Armagh Club football & hurling

[DuffleKing]

Armagh SFC Semi-Final Replay

St Patrick's v Crossmaglen Rangers

4.30pm Saturday 2nd October

Extra-time if necessary

Back at the bridge?
Who's the ref?

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Armagh SFC Semi-Final Replay

St Patrick's v Crossmaglen Rangers

4.30pm Saturday 2nd October

Extra-time if necessary

Back at the bridge?
Who's the ref?

Yep, back at Silverbridge. No word of a referee yet.

[mountainboii]

No word of a referee yet.

From Centre Half:

Saturday 2 October
Senior Football Championship – Semi-final Replay (4.30)
Crossmaglen Rangers v St Patrick's (Ger Devlin) at Silverbridge
(Extra time, if required)

[mackers]

Both sets of players would want to keep the traps shut...............he's lethal on backchat.

[Joxer]

Some come down from Jimmy McKee.

He is one of the worst in the county.  A complete clown!

[1life 1club]

Some come down from Jimmy McKee.

He is one of the worst in the county.  A complete clown!

come down from jimmy mc kee??? ur avin a laugh,,he sent robbie of the other day for nothing,just to even things up..

[pearseog]

Some come down from Jimmy McKee.

He is one of the worst in the county.  A complete clown!

come down from jimmy mc kee??? ur avin a laugh,,he sent robbie of the other day for nothing,just to even things up..

to be fair every neutral at the game said he deserved to go

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Some come down from Jimmy McKee.

He is one of the worst in the county.  A complete clown!

come down from jimmy mc kee??? ur avin a laugh,,he sent robbie of the other day for nothing,just to even things up..

to be fair every neutral at the game said he deserved to go

Some neutral views;

A terrific game which neither team deserved to lose.
Both dismissals seemed a bit harsh and were no reflection on the game which was played in a very sporting manner throughout.
A very large attendance and no doubt the replay will again attract a very large gathering.
Congratulations to both teams on a great contest.

Great entertainment there tonight. Last night's game was pure dross in comparison. Would've been even better had the two best forwards on show not been lined within a couple of minutes of each other. Didn't see Clarke's red (Cross' legion of subs were blocking my view), but I thought Tasker's was a joke and stank of a ref wanting to even things up.

Draw was probably a fair result, and no one could accuse the ref of playing for it. He allowed a good four or five minutes injury time with both teams getting opportunities to snatch it. Thought a couple of Cullyhanna's second half points were suspect - the one the ref had to overrule the umpires on and McKeever's at the end.

Wouldn't count out St. Pats completely in the replay, but I get the impression they'll miss Tasker more than Cross will miss Clarke.

Best game of football in Armagh in a long time. Some incredible scores and performances. Stephen Kernan and Aaron Cunningham for Cross in the first half. Robbie Tasker 2-3 (2-2 from play) before wrongly sent off and Ciaran Mc Keever througout the whole game was absolutely outstanding. Incredibly strong on the ball. Magnificent passing and tackling and two superb points from play. One of the great displays.

Real pity about the sending offs for the replay. Jamien Clarke obviously struck out at a back who had been constantly annoying him the whole game. No excuse but little protection offered to the forward. Up until then he had been amazingly quiet with Cross rarely feeding his corner. I think they saw the St Pats no 3 as a weak link as both Kernan and Cunningham caused havoc when placed at 14. Tasker was sent off almost straight away. From my viewpoint it looked like no 17 Mc Cooey who was also excellent by they way who did the majority of the striking and was more deserving of the card. Ridiculous poor discipline on their part at a time when they looked like certain winners.

A few reputations got a bit of a pounding this evening. Paul Kernan and Paul Mc Keown were both roasted. Very surprising that Cross didnt move James Morgan onto Tasker as im sure he would have marked him constantly in Armagh minor training. Kernan struggled badly with Mc Cooey who looks like a county potential player to me. Stephen Kernan looked back to his best however. As ever looked like hed great time on the ball and kicked some beautiful points. If playing like this definitely the answer to Armaghs No 11 problems. Tony was also good while Aaron I thought was fairly quiet.


Great battle between Mc Kenna and Mackin in midfield. Mc Kenna probably slightly shaded it but Pats did well to guide kickouts away from him in second half. Cross are struggling badly to find a partner for him. Johnny Hanratty not the answer. Overall tremendous game. Great crowd although the bank simply isnt steep enough. Impssible to see about 1/4 of the field. C Mc Keever. Take a bow.

[DuffleKing]

Can you open a quoting of neutrals with a quote from crossfire lol?

Thought both deserved to walk myself

[thewanderer]

tasker is a good player but a wee s--t head , he def deserved to go and most st pats people beside me agreed. tainted glasses son. ps mc kee did a good job

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Can you open a quoting of neutrals with a quote from crossfire lol?

Thought both deserved to walk myself

OK well he's not a Cullyhanna man then!

Its not a question of, as thewanderer put it, tainted glasses. I didn't see the Jamie Clarke sending off at all. For Robbie's I was brave distance away but there seemed to me to be a flaying of arms though I couldn't really make out whether that was by Robbie or someone else. It seemed more as though they were slapping at the chest area closer to where the ball was held than the face / head. I wouldn't really have been fit to make a definitive judgment either way though I was struck by the fact that a few neutrals (other than on here) did think he was unfortunate.

[Smokin Joe]

Can you open a quoting of neutrals with a quote from crossfire lol?

Thought both deserved to walk myself

OK well he's not a Cullyhanna man then!

Its not a question of, as thewanderer put it, tainted glasses. I didn't see the Jamie Clarke sending off at all. For Robbie's I was brave distance away but there seemed to me to be a flaying of arms though I couldn't really make out whether that was by Robbie or someone else. It seemed more as though they were slapping at the chest area closer to where the ball was held than the face / head. I wouldn't really have been fit to make a definitive judgment either way though I was struck by the fact that a few neutrals (other than on here) did think he was unfortunate.

He shouldn't have been sent off IMO, but McCooey should have been.

[1life 1club]

obviously the wanderer knows robbie well enuf 2 call him a shithead.lol.is that the reason u tink he should have been sent off or is it because he deserved to go??  i had a perfect view of the incident and i was with a large contingence of the st pats supporters and i taut it was very harsh along with the rest..the cross player had the ball high up in his chest and 2 of  our players seemed to slap at it..more so gary mc c than rob..if clarke hadnt of got the line i think this debate wouldt be happening,,poor ref bending of for cross yet again..point of note,anytime our gk had a kick out the ref rushed him by blowing his whistle,,didnt happen for hearty,,he just kicked balls away.lol

[mountainboii]

My view of the Tasker sending off was pretty good, I was more or less in line with the incident. This is my take on it, if anyone saw anything different fair enough, it wouldn't be the first time my memory has played tricks on me:

McKeown was in possession and awarded a free. Tasker and McCooey were hanging out of him and when the whistle was blown they went a bit mad trying to get the ball, presumably to stop a quick free kick or perhaps they thought St. Pat's had been awarded the free. Predictably enough, McKeown wasn't for just handing the ball over and a bit of a struggle ensued. In the struggle, McKeown may have got a knock on the face but I don't think there were any intentionally forceful blows. Of the two St. Pat's lads involved, McCooey was the main aggressor and if anyone went it should've been him. To send Tasker off and not take any action against McCooey at all made no sense, and only strengthens my suspicion that the main motivation behind the sending off was to even up the numbers as soon as possible after the previous contentious decision.

[DuffleKing]

On a general point, i thought it was another very good weekend for club football in armagh - i felt the same after quarter final weekend. club football in armagh is in decent order having seen quite a bit of football in neighbouring counties.

The two games were thoroughly enjoyable for different reasons. saturday looked like a break through to a county final for the young pretenders for long parts. Granemore have some very mobile dangerous and promising forward. Dromintee were excellent in the second half with 14 men and have to be commended for how ridiculously difficult they are to break down at the back and tackle brilliantly. very much a contrast to sunday's two teams.

Cullyhanna and cross went at each other from the start and it made for a fantastic spectacle. there was some great attacking football for 65 minutes. it was great to get a real good look at the potential of young tasker in senior football and some of the finishing on both sides was sublime.

whoever wins the replay on saturday, it'll be all out attack against stoic defense in the final. club football in armagh is very healthy i believe.