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Dixon, Mulholland and Aaron Thompson transferred from Lisburn to Eire Og, think Aaron is there as player/manager

Only Eoin Dixon was regular starter last season but had some injury issues. When fit and focused he is great and Lisburn will miss his scoring ability, along with Ruadhan mckenna (goalkeeper). Both hit a lot of scores, particularly 2 pointers and frees last season. Red is finished at d2 level so a move into coaching/management was coming, especially  since he looked after the Lisburn reserves last year. Him and knux go way back to playing with St Teresa's, so it's not surprising  that knux might give him a few training  drills/sessions from his back catalogue, but saying triple jobbing is harsh! Lol. For Lisburn, my worry would be squad depth, as they have lost 4/5 from last year- but have picked up a few new faces as well, so they may be ok depending on their quality, but there were times last season that there wasn't much of a bench and at least 2 of them have moved on now.

none of this answers the question originally ask, who gets promoted from junior alongside the Aggies, will Laochra and Pearses be made play a playoff at this stage?

I would reckon gorts will get another reprieve with their friends in high places working it out for them.

It is my understanding that leagues will stay as they are for 2026.

Does this mean as per the start of 2025 or as per the end of the season and associated  promotions and relegation? Aldergrove and ahoghill into D2,us and Moneyglass into d1, Rasharkin into D3 etc?

Did sars manager step down, after winning promotion?

Yeah. Paddy made the decision well before the intermediate final. It has been advertised online twice.

Yeah saw it advertised, just thought he'd stay on in division one. Maybe he thinks a new voice is needed.

Lol,Maybe he does but "personal  reasons" was what I was told. I wish him well and thank him for getting us up to D1/D1B or whatever is coming round the corner in the next few months.

Did sars manager step down, after winning promotion?

Yeah. Paddy made the decision well before the intermediate final. It has been advertised online twice.

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You tell them Tommy.
[/quote]why did he leave those clubs when he was doing so amazing?
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Defitely not tommy!  With us, it was just the right time. After 3 years it felt like a different voice was needed for the team to kick on. From my  view Lisburn probably over achieved over the 2 years and have a solid base to push on and maybe best to get out while on an upward curve and test yourself with a more established D1 team.

Cassidy has improved Creggans football and won a league with them. He done great with Glenravel also

Toal left both Paddies and Lisburn in a better place than he found them

It's pretty obvious what "done well" means
Are these two circuit men? 😂

Cassidys glenravel team that won promotion to D1 and I think they lost to the now county champions in the intermediate final, and in my opinion have probably been the best team to have played in D2 over the last 4/5 years both pre  and post league restructuring. After cassidy left, They haven't really progressed as far up D1 as they would have hoped, but they still have a lot of good young players coming through.

Knux took over a paddies team that hadnt won a game in 2 seasons. Brought us to 3 championship  semi finals, boosted our league position  and did a lot of the groundwork which lead to our league win this year. The change in lisburn over 2 years was unbelievable. From relegation certainties, to finishing in top half comfortably both seasons. Beat st Paul's twice in their promotion year and only for a shambolic referee should  have beaten Moneyglass in the championship despite playing  45 minutes down to 14 with a chunk  of that down to 13 men. Moneyglass  scoring 1-2 in injury time to win by 6 put a bit of gloss on the scoreline.

I would agree that both have "done well"

Knux did that last year as well. Took Lisburn and the u20s
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Paddy mcshane has left us, the position  was advertised  a few weeks ago with a closing date for applications  last week

Paddies have been around for 119 years with many ups and downs. Amalgamation with rossa/ St Paul's? For what? A feint hope that in 20/30/40 years Antrim win an all Ireland.  No thanks. How about growing, developing, nurturing the clubs to grow and prosper, not destroying them? Radical. I think St Paul's and rossa people would feel the same. If these 3 clubs were  struggling  for numbers and in danger of folding, it would make sense, but none of them are. History, tradition & identity are very important to us all and I would think merging clubs would be detrimental to overall participation numbers, which benefits nobody.

I heard JMK the new man in Toome. Frank Delargy in PG1. Henry Downey in Aghagallon and RD is going to St Brigids.
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Colin Toal in at tir na nog

Who won the punch up?

Tbf it wasn't much of a punch up, but not a good look either way. Have seen the clip of an incident at the fence, i didnt see it at the time. Dont know what caused it. Moneyglass were the better team and deserved the win. We just didn't put in any sort of performance and the shooting from both teams was awful to say the least. The ref was awful,particularly in the first half, but overall he didn't affect the result. Both teams have a lot of work to do if they want to survive in D1-depending on what sort of restructuring will inevitably be coming over the winter.

You aren't being scored on your facilities here, but your suitability to hold a big game.

It just isn't suitable in my opinion
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It would depend on what you would classify as a "big game". If you say a county camogie final, that would be easily  done, a senior hurling or football championship semi final could be a different answer depending on who is in it and a county hurling or football final would be a bit more difficult (in my opinion) and may need some help from our Rossa and St Paul's neighbours In terms of emergency access etc, but I'm a bit biased. The playing surface is up there with the best, and easily better  than the likes of dunsilly and corrigan (again, my biased opinion). Anyway let's hope for a win tomorrow evening!

Sarsfields is a terrible venue for any sort of crowd, can only watch from one side & it's in the middle of an estate. Think of the parking

Many clubs would be glad to have the facilities we have. Parking is an issue for a big crowd, but there are plenty of options such as schools, chapels etc if the need ever arose for a serious crowd. God forbid youd have a 5 minute walk to the ground. I don't know how many would go to a camogie final, but we'd be able to handle it if needed. Terracing on 1 side isn't ideal but it let's us have the 2 smaller pitches for underage games etc for the other 364 days a year. Unfortunately being in the middle of the city limits what us and our neighbours can do, and pitches are at a premium in the city. If you have ever been to the old bear pit pre 1996,what we have now is nirvana in comparison!

Intermediate Final meant to be 7pm in dunsilly on Saturday the 11th

Biggest game of the year for both teams and it's under lights. Neither team has played under this year. Silly if u ask me.



Anyword on junior final?

Think it could be because our camogs are due to play in the junior final too on that day.

Not sure how many dual players they have but Sarsfields will have an IFC semi the following week

Surely Sarfields will drop to Junior? I'd imagine Rasharkin will drop also.

It's probably best for us to take the medicine and drop down and rebuild. Some good young lads coming through but it will take time and d3 won't be easily escaped. There aren't too many dual players compared to previous years and its a dead rubber for us. It would make sense not to play the dual players but sometimes it's hard to tell the lads no.