Armagh Club football & hurling

[ard mhaca abu]

Ard Mhacha,
Where did you get these results and league tables from?
This is excellent information.

orchardcounty.com good web site regarding club football!

[full back]

Anyone at the game yesterday?

[Tir na nÓg]

Why so many called off?

Tir na nÓg's match was called off due to a death at the Maghery club. I think it was their former chairmans father.

[ard mhaca abu]

Posted on: Today at 11:34:56 AMPosted by: full back  
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Anyone at the game yesterday

yes i was indeed, armagh showed guts nd determination in the 2nd half! they let cork rush into an early lead that was too hard to come back from. thought kevin orourke snatched it for us with a goal bound effert in injury time! was very impressed by the cork midfielder he was outstanding.....a great 2nd half battle hard luck lads...

[anportmorforjfc]

anyone have the tables in armagh for football

[High Catch]

An Port Mor - check out the last page and you will see the tables for all divisions.

[Uladh]

I'm sorry to say that i saw a result like this coming the whole way through the championship. there were several recurring weaknesses yesterday which hadn't been exploited in the ulster championship. we've consistently allowed teams we are clearly better than to stay in touch through sloppiness and aimlessness in the forward division. unfortunately missed opportunities and an inability to protect our weak full back line finally caught up.

The seeds were sewn in the first half when cork did as derry had done before them. they isolated their front three and withdrew their entire half forward line. With McClelland still not knowing how to play centre back, the armagh defence was an open gate. although playing with the wind, cork attacked only on the counter and were able to get quick early ball into the full forward line. they had oceans of space and goulding in particular wreaked havoc. coupled with this, the cork midfield and half forwards poured through our centre in supporter. gould tore us open in this respect and lavery just wasn't able to stay with him. cork were very economical in the frst half with their shooting ratio, probably because they were shooting in loads of space and under no pressure. to be fair to armagh they fought back admirably from 7-1 down to close the gap before the half.

the game was still there in the seocnd half for our lads but even with the breeze, it was infuriating to watch them continue to carry the ball the whole length of the field. Unfortunately hanratty has proven very limited at this level when he gets the ball in his hands and too often attacks were floundering when the ball reached him. the obvious switch when a goal was needed was o'neill onto the square and to let it in high to him. again, this was left way too long to happen. the first ball than came into him he won and created a one on one which the keeper saved. after that they never kicked another high ball into him. he kept getting the ball out on the wings going away from goal.

despite all of this, armagh huffed and puffed their way to enough point chances to at least get the draw and only for two break away points from cork, could have won it. O'Rourke's chance went the wrong side of the post and he was unlucky. he certainly couldn't be blamed for the loss as he showed great endevour and battling throughout.

[High Catch]

Has anyone got the Armagh team from yesterday?

[ard mhaca abu]

1. paudie rodger
2. kevin dyas
3. bredan donaghy
4. martin ferris
5. paul kernan
6. kieran toner
7. tony mcclelland
8. james lavery
9. paul courtney
10. stefan forker
11. david mckenna
12. charlie vernon
13. kevin orourke
14. johnny hanratty
15. gareth oneill

[David McKeown]

Annaghmore Pearses lost their second game of the season on Saturday despite a spirited second half display against St Michaels, Newtownhamiliton.  After a frantic opening ten minutes played against the wind, Annaghmore found themselves 0-4 to 0-1 down with only John McCormack's 4th minute point to show for their efforts.  Things soon got worse for Annaghmore when on 15 minutes Saint Michaels claimed their first goal of the game following a high ball into the square, which dropped fortuitously to their corner forward.  The men from Newtownhamiliton then quickly tagged on two more points to lead 1-6 to 0-1 after 20 minutes.  At this stage the signs were ominous for the recently promoted Annaghmore but they didn't let their heads drop and midfielder Michael McQuade scored a fine long range effort which was followed by a John McCormack free to stop the string of unanswered scores from Saint Michaels.

Controversy was soon to follow when the referee awarded what appeared to be a harsh penalty to Saint Michaels following a tussle inside the square.  The penalty was dully converted to leave the scores 2-6 to 0-3 after 25 minutes.  Despite scoring almost immediately, through Shane Smyth from the resulting kick out, Annaghmore conceded three more points to trail 2-9 to 0-4 at half time.

It was a much better story for Annaghmore in the second half despite conceding the first score of the half from a 21m free.   John McCormack scored for the Pearses with a 33rd minute free before an intelligent flick on from half time substitute Gavin McGilly set Shane Smyth away to score Annaghmore's only goal of the game.  John McCormack then added another quick free to put more pressure on Saint Michaels.  Unfortunately for Annaghmore, Saint Michaels were able to show why many people are tipping them for a prompt return to division 1 by knocking over 4 unanswered points to ease the pressure and leave the score 2-14 to 1-6 after 50 minutes.  John McCormack's fourth point of the day acted as the catalyst for some fluid attacking play in the last 10 minutes which saw Shane Smyth come close on a number of occasions to adding to his earlier goal but resolute defending from Saint Michaels was enough to hold out Annaghmore who had to settle for two Smyth frees and a fine injury time point from half back Gerard McConville.

At the end of the day Annaghmore can feel proud of their performance as they were rarely outclassed by a team that this time last year was 2 divisions above them.

Annaghmore scorers

S Smyth 1-4 (2 frees) John McCormack 0-4 (3 frees) M McQuade (0-1) G McConville (0-1)

[ExiledGael]

Still no confirmation on Francie?? Is he out

[Rufus T Firefly]

Good report there David - keep them coming!

[full back]

When are the county team heading to La manga?

[ard mhaca abu]

When are the county team heading to La manga?

THURSDAY 3RD MAY!

[full back]

Cheers ama