Antrim Football Thread

[Milltown Row2]

Who agreed to change back to reserve and not keeping clubs second teams in lower divisions?

Our county in their wisdom called a halt to 2nd or indeed third teams playing in Championships...

I defo think that's not right, even though we won junior while having a senior team! But keeping the reserves in normal leagues I like..

[country bumpkin]

Who agreed to change back to reserve and not keeping clubs second teams in lower divisions?

Our county in their wisdom called a halt to 2nd or indeed third teams playing in Championships...

I defo think that's not right, even though we won junior while having a senior team! But keeping the reserves in normal leagues I like..
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Cargin won a junior and two intermediate titles and the powers that be called a halt to 2nd and 3rd teams in junior or Intermediate championship.....
When was the last time 2nd or even third teams were involved in junior or Intermediate championships....??

[Milltown Row2]

Who agreed to change back to reserve and not keeping clubs second teams in lower divisions?

Our county in their wisdom called a halt to 2nd or indeed third teams playing in Championships...

I defo think that's not right, even though we won junior while having a senior team! But keeping the reserves in normal leagues I like..
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Cargin won a junior and two intermediate titles and the powers that be called a halt to 2nd and 3rd teams in junior or Intermediate championship.....
When was the last time 2nd or even third teams were involved in junior or Intermediate championships....??

Not sure but I was playing senior and part of management team of our junior hurlers when we beat McDermotts at Casement one year, we got to the final the following year and were promoted to div2 when our seniors were Div one, I'd imagine it was around that time it was hurling and football, guessing early 2000's ?

[paddyjohn]

2002/2003 I think it was. After that it was stand alone reserve competitions.

[antrimman667]

Reserve should be separate players from senior. If you don't have 40+ footballers available on a regular basisthen don't enter 2 teams.

Maybe scrap reserve leagues, go back to division 1-5 and if your reserves are good enough for div3 so be it. All played at same time on same day.

wouldnt be enough referees for the one day ....

[JimStynes]

Who cancelled?

The TEAMS (or one team).

Why?

They don't want to play two nights in a row. Fair enough excuse. Dates are very tight for everything now with the new split season. Trying to make a story out of nothing here as per usual on this board.

Tonight's Laverty Cup final has been cancelled on the morning of the match. What a farce of a county.

Apparently the important league game tonight between Cargin and Creggan U17s has been moved now too. So their lads would have been fine to play last night.
Why didn't they just come out last week and say, we have a load of lads injured and away and can we try reschedule ffs.

[Saffsof82]

John Oboyle was the glue that stuck the Sw together, couldn't be replaced.

[Saffsof82]

Hearing that u18 down from next season will be run  by all county but reflect a regional system, ie. Div1 all county, Div1a city and div1b Sw.

[country bumpkin]

John Oboyle was the glue that stuck the Sw together, couldn't be replaced.

Indeed when John was on Board games were played and all competitions proceeded as scheduled.......

[Ghost+Tommy]

I went to watch the u15 league decider on Thurs evening,St Brigid's v Pg1 as our lads play Pg1 in the championship,I have to say the fella Doherty and his understudy,I think it could be his brother or nephew who is along the line with him for Pg1 do some roaring and alot off it not encouraging,Pg1 must be stuck for coaches with these 2 balloons over them, ridiculous to say the least, I remember he wouldn't shake our managements hands when they got beat in the feile at our place earlier in the year,but congratulations to Pg1 winning the leagueanyway

[Sonny Joe]

Was brousing and came along this, so to summarise PG1 got bt in the feile final and alot of months later they won the league with the same management. Couldn I conclude that their management have improved their team. 🤷‍♂️

[EOC1923]

Some bull talked on here about u17 fixtures / who shouts along the line at u15 games. Every club works fixtures to suit themselves, no one doesn't do it. And everyone has the odd coach other teams don't like in their club. But bit harsh calling them balloons tbh.

[Milltown Row2]

I hear balloons at every game 

[bannside]

The duo you mention G&T have delivered Casements first juvenile title, on the back of a county Og Sport last year. Loud yes, for some people that's arrogance, for others it's passion.

Owen Doherty can add these to a county under 21title he delivered a few years back, so in managerial terms he's going rightly! His son Oran is the star player in that under 15 team and has a very bright future ahead, almost certainly a Saffron senior in waiting. He is one of only a couple of players on this squad who move up next year, the rest are still underage.

The wingman you talk of is nephew Niall Kelly who managed Donaghmore to win the McLarnon Cup and All Ireland B college title. 

I wish we had a few more balloons like them!

[Ghost+Tommy]

Only my opinion BS,I too can be loud when involved with our youth,but to call it passion,I think you are wrong,flip sake you would've heard them at saintfield,alot off pressure to put on that young fella Bs as well saying he'll be a county senior,he's not even the best player on that team,but it's all about opinions