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[NEW COUNTY UNDER-21 FOOTBALL MANAGER APPOINTED]

NEW COUNTY UNDER-21 FOOTBALL MANAGER APPOINTED

Former Armagh joint manager Brian McAlinden has been appointed as the Orchard County's new Under-21 Football boss.
McAlinden's appointment comes after Peter McDonnell decided to relinquish the role to concentrate on the senior team.
The Derrytrasna man's appointment was ratified at a meeting of the Armagh County Committee last night.
His selectors will be Liam McCorry (St Paul's) and Gerry Flynn (Carrickcruppen).
Wayne Callan, who worked with McAlinden during his stint with Brian Canavan as joint senior managers, will train the side.

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Sean cavanagh has just said on the radio that, after the immediate disappointment, he sees the result today as a "blessing in disguise".

Just shows how much interest Sean has in his club.

What was the final score in this afternoons Intermediate Football Final between Culloville and St Patrick's?

The Tyrone v Armagh Ulster Minor & Senior Football Championship Quarter-Finals will take place in Healy Park, Omagh.  It will be an "all-ticket" affair - End of Story!

[RULE 4 - TECHNICAL FOULS]

Good game. Two even sides. Silverbridge should prob have sneaked it in normal time. 2 decisions proved costly for them.
First was half back in last few seconds of normal opting to try and play forward when in possesion when a few hand passes across half back line to unmarked opponents would have ran clock down.
Second was a call by the referee to move last kick of game up ten yards (after free kick had been kicked and was obviously falling short). It seemed the reason being that one of the bridge defenders was jumpning up and down about 15 yards away in front of the kicker. A strange and unfair decision by the looks of it. Referee was Jimmy Mc Kee and was pretty incconsistent throughout.

According the the Rules the referee's decision would seem to have been correct.

RULE 4 - TECHNICAL FOULS

4.19 To interfere with a player taking a free kick or side-line kick by jumping up and down, waving hands, or any other physical or verbal interference considered by the referee to be aimed at distracting the player taking the kick.

Exception
A player holding his hands upright shall not constitute an interference.

PENALTY - FOR THE ABOVE FOULS – Free kick 13m more advantageous than the place of original kick -up to opponents' 13m line.

Any other club results in Armagh today?

[ARMAGH SFC SEMI-FINALS BROADCAST LIVE ON SUNDAY]

ARMAGH SFC SEMI-FINALS BROADCAST LIVE ON SUNDAY

Both the Armagh Senior Football Championship semi-finals will be broadcast live on Radio FIVE FM on Sunday.

Killeavey and Pearse Og begins at 2.00pm followed by commentary of the Crossmaglen and Armagh Harps tie which gets underway at 4.00pm.
Commentator for both games will be Damian McCullough with analysis by Martin Watters.

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Any results for the two SFC semi-finals this evening?

["All South Armagh Final"]

Silverbridge and St Patrick's to make it an "All South Armagh Final" with the Cullyhanna men to avenge their previous championship defeat when they lost to Silverbridge after extra time in a replay at Crossmaglen.

Packie McConville from Crossmaglen.
He is presently managing/coaching a team in Louth.

Finnian Moriarty should have got one of the corner back positions.
Nobody got the better of him and he held all  his direct opponents to just one or two points.

Cant believe the county board wouldnt call off the Ogs game, i thought it was a certainty to be called off with Peggy's husband the club President, yet clubs can call league games off because a club member (and i dont mean an active member/committee personnel) has died....

RIP Peggy. I know the Harney Brothers well and they have gave a lot to the club down through the years...

That's unbelievable and extremely bad form from the county board. 

RIP

I asked a member of the County Board this morning and he told me that he knew nothing about this - what he termed at reasonable request for a postponement - and said the decision would have been made by members of the Competitions Control Committee.
He rang me back later to tell me that the request for a postponement was indeed refused by the CCC.  His information was that both clubs were in agreement to postpone the game until Tuesday night and play it under lights but the CCC was having none of this.
Very disappointing decision.  After all the deceased was the wife of the President of Pearse Og and you would think that the club members would be there to support Joe in his hour of need.
I hope that the CCC will allow the teams to observe a 'Minute's Silence' as a mark of respect to the entire Harney family and the Pearse Og club prior to their game.

May Peggy Harney's soul rest in peace.

Carrickcruppen won the Armagh Under-21 Final replay this evening when they beat Madden by five points.

Stephen O'Neill is to rejoin the Tyrone panel and will attend training tomorrow (Thurs) night.

When was the last time Clan na Gael beat Crossmaglen at a neutral venue?
Cross by five this time.