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The two groups were drawn with six clubs in Group 1 and Group 2, respectively, from which four sides from each group will reach the seeded quarterfinals.

Three senior division sides, Castledawson, Ballinderry, and Eoghan Rua, drop down to intermediate level, immediately putting these clubs among the favourites to lift the Championship.

Current league leader Lavey, yet to suffer defeat this season, will be involved in the Senior Football Championship.

But the favourites for the title will be Ballinderry, the 13-time Senior Football Championship winners, as they drop to the Intermediate Championship.

They currently occupy fourth place in the Senior League, and they will look to bring their form and championship experience to the intermediate level to lift the trophy.

The first round will be held on August 4, with the final set to take place on October 27.

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The two groups have been drawn, with seven teams in Group 1 and six in Group 2, with the top four from each group progressing to the quarterfinals.

Three intermediate sides, Craigbane, Ballymaguigan, and Lissan, drop down to this championship, which would make them automatic favourites for the competition.

Craigbane have been in fine form this season as they occupy fourth in the Intermediate division and will be the standout favourites to lift the trophy and add to their 2022 success.


Ballymaguigan will also be confident in their chances of success as they occupy eighth in their division.

However, Lissan have struggled this season as they occupy the relegation play-off spot with the threat of junior football looming over their shoulders for next season.

Form is key to winning trophies, and this will be the argument from the top three in the junior division.

Very tight on the teams plying their trade in the junior league to have 3 teams conditioned with intermediate football joining them. If the 3 intermediate teams remained in the intermediate championship, you'd have a very competitive junior championship. Craigbane would have a fair cut of the intermediate title, so they're more than likely going to walk the junior, no?

The intermediate championship will be worth the viewing, will be extremely competitive.

Predictions?

Ballinderry v Limavady
Greenlough v Faughanvale
Eoghan Rua v Desertmartin
Claudy v Banagher
Foreglen v Glenullin
Castledawson v Drumsurn

Junior

Glack v Drum
Ballerin v Doire Trasna
Ardmore v Ballymaguigan
Magilligan v Slaughtmanus
Sean Dolans v Moneymore
Doire Colmcille v Craigbane

Magilligan with a shock win over Slaughtmanus tonight

It will be interesting to see how Coleraine do

https://www.derrynow.com/news/derry-sport/1593410/late-craigbane-goal-breaks-slaughtmanus-hearts-at-celtic-park.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0hGhXU0KqYJEf9iG3vUnUR-pGONT83DnXIiDukwxH5oNvbGSklot9mbA0_aem_kstS-gJ2ytmEE9royh6TEA

The reporting is pathetic, personal attacks on the Ref and a Craigbane player

Like a primary school writing competition

Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on August 31, 2024, 10:48:47 PMLike a primary school writing competition

Primary school children would make less spelling mistakes

Absoluely pathetic.
I will be very suprised if this is not pulled by Derry Post.
The 'journalist' is the son of a Derry referee.
We will see where the attack on the Craigbane player goes.
There could be alot more about this.

Quote from: North Man on August 31, 2024, 11:51:43 PMAbsoluely pathetic.
I will be very suprised if this is not pulled by Derry Post.
The 'journalist' is the son of a Derry referee.
We will see where the attack on the Craigbane player goes.
There could be alot more about this.

Wouldn't happen to be a slaughtmanus based referee would it...

Not hard to work out.

Quote from: North Man on August 31, 2024, 11:58:59 PMNot hard to work out.

One of the most/embarrassing/amateurish/biased match reports I have ever read

It's down. Did anyone save it / screenshot it?

I hear its saved ok.
Will be intresting to see if an apology is issued to the ref and the player.

Intermediate championship going along nicely. Only Ballinderry and Foreglen unbeaten. Top 4 and seedings still up in the air. Should be some interesting first knockout games.

Glenullin hammer Coleraine, Coleraine beat Faughanvale, Faughanvale hammer Glenullin, Greenloughs win today bring them back into contention for progression to the quarters, Intermediate is wide open

Quote from: Brendan on September 15, 2024, 06:44:19 PMGlenullin hammer Coleraine, Coleraine beat Faughanvale, Faughanvale hammer Glenullin, Greenloughs win today bring them back into contention for progression to the quarters, Intermediate is wide open

Definitely looking like the most interesting c'ship of the 3 early doors. By my reckoning Greenlough are out though. Even if they win next week and finish on 4pts & Glenullin lose and stay on 4pts - Glenullin will have them on H2H. Maths not my strong suit though so could be wrong...

Quote from: Doire23 on September 15, 2024, 08:03:24 PM

Quote from: Brendan on September 15, 2024, 06:44:19 PMGlenullin hammer Coleraine, Coleraine beat Faughanvale, Faughanvale hammer Glenullin, Greenloughs win today bring them back into contention for progression to the quarters, Intermediate is wide open

Definitely looking like the most interesting c'ship of the 3 early doors. By my reckoning Greenlough are out though. Even if they win next week and finish on 4pts & Glenullin lose and stay on 4pts - Glenullin will have them on H2H. Maths not my strong suit though so could be wrong...

Correct, my bad, all is interesting in Group B in the battle to avoid Ballinderry in that case...

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Quote from: Doire23 on September 15, 2024, 08:03:24 PM

Quote from: Brendan on September 15, 2024, 06:44:19 PMGlenullin hammer Coleraine, Coleraine beat Faughanvale, Faughanvale hammer Glenullin, Greenloughs win today bring them back into contention for progression to the quarters, Intermediate is wide open

Definitely looking like the most interesting c'ship of the 3 early doors. By my reckoning Greenlough are out though. Even if they win next week and finish on 4pts & Glenullin lose and stay on 4pts - Glenullin will have them on H2H. Maths not my strong suit though so could be wrong...

Correct, my bad, all is interesting in Group B in the battle to avoid Ballinderry in that case...

Big time. And 3rd vs 4th winner takes all in Group B between Drumsurn and Banagher for a better seeding. If it stayed the same and Glenullin played Ballinderry that'd be a tasty tie!

Glenullin shipping 2 heavy defeats to finish the group stages, they'll be in trouble against Ballinderry...or is it a double bluff

Quote from: Brendan on September 21, 2024, 06:10:45 PMGlenullin shipping 2 heavy defeats to finish the group stages, they'll be in trouble against Ballinderry...or is it a double bluff

Wouldn't take too much from the group game results. Championship finally starts now

Quote from: LoughNeagh on September 22, 2024, 11:19:25 AM

Quote from: Brendan on September 21, 2024, 06:10:45 PMGlenullin shipping 2 heavy defeats to finish the group stages, they'll be in trouble against Ballinderry...or is it a double bluff

Wouldn't take too much from the group game results. Championship finally starts now

Only issue being that you need to get to semi finals to be in next years senior championship. One of them will be intermediate again next year.

Predictions?

Intermediate Championship

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• Castledawson v Faughanvale
• Forglen v Drumsurn
• Coleraine v Banagher
• Ballinderry v Glenullin

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Junior Championship

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• Craigbane v Ballerin
• Lissan v Ballymaguigan

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Castledawson v Faughanvale - Castledawson
Forglen v Drumsurn - Drumsurn
Coleraine v Banagher - Banagher
Ballinderry v Glenullin - Glenullin

Craigbane v Ballerin - Craigbane
Lissan v Ballymaguigan - Quigan

Quote from: LoughNeagh on October 03, 2024, 08:42:48 AMCastledawson v Faughanvale - Castledawson
Forglen v Drumsurn - Drumsurn
Coleraine v Banagher - Banagher
Ballinderry v Glenullin - Glenullin

Craigbane v Ballerin - Craigbane
Lissan v Ballymaguigan - Quigan

I think Forglen will beat Drumsurn and Ballinderry will beat Glenullin. The other two intermediate quarters are toss ups.

Hard to see past the two you've picked for Junior.

Quote from: OakLeaf on October 03, 2024, 08:52:52 AM

Quote from: LoughNeagh on October 03, 2024, 08:42:48 AMCastledawson v Faughanvale - Castledawson
Forglen v Drumsurn - Drumsurn
Coleraine v Banagher - Banagher
Ballinderry v Glenullin - Glenullin

Craigbane v Ballerin - Craigbane
Lissan v Ballymaguigan - Quigan

I think Foreglen will beat Drumsurn and Ballinderry will beat Glenullin. The other two intermediate quarters are toss ups.

Hard to see past the two you've picked for Junior.

Drumsurn have looked a solid wee outfit when I've seen them. But either way on that one.

I'm betting on Glenullin upsetting Ballinderry.

Ballinderry hasn't set the intermeditate world alight and think Glenullin will have that knownhow to grind out a result at this level when it matters.

Castledawson v Faughanvale   - Castledawson by 4
Foreglen v Drumsurn          - Drumsurn by 1
Coleraine v Banagher         - Banagher by 1
Ballinderry v Glenullin      - Ballinderry by 3

Craigbane v Ballerin         - Craigbane by 2
Lissan v Ballymaguigan       - Ballymaguigan by 4

Castledawson v Faughanvale - Castledawson
Forglen v Drumsurn - Foreglen
Coleraine v Banagher - Banagher
Ballinderry v Glenullin - Ballinderry

Craigbane v Ballerin - Ballerin
Lissan v Ballymaguigan - Ballymaguigan

1st surprise of the weekend... What happened Castledawson?

Quote from: LoughNeagh on October 04, 2024, 10:40:30 PM1st surprise of the weekend... What happened Castledawson?

Hardly surprising Vale are going well 50percent of the time...

Quote from: Brendan on October 04, 2024, 11:26:38 PM

Quote from: LoughNeagh on October 04, 2024, 10:40:30 PM1st surprise of the weekend... What happened Castledawson?

Hardly surprising Vale are going well 50percent of the time...

I didn't find tonight's result a surprise, Faughanvale have been an inform team all season. Finished 2nd in the league (Lavey was only defeat).

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Quote from: Brendan on October 04, 2024, 11:26:38 PM

Quote from: LoughNeagh on October 04, 2024, 10:40:30 PM1st surprise of the weekend... What happened Castledawson?

Hardly surprising Vale are going well 50percent of the time...

I didn't find tonight's result a surprise, Faughanvale have been an inform team all season. Finished 2nd in the league (Lavey was only defeat).

Yeah exactly, tough championship group but got the job done with a match to spare like everyone else

Just hearing that Drumsurn won by 7 or so and a Foreglen player struck the ref!

Not surprised to see the Vale or Drumsurn winning - two high level intermediate outfits. Drumsurn have some serious heartache the last few years too.
Eoghan Rua put in a serious shift today with 14 men from less than 10 mins in (and at a stage 13 men after a black card). Would have been a huge result if they'd hung on. Some of the Banagher score-taking was exceptional and big Mark Lynch coming on to do what he does.

Should be an interesting last 4 at Intermediate. The Vale are a good side. Drumsurn are as well but consistency is an issue. Same for Banagher.

Quote from: OakLeaf on October 05, 2024, 06:47:37 PMJust hearing that Drumsurn won by 7 or so and a Foreglen player struck the ref!

Video doing the rounds now of the aftermath, disgusting

That deserves serious punishment. They were well beaten so it was hardly the refs fault.

Heard that Cassidy went into the ref after Bellagy game and an umpire sorted him out?

Biggest injustice was against Lavey who got a black card handed out to them 5mins after Glen escaped one for a pull down on a man going through on goal.

Lavey were very good and deserved a draw but when needed Glen had players to get them over the line. Emmett Bradley was excellent. What was wrong with McFaul?

Newbridge were good in spells but somehow managed to draw the game before pulling away in ET. Conor Doherty had a big second half and they have a couple of other players who could make the step up to county.

Saturday
18:15
Faughanvale v Drumsurn

Sunday
14:00
Banagher v Ballinderry

Both in Owenbeg

Quote from: LoughNeagh on October 06, 2024, 08:36:42 PMSaturday
18:15
Faughanvale v Drumsurn

Sunday
14:00
Banagher v Ballinderry

Both in Owenbeg

Wide open. Make Faughanvale and Ballinderry slight favourites for each game.

Drumsurn 1-2 Vale 0-1 point half time, as pathetic a half of football you'll ever see with Vale only scoring with a tap over free for the last kick of the half. No real breeze and no rain

Quote from: Brendan on October 12, 2024, 06:47:02 PMDrumsurn 1-2 Vale 0-1 point half time, as pathetic a half of football you'll ever see with Vale only scoring with a tap over free for the last kick of the half. No real breeze and no rain

The other semi final was a very good game of football. Both sides going for it and could have went either way

Quote from: LoughNeagh on October 13, 2024, 11:15:48 PM

Quote from: Brendan on October 12, 2024, 06:47:02 PMDrumsurn 1-2 Vale 0-1 point half time, as pathetic a half of football you'll ever see with Vale only scoring with a tap over free for the last kick of the half. No real breeze and no rain

The other semi final was a very good game of football. Both sides going for it and could have went either way

The first one ended up a great match in the 2nd half so I spoke too soon, looks set for a good final if Vale can perform for 60 minutes instead of just the second half as they have done so far in the knockouts

Derry Junior champions going to be very weak in 2025 with 4 teams going up?

Wouldn't traditionally be the stron gest at this level.

Would the split you have now not make more sense?

Or have 4 tiers?

Quote from: SouthOfThe Bann on October 18, 2024, 10:30:19 AMDerry Junior champions going to be very weak in 2025 with 4 teams going up?

Wouldn't traditionally be the stron gest at this level.

Would the split you have now not make more sense?

Or have 4 tiers?

Doubt the junior teams are too worried about anything beyond Derry tbh. Be happy enough to be playing championship games against teams at their level and not intermediate teams. Most will start the season thinking they've a decent chance of winning which is good. Same for intermediate and senior

It's obvious Junior needs a major overhaul, teams not fielding in Championship matches for fear of national headline grabbing hammering should never happen. Mal had an idea on Twitter that would work well, 10 senior, 10 intermediate and 10 junior with the rest into Junior B. Reserves league and championship a major concern as well. Ballinderry only played 1 Group game plus 2 knockout and find themselves in the final, whereas the other group teams had to play all 5 group games before going into knockout

Quote from: JoG2 on October 18, 2024, 05:06:57 PM

Quote from: SouthOfThe Bann on October 18, 2024, 10:30:19 AMDerry Junior champions going to be very weak in 2025 with 4 teams going up?

Wouldn't traditionally be the stron gest at this level.

Would the split you have now not make more sense?

Or have 4 tiers?

Doubt the junior teams are too worried about anything beyond Derry tbh. Be happy enough to be playing championship games against teams at their level and not intermediate teams. Most will start the season thinking they've a decent chance of winning which is good. Same for intermediate and senior

Or in some counties, senior teams.  :o

 

I be of the other Opinion, been strong at Junior level and Intermediate is beneficial in alot of Counties especially Kerry,Tyrone.

Quote from: Wildweasel74 on October 18, 2024, 06:32:28 PMI be of the other Opinion, been strong at Junior level and Intermediate is beneficial in alot of Counties especially Kerry,Tyrone.

Being stronger at junior would of course be beneficial, but Kerry's 'junior' wouldn't be our version of junior.

Re Tyrone, were Owen Roes jnr when McShane started with Tyrone? Many others plying their trade in Div 3 play for the Tyrone county ?

Intermediate predictions?

Ballinderry v Faughanvale - Tempted to go for Faughanvale but Think Ballinderry will have too much experience - Shamrocks by 4

Reserve Intermediate
Greenlough v Ballinderry - Shamrocks by at least 8

Faughanvale never reached the levels of last week and deservedly beat but will feel hard done by having should of won it last week. McKinless again showing his temperament makes him such a liability, does the suspension carry into ulster?

What was mckinkess at today then. Saw video of him getting the line and the da getting involved.

Barry Cass under p at the end also

Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on November 02, 2024, 11:12:02 PMWhat was mckinkess at today then. Saw video of him getting the line and the da getting involved.

Barry Cass under p at the end also

Already on a yellow and doing silly things like not giving up the ball for frees, not taking his yards got the 2nd yellow then gets into a row with the Vale bench

Silly boy.
The dad getting involved didn't look great.

Who had the issue with Cassidy or was it handbags

Owenbeg is a disaster waiting to happen the fighting at the tunnel went on for about 10 minutes with most of the stand standing to watch what was going on there instead of the match as the stewards and that crowd of security who looked to be hired in failed to deal with it, if it had of been a more temperamental match I dread to think what could have happened if escalated into the supporters.

I didn't notice any issue with Cassidy he had a good game but missed a stamp by a Vale man in my opinion as his back was turned

Sounds messy...

Got a short video clip sent mainly of the mckinlesses, then Barry seemed to being protected/pulled away at end of match

Well how he miss a stamp if no one seen it?

Quote from: Wildweasel74 on November 03, 2024, 12:47:34 AMWell how he miss a stamp if no one seen it?

The section of the stand I was in certainly seen it