Dates for Minor Fixtures: (proposal)
Round 1: Sunday Feb 12th @ 2pm Round 2: Saturday Feb 18th @ 3pm Round 3: Saturday Feb 25th @ 3pm Round 4: Sunday March 04th @ 2pm Round 5: Sunday March 11th @ 2pm Round 6: Monday March 19th @ 12 noon (St. Patrick's Day weekend) Postponed Rounds: Sunday March 25th @ 2pm

Minor Leagues 2012:
Amalgamated teams must nominate home venue prior to the fixture. The home team are responsible for the venue, if a pitch is unplayable an alternative pitch must be arranged e.g. a pitch close by or the 3G in Kingspan Breffni Park (if available). Failing that surrender home advantage where necessary. Division 1: The Top 4 teams qualify for the semi final with Team 1 vs Team 4 and Team 2 vs Team 3 to determine the final. Division 2A and 2B. The Top 2 teams qualify out of each 2A and 2B.
Team 1 (2A) vs Team 2 (2B) and Team 2 (2A) vs Team 1 (2B) to determine the final. Division 3: The Top 4 teams qualify for the semi final with Team 1 vs Team 4 and Team 2 vs Team 3 to determine the final. No set dates as of yet for Semi Finals and Finals.

madaboutgaa (Cavan) - Posts: 120 - 24/01/2012 18:54:03    1099739

cavan gaels or o raghillys will win it

cavanmanner (Cavan) - Posts: 10 - 24/01/2012 20:22:41    1099820

Why are the games put on sundays and not on saturdays when everybody wants them to be played?

Bananas (Cavan) - Posts: 73 - 26/01/2012 13:29:19    1100711

Whos the many players for each division ONE team this year ? i think it will be a good year for the geals.... castlerahen might be the dark horses this year. fergal reilly and Enda flanagen back fit they will be hard beat. Cant see St finbars doing anything MAYBE A semi final place at best cause they dont have that quality player who could push them the extra step....And kingscourt and shercock will be good but they wont stop the geals... joes will be average and i expect to see ballymachugh struggling....mixed thoughts on ramor as they has a great year last year winning the under 16s championship and reaching league final....never got to see them play so i cant really comment on them.....

WellBoys (Cavan) - Posts: 77 - 26/01/2012 19:11:52    1101011

enda flanagan will be injured again no player ever returns from such a bad injury i just hope he does but i cant see it happening so i do not know why people are mentioning him as of yet i do not think he has played a full game ...Can only see the mighty gales winning

mrchow (Cavan) - Posts: 18 - 26/01/2012 20:09:13    1101054

i only realized i said "many" i ment to say main...

WellBoys (Cavan) - Posts: 77 - 28/01/2012 17:02:08    1101807

i see there is matches fixed for saturday 18th is there not senior games starting the 19th

footballman99 (Cavan) - Posts: 53 - 31/01/2012 20:45:25    1103287

At least the games are on the Saturday that weekend! I cannot understand why the county minor board even considers putting the games on Sundays? I've worked with minor teams here for the last 4 years as well as playing senior football and every year it's the same complaint of games being played on a Sunday. It's one of the main reason underage players lose interest in the sport. And I have brought this point up countless times but it appears to be falling on deaf ears.

Fair enough not every game can be played on a Saturday, especially with senior/junior games but in instances such as the first round of this years minor league where there's no reason not to play the game on a Saturday, then why not play it then?

It seems to suit someone at the top to fix games for a Sunday and they don't seem to mind inconveniencing everybody else which has been a problem in this county for years both at underage and senior level. It is nothing short of disgraceful.

Bananas (Cavan) - Posts: 73 - 01/02/2012 14:16:57    1103563

I rather d games on a sunday !!

Biscuitman (Cavan) - Posts: 12 - 01/02/2012 15:10:39    1103626

Well there's a first! Are you still minor or did you play a few years ago?

Bananas (Cavan) - Posts: 73 - 01/02/2012 15:27:39    1103641

Bananas there is no minor board in cavan anymore. its the senior board looking after the minor leagues and as far as i know the bord peil na nog is looking after the u16 leagues.
Games would be better early on a saturday instead of been at 3/2pm in de middle of the day like its stupid.

Whackolawd (Monaghan) - Posts: 1 - 01/02/2012 19:23:35    1103852

ye i am still minor r u ? i lik games b4 12pm

Biscuitman (Cavan) - Posts: 12 - 03/02/2012 19:31:53    1105168

No I'm not anymore but I am involved with a team and the complaints always circulate about Sunday games. I have no problem with playing games in the morning, in fact 12pm on a Saturday is an ideal time. But not a Sunday...

Players have to ''mind'' themselves over the whole weekend so that they are not tired for the match. It makes players chose between playing gaelic, which becomes a ''hassle'' for some players who aren't that keen on it to begin with, and doing other things such as going out on a Friday or Saturday night.

This is why many players lose interest and overall it means certain teams struggle to name 15 players who train regularly. This is based on what I see first hand on a yearly basis.

Bananas (Cavan) - Posts: 73 - 03/02/2012 19:57:35    1105180

have to agree 100% with biscutman..games far better being played on a sunday as is not easy to field teams wits lads working on saturdays plus if it was on a sunday ders a better chance of there being a crowd about to watch dese games

Dorman (Cavan) - Posts: 30 - 03/02/2012 20:43:29    1105201

st finnbars Div 1 southern gales Div 2 Coothill Div 3 ? ALL amall SHOULD BE IN DIV 1

jfkcavan (Cavan) - Posts: 315 - 05/02/2012 19:26:59    1106002

I haven't come across many lads that play minor football and couldn't go to matches on a Saturday due to work commitments.. The games should be on a Saturday morning. Have you considered lads who get a Sunday afternoon bus back to college being affected by Sunday games? Because there are a lot more of these than Saturday employees...

I agree with the above post. There have been some serious mistakes made this year in the allocating of teams into divisions. How can there be only 7 teams in Division 1 and 2 groups of 7 in Division 2?? This is bizarre especially when you consider the majority of the teams in Division 2 are strong amalgamations. So why aren't they in Division 1? How are the smaller clubs such as templeport and drumalee, among others, supposed to compete for this years division 2 league?

The lack of consideration for these teams and the lack of thought put into the creation of these divisions astounds me...

Bananas (Cavan) - Posts: 73 - 05/02/2012 19:44:05    1106029

How are the clubs on there own like castlerahen and ramor ment to compete with the other teams in division 1 ?

WellBoys (Cavan) - Posts: 77 - 06/02/2012 08:44:08    1106229

Castlerahan and Ramor have a big choice of players to pick from and they have proven that they are strong teams at this age group both at u16 and u14 level.
Granted, Kingscourt and Shercock should not be allowed to join up as they have proven they are both strong division 1 and 2 teams respectively. This amalgamation is a joke. However, with 4 non-amalgamated teams in division 1, I sincerely doubt Castlerahan or Ramor will finish bottom.

Bananas (Cavan) - Posts: 73 - 06/02/2012 16:30:56    1106713

Bananas 100 RIGHT

jfkcavan (Cavan) - Posts: 315 - 06/02/2012 18:22:48    1106839

bannans your 100per cent right about games on sundays and this is defointly leading to lads having no interest..!!id say my own clubs minor tteam havent had more than 10 at traing all year..!

asdfg (Cavan) - Posts: 318 - 06/02/2012 18:55:48    1106881