2008 Ulster Club Championships

[Joxer]

Hmmm I dont knnow OB, looking here at the pics again,  Looks like number 21 is blatently showing it off, 

Anyone heard or have first hand knowledge of what happened at half time?

[Hoof Hearted]

Did Anyone else notice a number of the Cross players cracking open the bottles of Club Energise yesterday right before the presentation was being made?

Am I reading too much into this?

i think your right. Watch the guy next to Donalsdson he is holding his up as if it was the trophy he was just presented with.

[SidelineKick]

I heard an account myself but it involves naming certain players and I ain't prepared to do that til I hear more.  But X got hit by Y on the way up the path, Y ran after X and then it kicked off, where A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W and Z got involved.

[Onion Bag]

I heard an account myself but it involves naming certain players and I ain't prepared to do that til I hear more.  But X got hit by Y on the way up the path, Y ran after X and then it kicked off, where A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W and Z got involved.

Sounds about right, that was the way i heard it

[wherefromreferee?]

I heard an account myself but it involves naming certain players and I ain't prepared to do that til I hear more.  But X got hit by Y on the way up the path, Y ran after X and then it kicked off, where A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W and Z got involved.

Is 'X' from Ballinderry or Crossmaglen? 

[SidelineKick]

X is from Cross 

Y is ALSO from Cross!!! (Y is actually from Ballinderry, and hadn't been playing when this happened, i.e. he was a sub)


I'm actually looking at my original story too and it makes no sense 

X got hit by Y, X then ran after Y, not Y running after X. For Y to run after X, Y would have been hit in the first instance by X 

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

when the row broke out did anyone see the person from ballinderry preventing a photographer from taking pictures. this fella could be in a bit of bother as the same thing happened in our row against ballymacnab at casement. the photographer at that time wanted to take things further citing loss of earnings as his employer only wanted pictures of the row but he didnt have any as he had been prevented from doing his job. it was finally sorted out in the end but it took a long time for the photographer to come around.

Yep I saw that and mentioned it on here at the time. thought it was very obvious. Hadn't considered it fromt he loss of earnings point of view. Interesting situation.

[Our Nail Loney]

Thought Cross were immense, when they needed to step it up they did. Think they will win the all ireland now, 10/11 they are

Saved me a bit of money as well I had laid someone Ballinderry at 6/1 and forgot to put the bet on so I was having to watch the liability myself!!

[corn02]

Congrats Cross, fantastic achievement. Easily the better team throughout.

I would imagine Francie will get a much-deserved ban for his act. It could have changed the game if he was correctly sent off, of course, Cross wans could counter it with the fact that McEntee staying on two weeks agoi probably would have ended the need for a replay.

The team are 5/6 for the All-iRELAND. They are really motoring now and hard to see them not winning it.

[saffron sam2]

Handy and well deserved win for Cross, but Bellew and John McEntee both should have walked, regardless of any perceived over-reaction from McGuckin and Conway. The behaviour of the portly Cross mentor, standing over and verbally abusing a possibly injured Conway was extremely unedifying and could have led to a serious incident. Likewise the antics of the Cross no. 22 were extremely dangerous and cowardly and a ban for him would also be appropriate. I would suggest that such behaviour is coached.

You could see the tunnel bust up happening long before it actually kicked off. One must wonder why so many subs felt the need to run to the changing room at half time. It's almost as if the scrap was pre-planned, by at least one of the teams.

Lest I be accused of lacking balance, I would like to point out that McKeown's point was as good a score as I have ever seen.

X is from Cross 

Y is ALSO from Cross!!! (Y is actually from Ballinderry, and hadn't been playing when this happened, i.e. he was a sub)


I'm actually looking at my original story too and it makes no sense 

X got hit by Y, X then ran after Y, not Y running after X. For Y to run after X, Y would have been hit in the first instance by X 

Narrows things down a whole lot.

[FermGael]

Happened to be stewarting on Sunday.
I have never heard as much banter between 2 sets of supporters in my life at any match in Enniskillen.
Most of it was taken well but at times it did get abit out of hand.

Both clubs need to have words with some elements of there support.
Those supporters are tarnishing the good name of both clubs

[corn02]

Happened to be stewarting on Sunday.
I have never heard as much banter between 2 sets of supporters in my life at any match in Enniskillen.
Most of it was taken well but at times it did get abit out of hand.

Both clubs need to have words with some elements of there support.
Those supporters are tarnishing the good name of both clubs

The Cross fans would have a reputation for being a bad bunch.

[imtommygunn]

From a neutral perspective I thought the game was a shocker and the referee lost control of it altogether from about the 3rd or 4th minute in.

As stated a couple of boys were lucky to stay on. The linesman should have flagged McEntee's offense so I don't blame the ref for that.

The ref I thought was unbalanced. At one stage a Ballinderry corner forward was getting battered - no doubt a foul(can't mind who) and gets nothing. Then the ball fouls to Niall McCusker who gives it, gets shouldered to the ground and takes the boy with him and gets a foul against him. How he gave that foul - which he was right beside - is beyond me. I thought this summed up the balance of the referee.

Even with all that though Cross were the much superior team. They shouldn't have left it behind the first day to be honest. For a club team that team is superb. They have footballers and they can wear teams down physically. It's hard to see them being stopped. I don't much like their tactics though - foul any runners and stop any momentum being built up.

The wee corner back who scored that point is bound to merit a chance with Armagh in the league - excellent player.

Ballinderry could playact a little bit less too. They obviously knew Cross were more physical and thought they could use this to their advantage and get men sent off.

[SidelineKick]

And the Ballinderry fans.

[full back]

Then the ball fouls to Niall McCusker who gives it, gets shouldered to the ground and takes the boy with him and gets a foul against him.

Did Mc Cusker go to ground?
Pretty clear he didnt go to ground.........