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How many clubs is there total in Antrim ? Would 4 divisions be a good idea probably making each more competitive ?

counting 34 as per a previous post

8 divison 1
8 divison 2
9 div 3
9 div 4

However they may be some teams very strong for the tiers 3 and 4 but would make competitiveness at top end better as they say iron sharpens iron

That goes through, on current league finishing positions:


Div 1:

• Cargin
• Creggan
• Brigids
• Ballymena
• PG1
• Galls
• LD
• Aldergrove

Div 2

• Dunloy
• Johnnies
• St Pauls
• Glenravel
• Aghagallon
• Tirnanog
• Rossa
• Ahoghill

Div 3

• Sarsfields
• Moneyglass
• Glenavy
• Teresas
• Lisburn
• Ednas
• Gort
• Antrim
• Davitts

Div 4

• Rasharkin
• Aggies
• Laochra lao
• Malachys
• Ardoyne
• Pearses
• Eire og
• O Donnells
• Wolfe Tones

What happens in the case of intermediate championship, there was no relegation play off for the second year in a row, are Gort na mona relegated. if so, who replaces them as st. agnes' won both league and championship, Pearses beaten finalists but finished 5th in Division 3 league, are they capable of competing at that level, Laochra finished 2nd in the league but won 1 championship match and finished third in the group. what is the answer there

I was under the impression Gort were down as Rasharkin were relegated already before finishing bottom of the group

Any word on the panel for the senior county team?

Surely cuts been made to numbers by now

Hearing Rossa, Sars and Super T's finding it hard to fill the posts. What managers out there still looking?

Did you hear that or just making it up?
Rossa's only been advertising the post for a week

After trying internally for a good few weeks.

It's been on social media for 2 weeks. Paddies been out a month or so. I believe St Pauls yet to appoint but have been speaking to a few.

Ex 'Maguigan manager close to joining either Pauls or Glenavy - must not be many out there because from what I hear both are very interested and don't have any other viable options available. Worrying going in to Dec without a manager

Could be a disaster year for a few clubs. The whole process needs to be better. Word of mouth and social media posts, should be a direct place for a manager to see where there are posts available in any county.

There is.

Called Coachie. Can see a few clubs in Antrim using/used it

Id imagine Barry Burns will take the St Paul's job and leave Antrim, Terry will stay and continue to build, Paddy Nugent is in with St John's, Hugo is the fergie of rossa he'll stay, Mcshane will have another roll of the dice with the paddies and I've heard the hotdog man is back at ods 😂 that's the west of the city covered!

Hearing new Antrim manager Doran has put his name forward for club jobs in other counties. Surely Antrim won't allow that?

It's his full time occupation isn't it?

Antrim won't be able to stop him or they'll have to come out and say he's contracted / paid

Well, he could? If he thinks Antrim will be out early enough and crack on with the clubs to prepare for Championship! What club?

Antrim U20 manager is taking TNN in 2026.

Knux did that last year as well. Took Lisburn and the u20s

Under 21 championship.

Was at St John's and St Galls game. Was really disappointed with St John's. Weather was atrocious for football but St John's didn't look like they had any ideas at all. St Galls looked astute and had purpose to their play.

Is Portglenone too young or is that a really disappointing result for them? That Aghagallon team good?

St Brigid's game conceded. They'd be my favourites but Cargin racked up a good score too.

Who conceeded to Biddies?

MG

Any word on u21 ball or when it'll be?

MG winning at a canter.

Reffing extremely poor. Inconsistent and then some dead rubber decisions at the end to put some gloss on it

Dunloy once again losing out in small ball due to big ball.

Can't see them winning this weekend after 2 high intensity weekends on the trot, maybe stay with them for the first 40 mins but Cargin freshness will turn the screw

Standard in Antrim football and within each of the championships is poor. Cargin, Moneyglass and St Agnes all to win at a canter.

not sure about that, Moneyglass are playing the league winners.
Sars have lost once this year, to Moneyglass
Moneyglass have lost twice, to Sarsfields (and to glenavy when the league was over)
Both teams have a win each and a draw in their 3 meetings this year.
Has to the most 50/50 game ever.

Coin toss of a game if ever there was one, two very decent sides. I assume that means Moneyglass are promoted already because Sarsfields are already up? (if the leagues dont change)

Sure they'll probably choose to keep a team up instead knowing how the county goes.

I'd back MG for this one though. Having seen both teams play I'd say MG are the better team/footballers whilst Sars are a bit of brute force

There is 2 senior semis on in Dunsilly, the pitch can only take so much

But if there was any sense at least one of the intermediate matches would be at Dunsilly and the senior matches would be at a different venue.

Makes little sense dragging Pg1 and Dunloy down to Dunsilly and then dragging Glenavy and Sarsfields up to Pg1

How do you know where IFC fixtures are? Not on website?

https://antrim.gaa.ie/fixtures/?compID=248937&leagueTable=y

I have heard very little by way of complaint from players of coaches about the current structure. 

And I talk to people involved across a number of clubs.

It's mainly on here.

I mean half the counties footballers are playing div 1.

Easy wins for the top teams and then the rest yet to call themselves senior footballers

Lads aren't complaining, it's just a farce

Looking at fixtures now they've been published, the div 1 relegation play off only showings Aldergrove and Tir na Nog. Is that right?

Know Ahoghill are already down, but Ballymena somehow exempt because they got to league final?

Wouldn't put it past the county to do that....

Would they not play the losers ?
3 way play off it would seem obvious

Hardly fair if one team gets 2 bites at the cherry to stay up while a team gets one. 3 way play off would mean they could fix it if they knew a result benefited both of them in the last match of the play off. But they can't force Ahoghill to play so whole thing is thrown out of kilter

Looking at fixtures now they've been published, the div 1 relegation play off only showings Aldergrove and Tir na Nog. Is that right?

Know Ahoghill are already down, but Ballymena somehow exempt because they got to league final?

Wouldn't put it past the county to do that....