Armagh v Tyrone USFC - BOX IT Athletic Grounds, Sunday 12th April, 16:15

[Armamike]

Hard to know where to start. Armagh finish with 14 however Tyrone finish with a team that was cobbled together through the misfortunate injuries of some of our most influential players.

The lads that were called upon put in a serious shift maybe not perfect in a football sense but all involved will be getting some much needed recovery today.

Outside the game however. call it passion or whatever you want is there a bigger shower of shitebags following Gaelic football at the moment than some sections of Armagh support. some of the things roared around us would see you leave any bar or nightclub in the country battered.. the more level headed Armagh supporters around in the stand also appalled by what was being said.

The sooner the flash in the pan Armagh team have here fizzle out and back to mediocrity the better. Unbearable Support.

Bit ashamed to admit I found myself shouting out 'durtbag' at your no 3 for a needless act early on.'Durtbag' isn't the hippest of profanities these days. 

[bennydorano]

I get a bit Tourettesy at matches. Good days & bad.

[Armagh18]

Since when was the PSNI "allowed" into gaa matches?

I don't know but Seamie Bwyson not happy so he's not.

[imtommygunn]

Which rule was it - 21 or 42? I assume playing is what's meant there? That's been ok for 20-25 years sure...

[illdecide]

I came outta Armagh on Sunday feeling much happier than when I went in.
With a Donegal partner and loads of her family so anti Tyrone, they would be loving a chance for revenge for last years defeat.:-)
I thought there was a good atmosphere where we were standing along the side where O'Neill stole his yards and Morgan hurt his calves when he landed. Bit of healthy banter but nothing too bad.

Of course you don't like losing any game but with so many new players brought in and Darragh off so early and McCurry not at the races at all, I think we did very well to get so close to a surprise win over one of the top 3 teams in the country.
Yes Armagh were missing some of their best men too but we stood up and showed character to come back from what looked like a hammering at 6-1 down.

Jordan had an off day with some tough far out frees which probably drained his confidence and Mattie showed us yet again he's not just there to make up the numbers and adds a bit of muscle and strenth that so many of our forwards lack.

Ulster as we all know is a minefield and with Fermanagh, Donegal/Down and probably Derry in the final I'm happy enuf to be out of it with injuries and suspensions all possible. We all end up at the same stage anyway but the only down side is we have an away game in round 1 of the All Ireland but you'd be hoping of still making the latter stages. I dont think we or many can match Donegal or Kerry but I think we can give any of the others a good game if we can get our full team fully fit and firing.

On another note, I'm really fed up watching so many of our forwards not making incisive runs into the arc area but rather skirt around the edge of it waiting for the perfect moment. It's all totally off the training ground and nobody thinks for themselves. You can see times when Darragh, McCurry, McElholm and Jordan had chances to shoot but chose (or were told) to turn back and recycle. OMG it's so frustrating to watch good players not having a go from often 20-30 yards

Fair enough post...I said a few pages back that Tyrone had bad luck on the day losing a few of their better players early on with injury and some wayward shooting. Matty is a fine player and is well put together with good experience so is vital to Tyrone...Can't see Tyrone winning Sam but they'll bloody a few noses before it's all over. As for Armagh...They're decent and have an outside chance but are missing a few quality forwards, they need a full team and they need to pull a 1-2 quality forwards out from somewhere to have any chance of Sam...Kerry and Donegal are the 2 teams way out in from and the teams to beat but they're not unbeatable.

[An Watcher]

Then there's always the chance that Donegal beat Kerry and its an all Ulster All Ireland final

[Armagh18]

Lot of ball to be played yet... 2 years ago people nearly had Derry crowned as champions at this stage before Donegal tanked them, last year it was between Donegal or Galway early doors, probably 4 maybe 5 teams with a fair chance and others capable of taking scalps.

[Brendan]

Which rule was it - 21 or 42? I assume playing is what's meant there? That's been ok for 20-25 years sure...

Nope, uniformed cops inside the ground

[Armagh18]

Which rule was it - 21 or 42? I assume playing is what's meant there? That's been ok for 20-25 years sure...

Nope, uniformed cops inside the ground

Takes a lot to keep an eye on them Tyronies you know

[Wildweasel74]

If it rattles Bryson, its good enough for me!

[tonto1888]

Which rule was it - 21 or 42? I assume playing is what's meant there? That's been ok for 20-25 years sure...

Nope, uniformed cops inside the ground

Didn't notice that

[Orior]

If it rattles Bryson, its good enough for me!

Tell Bwyson to breathe

[JollyGreenGiant]

Armagh really took the ball by the horns in extra time. They were very efficient in the early moments of ET when the game was in the balance. A less profligate Tyrone could have capitalised.

Technically, it wasn't a classic. But it was a very enthralling start to 2026.

[ONeill]

Was at it and it came across to me that it took Tyrone 20-25 mins to realise they're just as good as Armagh.
The younger lads will learn a lot from this. Armagh are so weathered in these types of close games but a very raw Tyrone side almost took them.

Dunno if anyone has mentioned it, but Armagh should have had a free-in at the very end of normal time. Armagh lad was tripped.