Antrim Football Thread

[Duine Inteacht Eile]

Plenty of talent in that PG1 team. Streets ahead of everyone else this year. Fair play to them.

[marty34]

Be coming down the town any minute...back to back minor champions...

Hope you have your Parades Comission form filled in BS? 

[bannside]

Thanks. Hopefully we do you all proud at St Pauls. Once we leave Antrim we see where we stand in Ulster.

Think we wont be a mile away.

[Duine Inteacht Eile]

St Paul's are definitely up there with the best of the rest. PG1 miles ahead of everyone.

[Spike]

Ports a much better team last night and deserved winners.  They looked like an u21 team playing against u16s, 6 footers everywhere.  St Pauls couldnt handle them physically at all. 

[SaffronSports]

Pg1 always expected to win that. Won it last year and only lost a couple and gained a very good one too.

[Christmas Lights]

St Pauls always seem to be able to produce good u16 and minor teams.  Always competing at the higher ends of grade 1 year in year out. What's their secret and why doesn't it translate more at senior football?

[imtommygunn]

It's only this last few years really I thought? It is starting to come through a bit at senior as they're senior now. I would expect a good bit of improvement next few years.

[Hoof Hearted]

They won last year's u16 A championship so don't rule out a 3 in a row

[imtommygunn]

More to the point why. If they are trying to have a blast at ulster minor I imagine their minors won't play. Maybe that's it.

[bannside]

The club focus is solely on the St Pauls tournament.

[LC]

The club focus is solely on the St Pauls tournament.

Has an Antrim team ever won this tournament?

[imtommygunn]

Ld have. Maybe a dozen ish years ago.

In fact st pauls I think maybe won the first.

[BigGreenField]

LD in 2010, at Paul's twice in the 80's.

[PólAointroim]

Lamhs won a senior title with the spine of that side 5 years later, and never threatened again.

Minor success is no great gauge on future senior teams. I think Cargin won a couple of minors but their recent success at senior is backboned by players from before that time.