Official Cavan GAA Thread

[Mr. Pain]

Watcha gonna do?

[BallyhaiseMan]

We were told yesterday that Ballinagh as a club have been suspended for 6 months,so yesterday would be their last league game and they would be relegated from the senior championship without even playing a game.

Yet no mention of it in those suspensions.

Homer will know the full story.

[mylestheslasher]

So what does that mean. Are the relegated in the league or do they just stick on the points they have and hope that no one below catches them. I expect it means they are relegated from the senior championship. If the above is true I'd say that "supporter" is not too popular around the 'nagh.

[cavan4ever]

They could be relegated in the league aswell.

[BallyhaiseMan]

what we were told yesterday is
That yesterday was their last game that they would stay on 10 points now, and hope no-one caught them,Thing is though, because we were forced to play them when this ban was known,
at least two of our rivals in the relegation, think its belturbet and Castlerahan get a free 2 points each as Ballinagh cant play against them       
Its a fuckin shambles if its true

[mylestheslasher]

From Hoganstand....

As BHM says, no mention of the club being banned....

Ref assailant gets two-year ban
23 June 2008


A football supporter in Cavan has been hit with a massive 96-week suspension following an attack on a referee in the county last week.

Former Mullahoran and Cavan player Gerry Sheridan was allegedly assaulted in the dressing room by a supporter of host club Ballinagh following their Division 1 league clash with Killygarry last Wednesday night. During the game itself, Killygarry and Cavan half forward Martin Reilly sustained a broken nose and one player from each team was red-carded.

The Cavan Competitions Control Committee has reacted to last Wednesday's incident by handing out bans totalling 184 weeks, including 96 weeks for the Ballinagh supporter who is alleged to have carried out the assault on the referee.

"There was an incident coming off the pitch last Wednesday night where a referee was struck," confirmed Cavan PRO Mark Gillick.

"There was an investigation by the CCC in Cavan and they doled out the suspensions on Saturday. One player who was dismissed got 12 weeks, another got eight weeks, another four weeks, while two supporters got eight weeks, one 24 weeks and another 96 weeks."

Ballinagh, who are the reigning Cavan and Ulster intermediate club champions, were also in the news for the wrong reasons last February when one of their supporters ran onto the pitch during the All-Ireland semi-final against Fingal Ravens and assaulted an umpire before being led away in handcuffs by gardai.

"Ballinagh were already on a warning from the Fingal Ravens intermediate semi-final," Gillick said.

"They were dealt with by Croke Park for that. In a way, this is kind of a repeat incident which is why the suspensions were so serious."

[North Longford]

From the Indo

IN the latest crackdown on GAA indiscipline, a Cavan club was left reeling yesterday by the news that its senior teams have been banned from all competitions for six months.

As the GAA at national level has adopted a 'zero-tolerance' approach in recent weeks, Cavan's Competition Controls Committee has followed suit and suspended Ballinagh for six months following an assault on a local referee.

The Cavan CCC met twice over the weekend and opted to suspend the Ballinagh senior team, as well as a host of supporters involved in verbally and physically abusing referee Gerry Sheridan last week. Ballinagh are expected to appeal the decision that puts them out of the Cavan senior championship and league.

They only won the Cavan intermediate championship in 2007 and progressed to the All-Ireland IFC semi-final in Navan last February when they were involved in another controversial incident that earned a two-year ban for a supporter who entered the pitch and struck an umpire after one of their players had been sent off.

This time the Cavan CCC has decided to punish the club and they will play no more competitive football in 2008 unless they can appeal successfully.

Sheridan -- a garda -- was refereeing a Cavan league match between the hosts Ballinagh and Killygarry on Wednesday night last. Three players were sent off in the course of the game and the current Cavan player Martin Reilly, who plays with Killygarry, suffered a broken nose.

During the game, Sheridan was verbally abused by one of his umpires, who was from the home club, and had to replace him. As Sheridan, a former Cavan footballer, was making his way off the pitch afterwards he was confronted by a number of Ballinagh supporters. One 'fan' is alleged to have struck him three times and as a result has picked up a 96-week ban.

The umpire was one of two Ballinagh supporters to be banned for eight weeks while a fourth supporter was hit with a six-month suspension. Sheridan provided a detailed report of the incident to Cavan CCC, who met on Friday night last for three hours before convening again the following day to complete their proposals.

Ballinagh will be afforded a hearing and are understandably keen to have the ban imposed on their activities turned over.

The suspension imposed on the Ulster intermediate champions is further evidence of the GAA's 'get tough' measures on indiscipline.

Last year, Cavan showed a swift and ruthless approach to a melee that broke out at the end of a senior championship first-round game between Cavan Gaels and Gowna. Suspensions and fines were handed down and the teams later met in the championship and league finals, which passed off without incident.

- Colm Keys

[BallyhaiseMan]

In instances like this what do the players do?

Some will obviously Transfer to the States to play football.

Will any others transfer away  to other clubs for the rest of the year so they can play championship football??

[anglocelt39]

From a long distance away let me guess one key aspect of the profile of the bonehead who took on Gerry Sheridan-never kicked a ball in anger worth talking about at any level? Just a guess but would not be surprised. I can remember back to the days when Gerry Sheridan was a minor footballer and even in those days the Nagh was not the first place on your list of must get to venues for an away fixture. It's a shame for lots of good decent players involved and of absolutely no good to football in the county that this is probably as close as we'll get to making national headlines this year. You had to see it coming though-Dubs V Meath and the Galvin incident. I'm totally in support of the general move to clean things up but there will be innocent victims along the way until people start to get the message.

Are our minors out on Sunday-absolutely massive day for them because if the system is the same as last year provincial finalists are in an All Ireland Quarter. Here's hoping, will be a huge day at Clones for the senior game.

[mylestheslasher]

Yes - minors are playing Tyrone in Clones on Sunday. Best of luck to them.

[cavanmaniac]

Will Niall McDermott follow the fashion now and opt out of the minor side in protest at how his club has been dealt with? That'd be just typical with the minors needing all hands on deck against Tyrone, who I presume are excellent at this level as usual...

[Denn Forever]

Are any of the panelists from Ballinagh?  If so, can they still play?

[Denn Forever]

Playing St Finbarrs in U21s at their home venue.  Which one is it?

[Mr. Pain]

Hello. Helllloooooooo. Hellllloooooooooooooooooo! Anybody here?

[mylestheslasher]

I am here - just waiting for Homer to come back in and tell us  the craic. Maybe the CB have banned ballinagh posters too!