Derry Club Football & Hurling original

[Ryan O]

Over at Swatragh.v Slaughtneil, hardy enough game. Slaughtneil built up a good lead, maybe 0.10 to 0.01 at one point,  before a late Swatragh goal and a pt before halftime. Swatragh must misses 12/13 wides over the game. Slaughtneil kept them at distance 2nd half. Doubt some lads watching WWE summerslam yesterday,big pile up in the 2nd half. Took a few minutes to seperate it. Slaughtneil probably should had a few yellow for high tackles before it. Kept a 7 pt game up to near the end.

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Few hits going in is right,
Definitely high tackles not sure what caused the bit of wrestling but couple reds flashed.

I assume reds in the league only apply to league games and don't transfer into the championship?

Rogers seemed to be fairly relaxed enough about the game and Shane couple moments of brilliant stuff but was happy to float about.

Its been said already but I'll say it again, what a player Oisin Mc Williams has the potential to be. Wasn't his best evening but there were times he looked like he has everything.

[GAACLG1884]

Derry GAA are letting down club players with absolutely non-existent coverage of the Derry leagues. Clubs have played 14 rounds of the league and there has been absolutely ZERO coverage. There was a Facebook post saying the leagues started and will probably be one showing each team with the trophies. During the league there has been absolutely no word on social media of how the games have played out, who the scorers are, no mention of the split, no mention of Banagher getting promoted—ZERO. In this time Derry social media has posted multiple times about Derry city soccer and Limavady United (no issue with soccer as county board has good relationship with them 💴), however posting about this and not GAA clubs is shambolic. A quick comparison to Armagh will allow us to envy how they are streaming games every week with commentary and analysis. On Facebook and Twitter they are posting league tables, form tables, scores from players, interviews with players. DERRY CAN'T EVEN POST THE FIXTURES OR RESULTS ON FACEBOOK.Is it any wonder Armagh are a better supported county when this is the difference in coverage.

[jb77]

Derry GAA are letting down club players with absolutely non-existent coverage of the Derry leagues. Clubs have played 14 rounds of the league and there has been absolutely ZERO coverage. There was a Facebook post saying the leagues started and will probably be one showing each team with the trophies. During the league there has been absolutely no word on social media of how the games have played out, who the scorers are, no mention of the split, no mention of Banagher getting promoted—ZERO. In this time Derry social media has posted multiple times about Derry city soccer and Limavady United (no issue with soccer as county board has good relationship with them 💴), however posting about this and not GAA clubs is shambolic. A quick comparison to Armagh will allow us to envy how they are streaming games every week with commentary and analysis. On Facebook and Twitter they are posting league tables, form tables, scores from players, interviews with players. DERRY CAN'T EVEN POST THE FIXTURES OR RESULTS ON FACEBOOK.Is it any wonder Armagh are a better supported county when this is the difference in coverage.

I get very jealous when I see those Armagh TV games on to be fair. Tyrone coverage is helped massively by that teamtalkmag page I don't know who or how many runs that page but they have every detail up an hour after the game

[In hiding]

Derry GAA are letting down club players with absolutely non-existent coverage of the Derry leagues. Clubs have played 14 rounds of the league and there has been absolutely ZERO coverage. There was a Facebook post saying the leagues started and will probably be one showing each team with the trophies. During the league there has been absolutely no word on social media of how the games have played out, who the scorers are, no mention of the split, no mention of Banagher getting promoted—ZERO. In this time Derry social media has posted multiple times about Derry city soccer and Limavady United (no issue with soccer as county board has good relationship with them 💴), however posting about this and not GAA clubs is shambolic. A quick comparison to Armagh will allow us to envy how they are streaming games every week with commentary and analysis. On Facebook and Twitter they are posting league tables, form tables, scores from players, interviews with players. DERRY CAN'T EVEN POST THE FIXTURES OR RESULTS ON FACEBOOK.Is it any wonder Armagh are a better supported county when this is the difference in coverage.

I get very jealous when I see those Armagh TV games on to be fair. Tyrone coverage is helped massively by that teamtalkmag page I don't know who or how many runs that page but they have every detail up an hour after the game

Tyrone also have huge club coverage via print media. The Tyrone Herald on a Monday in particular has a report of sorts on every club game over the weekend and usually 3 or 4 games covered properly with photos, team sheets etc. It is brilliant coverage to be fair

Would any Derry paper cover club football ?

[Wildweasel74]

Derry post used to cover most games, very little now.Mid Ulster Observer long gone. Relied on Club Pro putting their game reports in, with a couple of offical reports. Some mad reports i done for the Observer lol.

[LoughNeagh]

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Derry GAA are letting down club players with absolutely non-existent coverage of the Derry leagues. Clubs have played 14 rounds of the league and there has been absolutely ZERO coverage. There was a Facebook post saying the leagues started and will probably be one showing each team with the trophies. During the league there has been absolutely no word on social media of how the games have played out, who the scorers are, no mention of the split, no mention of Banagher getting promoted—ZERO. In this time Derry social media has posted multiple times about Derry city soccer and Limavady United (no issue with soccer as county board has good relationship with them 💴), however posting about this and not GAA clubs is shambolic. A quick comparison to Armagh will allow us to envy how they are streaming games every week with commentary and analysis. On Facebook and Twitter they are posting league tables, form tables, scores from players, interviews with players. DERRY CAN'T EVEN POST THE FIXTURES OR RESULTS ON FACEBOOK.Is it any wonder Armagh are a better supported county when this is the difference in coverage.

100% it's terrible. They do seem to respond to criticism on here and you'll see a few token posts after and then silence.

I get it, it's mayhem to cover everything but the Derry camogs and LGFA pro teams are doing so much more for clubs,admittedly using AI slop but at least it's updates and info.

Some clubs are better than others with updates but it's mostly just results and no depth as they won't want to give to much away.

Derry geals are trying their best, more joining that team might be good

[marty34]

Derry post used to cover most games, very ittle now.Mid Ulster Observer long gone. Replied on Club Pro putting their game reports with a couple of offica reports. Some mad reports i done for the Observer lol.

Is Derry Post still being printed? Very little in it now I'd say, if so? Them weekly newspapers are old news nowadays. People want their news/stories in an instant now.


Derry Podcast is behind a paywall now and I understand why. Them two lads attend a lot of games and give good coverage to gaelic games in the county. So they can't do it for nothing. They put in a huge effort.


Unless Derry County Board pay them and then they let it out free, I can't see the county board doing much else re: promoting gaelic games in the county i.e. like a Saffron Gael or Teamtalkmag in other counties. 

[marty34]

Over at Swatragh.v Slaughtneil, hardy enough game. Slaughtneil built up a good lead, maybe 0.10 to 0.01 at one point,  before a late Swatragh goal and a pt before halftime. Swatragh must misses 12/13 wides over the game. Slaughtneil kept them at distance 2nd half. Doubt some lads watching WWE summerslam yesterday,big pile up in the 2nd half. Took a few minutes to seperate it. Slaughtneil probably should had a few yellow for high tackles before it. Kept a 7 pt game up to near the end.

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Few hits going in is right,
Definitely high tackles not sure what caused the bit of wrestling but couple reds flashed.

I assume reds in the league only apply to league games and don't transfer into the championship?

Rogers seemed to be fairly relaxed enough about the game and Shane couple moments of brilliant stuff but was happy to float about.

Its been said already but I'll say it again, what a player Oisin Mc Williams has the potential to be. Wasn't his best evening but there were times he looked like he has everything.

SN were always in charge. Got in front and only Swatragh's goal kept them in touch.


Was that lad Mc Williams sent off? He didn't stand out last night. Swatragh very reliant on frees. They hit alot of silly wides - lads trying to slice the ball over the bar from all angles etc.


No point trying to rough lads up when the game was over. Too late then. 


I think they, like a lot of teams, need a solid place kicker. Goalie and two/three others (I think) were on them. No consistently. You need a 80% score on your frees/45m to give you a chance. 


They got a goal in first half. Scored 7pts in total and maybe 4/5 frees or 45m frees in that amount. So 3/4 pts from play over 64mins or so isn't a great return in fairness.

[Wildweasel74]

Er, it was Slaughtneil with the high hits, roughing up from what i saw. Once about 3 of those tackles werent yellow carded, things were going to roughen up.

[Ryan O]

Er, it was Slaughtneil with the high hits, roughing up from what i saw. Once about 3 of those tackles werent yellow carded, things were going to roughen up.

that's what I thought, high and around the face.

Swatragh were very wasteful.
In a game where nobody really stood out I thought he was up there with pick of them in first half.
Take the two Derry starters out of it I thought Mc Williams was above the rest.

[Ryan O]

Alot negatively about the games publicly from Derry GAA, you have short memories.

Do you not remember the joy we all felt when Limavady beat Linfield in the 6th round of the cup. One of my season highlights anyway. 🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🫣🫣🫣

[marty34]

Er, it was Slaughtneil with the high hits, roughing up from what i saw. Once about 3 of those tackles werent yellow carded, things were going to roughen up.

that's what I thought, high and around the face.

Swatragh were very wasteful.
In a game where nobody really stood out I thought he was up there with pick of them in first half.
Take the two Derry starters out of it I thought Mc Williams was above the rest.

Not for me. Had little impact on the game in my opinion. Swatragh limited enough and without the goal, the game was over at half-time. Was expecting a bit more from them but maybe a derby brings it down a level or two.


Like a lot of teams, high in energy and running about but not much quality in attack. As I said, they only scored 7pts overall in 64 mins and a few of them were frees and 45m frees.


If you want a player who's 'above the rest' he'd need to be hitting 6pts from play. Maybe I caught him on a different day, it'd be a different story. 


Teams getting geared up for Championship now. Not many league games left so hopefully everybody will be injury free in the next few weeks.

[GraceO’Malley]

Some mad reports i done for the Observer lol.

Wildweasel74 I would loved to have read those, your reviews always bring plenty of colour! Loved scouring Down Memory Lane in the mid Ulster on a Thursday for familiar faces.

[Rawhide]

Is the Mid Ulster still published?

[GraceO’Malley]

Is the Mid Ulster still published?

No, Mid Ulster Observer was last published in 2017.