Down Club Hurling & Football

[PAULD123]

Best of luck to all the team today. In all years following Down I have never seen us written off for a championship game as much as this one...

Possibly the same game last year

[PAULD123]

Last hopeful shout out. If anyone knows where I could get a Terrace ticket could they let me know. I'm leaving at 12pm so we need to know whether to take the wee boy with us or not

Thanks

[downtothecore]

Deserved win. Experts got it wrong...all the this talk about a Donegal and Armagh semi final by mainly armagh and donegal folk. Very little respect given to Down. Looking forward to the semi final in clones...

[5times5times]

Hopefully down fans come out next sunday. Very poor most clubs had to return tickets for today.

[APM]

Well done Down! They were very direct and weren't afraid of taking risks and going for the jugular. Laverty making progress!

[Aristo 60]

Last hopeful shout out. If anyone knows where I could get a Terrace ticket could they let me know. I'm leaving at 12pm so we need to know whether to take the wee boy with us or not

Thanks

I had two for you on Friday - thought you were sorted!

Anyway, what a day for us. Hats off to all involved, that was a special performance. We got a wee bit of luck here and there but that paled compared to the massive effort these lads have put in!

I was surprised to see Mooney start but flip me that man still has plenty to offer! Guinness, Murdock, Doherty, Rooney and others all excellent. Everyone just seemed to click and mistakes were very few.

Those who have questioned Laverty's progress need to come back on here and give their thoughts tonight..

And those 1000's of stay away fans? Let's be having you all back the next day - these lads deserve a red and black roar in Clones.





 

[thewobbler]

Would it be wrong to promote this as among the best Down performances of all time?

It's so rare (and pleasant) to have a performance without individual errors.

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Don't worry about the stay awayers folks. The craic of going to a championship away match is knowing there'll be plenty of people you know at the match. This was never going to gather legs for a small capacity crowd and strictly controlled ticket distribution, 2.5 hrs away.

Down followers got behind our team last year in numbers. It'll happen again this week.

[ardtole]

I don't think I was ever at a Down match league or championship were we were so outnumbered supporter wise.

A tremendous performance from everyone. Great day.

I think the all ireland semi final 1994 v Cork was the most complete 70 mins ive seen as a Down supporter, today wasn't far behind.

[clonian]

Fantastic performance and win from the lads. I thought when Donegal pulled back the 5 point lead we were in trouble but fair play the lads stood up and went at it again. That's the best win since Kerry in 2010 for me.

[Lazer]

I don't think I was ever at a Down match league or championship were we were so outnumbered supporter wise.

A tremendous performance from everyone. Great day.

I think the all ireland semi final 1994 v Cork was the most complete 70 mins ive seen as a Down supporter, today wasn't far behind.

I remember in fairly recent history in Newry where we were outnumbered by the away supporters and I clearly remember saying it was a sad day as despite the bad years the one thing we had never lost was the supporters!

Assuming it was pre laverty taking over as manager

[Dayman]

I think it's a bit harsh to talk about 'stay-away' fans when tickets never went on general sale and people knew capacity was limited so probably assumed no chance of getting tickets.

Let's hope for a big turnout at Clones on Sunday! Armagh will be a different challenge as they had a handy enough game this weekend, but the Tyrone game and second half against Fermanagh shows they can be got at.

[Sheedy]

Brilliant day in Letterkenny yesterday, reminded me so much of Derry in Celtic park in '94.

Thought the team to a man were outstanding, Murdock and Guinness brilliant again but this one was real team effort from Burns in nets to McGeough in corner forward they all rose to the challenge.

The management deserve special praise cos a lot of people gave them stick after the league final, they had a gameplan and it worked to a tee.
Donegal fans round us on the terrace and in the clubhouse after were full of praise for Down and full of praise for Laverty.

Hopefully the support turns out in force next week because this team deserves the county behind them.

[snoopdog]

The return trip from Dublin was well worth the 7 plus hour return journey. Travelled in hope. This is where we want to be and who we want to be playing against. Yes there is always a fear of what could happen especially after Donegals last day out in Croke pk but thats what made it all the more special. We dont get enough days like that as Down supporters. I was in the stand and the Down support was reasonable i though. But terrace was all green and gold. What a performance from all the starring 15 and subs. All stood up and put a shift in. Lets go again next sunday.

[urbangael]

I was in the terrace and id say it was 95% Donegal but in fairness to them they shook hands at the end and wished us well. Decent supporters.  The workrate off the ball really impressed me yesterday. Everyone had a job to do and stuck to it. Marty Clarke along the line in the terrace side was having serious impact on the lads and always giving clear and concise instructions. Now the hard thing is to repeat that performance on Sunday. Hopefully everyone came though it ok and no injuries.

[LosDodgers]

Absolutely fantastic day, great scenes at the end with players & fans on the pitch.

I genuinely don't think we could have asked for anymore from this team. Murdock & Guinness will always grab the headlines as they should. But Mooney to come back in with that performance, Tooney doing a job on McHugh then getting two goals himself! Doc was brilliant, everyone was really.

We deserved the breaks and we got and the direct running through the middle was a joy to watch.

Tough ask again next week but great pride in this team.