Ulster Club IFC/JFC 2025

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Absolute nonsense. Championship football is the litmus test and the level of senior club football in Tyrone is insane. Best in Ireland bar none. Clonoe have won senior in Tyrone multiple times recently. Took the mighty Errigal Ciaran a replay to beat them last year and they won Ulster at a canter, should have won the AI. Next level for a top end Tyrone team should be senior Ulsters and All Irelands, not trying to win cheap cups at the expense of small rural clubs like Cuchulainns. But what a shock against the odds. Everyone in the know predicted a landslide here.

[ClubScene13]

Absolute nonsense. Championship football is the litmus test and the level of senior club football in Tyrone is insane. Best in Ireland bar none. Clonoe have won senior in Tyrone multiple times recently. Took the mighty Errigal Ciaran a replay to beat them last year and they won Ulster at a canter, should have won the AI. Next level for a top end Tyrone team should be senior Ulsters and All Irelands, not trying to win cheap cups at the expense of small rural clubs like Cuchulainns. But what a shock against the odds. Everyone in the know predicted a landslide here.

The inaccuracies here are insane I'll not even bother

[ONARAGGATIP]

It was a cracking match played at a frenetic pace. Credit to both teams. Cavan side kicked some amount of wides. Some of the defending from both sides was top drawer. End to end stuff leading to errors but jaysus it was an exciting game. Glad I went early was actually not gonna bother after reading the comments here.

[ONARAGGATIP]

Absolute nonsense. Championship football is the litmus test and the level of senior club football in Tyrone is insane. Best in Ireland bar none. Clonoe have won senior in Tyrone multiple times recently. Took the mighty Errigal Ciaran a replay to beat them last year and they won Ulster at a canter, should have won the AI. Next level for a top end Tyrone team should be senior Ulsters and All Irelands, not trying to win cheap cups at the expense of small rural clubs like Cuchulainns. But what a shock against the odds. Everyone in the know predicted a landslide here.

A last kick of the game point is winning ulster at a canter? Manners were put on them in the all Ireland final thankfully.

[gallsman]

A last kick of the game point is winning ulster at a canter?

Against 14 men as well.

[Easttyrone23]

Will Cavan Cuchulainns give Clonoe a game? likely goin to Kilcoo game anyway,worth going early?

Couldn't see it, wouldn't bother going early

Yeah i expect to see Clonoe win pulling up

Alot of disrespect on this forum by the looks of it towards the Cavan champions.

Think they were 5/1 or so with bookies too.

To beat a seasoned Tyrone senior side in Clonoe who shouldn't be intermediate by right is massive.

What's your definition of a seasoned senior side? Clonoe have been relegated from Tyrone senior football the last 2 seasons they played in it. Only the 16 division 1 clubs play in the senior championship so clonoe and the other 15 div 2 teams play intermediate.

I can see why Cavan have div 1 clubs playing in the intermediate Ulster championship when it's a massive underdog story when the team who finished 4th in division 1 beats Tyrone's 17th best team.

[Armagh18]

Fair play Cuchulainns. Brilliant to see a proper intermediate club progress at this grade. Would have been a travesty if cheating by Tyrone CB had paid off. Senior clubs should not be in this competition but they prevailed anyway against the massive odds.

How are Tyrone cheating??

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Spin it all ye want. Tyrone's leagues are the second best competition in all of Ireland. Second only to their championship. Clonoe were arguably the second best championship team in Tyrone last year. They waltzed through the league this year with a 100% record. 15 wins from 15. Yet they're "relegated" to intermediate.
 
 There's clearly something sinister going on here. Tyrone CB have obviously, in cahoots with their clubs, held back the best teams to compete and win Ulsters and AIs at the lower grades. There's no other possible explanation makes any sense. Sad.

[Armagh18]

Spin it all ye want. Tyrone's leagues are the second best competition in all of Ireland. Second only to their championship. Clonoe were arguably the second best championship team in Tyrone last year. They waltzed through the league this year with a 100% record. 15 wins from 15. Yet they're "relegated" to intermediate.
 
 There's clearly something sinister going on here. Tyrone CB have obviously, in cahoots with their clubs, held back the best teams to compete and win Ulsters and AIs at the lower grades. There's no other possible explanation makes any sense. Sad.

Nearly as though they were relegated the year before on merit...

[square_ball]

From a rough look at things Clonoe have won 11 out of their last 36 games at senior level in Tyrone. And not even Clonoe people would argue they were the 2nd best team in the Tyrone championship last year. I know people are on the wind up and/or defending the way their county do things but let's not lose the run of ourselves lads.

[Truthsayer]

Is just a wind-up. Same happened when Loughmacrory lost and Fermanagh and Antrim posters in to slag off Tyrone. Fermanagh and Antrim! 
Is borne out of inferiority after Tyrone's record at county level last few decades.

[SouthOfThe Bann]

As a Cavan man I have no issues with Clonoe being in intermediate because that's the way Tyrone do things. But when Tyrone start pointing the finger at Cavan we are entitled to point the finger back. As neither Cavan or Tyrones way of doing things is perfect.

Cuchullains have been an intermediate team for at least 8 years. Below is their record in recent years they suffered a lot of heartbreak.

I think it would be a massive anti climax if Cuchullains missed out on an intermediate title across those 8 years through promotion through the league and wouldn't be fair on them.

But I understand Tyrone And Armagh people here especially come from counties were the league is taken very seriously and there would be a lot more value on that but that is not the case in Cavan. And the split season has further diluted the league. This is the way it's been in Cavan as long as I remember but has only become an issue since Cavan have started to do well at intermediate and junior level.

2018 - Final beaten by 14 points by Mullahoran
2019 - Semi Final beaten by a point by Laragh United
2020 - Didn't make it out of group
2021 - Semi Final beaten by 6 by Butlersbridge
2022 - Semi Final Cuchullains beaten after a replay by Castlerahan
2023 - Didn't make it out of the group
2024 - Beaten in semi final by Arva

[Milltown Row2]

Is just a wind-up. Same happened when Loughmacrory lost and Fermanagh and Antrim posters in to slag off Tyrone. Fermanagh and Antrim! 
Is borne out of inferiority after Tyrone's record at county level last few decades.

Best championship best league 

[SouthOfThe Bann]

The main reason that can be attributed to Cavans recent upturn in results at junior level and intermediate levels is a more even distribution of teams across the levels over the past decade or slightly more

Not that long ago Cavan had 17 senior sides, 13 intermediate and 10 junior.

It now has 12 Senior 14 intermediate and 12 Junior with 2 clubs dropping down into reserve competitions.

So your intermediate representative went from being your 18th best team to your 13th etc.

[Truthsayer]

Is just a wind-up. Same happened when Loughmacrory lost and Fermanagh and Antrim posters in to slag off Tyrone. Fermanagh and Antrim! 
Is borne out of inferiority after Tyrone's record at county level last few decades.

Best championship best league 

Antrim worst club league & championship and  worst county team