Armagh Club football & hurling

[wats that 4 ref]

Fair enough crossfire

On the incident with young nugent a 48 weeks ban is a joke for such an act of thuggery. Anyone know how that young lad is getting on?

yes keano has got the all clear thankfully and being the lad he is was back training straight away and started the championship game with clann eireann,took a hefty knock 1st 5 mins and bounced back up again and hasnt looked back since. he then played up in cullaville and was maybe the best player we had on the day with both teams just going through the motions before the championship.

[winsamsoon]

Glad to hear that thought thatlad would have been out for far longer

[thewanderer]

Could well be el . There are lads that sustain serious injuries and miss more than that, I would say young Nugent will miss more than that.  If it is the case that 48 weeks is the maximum ban then this severely needs looked at.

I think that's what quantifies a "lifetime ban".

48 weeks is not the term of life ban. maybe wishfull thinking el u something bad planned.

[el_cuervo_fc]

Could well be el . There are lads that sustain serious injuries and miss more than that, I would say young Nugent will miss more than that.  If it is the case that 48 weeks is the maximum ban then this severely needs looked at.

I think that's what quantifies a "lifetime ban".

48 weeks is not the term of life ban. maybe wishfull thinking el u something bad planned.

I'd say that would definitely retire me

[bennydorano]

Harps beat Wolfe Tones by 4 tonight at Eire Og's pitch.  You'll be hard pushed to find a worse game this year.  Thought WT's had sneaked a draw at the end but Hearty gave a square ball and we went up and got another point, if we had've lost/drew it would have been hard to take, we missed enough chances in the first half to win 2 games.  Awful lot of things going to have to come right in one week if we are to give Cross a game.

[charlie stubbs]

Harps beat Wolfe Tones by 4 tonight at Eire Og's pitch.  You'll be hard pushed to find a worse game this year.  Thought WT's had sneaked a draw at the end but Hearty gave a square ball and we went up and got another point, if we had've lost/drew it would have been hard to take, we missed enough chances in the first half to win 2 games.  Awful lot of things going to have to come right in one week if we are to give Cross a game.

agree benny we didnt turn up first 20 mins esp.  sat back and admired the harps gave a bit of fist of it in 2nd half.  there appears be mental block with some of our players and results show that ie havent beat a team above them this year. we have played some excellent stuff this year believe it or not, but none of it at eire og.  pitch awful doesnt help, i havent saw a good game there all year tbh.  dont no if it was a square ball or not we deserved nothing though so would have been cruel on harps.  think ur umpire gave the squareball and hearty backed up the decision. all the best for the remainder of the league and with next weeks game.  could be silmiliar scenario to last year in div 2..

[Wee Shea]

Culloville Sarsfields intermediate final.

From what I hear the Peters were seven points up against Culloville but ended up getting bate by six.

[ardchieftain]

So, division 1 teams contest the final, hardly a surprise. And before anyone cites last year,  iwould put that down as a freak result.
Should division 1 teams not be playing senior ?
I know this was debated on orchard county but no majority consensus was reached if memory serves me correctly.

Anyway, after great deliberation i have decided to cheer for an Armagh legend tomorrow against the Ulster team. Come on Geezer's boys !!

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

So, division 1 teams contest the final, hardly a surprise. And before anyone cites last year,  iwould put that down as a freak result.
Should division 1 teams not be playing senior ?
I know this was debated on orchard county but no majority consensus was reached if memory serves me correctly.

Anyway, after great deliberation i have decided to cheer for an Armagh legend tomorrow against the Ulster team. Come on Geezer's boys !!

Undoubtedly yes, they should but there doesn't seem to be the appetite for a radical overhaul of the current flawed system.

[charlie stubbs]

So, division 1 teams contest the final, hardly a surprise. And before anyone cites last year,  iwould put that down as a freak result.
Should division 1 teams not be playing senior ?
I know this was debated on orchard county but no majority consensus was reached if memory serves me correctly.

Anyway, after great deliberation i have decided to cheer for an Armagh legend tomorrow against the Ulster team. Come on Geezer's boys !!

the system down football has in place a good one imo.all div 1 plus top 4 in div 2 senior championship.chana should never been in intermediate 2 or 3 years ao won it at a canter and should won ulster imo, but maybe shows poor standard across our own county that didnt.cullaville also dropped down after being beat by clans in replay which think was bit of farce!hope they dont choke again though!

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

So, division 1 teams contest the final, hardly a surprise. And before anyone cites last year,  iwould put that down as a freak result.
Should division 1 teams not be playing senior ?
I know this was debated on orchard county but no majority consensus was reached if memory serves me correctly.

Anyway, after great deliberation i have decided to cheer for an Armagh legend tomorrow against the Ulster team. Come on Geezer's boys !!

the system down football has in place a good one imo.all div 1 plus top 4 in div 2 senior championship.chana should never been in intermediate 2 or 3 years ao won it at a canter and should won ulster imo, but maybe shows poor standard across our own county that didnt.cullaville also dropped down after being beat by clans in replay which think was bit of farce!hope they dont choke again though!

To be fair we failed to win the intermediate 3 times prior to 2008 so we couldn't have been that far ahead. Albeit I admit that a team finished 3rd in division 1 and winning an intermediate championship is a bit of a farce. Culloville have been trying unsuccessfully to win the championship for quite a few years as well.

[torres]

granemore deservenly bt ballymacnab by 2 pts

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

ACL Division 1: St Patrick's 3-11 Clan na Gael 2-8

Only a fortnight after their championship clash, St Pat's and Clan na Gael met for the 3rd time this season at St Patrick's Park on a blustery Sunday afternoon. After suffering two heavy defeats in the previous fixtures, the Lurgan men will have been keen to make amends and started the match the brighter, taking the lead with an early free. After 5 minutes a brilliant Liam O'Hare crossfield pass found Eugene Casey in space and Casey made no mistake in tucking the ball into the net. Two scores from Liam O'Hare and the returning Kieran Hoey put St Pat's further in front as they began to dominate affairs despite facing into a stiff breeze. A free from Shane McKeever made it 1-3 to 0-1 before 3 Clans points, 2 from frees reduced the deficit. A perfectly placed Ciaran McKeever pass found Shane McKeever who tapped over another point. Two late points from the Lurgan men left the score at halftime St Pat's 1-5 Clan na Gael 0-6.

The second period began with the sides exchanging pointed frees before Clan na Gael had a gilt edged opportunity to take the lead when atrocious defending put a Clans attacker clean through on goal. A major score seemed certain but a superb diving block from Brendan Savage kept the Cullyhanna goal intact. Shane McKeever then added another point before an excellent team move involving Robbie Tasker and Niall McShane resulted in Liam O'Hare kicking a point. The game reached a turning point soon after when a direct ball in was gathered by Shane McKeever and transferred to Kieran Hoey who rounded the goalkepper and finished to the net to put St Pat's seven in front. Two further points from Liam O'Hare and Eugene Casey stretched the advantage before Robbie Tasker put the match beyond Clans' reach when he seized upon a defensive slip before finishing to the net in impudent style. Twelve points clear, the game was over to all intents and purposes however the St Pat's management will still have been disappointed with the lax defensive play which allowed Clans to score 2-1 late in the game. A Robbie Tasker point ensured that the Lurgan revival had little more than a cosmetic effect on the scoreline as St Pat's ran out deserved winners on a scoreline of 3-11 to 2-8.

While this was a decent victory which makes division 1 football next season a mathematical certainty, it must be said that the football on display was of a far from vintage quality as the game was characterised by a lot of handling errors and elementary mistakes. No doubt huge improvement will be needed by the time St Pat's face Maghery in the quarter final of the Senior Championship.

ACL Division 4: St Patrick's II v Corrinshego

The Seconds side travelled to Corrinshego on Saturday evening and competed well in the first half, going in level at 0-6 a piece at half-time. However, home advantage began to tell in the second half as Corrinshego dominated affairs and ran out winners by a few points.

[pearseog]

not as much hype about cuchullianns this year as in recent years but they delivered the goods yesterday..well done lads

[Armagh Cúchulainns]

not as much hype about cuchullianns this year as in recent years but they delivered the goods yesterday..well done lads

Great result for us yesterday, good to see us back in a final - would be even better to see us beat our 'friends'.