonight.

My last memory of Bateson for Derry was indeed v Monaghan in Celtic Park and a cheap, late, dirty slap from Dick Clerkin, no surprise there.

[Newbridge Exile]

Yep it was a cheap shot from Clerkin all right, (one of many he threw - Big Fergal the recipient of a lot of them)

[JoG2]

Good fair at CP tonight. We were behind from about the 3rd minute until Endaonion bagged. He was excellent again tonight. McFaul, McAtamaney had good games. Young McCluskey was solid before going off injured. McEvoy again was good, carried the ball into the tackle a couple of times but the McKenna is the place to learn. The jury is out with McGoldrick at 3, superb footballer, position wise a bit off kilter but it's a specialised position. Will come good I'd say

Did O'Hanlon get the line at the end? He could have been shown 3 red cards! Some going for one player

Would it be 4 / 5 years since Mick Bateson played county? Good to have him back.

Lynn is a fantastic footballer but was it not Niall Toner who scored the crucial goal? Derry defence completely at sea in the first quarter, kick outs poor, 3 over the sideline, Down could have had 2 more goals. Needed extra man back to steady the ship. A few players out of depth and position but they did turn the game around so fair play to them. McFaul and to an extent McAtamaney need to get the temperament sorted. O'Hanlon came on to act the thug - it didn't work v Slaughtneil and glad it backfired again tonight.

My last memory of Bateson for Derry was indeed v Monaghan in Celtic Park and a cheap, late, dirty slap from Dick Clerkin, no surprise there.

Was it Toner? He runs like Enda then. You were relying on a man's shape and running style to recognise the players last night if they werent close enough to the main stand. Down maybe could have scored a couple more, but 1 of their goals the man took about 10 steps the other there was a blatant push on the Derry defender (again couldn't see who it was). Anyhoo, good run out and spirit shown to come back from 7/8 points behind at a stage

[seanyb1]

6 weeks with no league games? am i reading that right?

I had heard that the Sean Larkin/Carlin Duffy Cup will be played during this time. Don't see the need for Championship to start so late either.

[Keyser soze]

Carlin/Duffy is a minor competition.

[seanyb1]

Carlin/Duffy is a minor competition.

Tells you how much I know about North Derry

[Keyser soze]

Carlin/Duffy is a minor competition.

Tells you how much I know about North Derry

Yeah its difficult to keep up... theres so many clubs in derry and such a massive gaa population.

[Derry Optimist]

As Carlus McWilliams  and Benny Heron appear to be the only two players ( other than the Slaughtneil contingent) of the  new Derry panel not to feature for any side in the McKenna Cup, I was wondering if they were injured.If so it means that management will be selecting from a very small pool of players for  at least four of the National League games.It would also surely mean that some additional players would have to be called into the panel presumably from the U20 squad.