Antrim Football Thread

[NatSoSaff]

I don't think the championship has been that bad this year !

You will always have your top teams and bottom teams every year. The format is actually fine however a few double headers etc would be good to boost attendances and create an atmosphere. Any game I've attended this year tend to have a bit of bite to it with the loosing team tending to stay in the game until the final 10/15 where experience and a bit of squad depth helped pull them away.

 After the groups it will heat up obviously as it is do or die then and I think there might be a few surprises on the horizon!

Moneyglass pumped by 12 in both games, likely to be pumped by even more in their last game.

Sarsfields sitting on -62 score difference after 2 pumpings

Rossa pumped by 20 points by half a Dunloy team

St Pauls pumped by 22 at the hands of Ballymena and 10 by PG1

TNN pumped by 14 by half a Dunloy team


Cracker of a championhsip mate! 

[imtommygunn]

No suspension for Michael McCann. Big boost for cargin.

[bannside]

Only right to be fair.

Saw the video. There was a lot going on...and the officials missed a lot more than they they thought they saw!

[EOC1923]

Only right to be fair.

Saw the video. There was a lot going on...and the officials missed a lot more than they they thought they saw!

A very apt description BS, couldn't of summed it up any better

[Dunsilly King]

I was at the game, saw the videos etc, the ref and his officials were a disgrace, and thats me as a Creggan supporter. That ref needs to hunted from a serious game of football. Just unacceptable. Moneyglass lost a lot of local respect with their behaviour.  Men have to go to work the next  day, thats the bottom line. Disgusting stuff from Moneyglass. If it was one off accident, no problem, it happens, what unfolded was deliberate.

[Would ye whist]

Seems the people in authority, McCague thinks different as the ref is doing the big game this weekend Ports v Aghagallon

I was at the game, saw the videos etc, the ref and his officials were a disgrace, and thats me as a Creggan supporter. That ref needs to hunted from a serious game of football. Just unacceptable. Moneyglass lost a lot of local respect with their behaviour.  Men have to go to work the next  day, thats the bottom line. Disgusting stuff from Moneyglass. If it was one off accident, no problem, it happens, what unfloded was deliberate.

[YoungSaff]

I was at the game, saw the videos etc, the ref and his officials were a disgrace, and thats me as a Creggan supporter. That ref needs to hunted from a serious game of football. Just unacceptable. Moneyglass lost a lot of local respect with their behaviour.  Men have to go to work the next  day, thats the bottom line. Disgusting stuff from Moneyglass. If it was one off accident, no problem, it happens, what unfolded was deliberate.

This level of physicality and boil overs happen every other county regularly I don't see the issue. Have you seen the Tyrone leagues and championship!? Understandably if someone is properly hurt like Tomas was but from what I was told this was accidental ? At the same time in any video I have seen both teams were getting wellied into each other which was quite refreshing to see I think Antrim football is far too soft and letting a bit of physicality go won't do teams any harm.

[Dunsilly King]

punching some one in the face to shatter a checkbone whilst he hadn't the ball and the ref 5m away not awarding a red card is acceptable to you. Or another Cargin player requiring 5 staples on the back of his head as a result of a moneyglass player attacking him off the ball is acceptable to you. Thats not physicality mate, its not in tackles, its thuggery.

[YoungSaff]

punching some one in the face to shatter a checkbone whilst he hadn't the ball and the ref 5m away not awarding a red card is acceptable to you. Young Shivers requiring 5 staples on the back of his head as a result of a moneyglass player attacking him off the ball is acceptable to you. Thats not physicality mate, its not in tackles, its thuggery.

I had said if someone is properly hurt I don't agree , I was unaware of Shivers. The video I thought seemed an attempt to play the ball , I was not at the game but have heard mixed reports. Was the Red card for Michael not for a headbutt ? I know this has been overturned but I am sure they all weren't angels. A bit of bite about the championship is good and physicality but unfortunate to hear of lads sustaining serious injuries , was there an update on Tomas and expected return to play?

[SlemishSoldier31]

Only catching up on the news now but who would've thought it Mick McCann 3 game suspension completely eradicated to no suspension due to "Compelling evidence".

What a shame but really no surprise with how the county has been ran last 10/15 years. A big shame for our lads who if we were to go out and beat Creggan this week would've been coming up against a Cargin team without the McCann brothers.

We've had our own hard luck stories in recent years with big McVeigh missing multiple games for very similar incidents and his appeal wasn't so fortunate, but I guess you're up against it if you're not a McCann

All jokes aside will look forward to hopefully getting to meet Cargin in the 1/4 finals and will just give us that extra bit of drive to go and beat them.

[Caesar]

On what grounds was the headbutt overturned? Or was that never actually what happened?

[SlemishSoldier31]

On what grounds was the headbutt overturned? Or was that never actually what happened?

You'd have to speak to someone a bit better connected than myself now if you're looking the answer to that one Caesar. I am a member of All Saints and that is about the height of it.

I am only only on to have a laugh with the Cargin supporters as we potentially play them in the 1/4 final, I am really not overly bothered about the whole situation. However after seeing the video I would love to hear from the people who made the decision what the "compelling evidence" was as from what I could see there was a clear headbutt from Cargin 14. Again there was so much going on from both sides that went unnoticed, but 2 wrongs don't make a right does not mean McCann's rightful suspension should be overturned

[NorthAntrimSaff]

Only catching up on the news now but who would've thought it Mick McCann 3 game suspension completely eradicated to no suspension due to "Compelling evidence".

What a shame but really no surprise with how the county has been ran last 10/15 years. A big shame for our lads who if we were to go out and beat Creggan this week would've been coming up against a Cargin team without the McCann brothers.

We've had our own hard luck stories in recent years with big McVeigh missing multiple games for very similar incidents and his appeal wasn't so fortunate, but I guess you're up against it if you're not a McCann

All jokes aside will look forward to hopefully getting to meet Cargin in the 1/4 finals and will just give us that extra bit of drive to go and beat them.

squad depth and discipline a major problem

[NatSoSaff]

My my my, The All Saints brigade seem to be getting way ahead of themselves! I am hopeful of a stark reality check for them this weekend. We haven't lost too much sleep after a tough but fair loss to a good Jonnies side. Just weren't at it on the day. There'll be no repeat of that this time round.

As much as it would be easy to jump on the County's 'McCann favouritism' train, even I cant make an argument against that decision being overturned. I was at that game and I have seen the video. There was indeed a headbutt or 2, none coming from a Cargin player however. I agree with the previous poster, the way that Moneyglass team were sent out to 'play' was disgraceful, and quite laughable in fact, but for the fact a guy's season was ended as a result, not to mention the disruption to his work and personal life.

Hopefully some lessons are learned.

[Ghost+Tommy]

Seems the people in authority, McCague thinks different as the ref is doing the big game this weekend Ports v Aghagallon
Before the refs get on their high horses on here,the quality off refs in antrim bar Colm Mc,Colly,KP the rest make it up as they go along,and that more so than ever applies to Murrays Grandson Roberts,was at the moneyglass/Cargin game and he was an absolute joke,the strike on Tomas,then I said at the time that the moneyglass man struck M Mc Cann,how he sent Mc Cann off,beggars belief,Good luck PG1/Aghagallon god knows what'll take place