Armagh Club football & hurling

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Armagh ACL Tables as at Sunday 26 June 2011

ACL – Division I
Team P W D L Pts
Crossmaglen 11 9 1 1 19
Maghery 12 8 2 2 18
St Patrick's 12 9 0 3 18
Pearse Og 12 8 1 3 17
Granemore 11 7 1 3 15
Whitecross 11 6 1 4 13
Dromintee 11 5 1 5 11
Ballymacnab 12 5 0 7 10
Culloville 12 3 0 9 6
Clan na Gael 11 2 1 8 5
Sarsfields 12 2 1 9 5
Carrickcruppen 11 0 1 10 1

ACL – Division II
Team P W D L Pts
Wolfe Tone 12 9 2 1 20
Clann Eireann 11 9 1 1 19
Shane O'Neill's 13 6 2 5 15
Killeavy 11 5 2 4 12
Silverbridge 11 5 2 4 12
Armagh Harps 12 5 2 5 12
Madden 11 4 3 4 11
Mullaghbawn 12 5 1 6 11
Keady 9 4 0 5 8
Tir na nÓg 11 4 0 7 8
Tullysaran 13 2 2 9 6
St Michael's 12 2 1 9 5

ACL – Division III
Team P W D L Pts
St Peter's 13 11 1 1 23
Grange 13 8 2 3 18
Annaghmore 12 7 1 4 15
Middletown 11 6 2 3 14
St Paul's 11 6 2 3 14
Collegeland 13 6 1 6 13
Ballyhegan 14 5 3 6 13
Crossmaglen II 12 5 1 7 11
Clonmore 13 5 1 7 11
An Port Mor 13 5 0 8 10
Forkhill 12 3 0 9 6
Belleek 13 1 0 12 2

ACL – Division IV
Team P W D L Pts
Eire Og 12 11 0 1 22
Derrynoose 12 9 0 3 18
Lissummon 12 9 0 3 18
St Patrick's II 10 6 1 3 13
Dorsey Emmett's 10 6 0 4 12
Corrinshego 13 6 0 7 12
Clady 11 3 3 5 9
Killeavy II 12 3 2 7 8
Killean 10 2 1 7 5
O'Hanlon's 11 2 1 8 5
Dromintee II 13 1 2 11 4

[Candyman]

Harps & Madden meet in the B All-County Final 

[lurganblue]

Harps & Madden meet in the B All-County Final 

Fair play to the harps, I thought they were good tonight. Best team def won in the end. Good luck for the final

[Candyman]

Your keeper will make the Lurgan Mail anyway... 

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Your keeper will make the Lurgan Mail anyway... 

The fat cluxton

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

St Patrick's 2-9 Granemore 1-11

St Pat's leapfrogged back to the top of the Division 1 table after a thrilling encounter last Tuesday evening. Granemore had recorded an emphatic victory over the Cullyhanna team early in the season and would probably have been the favourites to repeat the feat at home. However Kyle McEvoy put the away side into the lead almost instantaneously with a point from play. Granemore soon equalised before St Pat's were dealt the blow of seeing centre half-back Gary McCooey forced to depart the fray through injury. The sides then exchanged points with the Cullyhanna score coming from a Kyle McEvoy free. After 9 minutes Granemore struck the first crucial blow of the match, cutting through the St Pat's defence to register the opening goal of the game. A minute later, over-elaboration in the Cullyhanna led to another Granemore point and when a pointed Granemore free on 14 minutes put them 1-4 to 0-2 in front, Cullyhanna looked in danger of succumbing to a similarly comprehensive defeat as had been experienced earlier in the Spring.

To give the side credit, they soon rallied and the revival was led by Liam O'Hare who produced a magnificent tackle to rob a Granemore defender of possession. An inspirational run from O'Hare saw him fouled in a scoring position while Eugene Casey made no mistake in pointing the resultant free. Granemore restored their 5 point lead with a free but with 27 minutes played, a great catch from Genie McCooey initiated a Cullyhanna attack which led to an excellent Kyle McEvoy point. St Pat's were quite dominant throughout the second quarter but were guilty of some poor wides. A well worked Granemore 45 brought the home side another point before a strong finish to the first half reignited the match as a contest. Firstly, a superb fist-passing movement involving Barry McConville, Tony Donnelly and Eugene Casey opened up the Granemore defence allowing Kyle McEvoy to coolly slot the ball to the net. The deficit was then reduced to the minimum when Kyle latched onto a Genie McCooey flick and fired over another point.

At half-time, Granemore led by 1-6 to 1-5. The scoreline was a fair enough reflection on what could be best described as a half of two quarters which the home side dominated in the early stages, however an impressive late surge from Cullyhanna brought them back into the game well and indeed more accurate shooting could even have seen St Pat's lead at the break.

The second half began in great style for St Pat's as a foul on Shane McKeever allowed Kyle McEvoy to add to his ever increasing tally with a pointed free. Almost immediately, Tony Donnelly broke a ball well at midfield which was collected by Liam O'Hare who kicked a magnificent point. The perfect start to the half was concluded when St Pat's were awarded a penalty. There may have been an element of fortune in the decision but Shane McKeever did not dwell on such matters and dispatched the ball efficiently to the net to give his side a commanding 4 point lead three minutes in the second half, a lead that was all the more impressive given that they had trailed by 5 points 30 minutes into the first period. To sustain that level of scoring would be impossible however Rory O'Neill extended the lead further on 13 minutes when he combined well with Barry McConville before kicking a fine score. Granemore were always likely to mount a resurgence and they reduced the deficit significantly with three points in succession between the 16th and 23rd minutes as St Pat's ceded the initiative by retreating into a much too defensive formation. A pointed free by Eugene Casey stemmed the tide but a Granemore score with 4 minutes to go left just two points between the teams. Cullyhanna defended stoutly in the final stages and restricted Granemore to just a single further pointed free in the dying embers of injury time. The final whistle was greeted with huge relief by the Cullyhanna faithful as their side clung on to register a victory on a scoreline of St Patrick's 2-9 Granemore 1-11.

As the scoreline suggests, this was an entertaining and closely fought match which both sides dominated at certain stages. St Pat's have developed a welcome habit of winning tight matches this season and hopefully this is something which will continue as preparations for the Championship gather pace. This was a confidence boosting victory in Liam O'Hare recorded a fine performance, covering every blade of grass in a withdrawn role while Kyle McEvoy delivered another impressive tally of scores. Man of the match however was probably Eoin McArdle who was magnificent at corner-back throughout the second half, repelling wave after wave of Granemore attack.

Starting XV: C O'Neill; S Lennon, S Reel, E McArdle; M Murray, G McCooey, P McCreesh; B McConville, P Casey; G McCooey, E Casey (0-2), T Donnelly; S McKeever (1-0), L O'Hare (0-1), K McEvoy (1-5) Subs Used: N McShane, C O'Neill R O'Neill (0-1)

[Orior]

Anyone got a list of the Armagh minor team and their clubs?

[Oraisteach]

Maghery 2-10  Crossmaglen 1-10.  I hear that Oisin missded a PK.

[JUst retired]

He didnt miss it, the goalkeeper saved it.

[fitzroyalty]

Great game of football in Maghery yesterday evening. Again the refereeing in this county is brought into question, on two occasions Cross men should have seen red for striking but only saw yellow due to the referee bottling it. (I wonder had those players had Maghery jsereys on would the outcome have been different?) All or nothing in these cases, and people wonder why refs in these county get berated.

Anyway great spirit shown by Maghery, P and A Forker, Lavery all prominent, the keeper also did well to save the penalty.

Clans played out a draw with the Ogs, probably a game we should have won and a hugely improved performance of late. Less said about the referee the better, sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between incompetence and sheer contempt. A much needed point nonetheless and a bit of confidence going into the game with Sarsfields on Wednesday.

[crossfire]

Great game of football in Maghery yesterday evening. Again the refereeing in this county is brought into question, on two occasions Cross men should have seen red for striking but only saw yellow due to the referee bottling it. (I wonder had those players had Maghery jsereys on would the outcome have been different?) All or nothing in these cases, and people wonder why refs in these county get berated.

Anyway great spirit shown by Maghery, P and A Forker, Lavery all prominent, the keeper also did well to save the penalty.

Clans played out a draw with the Ogs, probably a game we should have won and a hugely improved performance of late. Less said about the referee the better, sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between incompetence and sheer contempt. A much needed point nonetheless and a bit of confidence going into the game with Sarsfields on Wednesday.

[crossfire]

ACL Division 1

Cross 3-14 Cullyhanna 0-08

[armaghniac]

Cross 3-14 Cullyhanna 0-08

Maghery must have pissed Cross off.
The odd beating will tighten both sides up for the championship.

[brokencrossbar1]

Cross 3-14 Cullyhanna 0-08

Maghery must have pissed Cross off.
The odd beating will tighten both sides up for the championship.

Funny, TAM is normally very quick on with the notes for the paper, is he not about or something?  Both teams missing a few regulars, Mackin came on after 20 minutes, Tony Donnelly didn't play at all.  Cross missing Titch, Johnny Hanratty, Stephen Kernan, James Morgan and Aaron Cunningham.  It's only a league game and means feck all squared.

[armaghniac]

TAM headed off to Barcelona, supposedly on holiday to eat octopus and the like, but probably to avoid having to write up the results of the Cross' game and read the triumphalist ramblings in the Tyrone thread!