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Would anyone have the up-to-date league tables for Divisions 1-3?

[SFC Quarter finalsBurren]

SFC Quarter finals
Burren v Ballyholland
Mayobridge v Longstone

IFC Quarter finals
Annaclone v Darragh Cross
Kilclief v Tullylish
Carryduff v Glenn
Drumgath v St Johns

JFC Final
St John Bosco v Drumaness

I know I should know all this shit....but when is the draw made...I'd love a wee weekend in Killarney or Tralee

I don't think the fixtures will be out until mid-end of November.

[Rostrevor]

RFC Final
24/09 Warrenpoint v Rostrevor
PRFC Final
24/09 An Riocht v Mayobridge

JFC Semi-finals
26/09 Bright v St John Bosco
26/09 Drumaness v Aughlisnafinn

Two sets of tickets for the Cusack Stand will be raffled on Friday night at the Gaelic Life Chat Night - one set includes overnight accomodation in a Dublin hotel - get there for your last chance of a ticket!

What's the line-up

Burns, Brolly, O'Neill, Foley...any more?

Any posters at the down breakfast this morning any reports how it went? I read yesterday there was 600+ tickets sold. That is really good numbers for £40 a head, fair play to the organisers in managing to gather those sort of figures!

A mate of mine was there. He was at table number 73 and there were ten to a table. I heard that it was absolutley packed

They said there were 706 at it. Austin O'Callaghan fired a few questions at Danny Hughes, James McCartan and Ronan Murtagh, then there was a bit of a break followed by Austin firing off more questions this time at Damien Rafferty, Paddy Tally and Benny Coutler. All gentle stuff but enjoyable after breakfast. Done and dusted by 9.30.

[Kilcoo]

MFC Final

Kilcoo v Rostrevor

Just to let you know that two of the wiser and respected Down members of gaaboard.ie have contributed their views to the Newry Reporter's All-Ireland supplement - a page each they got too.
To protect their anonymity I won't say who they are but they go by their board names in the articles.

There were some complaints on a posting somewhere about a club charging £10 per ticket for a raffle for two All-ireland tickets - we've 2 sets of two up for grabs in the paper. You'd have to buy the paper though to get the two entry slips you need to enter and entries have to be in by 5pm on Monday.

[All-Ireland SFC semi-final, 1994: Down 1-13 Cork 1-11]

All-Ireland SFC semi-final, 1994: Down 1-13 Cork 1-11

Does anybody know where I can access the match report from this game on the internet?

Thanks.

[St Michael's]

St Michael's v Aughlisnafin
Drumaness v Mitchels
Bright v St Paul's
St John Bosco v Teconnaught

[Down to play Kildare]

Down to play Kildare

No.   Name
1.   Brendan McVeigh
2.   Daniel McCartan
3.   Dan Gordon
4.   Damian Rafferty
5.   Declan Rooney
6.   Kevin McKernan
7.   Conor Garvey
8.   Peter Fitzpatrick
9.   Kalum King
10.   Daniel Hughes
11.   Mark Poland
12.   Paul McComiskey
13.   Brendan Coulter
14.   John Clarke
15.   Martin Clarke
16.   Declan Alder
17.   Aidan Carr
18.   James Colgan
19.   Luke Howard
20.   Brendan McArdle
21.   Darren O'Hagan
22.   Mark Doran
23.   Ambrose Rogers
24.   Ronan Sexton
25.   Conor Maginn
26.   Jason Brown
27.   Ronan Murtagh
28.   Gary McArdle
29.   Aidan Brannigan
30.   Conor Laverty

I'm just watching the camogie here on the Sunday game. I watched a few of the ladies football games the last Day on TG4. While the camogie ladies are far superior in skill then there football counterparts i still think the standard is muck and i would have more enterainment and skill watching an under 12's or an under 14's match.

I'm not going to pander them and say its great its not. Why oh why are ladies football keepers not able to catch a high ball? there embaressing to watch i dont know how many goals i have seen going straight through their hands.

On another note i had to lower the volume down on the TV because the high pitched screaming coming from the crowd is upsetting my dog. Rant over.

You should get yourself out and about more Peter. Meet a few people...it'll take you mind off things.

well folks i heard really bad news about Ambrose.. think we will be lost without him... also did anyone see bennys column in the democrat this week.. i thought he was a wee bit hard on Rostrevor and the players!!!

Sorry downjim, don't read it myself  what did he write?

Unfortunately it wasn't limited to abusing the referee. As witnessed during a championship match...

A boy (he looked about 12) practicing his toe-taps and what as they do along the sideline beside the pitchside fence accidentally kicks the ball onto the pitch and a club man (and I'd say from his attire the same club) along the line 'roars' at him to "stop f***in' about with the f***in' ball and get away off"...
Then there was one of those moments when time stopped for a spilt second and yer man realises what he's just shouted, the wee boy realises what he's shouted and the world and its mother realises who he's just shouted it at...then life just carried on.
It was uncalled for and there was absolutely no excuse for it.

What about the verbal abuse of referees from the sidelines?
When is a linesman/fourth official suppose to step in and say "enough's enough"?
Was at a fair few games over the weekend and witnessed and heard some shocking verbals being fired pitchside at the referee yet not once did a fellow official step in properly to stop it.
There was the odd 'now, now' type of thing.