Down Club Hurling & Football

[Johnnysboys]

Loughinisland v Harps a good old fashioned game this evening. Loughinisland will take a lot of scalps this season and absolutely no one will want the Harps in round 2.
No shocks to date.

[County Star]

Was at Saul v RGU

But no players team sheets or programme ? This was always part and parcel of championship

What going on

There might not have been a printed programme, but in my opinion the game itself was worth the £6 in as it was quite entertaining. Saul maybe should have tried another one or two balls in to O'Hare, as his fielding was superb at times.
Bell was excellent for RGU in the middle.

Caught that game also it was a close game. Great start from Saul but a strong finish to the first half from RGU. Peter Turley still doing the business at his age too

[Godsown]

Was at Saul v RGU

But no players team sheets or programme ? This was always part and parcel of championship

What going on

There might not have been a printed programme, but in my opinion the game itself was worth the £6 in as it was quite entertaining. Saul maybe should have tried another one or two balls in to O'Hare, as his fielding was superb at times.
Bell was excellent for RGU in the middle.

Caught that game also it was a close game. Great start from Saul but a strong finish to the first half from RGU. Peter Turley still doing the business at his age too

Turley some player. Must be 45 years of age but he really looks after himself. Teetotal celibate non smoker. A veritable Saint!

[Hard2Listen2]

Good to read in the Irish News that Stevie Poacher has the bridge playing positive good football.

Bryansford supporters will be relieved that the bridge win wasn't down to their team being crap.

😉😜

[Mourne Red]

Eventful match between Glenn and Saval

[Nanderson]

Some finish to Stone and Castlewellan game. Stone score a goal 6 and half minutes into injury time to send game to extra time. Was only meant to be a minimum of 3 added minutes so unsure where McGrath found another 3 and half minutes.

EDIT: Longstone started extra time well with a goal and point to lead by 4 at ht. Castlewellan rallied in 2nd half to level the game and send to the game to penalties

Result: Stone win in sudden death penalties

[befair]

Eventful match between Glenn and Saval

"Eventful" can have a host of meanings....

[Splash]

Eventful match between Glenn and Saval

Was some craic.

[Nanderson]

Eventful match between Glenn and Saval

Was some craic.

what happened?

[County Star]

Eventful match between Glenn and Saval

Was some craic.

what happened?

Saval had 4 sent off and Glenn had one black carded.

[County Star]

Longstone were lucky to force extra time against Castlewellan. But worth their win in the end for sheer doggedness. Neither of them will reach the latter states though on that display.

Glenn v Saval another poor game. Neither of them will make latter stages either.

[sdg]

Terrible crowd in Newry tonight,  time to return to knockout football,  would have been 3>4 thousand easy

[ScarvaLegend]

Some finish to Stone and Castlewellan game. Stone score a goal 6 and half minutes into injury time to send game to extra time. Was only meant to be a minimum of 3 added minutes so unsure where McGrath found another 3 and half minutes.

EDIT: Longstone started extra time well with a goal and point to lead by 4 at ht. Castlewellan rallied in 2nd half to level the game and send to the game to penalties

Result: Stone win in sudden death penalties

Pretty sure the Castlewellan keeper was down injured for an extended period, possibly 2-3 minutes either right at the end of normal time or right at the start of added time.

Terrible crowd in Newry tonight,  time to return to knockout football,  would have been 3>4 thousand easy

I think the setup we have now is fine. Almost every other county has group stages, and those are not good to watch. I don't believe that there would have been a huge crowd in had it been straight knockout, a few more maybe but not big numbers. At the end of the day it was a first round game which was expected to be relatively one sided, it was a cold wet night, and there is excellent coverage of the game from your armchair for the same price as a ticket into the ground.

[Johnnysboys]

Disappointing performance tonight in a game where we had chances to hit goals v an inexperienced keeper. Route one against Burren causes havoc in their defence and teams will exploit this going forward. I thought big Cian McLoughlin had a great game against murdock and our defence was resolute against their attacks - I can't remember one clear ur goal chance created by them - Aaron Joe had his best game in ages and we will get better in the next while - hopefully a favourable draw in the next round will get us back to round 3.

[ClubScene13]

Burren won't be stopped the year