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well done to the downs . i was at the offaly final . tullamore are a dogged outfit but i wouldnt see them troubling the downs in mullingar mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1904 - 26/10/2025 19:11:12 2641730 Link
Very entertaining county final. A couple of scrappy goals and some poor decision making from CK at crucial times was the difference. Thought the ref was poor enough as well, have a lot to the Downs that wasn't reciprocated the other way and Loughlin seemed to be allowed to take as many steps as he wanted CleanShoulder (Westmeath) - Posts: 389 - 26/10/2025 19:22:39 2641734 Link
The Downs thoroughly deserved to win. But the concession of multiple 2 point frees is a major concern going into Leinster. Everything else is firing though and they have real chance of becoming the second club in Westmeath to win a Leinster title. The Downs win championships properly. Win every match and lift the cup. The last 4 Westmeath senior Football champions have not lost a championship match I think and have won the competition without losing any game. Blackjack (Westmeath) - Posts: 48 - 26/10/2025 20:38:16 2641745 Link
Replying To Claretandblue: "Commentator seemed too close to microphone based on what I was listening to. You'd imagine that could be easily sorted for tomorrow's replay." It was sorted after 20 minutes or so. A hard first 20 minutes to listen to. Entertaining final but I don't think The Downs were ever in trouble really. Fair play to Kinnegad for making a game out of it. The Downs can go on to dominate for a few years if they can stay together. A lot of good young footballers blended with the experience of Loughlin and Lynam. Good work at underage too. I was really impressed with Dean Egerton at full forward. There's no reason why they can't go on a good run in Leinster but Tullamore are a very good team. They have had a similar season to the Downs so that will be a tough first test for them. mintyfresh (Westmeath) - Posts: 280 - 26/10/2025 20:43:11 2641748 Link
4 soft Goals from the Down, facilitated by awful conditions. Going in 6 points down at HT with a strong wind to their advantage, C/Kinnegad just did not get the rub of the green. The Downs certainly were there for the taking. Credit to Eoin O'Brien who never let Luke Loughlin out of his sight, credit to groundsmen who had the pitch in great shape considering the weather and credit to that massive crowd that turned out. Maroon Heaven (Westmeath) - Posts: 50 - 26/10/2025 21:24:23 2641755 Link
Entertaining Senior final considering the poor conditions. The Downs are deserving champions, best team all year. Tom Tuite and Egerton were excellent. Kinnegad played well, Darren Giles was my man of the match. Also Eoin O Brien done a fantastic job to keep Luke quiet but the goals were really soft. Luke got away with taking 10 steps for one of the goals. Kinnegad were probably hard done by the referee at times. Poor taste from a Murtagh woman shouting insults at the Kinnegad crowd at full time. The Downs should give Leinster a good rattle. A_Chairde (Westmeath) - Posts: 336 - 27/10/2025 09:17:18 2641789 Link
Having watched games this year is it fair to say Barry Pierce is our best referee now; thought he had a really good Intermediate Final; allowed the players to play on the edge in terms of physicality and displayed common sense when playing advantage; didn't keep his hand up for 30 seconds like some referees are. He's tight on the rules but definitely got the over carrying call right at the very end also. How his linesman failed to notify him of Shandonaghs obvious breach deep into injury time could have led to very controversial scenes had they ended up winning the game. OverTheHill85 (Westmeath) - Posts: 152 - 27/10/2025 10:41:15 2641805 Link
We could do with the weather being kind for the next while Sat 1st Nov St Paul's vs Tyrellspass Junior 2 Final Sun 2nd Nov Plunketts vs Clonkill Minor Hurling Final Josephs vs Ballinagore Junior 1 Final Tubberclair vs Mullinavat Leinster Int Football Sun 9th Nov Clough Ballacolla vs CTG Leinster Senior Hurling Sat 15th Nov Westmeath Junior 1 winner vs Barcelona Leinster Junior Football Sun 16th Nov The Downs vs Tullamore Leinster Senior Football Darragh (Westmeath) - Posts: 351 - 27/10/2025 19:11:01 2641906 Link
AIB Leinster Club Senior Football Championship 2025 Round 1: (1/2-Nov-2025) 1. (CW) Old Leighlin v (LS) Portarlington 2. (MH) Summerhill v (LD) Killoe 3. (WW) Baltinglass v (KE) Athy Quarter-Finals: (15/16-Nov-2025) 4. 3 v 2 5. (LH) Naomh Mairtin v 1 6. (WH) The Downs v (OY) Tullamore 7. (WX) Castletown or Shelmaliers (2-Nov) v (DB) Ballyboden St Enda's Semi-Finals: (29-Nov-2025) 8. 4 v 5 9. 6 v 7 Final: (6-Dec-2025) 10. 8 v 9 Croke Park JoxerDaly (Westmeath) - Posts: 36 - 28/10/2025 09:01:23 2641953 Link
Apparently the KInnegad 'Ultras' (if that's what they are called) were acting the maggot at the County Final. Some pointed and personal jeering at some of the downs players - we don't want this creeping into GAA. Apparently a lot of downs flags also taken down in the build-up to the match. All very silly. The flags were jokingly referenced in speeches and interviews after. BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1207 - 28/10/2025 11:51:12 2641991 Link
Replying To OverTheHill85: "Having watched games this year is it fair to say Barry Pierce is our best referee now; thought he had a really good Intermediate Final; allowed the players to play on the edge in terms of physicality and displayed common sense when playing advantage; didn't keep his hand up for 30 seconds like some referees are. He's tight on the rules but definitely got the over carrying call right at the very end also. How his linesman failed to notify him of Shandonaghs obvious breach deep into injury time could have led to very controversial scenes had they ended up winning the game." Wasnt at the game so just curious what the breach was? Meridian (Westmeath) - Posts: 700 - 28/10/2025 14:21:03 2642018 Link
Replying To Meridian: "Wasnt at the game so just curious what the breach was?" Definitely seemed to be a breach in last thirty seconds of injury time, understandable that players lose themselves in that situation but be a very brave linesman who'd call that. I'd say the linesman was counting the Shandonagh players 5-6 times to see had they 3 back Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2426 - 28/10/2025 15:08:44 2642028 Link
Replying To Claretandblue: "Definitely seemed to be a breach in last thirty seconds of injury time, understandable that players lose themselves in that situation but be a very brave linesman who'd call that. I'd say the linesman was counting the Shandonagh players 5-6 times to see had they 3 back" Hardly brave to do their job Stevie Wonder would have seen it. jiminycricket (Offaly) - Posts: 36 - 28/10/2025 15:21:04 2642031 Link
Replying To Claretandblue: "Definitely seemed to be a breach in last thirty seconds of injury time, understandable that players lose themselves in that situation but be a very brave linesman who'd call that. I'd say the linesman was counting the Shandonagh players 5-6 times to see had they 3 back" Hardly brave to do their job Stevie Wonder would have seen it. jiminycricket (Offaly) - Posts: 36 - 28/10/2025 15:23:20 2642032 Link
It was a 100% breach by Shandonagh, if Tubberclair didn't kick that two pointer at the end it should have been a 13m free. There was another breach just before & the linesman failed to call it. Luckily for all involved Tubberclair got the score otherwise it could have been mayhem at the end. BigSur you got your predictions right. The minor match was a decent game, Shamrocks deserving winners although The Downs had plenty of chances. The senior match was never really in doubt, that Downs team are as fine a team that has won a championship in a long time. They will have a big test against 3 in a row winning Tullamore though. Left Full (Westmeath) - Posts: 267 - 28/10/2025 15:31:56 2642034 Link
Replying To OverTheHill85: "Having watched games this year is it fair to say Barry Pierce is our best referee now; thought he had a really good Intermediate Final; allowed the players to play on the edge in terms of physicality and displayed common sense when playing advantage; didn't keep his hand up for 30 seconds like some referees are. He's tight on the rules but definitely got the over carrying call right at the very end also. How his linesman failed to notify him of Shandonaghs obvious breach deep into injury time could have led to very controversial scenes had they ended up winning the game." Pity he didn't ref the senior final which was made a dogs dinner of. gaelicgab (USA) - Posts: 884 - 28/10/2025 16:42:33 2642049 Link
Replying To gaelicgab: "Pity he didn't ref the senior final which was made a dogs dinner of." Tell us more, I thought he did fine. Haven't watched it back but maybe the penalty was soft and Kinnegad had a harsh call or 2 against them but overall I thought he was decent and balanced. BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1207 - 28/10/2025 18:53:19 2642065 Link
Replying To BigSur: "Tell us more, I thought he did fine. Haven't watched it back but maybe the penalty was soft and Kinnegad had a harsh call or 2 against them but overall I thought he was decent and balanced." Where can you watch it back? Not an easy job refereeing but I thought the senior final was riddled with frees from start to finish. There was a litany of frees given against both teams that weren't even fouls. I was right in line with one such foul where a player was bending down to pick up the ball and the whistle actually went before the opponent coming from behind made contact. The free count must have been through the roof. It wasn't a dirty game by any means and I wouldn't say either team were cynical. There were no big hits as such. gaelicgab (USA) - Posts: 884 - 28/10/2025 22:05:22 2642087 Link
I thought Enda Kenny did a great job. Given the conditions he let the game flow as much as possible and always had control of the game. He gave a couple of frees against CK in the 1st half but I believe he did this to protect players and assert his control. Overall although he missed a couple of calls, I thought he had an excellent game and I didn't notice any disquiet amongst either players or management with his performance. I thought it was a great game of football especially given the conditions, some great performances on both sides and although The Downs never looked like loosing they were pushed all the way. CK lacked a few cutting edge forwards to support Darren Giles who was my MoTM. Great performances from Jonny Lynam, Kieran Nolan, Dean Egerton, Tom Tuite, Kevin O'Sullivan and of course Luke. Best of luck to the Downs in Leinster though it will be tough against Tullamore in a couple of weeks time. londoner (UK) - Posts: 113 - 28/10/2025 22:12:05 2642088 Link
Replying To gaelicgab: "Where can you watch it back? Not an easy job refereeing but I thought the senior final was riddled with frees from start to finish. There was a litany of frees given against both teams that weren't even fouls. I was right in line with one such foul where a player was bending down to pick up the ball and the whistle actually went before the opponent coming from behind made contact. The free count must have been through the roof. It wasn't a dirty game by any means and I wouldn't say either team were cynical. There were no big hits as such." I'd say you can buy the video on Iarmhi TV. It might appear on YouTube at some stage. The senior hurling replay was streamed on YouTube and can be watched back. I agree the free count was probably high but the conditions surely played a part. I think you probably have to be strict with all that is at stake and to keep it under control. Pierse is a great ref but can be fairly fond of the whistle too. It's a tough gig and it's great to see the standard is rising. BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1207 - 28/10/2025 22:49:45 2642090 Link