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While not being the greatest supporter of the current manager he nonetheless was an excellent player and we must be thankful he wore  both club and county jersey with distinction, and the fact that his management  experience is limited it must be said that The man with the hat' did neither

R.I.P Danny had several dealings with Danny over the years - a hard worker for club,county and province- Thank you.

Best wishes to Kilcoo today hope they can claim the Ulster title today i will be there to cheer them all the way Slaughtneil had a mighty last fifteen minutes to win the title two years ago and kilcoo play with such pace and precision -hopefully it will be a great spectacle UTM!!

Hope Kilcoo can continue today and record another win in  Ulster - hopefully a good Down crowd to cheer the magpies on-UTM!! Also good luck to Bredagh with their award nomination.

went to the football replay last night between Drumgath and Tyconnaught,  much like the senior final the match was all but over at half time.Drumgath  replaced last weeks lethargy with a lot more intensity and concentration.Tyconnaught simply could not get a foothold in the game and three first half goals sealed their fate.A word here for the Tyconnaught player stretchered off in the first half- the injury meant that  10 minutes injury- time was added in the first half, so a speedy recovery to that player - congratulations to Drumgath and well done to manager Ronan Sexton.Last nights Junior Final replay was preceded by the u16 county final between Ballyholland and Warrenpoint.Words can barely describe this fantastic spectacle of all that is so good about Gaelic football.Congratulations to both teams, managers and both sets of supporters on what easily could be described as "The Game of The Year". Skill, passion, hunger,desire,pace, accuracy,cuteness,this match had everything.Congratulations to Warrenpoint,but dont dare take anything from Ballyholland after this epic encounter.I heard someone  in recent years in Down coin the phrase -"The Down Way"-- i think we might replace that with "The Ballyholland/Warrenpoint u16 Way"-brilliant exhibition-thank you.

went to the games in Newry last night and was mostly disappointed with the level of football on show.Castlewellan started brightly but thereafter Clonduff were in command,Bryansford had more talented players available for selection with Downpatrick having a couple of notable absentees.The dependency on mass defence is absolutely killing our beloved sport, with managers required to get a result almost at any cost,the entertainment level in both games was poor,with shooting from distance largly non-existant and continual hand-passing from side to side accepted by all it seems, i know we in Down are not alone as County teams are exposing the whole nation to this type of behaviour.The Ulster final this year being a prime example .Some Castlewellan fans probably will feel slightly aggreived but i think their team captain Duffin only has himself to blame as his tackle selection and timing were all wrong,although Clonduff will want to perform better with a two man advantage,Reid in goal for Bryansford could be a future solution for Down- Burren and Mayobridge could be interesting with the former all-Ireland winners expected to advance and Kilcoo seem certain to beat Warrenpoint last quarter-final of the seniors.

i was at the game in Oriel Park back then and if i recall correctly Dundalk hit the post in the first five minutes!!

we will all be broke before the cons are!!

these guys will simply shrug their shoulders and say "Not my fault" and attempt to carry on with their own self importance -they have no regard for the heart of DOWN, i sat in the stand yesterday and heard a small child say "Come on Down do better"

Let the football do the talking- most of us will watch the four teams to see how they compare against the rest of Europe

the fight if you call it that in Croke Park against Al Blue Lewis was a non-title fight nevertheless i knew a fella who was there and returned even more in awe of Ali -R.I.P

good luck to Eamonn in his new role-UP DOWN!!

extremely difficult times for all Down supporters but heres hoping we can get a concrete decision tonight and quickly move on with the new management in position.For what its worth maybe a combination of Eamonn  Burns and Paddy O'Rourke with their playing experience could get us in shape for the league and championship next summer-no matter who it is they will have my support-UP DOWN!!

Sincere sympathies to the family of the late John O'Hanlon (Clonduff) who passed away this week,played against him at under-age level many years ago-he was a good player at that time-R.I.P.

told yous that at least a year ago that Dawson was after wee J ames job -probably longer