Down Club Hurling & Football

[Green+Gold]

Another fiasco of a draw last night. Teams being pulled out too early and the wrong repeat pairings being read out.
Annaclone minors beating Bosco on penalties to reach the final but now having to play a replay.
Darragh Cross minors playing their semi final on Saturday a day before their seniors play on Sunday.

Just a normal week for the County Board.

what happened that annaclone bosco going to replay?

𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶-𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹

Following a review by the CCC, it has been confirmed that in accordance with the competition regulations, the game should have gone to a replay and not penalties.  The game will now be played again.

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:  Annaclone 
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻: Saturday 12th September
𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 12 noon

After the disappointment yesterday, our lads get another chance.

This time we are away from home, so we'd love to see a big Bosco support. 🔵🟡 #BOSCOABU

[Champion The Wonder Horse]

Another fiasco of a draw last night. Teams being pulled out too early and the wrong repeat pairings being read out.
Annaclone minors beating Bosco on penalties to reach the final but now having to play a replay.
Darragh Cross minors playing their semi final on Saturday a day before their seniors play on Sunday.

Just a normal week for the County Board.

what happened that annaclone bosco going to replay?

𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶-𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹

Following a review by the CCC, it has been confirmed that in accordance with the competition regulations, the game should have gone to a replay and not penalties.  The game will now be played again.

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:  Annaclone 
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻: Saturday 12th September
𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 12 noon

After the disappointment yesterday, our lads get another chance.

This time we are away from home, so we'd love to see a big Bosco support. 🔵🟡 #BOSCOABU

Exactly the same thing happened last year, I believe. No justification for it happening again.

[Be even better]

Castlewellan played

Another fiasco of a draw last night. Teams being pulled out too early and the wrong repeat pairings being read out.
Annaclone minors beating Bosco on penalties to reach the final but now having to play a replay.
Darragh Cross minors playing their semi final on Saturday a day before their seniors play on Sunday.

Just a normal week for the County Board.

what happened that annaclone bosco going to replay?

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Another fiasco of a draw last night. Teams being pulled out too early and the wrong repeat pairings being read out.
Annaclone minors beating Bosco on penalties to reach the final but now having to play a replay.
Darragh Cross minors playing their semi final on Saturday a day before their seniors play on Sunday.

Just a normal week for the County Board.

what happened that annaclone bosco going to replay?

Castlewellan played SFC v Saul on Friday night and their dual were playing less than 16 hours later in IHC. Some regard for player welfare there etc. Apparently hurling fixed for ages and county decided to fix football for Friday night after previous Monday nights game. Zero effort at accommodation.

[No1]

Dual clubs and dual players don't seem to feature in their thinking.

[Lowintotheforwards]

And both Kilclief and I think Aghaderg/Ballyvarley are asked to play hurling championship on Saturday and then football championship on Monday. County doesn't care about dual players/clubs nor indeed the initial aim of the association to promote Gaelic games (plural)

[Point-to-Point]

What has happened to Aughlisnafin?

They lost by near 40 points to Aghaderg on Monday night. With the greatest of respect to Aghaderg, they're not usually putting 40 points on teams.
They also lost the rest of their championship games this year- East Belfast by about 30, St Paul's by about 20, and Dundrum by 6.

A look on the Down website shows that Aughlisnafin won their final championship game last year, beating Magherlin by about 25.

Even looking at their league results this year in Division 4, they seemed to be putting up better performances, beating Aghaderg and Magherlin, and putting in good performances against a lot of teams in Division 4.

Aughlisnafin reached 3 Junior Finals in a row, between 2019 and 2021, losing the first 2 by 2 points, and winning it in 2021.
They then stayed up in the Intermediate Championship for 2 years, before returning to the Junior Championship in 2024. That year, they reached the final and lost to Dromara by 2 points.

It seems like an immense fall in a very short space of time. I know they're surrounded by big clubs and probably don't have a huge catchment area, but they seemed to have found themselves going from a very strong Junior team to a team struggling in a very short space of time.

[Mourne Red]

What has happened to Aughlisnafin?

They lost by near 40 points to Aghaderg on Monday night. With the greatest of respect to Aghaderg, they're not usually putting 40 points on teams.
They also lost the rest of their championship games this year- East Belfast by about 30, St Paul's by about 20, and Dundrum by 6.

A look on the Down website shows that Aughlisnafin won their final championship game last year, beating Magherlin by about 25.

Even looking at their league results this year in Division 4, they seemed to be putting up better performances, beating Aghaderg and Magherlin, and putting in good performances against a lot of teams in Division 4.

Aughlisnafin reached 3 Junior Finals in a row, between 2019 and 2021, losing the first 2 by 2 points, and winning it in 2021.
They then stayed up in the Intermediate Championship for 2 years, before returning to the Junior Championship in 2024. That year, they reached the final and lost to Dromara by 2 points.

It seems like an immense fall in a very short space of time. I know they're surrounded by big clubs and probably don't have a huge catchment area, but they seemed to have found themselves going from a very strong Junior team to a team struggling in a very short space of time.

Most of their better players transferred to the town a few years ago. Croskerys/Garland/Flanagan - Then few of the older heads retired. Didn't have the players coming through to replace all those exits.

[TW2464]

Any word on Jerome Johnston lads? Saw that he's got himself in incredible nick in comparison to where he was at last year. Is he playing this year? Also, Dylan Ward.. any chance the Magpie will ever come home? They'd have another one or two Ulster clubs if he never went. They're crying out for a player like him around the middle.

[marty34]

Bredagh won the minor game last night, won by 6 in the end, we needed a goal from a 20 metre free in injury time to level it, Bredagh saved it, worked it up the field and got a goal right at the death.

A good enough game that took a while to get going with a low scoring first half only ignited by the Bredagh goal.

Our lads made a fight of it which is all we can ask, and best of luck to Bredagh going into Ulster.

This will be the last time we'll compete at this level for maybe 4 or 5 years, we just have really poor numbers for the next while. We lose 6 of a panel of 17, two others probably will pack it in and only 4 coming off a weak U14 team.

We may need to sanction players out to other clubs to get them hurling.

We can probably field at U16 as we've a decent crop of U12's on their way but there's a whole pile of difference in physical development in a 13 yo playing against a 15 or 16 yo.

The joys of being a rural club where there's been no housing built in 20 years and English fúckers are moving in for retirement homes....

How far would your players come from JC?

Portaferry a good bet for Ulster Club?

[the waffler]

Bredagh won the minor game last night, won by 6 in the end, we needed a goal from a 20 metre free in injury time to level it, Bredagh saved it, worked it up the field and got a goal right at the death.

A good enough game that took a while to get going with a low scoring first half only ignited by the Bredagh goal.

Our lads made a fight of it which is all we can ask, and best of luck to Bredagh going into Ulster.

This will be the last time we'll compete at this level for maybe 4 or 5 years, we just have really poor numbers for the next while. We lose 6 of a panel of 17, two others probably will pack it in and only 4 coming off a weak U14 team.

We may need to sanction players out to other clubs to get them hurling.

We can probably field at U16 as we've a decent crop of U12's on their way but there's a whole pile of difference in physical development in a 13 yo playing against a 15 or 16 yo.

The joys of being a rural club where there's been no housing built in 20 years and English fúckers are moving in for retirement homes....

How far would your players come from JC?

Portaferry a good bet for Ulster Club?

Portaferry yet to win Down
If they do they also need to beat the Antrim champions & them more than likely sneil, it's a fair big ask

[marty34]

Bredagh won the minor game last night, won by 6 in the end, we needed a goal from a 20 metre free in injury time to level it, Bredagh saved it, worked it up the field and got a goal right at the death.

A good enough game that took a while to get going with a low scoring first half only ignited by the Bredagh goal.

Our lads made a fight of it which is all we can ask, and best of luck to Bredagh going into Ulster.

This will be the last time we'll compete at this level for maybe 4 or 5 years, we just have really poor numbers for the next while. We lose 6 of a panel of 17, two others probably will pack it in and only 4 coming off a weak U14 team.

We may need to sanction players out to other clubs to get them hurling.

We can probably field at U16 as we've a decent crop of U12's on their way but there's a whole pile of difference in physical development in a 13 yo playing against a 15 or 16 yo.

The joys of being a rural club where there's been no housing built in 20 years and English fúckers are moving in for retirement homes....

How far would your players come from JC?

Portaferry a good bet for Ulster Club?

Portaferry yet to win Down
If they do they also need to beat the Antrim champions & them more than likely sneil, it's a fair big ask

Can't see them getting beat in Down. A good step ahead of everybody else and really, in fairness, should have won an Ulster title this past two years.

They had Cushendall beat a couple of years ago (Mc Manus' last puck free) in Armagh and were 7pts or so up on SN last year and in control of game. Then SN got a goal against the run of play and pushed on.

So their aim this year should be to get to an Ulster Final and then win it.

[thewobbler]

It's an odd senior football championship this year.

The earlier rounds it delivered a few talking points, which doesn't usually happen with the back door.

But this weekend so far, it's just blow out central.

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Oh and would someone please, please motion a return to league positions for championship placings?

It's our first time in the relegation playoff and it's a f**king brutal, I mean bleak, grim, absolutely f**king brutal way to finish a season. I wouldn't wish it upon anyone.

[downtothecore]

Kilcoo certainly lifted their game up a few levels.

[Get Over]

Kilcoo put on a serious show yesterday! It was a brilliant display from them, but you have to be disappointed with Loughinisland. Once the Magpies grabbed that first goal, Loughinisland's heads completely dropped and they never recovered.

Regardless of tonights result, the Down SFC semi-finals are shaping up to be absolute crackers. For the final spot, I expect Clonduffs firepower to be the difference against a rising Mayobridge team.

[Akinfenwa]

Despite the criticism that the championships have gotten, we've ended up with four potentially incredible semi finals across SFC and IFC.

At this stage, it wouldn't surprise me to see any of the four win in each competition.

Who do you fancy?