Ulster Senior Football Club Championship 2012

[brokencrossbar1]

It was heard by several people I spoke and I believe the linesman was aware of it too and spoke to the ref. Disgraceful stuff and I hope they are ashamed of themselves.

[Throw ball]

At the match a Kilcoo man suggested to me that getting sent off would teach Jamie Clarke some manners. Looks as if some Kilcoo players will have to learn a whole lot more. Disgraceful, unacceptable etc. I know everyone is innocent until proven otherwise but everyone knew something was up by Cunningham's reaction. If they are guilty they will be forever shamed.

[Jinxy]

I didn't even know young Cunningham was mixed-race until now.
You'd wonder what sort of an ignorant pig would be at this craic, in this day and age.
Make an example of them.

[theticklemister]

I hope both sets of supporters let rip on the racist bastards who shouted abuse at Cunningham and I hope the Kilcoo club will make an example of them and ban them from the club and publicly name them.

Chin was playing for his club when he got racially abused but the ref said they can't do nothing as it is not in the rules to send someone off for such behaviour.

[Walter Cronc]

I hope both sets of supporters let rip on the racist b**tards who shouted abuse at Cunningham and I hope the Kilcoo club will make an example of them and ban them from the club and publicly name them.

Chin was playing for his club when he got racially abused but the ref said they can't do nothing as it is not in the rules to send someone off for such behaviour.

Did the fella that abused Chin in Wexford not get something ridiculous like 8 weeks?? Kilcoo will get nowhere if they stoop to that kind of behaviour. Disgraceful!!!

[fitzroyalty]

Ban them for life!

[angermanagement]

Top story on the BBC News at 6. Kilcoo will need to show leadership and cooperate fully with the investigation and punish all those involved regardless of sanctions the GAA give the culprits.

[orangeman]

Not the headlines anybody wanted to be reading at all.


Well done Cross.


Some team.

[yellowcard]

This will be all over the media in the coming days and the players accused will no doubt get long suspensions and deservedly so. However this is fairly common at underage levels and I heard recently of a minor final in Louth that was abandoned due to racist abuse and I also have heard of other incidents at underage level that happened but would never reach the media.

So its perhaps unfair to tar Kilcoo as a club for what happened until we see how they deal with the matter. The players/supporters involved should be ashamed of themselves but I hope they have the decency to personally apologise  and then take their punishment on the chin.

[trileacman]

I didn't even know young Cunningham was mixed-race until now.
You'd wonder what sort of an ignorant pig would be at this craic, in this day and age.
Make an example of them.

Same, didn't recognise it at all.

Everyone is talking now about the racism but be honest lads, alot of this sledging is commonplace in the GAA, not only is it accepted it is actively promoted by some managers. Okay the lads today over stepped the line into racist abuse but alot of the stuff I've heard said and read is equally as abhorrent as racism (not lessening the racism charge btw). Sure didn't Cassidy retell alot of stuff the Donegal players were instructed to say to John Doyle. I would say that was the tip of the iceberg, among stuff that couldn't be printed. Not just Donegal at it though, for years they were on the receiving end of it, particularly in the ulster championship.

You can't just cry foul when the abuse spills over into racism, alot of the non-racist abuse can be as equally twisted, enraging and demeaning to the player on the end of it.

[Applesisapples]

Cross have beaten better teams this year and beaten them well. Kilcoo will need a slice of luck and a Joe McQullian type ref to win, you never know. Chelsea or Celtic vs Barca springs to mind.

by saying a joe mcqullian type of ref to win, do you mean a ref that will be one sided , soft frees, penalties, red carding a cross man etc while turning a blind eye to the underdogs, ie ( them boys are all ireland champions sure they will be all right )....The refs job is to be fair to both teams regardless of their histories . The last thing we want to see is our game ending up like the boxing or some of the racing sports.

Well we got the real thing. McQuillan should not be let loose with a whistle ever again. His one sided booking, soft frees etc kept one man band Kilcoo in it. Kilcoo's number 14 did even get booked for a forearm smash, they pulled and dragged Clarke all afternoon and every single call went against him. McQuillian make Sludden look like a top class ref.

[Applesisapples]

Jamie should of walked

Cross player desevedly red carded. Since then ref is killing Kilcoo. Cross getting a few handy frees & experience for Cross will see them through.

Ref bottled it in not giving Jamie Clarke a red card. Then the same guy only gets a second yellow for kicking Kilcoo player as he is falling to the ground.

So despite 2 straight red card offences the guy can play in All Ireland semi final. What a f**kin joke

You need to go to specsavers mate.

[Applesisapples]

Big turning point in game.....................

Kilcoo get a goal through Devlin, to make it 3/4 in it. Crossmaglen's Paul Kernan , the FB one, goes down with a 'bad' arm even though in the reply nothing happened him. He goes down for 3 minutes and totally kills the roll Kilcoo were on. Very clever.

The same shoulder he's had surgery on & came off to be replaced by Danny O'Callaghan 2 mins later? Tit.

+1

[Armaghgeddon]

Jamie should of walked

Cross player desevedly red carded. Since then ref is killing Kilcoo. Cross getting a few handy frees & experience for Cross will see them through.

Ref bottled it in not giving Jamie Clarke a red card. Then the same guy only gets a second yellow for kicking Kilcoo player as he is falling to the ground.

So despite 2 straight red card offences the guy can play in All Ireland semi final. What a f**kin joke

You need to go to specsavers mate.

And then watch the same game that everyone is talking about

[Rossfan]

You can't just cry foul when the abuse spills over into racism, alot of the non-racist abuse can be as equally twisted, enraging and demeaning to the player on the end of it.

I presume fat or ginger or bald players have taken some amount of abuse over the years.

How about a straight red and a 6 month suspension for any type of personal abuse of players??