SFC 2026

[Smallballbigballs]

Maybe let him answer for himself.

Do you ref much yourself also?

[Junior Ex Laoistalk]

Donie sent off for a strike in portlaoise match. Ref didn't see it but linesman reported him. Donie handed a 2 match by CCC (county board) Arles Kileen appealed and were heard by appels committee who are independent. They overturned the suspension fully and Donie was free to play on Sunday. The ref who gave the red card reffed a senior match on Saturday or Sunday and did the line on another but the ref who reported the strike as linesman stood down from his match. Apparently a few meetings occurred but between who I don't know. Refs reported to be not happy by some but have not gone out in protest so no one really knows the full story other than the few people involved.

Thanks JD, never a dull moment in Laois GAA circles   

[ardtole]

Are portlaoise overpriced at 15/2 on pp? They are in the qf's, they will have home advantage. From memory they were much shorter odds before the sfc started. Have they had a spate of injuries/suspension?.

[Laois Rising]

Bookies like everyone else don't see anyone but Port winning championship this year. A tidy profit on a €50 euro bet if Portlaoise we were to upset the odds. Now you have me tempted.

[les Antiques]

Senior Football Championship Quarter Finals
Courtwood vs Stradbally- Stradbally by 2
Portlaoise vs Killeshin - Killeshin by 3
St.Josephs vs Ballyroan-Abbey - Joe's by 5
Portarlington vs O'Dempseys - Port by 7

Senior Football B Championship
Arles Killeen vs Clonaslee St.Manmans - AK by 3
The Heath vs Rosenallis- Heath by 7
Graigecullen vs Crettyard - Graigue by 9
Emo vs Park Rath - Park by 4

[oneshot]

Bookies like everyone else don't see anyone but Port winning championship this year. A tidy profit on a €50 euro bet if Portlaoise we were to upset the odds. Now you have me tempted.

portlaoise might not make the final and if they do and they meet port, they won't keep it kicked out to port.

[redsetanta]

Portarlington should really be looking to get players back home and giving the Leinster a right go. These teams are generational so you have to make the most of it while you can. They haven't really made any progress in Leinster

[SCFC]

Senior Football Championship Quarter Finals
Courtwood v Stradbally - Stradbally
Portlaoise v Killeshin - Portlaoise
St.Josephs v Ballyroan-Abbey - Josephs in a dogfight
Portarlington v O'Dempseys - Port comfortably

Senior Football B Championship
Arles Killeen v Clonaslee St.Manmans - Killeen
The Heath v Rosenallis - Heath narrowly
Graigecullen v Crettyard - Graigue
Emo v Park Ratheniska - Emo might dig a performance out

[oneshot]

Portarlington should really be looking to get players back home and giving the Leinster a right go. These teams are generational so you have to make the most of it while you can. They haven't really made any progress in Leinster

leinster is a different kettle of fish, port well ahead of the rest in laois but as leinster is concern there way off it as Athy and the Dublin winners have prove in the last two years again port.

[Laoiseabu]

Any truth that Colm Murphy and Ronan Coffey are unavailable on Sunday ?

[redsetanta]

Very good wins for Killeshin, Courtwood and Cretty at the weekend.

[Blueforever]

Imagine a team that produced  players like Tom and Noel Prendergast Colm and Gerry Browne Atch Whelan the Fitzgeralds The Mc Nultys  the Bohanes could only score 4 points in over 50 minutes of football in a championship match and a population of over 30 thousand people the mind boggles

[SCFC]

Middling enough games at the weekend. The 5 week break definitely seemed to play against all 4 of the teams that had it.
Port were fairly sluggish but finished with a better team than started and could be peaking at just the right time. Good effort from O'D's but lacked scoring power. Very well set up defensively.
Joes had two good spells really and that was enough to edge it. Keogh excellent. BA just can't seem to make the breakthrough that a lot of us have expected.
On Saturday, Courtwood didn't really play well for long spells and Strad would have won if the goalkeepers were swapped (freetaking duties). Think they'll have improved for the game. As said, the 5 week break did them no favours other than maybe getting a couple of those injured lads back.
And as said above, Portlaoise are massively underachieving. There's no way Killeshin should be beating Portlaoise and that's no disrespect to Killeshin. Was it 4 scores in 55 minutes or something ridiculous like that? Fair play to Killeshin. Backed up the Graigue win with another good performance.
Saw none of the senior B games. Graigue could well be in a spiral now that they can't get out of. Emo obviously did what Emo are good at and that's coming up with a performance against the odds.

[High Fielder]

Imagine a team that produced  players like Tom and Noel Prendergast Colm and Gerry Browne Atch Whelan the Fitzgeralds The Mc Nultys  the Bohanes could only score 4 points in over 50 minutes of football in a championship match and a population of over 30 thousand people the mind boggles

Until serious action is taken in that club, either internally or otherwise, Laois football sinks further

[Laoisred]

I'll preface this by saying that I'm more a hurling man than football but are things that bad in Portlaoise? After a poor performance in the championship there is always sensational commentary. But since 2000 they have appeared in 20 Laois Senior Finals (not including draws) and have won 14 of those. Not too shabby in my book.
I know their last win was 2019 when they were lucky to beat Killeshin but they also got to the final in 2021, 2023, 2024. I know Portarlington are very good in recent years but surely Portlaoise with a fresh set up shouldn't be that far away from Top 2/Top 3 again in 2027. Or am I miles off?