Armagh v Down - USFC Semi-Final - Clones, 4pm, Sun 30th April

[Walter Cronc]

Yeah and when Armagh weren't going well few years ago, over half were nowhere to be seen.

That would be the same as every team. That said I remember travelling round the country i the division 3 days and grounds being full of Armagh ones

Is this cos your club sides are muck? (Bar the obvious one) 😂

[trueblue1234]

i was standing beside a wee w@nker (someone told me he was from Portadown) who lit a flare up and was waving it all over the place with orange dye flying all over the place. I gave off to him and he threw  the flare in the direction of the stand below the Hill if it reached that far. He just legged it afterwards, I've seen him at matches before and I'll watch out for him again. Swear if I'd have got the hold of him I'd have gave a thump or two. TBH the Guards do feck all about it as there's usually about half a dozen there. You can clearly see they're full so why let them in thru the turnstiles in the first place 🤷‍♂️. I'm no party pooper and I like to see the young ones enjoy themselves but when they know they're not gonna get into the match and turned away maybe it'll put them off going

Every county has them. Seems to be a knock on from social media. Who can be the maddest, bestest craic. Hopefully get a wee video of them doing something stupid to show how mad they are!! Whatever happened to just getting quietly drunk after the game and falling into a ditch when out for a p!ss on the way home and annoying no one.

[AustinPowers]

i was standing beside a wee w@nker (someone told me he was from Portadown) who lit a flare up and was waving it all over the place with orange dye flying all over the place. I gave off to him and he threw  the flare in the direction of the stand below the Hill if it reached that far. He just legged it afterwards, I've seen him at matches before and I'll watch out for him again. Swear if I'd have got the hold of him I'd have gave a thump or two. TBH the Guards do feck all about it as there's usually about half a dozen there. You can clearly see they're full so why let them in thru the turnstiles in the first place 🤷‍♂️. I'm no party pooper and I like to see the young ones enjoy themselves but when they know they're not gonna get into the match and turned away maybe it'll put them off going

Every county has them. Seems to be a knock on from social media. Who can be the maddest, bestest craic. Hopefully get a wee video of them doing something stupid to show how mad they are!! Whatever happened to just getting quietly drunk after the game and falling into a ditch when out for a p!ss on the way home and annoying no one.

Yeah that's about  right  sadly

It's the   same with  people videoing  someone watching  a match at home.  Them effing and blinding , jumping  up and down , kicking the furniture etc. Going mad because they know they're  being videoed.   The world has  gone simple

[Truth hurts]

Its always the Lurgan and Portadown factions in Armagh, those good living south Armagh boys never get drunk

[armaghniac]

Its always the Lurgan and Portadown factions in Armagh, those good living south Armagh boys never get drunk

Well they retain some dignity while drunk and have been a GAA game before.

[Armagh18]

Its always the Lurgan and Portadown factions in Armagh, those good living south Armagh boys never get drunk

Well they retain some dignity while drunk and have been a GAA game before.

We don't claim those boys, North Armagh is a different county. (We'll keep Forker, Murnin and the other players though;))

[RedHand88]

Yeah and when Armagh weren't going well few years ago, over half were nowhere to be seen.

Still leaves a fair few.

Was at an Armagh match in Kilmallock a few years ago when the Armagh fans outnumbered the Limerick fans about 100 to 1. All through the Divisions Armagh have a solid core support.

Outnumbering Limerick football fans at a match. Armagh are gargantuan.

[Truth hurts]

Yeah and when Armagh weren't going well few years ago, over half were nowhere to be seen.

Still leaves a fair few.

Was at an Armagh match in Kilmallock a few years ago when the Armagh fans outnumbered the Limerick fans about 100 to 1. All through the Divisions Armagh have a solid core support.

Outnumbering Limerick football fans at a match. Armagh are gargantuan.

LOL There would be more at a Clady home game that a Limerick football match

[Rufus T Firefly]

Best fans in Ireland, what draws you to that conclusion, there a certain element come out of Lurgan I wouldn't want at any game. thought Mayo got the best fans myself.

I'd actually would agree with you on that point about Mayo. They've been through thin and thin and yet stick loyally with their team.

The issue of who has the best fans is always going to be very subjective and is likely to be influenced by who you like / dislike. Armagh always had a core support of I'd guess 3-4,000 supporters and when things start going well the bandwagon really does grow.

However in the last two years or so that core Armagh support has really grown in size, with many more now regularly attending all matches and many prepared to travel long distances. That culminated in the match down in Kerry when it was estimated that there were between 5-6,000 supporters present in Tralee for a league game.

[JimStynes]

I hate that drive to Clones and I hate the whole ground in general. It is a kip of a place. The sooner they get a first class stadium built in Casement the better.

[93-DY-SAM]

I hate that drive to Clones and I hate the whole ground in general. It is a kip of a place. The sooner they get a first class stadium built in Casement the better.

It has suffered from little to no investment in the place with Casement hanging over it and it shows.

[illdecide]

I hate that drive to Clones and I hate the whole ground in general. It is a kip of a place. The sooner they get a first class stadium built in Casement the better.

I concur...Place is a nightmare to get in and out off and a run down stadium that needs some investment. The sooner Casement Pk is built the better for everyone. All this talk about Lurgan and Portadown drunks. You are all fools if you think it's just them towns, they certainly have their fair share of them but every town in Ireland have the 16-19 year olds going buck mad at these games. Obviously the bigger the town the more bampots you get.

[snoopdog]

The ground in Clones really has been let  go. All the county grounds in Ulster are now better. The turnstiles were a joke. Toilets, less said the better. Roll on the new casement.

[Armagh18]

For all the negative talk about Clones- yes its old and run but that adds to the magic of it. Call it soul or whatever but there is something special about it. The miles of traffic crawling for miles, the struggle for parking, the walk from whatever field you manage to get parked in, the noise and colour in the town, the struggle to get a pint in a plastic up and fhe bad burger and the walk up that hill. Then the ancient benches and the stink of the toilets.  All that stuff that seems annoying at the time but when you look back adds to the occasion.

Some memories for anyone from Ulster on here and probably a lot of that would be lost at a shiny new Casement.

[Walter Cronc]

For all the negative talk about Clones- yes its old and run but that adds to the magic of it. Call it soul or whatever but there is something special about it. The miles of traffic crawling for miles, the struggle for parking, the walk from whatever field you manage to get parked in, the noise and colour in the town, the struggle to get a pint in a plastic up and fhe bad burger and the walk up that hill. Then the ancient benches and the stink of the toilets.  All that stuff that seems annoying at the time but when you look back adds to the occasion.

Some memories for anyone from Ulster on here and probably a lot of that would be lost at a shiny new Casement.

I take it you are a single man with no children 

An utter nightmare. Last year the sun shone. I hope it does the same this year!