Ulster Club IFC and JFC 2024

Slemishgael · October 12, 2024, 07:33:45 PM

All Saints win Antrim Intermediate Championship

Antrim Town win the Antrim Junior championship

Drumgath win Down Intermediate Championship

Dreadnought · October 12, 2024, 07:38:20 PM

Knockbride win the Junior title in Cavan

ranch · October 13, 2024, 06:08:05 AM

Cue the usual crying about a division 1 team playing junior etc, etc.

Fair play to Knockbride, they'll fancy their chances in Ulster. I don't think they're as good as Arva were last year but will definitely be one of the favourites.

LC · October 13, 2024, 08:43:36 AM

Quote from: Slemishgael on October 12, 2024, 07:33:45 PMAll Saints win Antrim Intermediate Championship

Antrim Town win the Antrim Junior championship

Drumgath win Down Intermediate Championship

A lot of new houses being built around there in recent years, is the GAA club beginning to get any benefit from this?

general_lee · October 13, 2024, 10:28:42 AM

Collegeland v An Port Mór in the Armagh JFC final today. Proper junior match between two local rivals only 5 mins apart on the Armagh/Tyrone border. None of this Division 1 team bollox getting a handy title.

Slemishgael · October 13, 2024, 10:54:11 AM

Blackwatertown and College land in the same division in Armagh? If I remember right, did Blackwatertown get a good run in Ulster a few years ago?

general_lee · October 13, 2024, 11:14:45 AM

Quote from: Slemishgael on October 13, 2024, 10:54:11 AMBlackwatertown and College land in the same division in Armagh? If I remember right, did Blackwatertown get a good run in Ulster a few years ago?

Both in 3A which is the 5th tier of league football in Armagh. APM won Ulster JFC 12 years ago. They were unfortunate in the AI semi final against eventual champions Ballinasloe.

Slemishgael · October 13, 2024, 12:26:42 PM

Yeah i thought i recalled them going on a run in Ulster a few years back. Did they never push on at intermediate given they're back in junior? Big numbers in these rural clubs? I'd know the area well enough but not the ins and outs of the club scene in these particular clubs!!

general_lee · October 13, 2024, 12:42:36 PM

Quote from: Slemishgael on October 13, 2024, 12:26:42 PMYeah i thought i recalled them going on a run in Ulster a few years back. Did they never push on at intermediate given they're back in junior? Big numbers in these rural clubs? I'd know the area well enough but not the ins and outs of the club scene in these particular clubs!!

Not really, there are probably too many (small rural) clubs in Armagh, compared to catchment areas of clubs in neighbouring Monaghan & Tyrone. Collegeland are amalgamated with Annaghmore and Clonmore at underage and APM would field albeit in the lower grades. They never really made a dent at intermediate level and were in 3B last year.

tiempo · October 13, 2024, 01:23:19 PM

Knockbride you won your medals cheating
Reason Cavan will amount to nothing
That is all

full moon · October 13, 2024, 02:44:19 PM

Quote from: tiempo on October 13, 2024, 01:23:19 PMKnockbride you won your medals cheating
Reason Cavan will amount to nothing
That is all

How's that exactly? Real idiotic posts on this forum about Cavan teams.

None of them makes any sense. Pretty sure Knockbride have been junior for like 20 years and never won anything.

full moon · October 13, 2024, 02:47:42 PM

Serious chip on the shoulder from Northern posters on here about Cavan. Yet they say nothing about Derry teams winning Intermediate and Junior and remaining in same division.

Mostly just nonsensical slabbering from fools but tiresome none the less.

Duine Inteacht Eile · October 13, 2024, 02:55:41 PM

Quote from: full moon on October 13, 2024, 02:47:42 PMSerious chip on the shoulder from Northern posters on here about Cavan. Yet they say nothing about Derry teams winning Intermediate and Junior and remaining in same division.

Mostly just nonsensical slabbering from fools but tiresome none the less.

Many people on here commented on that including general lee....

Quote from: general_lee on October 09, 2023, 02:36:09 PMHow are Glenullin still Intermediate? Did they not win it last year or the year before?

bennydorano · October 13, 2024, 03:06:28 PM

Was the Derry thing not a County board mess? A reorganisation of league structure?

I actually think the Cavan system is a bit of a joke. 'Junior' teams playing (presumably) senior & intermediate standard clubs in Div 1 are being exposed to a consistently higher standard of football all season long. Great for their development but not for others when it comes to the Ulster series. The linking of leagues & championships works in other counties, it is a simple solution to get a level playing field.

full moon · October 13, 2024, 03:19:33 PM

Quote from: bennydorano on October 13, 2024, 03:06:28 PMWas the Derry thing not a County board mess? A reorganisation of league structure?

I actually think the Cavan system is a bit of a joke. 'Junior' teams playing (presumably) senior & intermediate standard clubs in Div 1 are being exposed to a consistently higher standard of football all season long. Great for their development but not for others when it comes to the Ulster series. The linking of leagues & championships works in other counties, it is a simple solution to get a level playing field.

That Derry structure is still in place this year so Glenulin were in Intermediate this year again after winning the previous 2 Intermediate championships and Balymacuigan the Junior champions stayed in Junior also.

So don't know how that structure is fair or your making excuses