Ulster Minor Football League 2010

[mountainboii]

Saturday 03rd April 2010

Ulster Minor Football League Section A
   
Monaghan    2-6   2-7   Meath    Ballybay   Round 4   
Down    0-3   1-11   Cavan    Newcastle   Round 4   
Armagh    1-4   1-17   Dublin    Middletown (Armagh)   Round 4   

Ulster Minor Football League Section B

Tyrone    1-11   3-7   Fermanagh    Augher (Tyrone)   Round 4

[Cruiser]

Section B

Derry 0-15 Westmeath 2-02.  Maghera

Wonder what way that leaves the tables now

[mountainboii]

By my workings Section A looks like this:

Cavan 6
Armagh 5
Dublin 5
Meath 5
Monaghan 3
Down 0

[Cruiser]

Dublin must have some minor team to beat Armagh by 13pts.  We were poor against Derry today, long run home now!!  Carlow in 2 weeks now for us! 
Armagh many men back from last year APS?

[mountainboii]

Just the two starters back for Armagh this year.

Can't make head nor tail of that result. Previous form wouldn't suggest there was anything near 13 points between the teams. Dublin have drawn and lost their last two games against teams that Armagh have beaten, for instance. Either Dublin had been holding back in recent weeks, or Armagh chose this game to try a lot of experiments. Or maybe sportsmanager have the wrong score up, wouldn't be the first time.

[INDIANA]

Just the two starters back for Armagh this year.

Can't make head nor tail of that result. Previous form wouldn't suggest there was anything near 13 points between the teams. Dublin have drawn and lost their last two games against teams that Armagh have beaten, for instance. Either Dublin had been holding back in recent weeks, or Armagh chose this game to try a lot of experiments. Or maybe sportsmanager have the wrong score up, wouldn't be the first time.

Its the right score. Armagh were dreadful. Only game I've seen our minors this year in but one of the regular observers said Armagh were the worst side we've played so far. Maybe Armagh were missing players or keeping their powder dry. Seriously beyond awful- I can't imagine Armagh will have anything like that team out come the big games.

Dublin have a good side this year- but we aren' that good. We've  a lot of our team only u17.
From what i've heard Cavan were best side we've played this year- but you have to allow teams trying things out in these compettions and minors being minors can go from being good to terrible in  the space of a week more than any other grade I've found.

[mountainboii]

Watched our minors against Meath a couple of weeks ago and they looked fairly good in spells, then they went and beat what seems to be a decent Cavan team, in Cavan. So it's very surprising to go down by so much. It's almost two years since the Armagh minors lost a game, so back to earth with a bang. I suppose last year's team came largely ready made, with the majority on the panel from the previous year. This time round the management have to start from scratch and are still figuring things out, a good trashing at this time of year may do them some good later on. Although it means f**k all at the end of the day, still nice to do well in the league. Over recent years, it's proven to be a very reliable indicator of Champonship prospects.

[orange2009]

Orchard TV present coverage of yesterday's UMFL game when Armagh were heavily defeated by Dublin in Middletown.  Follow the links below for Match report and Interview with Paul McShane

http://www.armagh-gaa.com/Armagh-TV/News/VIDEO--UMFL---Armagh-v-Dublin-Match-Report.aspx

http://www.armagh-gaa.com/Armagh-TV/News/VIDEO--UMFL---Paul-McShane-Interview.aspx

[Scout1]

all lot of the Armagh Minor team is u17 but few of them boys regularly
i aswell am i really surprised at this defeat.
was armagh misising any players

[drici]

Ulster Minor Football League
Section A
  Round 1
Armagh 0-10 Monaghan 0-08   13/03/2010   
Down 0-08 Dublin 3-11   13/03/2010   
Cavan 1-10 Meath 0-09   13/03/2010   

Round 2
Armagh 0-15 Meath 1-12    20/03/2010   
Monaghan 2-10 Down 1-08   20/03/2010   
Cavan 0-11 Dublin 0-10    20/03/2010 

Round 3 
Cavan 1-11 Armagh 2-11  27/03/2010
Monaghan 2-07 Dublin 2-07   27/03/2010   
Down 1-05 Meath 3-15   27/03/2010

Round 4 
Monaghan 2-06 Meath 2-07   03/04/2010   
Down 0-03 Cavan 1-11    03/04/2010   
Armagh 1-04 Dublin 1-17   03/04/2010 

Round 5
Armagh 4-11 Down 2-05   08/04/2010 18:45 
Monaghan  - - Cavan   10/04/2010 12:00   
Dublin  - - Meath    10/04/2010 12:00   


   

Ulster Minor Football League
Section B
Round 1
Donegal 2-06 Fermanagh 0-06   13/03/2010   
Tyrone 1-07 Derry 0-10   13/03/2010   
Antrim 0-13 Westmeath 3-11   13/03/2010 

Round 2
Derry 0-11 Donegal 1-08    20/03/2010 
Fermanagh 0-13 Antrim 1-11    20/03/2010   
Tyrone 1-16 Westmeath 0-05    20/03/2010

Round 3 
Derry  1-13 Antrim 2-07    27/03/2010
Donegal  1-05 Tyrone 0-12  27/03/2010   
Fermanagh 1-11 Westmeath 0-05   27/03/2010

Round 4 
Tyrone  1-11 Fermanagh 3-07    03/04/2010   
Antrim 0-08 Donegal 1-13   03/04/2010 
Derry  0-15 Westmeath 2-02    03/04/2010

Round 5 
Fermanagh  - - Derry   10/04/2010   
Antrim  - - Tyrone   10/04/2010   
Donegal  - - Westmeath    10/04/2010 




Ulster Minor Hurling League Division 1
  Round 1
Antrim  3-11 Derry 2-07
Armagh  1-14 Down 1-11   

Round 2 
Down 5-13 Derry 2-09  20/03/2010
Antrim 2-12 Armagh 3-12  20/03/10

Round 3
Derry  0-16 Armagh 0-11 27/03/2010 
Down  4-16 Antrim 1-10 27/03/10

Ulster Minor Hurling League Division 2
Round 1 
Fermanagh  1-03 Donegal 1-09   
Monaghan  1-12 Tyrone 3-16

Round 2 
Fermanagh 1-05 Monaghan 5-12  20/03/2010 
Donegal 2-09 Tyrone 3-15  20/03/2010

Round 3
Tyrone  9-16 Fermanagh 0-03 27/03/2010 
Donegal  2-07 Monaghan 0-03 27/03/2010

Ulster Minor Hurling League Division 2
                Final
Tyrone 1-09 Donegal 2-07    03-04-10

[drici]

A couple of bendy current tables.



Ulster Minor Football League Section A 
Armagh  5 3 1 1  7
Cavan     4 3 1 0  6
Meath     4 2 1 1  5
Dublin      4 2 1 1  5
Monaghan 4 1 2 1  3
Down       5 0 5 0  0

Ulster Minor Football League Section B
Derry          4 2 0 2 6
Tyrone       4 2 1 1 5
Donegal      4 2 1 1 5
Fermanagh  4 2 2 0 4
Antrim         4 1 3 0 2
Westmeath  4 1 3 0 2

[drici]

Minors pass major test
by Conall Collier

Meath 2-07  Monaghan 2-06


Meath minor football manager Davy Dalton was pleased with his team's second-half performance against Monaghan at Ballybay on Saturday.

Hard work, guts and determination were the requirements at Ballybay on Saturday where Meath stood up to the Monaghan test in the fourth round of the Ulster MFL.

This was a tough game and one which provided plenty of data for the selectors as they strive to finalise a panel ahead of the Leinster MFC opener against Kilkenny in a fortnight.

"This was championship football in a league game and we learned a lot about the players," enthused Meath manager Davy Dalton after the final whistle brought relief and an unlikely victory based on the evidence of the opening half.

Meath were totally off the pace in the first-half and were simply brushed aside by a physically imposing Monaghan team.

Midfield was a complete barren area for the Royal County as Daniel Queeney and Conor Sheridan rarely got a touch of the ball.

There was 30 minutes of a rearguard action which showed Conor McGill as a full-back with huge potential, but it was a little unusual to see Fiachra McEntee as a corner back.

The Monaghan siege abated briefly when Donal Landy, Bryan Davis and Cian O'Brien split the posts. Landy, Davis and Conor Devereux also hit the woodwork during that period, but it was generally one-way traffic towards the Meath goals at the well-appointed Ballybay venue.

Monaghan had a goal inside three minutes form Daniel McKenna and they were also denied by the woodwork on another occasion. Further points from McKenna (two), Jack McCarron and Peter Dooney kept them in the ascendancy before Meath were left with a second-half mountain to climb by the concession of a late goal.

Generous refereeing facilitated John McGuigan's run from the end line and when he centred McCarron finished to the net for a 2-4 to 0-3 interval lead.

Alastar Doyle, Brian McMahon, Shane Barry and Fergus Toolan were introduced for the second-half, but all Meath could muster was a brace of squandered Queeney frees before McKenna increased Monaghan's lead from an excellent free.

Landy got Meath on the scoreboard with a point soon after and then the Royals enjoyed a slice of good fortune.

Eoin Lynch's effort hit the post and the ball fell kindly to Queeney who maintained his composure and finished to the net near the end of the third-quarter.

Devereux, who maintained a high-octane workrate throughout, carved an opening for an individual goal which owed as much to his persistence as his skill. That put Meath in the driving seat although they still trailed by 2-3 to 2-5.

Monaghan managed one more point, but they were on the back foot at this stage and Barry and Landy drew the sides level with seven minutes remaining.

Paddy Fox pointed Meath into the lead and the Royals held on for an excellent victory which augurs well for the tougher championship tests which lie ahead.

Meath complete their campaign in the Ulster MFL against Dublin next Saturday, 12.0.

Meath - Conor McHugh; Fiachra McEntee, Conor McGill, Alan Forde; Eoin Lynch, Brian Moore, Phelim Dowling; Daniel Queeney (1-0), Conor Sheridan; Bryan Davis (0-1), Conor Devereux (1-0), Paddy Fox (0-1); James Conlon, Cian O'Brien (0-1), Donal Landy (0-3). Subs - Alastar Doyle for McEntee, Brian McMahon for Conlon, Shane Barry (0-1 free) for O'Brien, Fergus Toolan for Dowling (all half-time), Bobby O'Brien for Davis 50 mins.

Monagahan - R Beagen; M McGuigan, C Boyle, E Coyle; C Coleman, P McGuigan, P Finnegan; A Mulligan, S Sherry; J McGuigan, L Hahessy, T Connolly (0-1); J McCarron (1-1 one free), P Dooney (0-1), D McKenna (1-3, one free). Sub - Cillian Cromwell for Mulligan 52 mins.

Referee - Enda McBrien (Fermanagh).

[drici]

Donegal minors welcome Westmeath
Ulster Minor League - Donegal v Westmeath - MacCumhaill Park, Saturday, 12 noon

By Alan Foley

Donegal essentially need snookers if they are to progress in the Ulster Minor League, so Saturday's final group game against Westmeath offers what is probably the last competitive test before the ball gets thrown into the air come championship.


With the Down fixture in the Ulster championship quarter-final now just seven weeks away, Charlie Mulgrew has seen his side progressing and last weekend at Creggan, they defeated Antrim 1-14 to 0-8 with Glenswilly's Leon Kelly scoring the only goal of the game. All in all, it means that Donegal have five points from four games, after previously losing to Tyrone, drawing with Derry and beating Fermanagh.

There are a combination of unpredictable results that could see Donegal continue in the competition and contest the league final, but they involve Derry drawing in Fermanagh, Tyrone losing in Antrim and Donegal making up a score difference of 10.

The team training early in Convoy on Wednesday night as to accommodate the Ulster U-21 final in Enniskillen between Donegal and Cavan.

"We played very well in the second half of the game against Antrim and although we have a slim chance of getting through, we're going out to win the game against Westmeath instead of planning to knock up a cricket score from the start," backroom team member John McEniff said.

"From here on in then, we'll be taking up the training and will arrange a couple of challenge games ahead of the match against Down, which isn't too far away at this stage."

[drici]

Tyrone's Colm Connelly breaks his stick from the block by Donegal's Sean Mulhern. Picture Michael Cullen


Ulster Minor Hurling League Division Two Final


Tyrone ...............1-09  Donegal..................2-07


Tyrone Minors failed in their bid to win the Division Two Hurling League title when they lost by the minimum margin to Donegal in the final at the Mid Ulster Sports Arena in Cookstown on Saturday afternoon.

Having beaten the same opponents by nine points a couple of weeks ago in their group game the Red Hands went into the decider as favourites, but poor shooting cost them dearly as they hit fourteen wides during the course of the game.

Tyrone got off to a great start with an early goal from Kevin Barry Corrigan and they built on that with Liam Armstrong and Damian Casey both landing points in the opening quarter.

Brendan Tourish had a Donegal point, but back came Tyrone with a brace from Casey to go half a dozen in front. The rest of the half though belonged to Donegal and late goals from Conor McVeigh and Cormac Brown saw them fight back to get on level terms by the interval 1-7 to 2-4.

Tourish and Casey exchanged points on the restart before Martin Reilly put the visitors in front. Tyrone were dominating possession but they were failing to transfer that into scores and instead of building up a match winning lead their inaccuracies allowed their opponents to stay in touch. Scores were proving difficult to come by with Tourish and Casey getting the final points for their respective sides.

In injury time a melee erupted that saw Donegal reduced to twelve players when Andrew Nelson, Gareth Quinn and Gerry Fegan were all straight red carded, but they managed to hold on to take the title.


Teams and Scorers

Tyrone: Conor Coyle, Caolan Morgan, Brendan Begley, Aidan O'Neill, Tommy Fox, Sean Kelly, Dermot Begley, Tommy Lowe, Tiernan Morgan, Conor McElhatton, Damian Casey, Conor Connelly, Liam Armstorng, Kevin Barry Corrigan, Kevin Barry Grimley. Subs - Brian Maguire for Armstrong, Tony McCrory for Corrigan.

Scorers - Damian Casey 0-7, Kevin Barry Corrigan 1-0, Conor McElhatton 0-1, Liam Armstrong 0-1.

Donegal: Andrew Nelson, Cormac Brown, Michael Lillis, Gareth Quinn, Shane Gallen, Chris McDermott, Darren McLaughlin, Brendan Tourish, Ronan McDermott, Denvir Coyle, Martin Reilly, Sean Mulhern, Conor Gallen, Conor McVeigh, Justin Brown. Sub - Gerry Fegan for Brown.

Scorers - Brendan Tourish 0-6, Cormac Brown 1-0, Conor McVeigh 1-0, Martin Reilly 0-1.

[CountyGK]

Ulster Minor Hurling League Division 1 Final
Armagh v Down
@ Portaferry, 12pm on 10.04.2010