Down Club Hurling & Football

[downjim]

Down GAA is in the gutter

[SamFever]

Down GAA is in the gutter

It's not Down that is in the gutter but the Club concerned.
Who is in charge there?
Barry McGuigan?
They need to take action or they'll be going to the Courts on a more frequent basis after these
last 15months.

[The Trap]

Why did the referee not just walk off the pitch? how did he decide to play on??

[Lotto]

Two despicable deeds over the last week. A young player goading his opponent over his dead mother and another player assaulting a referee because the same referee had abused him from the other side of the fence in a recent game. Lads, where the hell are we going in Down football?

[terrifictommy]

Two despicable deeds over the last week. A young player goading his opponent over his dead mother and another player assaulting a referee because the same referee had abused him from the other side of the fence in a recent game. Lads, where the hell are we going in Down football?

Lotto, where do you get your info? Surely a referee, quite a seasoned one too, would not abuse a player over the wire - Especially when he knows he will be on a pitch with him at some point. As hard to believe as the tooth fairy. Just don't see this as having any merit. What it does is try to soften the act.

[PTC]

Two despicable deeds over the last week. A young player goading his opponent over his dead mother and another player assaulting a referee because the same referee had abused him from the other side of the fence in a recent game. Lads, where the hell are we going in Down football?

Lotto, where do you get your info? Surely a referee, quite a seasoned one too, would not abuse a player over the wire - Especially when he knows he will be on a pitch with him at some point. As hard to believe as the tooth fairy. Just don't see this as having any merit. What it does is try to soften the act.

from what I hear the faloon  brothers where doing a lot of slabbering at the kilcoo and Clonduff game on Saturday night

[Lotto]

Two despicable deeds over the last week. A young player goading his opponent over his dead mother and another player assaulting a referee because the same referee had abused him from the other side of the fence in a recent game. Lads, where the hell are we going in Down football?

Lotto, where do you get your info? Surely a referee, quite a seasoned one too, would not abuse a player over the wire - Especially when he knows he will be on a pitch with him at some point. As hard to believe as the tooth fairy. Just don't see this as having any merit. What it does is try to soften the act.

Why would I try to soften the act of hitting a referee, this is never acceptable behaviour in anyone's book no matter what the provocation. This seasoned referee apparently shouted abuse over the fence during a recent game at the guy who is supposed to have struck him, believe it or believe it not.

[Lotto]

Two despicable deeds over the last week. A young player goading his opponent over his dead mother and another player assaulting a referee because the same referee had abused him from the other side of the fence in a recent game. Lads, where the hell are we going in Down football?

Lotto, where do you get your info? Surely a referee, quite a seasoned one too, would not abuse a player over the wire - Especially when he knows he will be on a pitch with him at some point. As hard to believe as the tooth fairy. Just don't see this as having any merit. What it does is try to soften the act.

from what I hear the faloon  brothers where doing a lot of slabbering at the kilcoo and Clonduff game on Saturday night

Paul Faloon is one of the quietest men you would meet and I find this very hard to believe, his brother is a different story.

[PTC]

Two despicable deeds over the last week. A young player goading his opponent over his dead mother and another player assaulting a referee because the same referee had abused him from the other side of the fence in a recent game. Lads, where the hell are we going in Down football?

Lotto, where do you get your info? Surely a referee, quite a seasoned one too, would not abuse a player over the wire - Especially when he knows he will be on a pitch with him at some point. As hard to believe as the tooth fairy. Just don't see this as having any merit. What it does is try to soften the act.

from what I hear the faloon  brothers where doing a lot of slabbering at the kilcoo and Clonduff game on Saturday night

Paul Faloon is one of the quietest men you would meet and I find this very hard to believe, his brother is a different story.

apparently Paul was unhappy with the ref and his brother was giving a few of the kilcoo players abuse. What club do they come from?

[Lotto]

Two despicable deeds over the last week. A young player goading his opponent over his dead mother and another player assaulting a referee because the same referee had abused him from the other side of the fence in a recent game. Lads, where the hell are we going in Down football?

Lotto, where do you get your info? Surely a referee, quite a seasoned one too, would not abuse a player over the wire - Especially when he knows he will be on a pitch with him at some point. As hard to believe as the tooth fairy. Just don't see this as having any merit. What it does is try to soften the act.

from what I hear the faloon  brothers where doing a lot of slabbering at the kilcoo and Clonduff game on Saturday night

Paul Faloon is one of the quietest men you would meet and I find this very hard to believe, his brother is a different story.

apparently Paul was unhappy with the ref and his brother was giving a few of the kilcoo players abuse. What club do they come from?

You said they were doing alot of slabbering.  Now there is a long way between being unhappy at a referees performance and slabbering about it, Paul no and Kevin yes. Compare that with Rice who shouts and roars at all who will listen to him, sitting in the same place in the stand every game. Clubs for the Faloons, no ideas and Kevin refs more in Armagh than Down

[forevergreen]

Two despicable deeds over the last week. A young player goading his opponent over his dead mother and another player assaulting a referee because the same referee had abused him from the other side of the fence in a recent game. Lads, where the hell are we going in Down football?

Lotto, where do you get your info? Surely a referee, quite a seasoned one too, would not abuse a player over the wire - Especially when he knows he will be on a pitch with him at some point. As hard to believe as the tooth fairy. Just don't see this as having any merit. What it does is try to soften the act.

Why would I try to soften the act of hitting a referee, this is never acceptable behaviour in anyone's book no matter what the provocation. This seasoned referee apparently shouted abuse over the fence during a recent game at the guy who is supposed to have struck him, believe it or believe it not.

Told same this evening Lotto, Rice apparently shouting abuse over the wire at the Clonduff player in previous game. He's a mouth piece but hitting a ref is madness

[Down Follower]

No harm to you lads but you are out of order by putting anything about Rice shouting something in a previous game in the same context as him being hit. For one, is it even true! I dont doubt he would shout at a match if he was a supporter, as we all do, but I have heard that there is absolutely no truth in it in this instance. Worse than that though is it is in some way justifying the actions of the Clonduff player.  You may think your not doing that but by providing some sort of 'reason' that's exactly what you are doing.
It is an absolute disgrace and the player should get a significant ban from both the co board and Clonduff.  There is no justification for what was an unprovoked attack. Bear in mind this was a player who was in the midst of being sent off for another strike, this time on his opponent.
It is the player who has to answer for his actions here and not the referee.

[befair]

No harm to you lads but you are out of order by putting anything about Rice shouting something in a previous game in the same context as him being hit. For one, is it even true! I dont doubt he would shout at a match if he was a supporter, as we all do, but I have heard that there is absolutely no truth in it in this instance. Worse than that though is it is in some way justifying the actions of the Clonduff player.  You may think your not doing that but by providing some sort of 'reason' that's exactly what you are doing.
It is an absolute disgrace and the player should get a significant ban from both the co board and Clonduff.  There is no justification for what was an unprovoked attack. Bear in mind this was a player who was in the midst of being sent off for another strike, this time on his opponent.
It is the player who has to answer for his actions here and not the referee.

Unacceptable, and the club should also be sanctioned

[Last Caress]

A lot to peoples names being thrown about and being abused on here.
So that makes it different from abuse on the field or behind the fence?
Sorry, its all anonymous on here so its ok.............. carry on.........

[razor]

Looking at the ladies underage finals and Francis rogan being the 4 eyed **** that he is giving all the finals to east down referees again, no surprise there! His own we click of people while the other do the last minute games and fevers and lads who are on the national panel and Ulster can't even get a final in down and you have the like of the female twin of Jackie Quinn, helen rice refereeing u16 B final!

5 finals appointed so far 4 of them are east down!
U14 A Final Eugene O'hare 
U14 b final Colin Murray
U14 c final Peter Brannigan
U14 d final Dominic kearns

U16 b final Helen rice

And the down LGFA are about bringing the youth into refereeing and all these referees are over 45!

Goldeneye

You obviously don't know what you are talking about.

Francis Rogan appoints referees and he tries to spread his finals out and treats the referees with a bit of respect unlike the mens county board

Goldeneye I think if you go and look back at the appointments that Francis Rogan made this year then you will find that the Ladies Intermediate Championship Final and the Junior Championship Final were both refereed by South Down referees and the linesmen for the three adult championship finals at least one of them were South Down officials.