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Replying To Leitrimsupporter:  "I have to reply to this as so many things that you and a lot of people on here have stated as fact are completely inaccurate. I mean no harm in this post, it is just frustrating to see one sided opinion. I was at the game on Saturday, I am from neither Ballinagleara, Drumshanbo, or Drumkeerin but the agenda against the Ballinagleara team on this forum is outrageous.

Another user stated that the team were in the dressing room for 17/18 minutes- inaccurate. The time on the board was 7.35 for half time, when resumed it was 7.47.

The ref did blow the whistle on several occasions yes, but from the middle of the field. Common sense would prevail and move closer to the dressing room to blow it louder or bang on their door(obviously people will disagree with this but it is common sense). The ref did not send anyone into to tell the Ballinalgeara team, it was a member of the ballinagleara club himself went in to tell his club that the ref was going to blow it up. Yes, they did not follow him straight out, that was their mistake but they came out within no more than 20 seconds of that club man coming out. Which makes it more bizarre, is that the ref was throwing up the ball just as the players were coming out of the dressing room (I had a direct view of this).


You stated 15 players and management surrounded the referee- inaccurate. The 7 or 8 of the Ballinagleara players swarmed the ref at first (this is all on the video), with more players coming in, they were telling their own players to back away from the ref.

You state the Allen Gaels players tried to protect the ref, inaccurate. Nobody has mentioned the geering from the Allen Gaels players to the Ballinagleara players just as the referee blew the whistle to abandon the game. One player from Allen Gaels rocking a conor mcgregor stance, smiling and laughing at the Ballinagleara players shouting 'great goal wasnt it'. I played for years myself, in my day, you do silly things when a game of football is on the line, but once the whistle blows you shake hands. Theses Allen Gaels players were adding salt to the wound. It in fact, was none of their business, they should ( which they did too little too late) have immediately been brought away from the Ballinagleara team and the ref.


The management of Ballinagleara let their team down near the dressing room when there was fighting but the fighting was between the Allen Gaels management also, not just the Ballinagleara.

Both teams and the ref are in the wrong through this whole series of events. Everybody was let down here, the players, both clubs and the spectators. But what did the referee think was going to happen, when he threw up that ball to a one sided pitch. He should have noted it in his report that Ballinagleara were late. And possibly gave them a fine. But carried one with what was going to be an enjoyable match.

Your defamatory comments toward the ballinalgeara team on here should be removed as per the forum guidelines. You clearly have your own agenda with those comments and they are completely uncalled for.

Ballinagleara will come out the wrong side of this. Some of it justified, but it is all just disappointing in my opinion."
Spot on

1994wewantmore123 (Leitrim) - Posts: 10 - 03/07/2023 14:55:26    2491869

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Replying To sparkie:  "How would glera management think allen gaels management pressured the referee, they were in the dressing room,
Fact is linesman went in twice,
Fact is also referee blew his whiltle 6 or 7 times
Also fact is h/t is 10 mins not 15 as was glera management argument they were just past the 15 mins so werent that late onto pitch,"
If they were in the dressing room does that not mean the ref was blowing at both teams like that does make any sense. Fact is your in junoir football

1994wewantmore123 (Leitrim) - Posts: 10 - 03/07/2023 15:10:08    2491876

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Replying To Leitrimsupporter:  "I have to reply to this as so many things that you and a lot of people on here have stated as fact are completely inaccurate. I mean no harm in this post, it is just frustrating to see one sided opinion. I was at the game on Saturday, I am from neither Ballinagleara, Drumshanbo, or Drumkeerin but the agenda against the Ballinagleara team on this forum is outrageous.

Another user stated that the team were in the dressing room for 17/18 minutes- inaccurate. The time on the board was 7.35 for half time, when resumed it was 7.47.

The ref did blow the whistle on several occasions yes, but from the middle of the field. Common sense would prevail and move closer to the dressing room to blow it louder or bang on their door(obviously people will disagree with this but it is common sense). The ref did not send anyone into to tell the Ballinalgeara team, it was a member of the ballinagleara club himself went in to tell his club that the ref was going to blow it up. Yes, they did not follow him straight out, that was their mistake but they came out within no more than 20 seconds of that club man coming out. Which makes it more bizarre, is that the ref was throwing up the ball just as the players were coming out of the dressing room (I had a direct view of this).


You stated 15 players and management surrounded the referee- inaccurate. The 7 or 8 of the Ballinagleara players swarmed the ref at first (this is all on the video), with more players coming in, they were telling their own players to back away from the ref.

You state the Allen Gaels players tried to protect the ref, inaccurate. Nobody has mentioned the geering from the Allen Gaels players to the Ballinagleara players just as the referee blew the whistle to abandon the game. One player from Allen Gaels rocking a conor mcgregor stance, smiling and laughing at the Ballinagleara players shouting 'great goal wasnt it'. I played for years myself, in my day, you do silly things when a game of football is on the line, but once the whistle blows you shake hands. Theses Allen Gaels players were adding salt to the wound. It in fact, was none of their business, they should ( which they did too little too late) have immediately been brought away from the Ballinagleara team and the ref.


The management of Ballinagleara let their team down near the dressing room when there was fighting but the fighting was between the Allen Gaels management also, not just the Ballinagleara.

Both teams and the ref are in the wrong through this whole series of events. Everybody was let down here, the players, both clubs and the spectators. But what did the referee think was going to happen, when he threw up that ball to a one sided pitch. He should have noted it in his report that Ballinagleara were late. And possibly gave them a fine. But carried one with what was going to be an enjoyable match.

Your defamatory comments toward the ballinalgeara team on here should be removed as per the forum guidelines. You clearly have your own agenda with those comments and they are completely uncalled for.

Ballinagleara will come out the wrong side of this. Some of it justified, but it is all just disappointing in my opinion."
The real version of events as stated here

theroadtocroker (Leitrim) - Posts: 27 - 03/07/2023 15:47:26    2491885

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Anyone know what the score was at half time ? Close match?

Curlew66 (Roscommon) - Posts: 578 - 03/07/2023 16:31:24    2491908

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Replying To Curlew66:  "Anyone know what the score was at half time ? Close match?"
1-6 to 1-4 to Allen Gaels if I rememeber correctly.

Leitrimsupporter (Leitrim) - Posts: 3 - 03/07/2023 16:37:33    2491910

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Replying To Curlew66:  "Anyone know what the score was at half time ? Close match?"
2 points in it

1994wewantmore123 (Leitrim) - Posts: 10 - 03/07/2023 16:38:33    2491913

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Replying To Leitrimsupporter:  "1-6 to 1-4 to Allen Gaels if I rememeber correctly."
Thank you, all to play for in 2nd half. Pity it finished up like that.
Was it a straight knock out or being played on league basis ?

Curlew66 (Roscommon) - Posts: 578 - 03/07/2023 16:46:08    2491917

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I would imagine there will be huge suspensions resulting from the fiasco with Ballinaglera last week. Whoever was right or wrong in the actual incident is arguably irrelevant now. You just simply cannot attack a referee under any circumstances and i'd imagine they will be dealt in such a manner.

Mohill are the big surprise. There was huge surprise when they brought O'Hara back. Since then they've lost Oisin Madden and Jonathan Reynolds to emigration and Jordan Reynolds to a season ending injury which was misdiagnosed by the county (farcial) but bearing in mind they have a huge panel of players and a lot of underage success there is no way they should be tethering on the bring of relegation. I'd say there's a lot of hard questions being asked.

No games this weekend apart from Ballinamore and the Willies this weekend for some reason. Talk is both teams are suffering with a lot of injuries currently. I went to the Fenagh Ballinamore game as a neutral and I was shocked by how poor they were. Tom Prior went off with a bad injury and they just crumbled. Mickey Graham the Cavan manager has taken them over since but i'm not sure how much he can do in two weeks. Would imagine it will be a tight game and the battle out around the middle between Moran and McGovern and Dolan and Pearce will decide it.

Leitrim1234 (Leitrim) - Posts: 323 - 05/07/2023 11:15:14    2492356

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Replying To Leitrim1234:  "I would imagine there will be huge suspensions resulting from the fiasco with Ballinaglera last week. Whoever was right or wrong in the actual incident is arguably irrelevant now. You just simply cannot attack a referee under any circumstances and i'd imagine they will be dealt in such a manner.

Mohill are the big surprise. There was huge surprise when they brought O'Hara back. Since then they've lost Oisin Madden and Jonathan Reynolds to emigration and Jordan Reynolds to a season ending injury which was misdiagnosed by the county (farcial) but bearing in mind they have a huge panel of players and a lot of underage success there is no way they should be tethering on the bring of relegation. I'd say there's a lot of hard questions being asked.

No games this weekend apart from Ballinamore and the Willies this weekend for some reason. Talk is both teams are suffering with a lot of injuries currently. I went to the Fenagh Ballinamore game as a neutral and I was shocked by how poor they were. Tom Prior went off with a bad injury and they just crumbled. Mickey Graham the Cavan manager has taken them over since but i'm not sure how much he can do in two weeks. Would imagine it will be a tight game and the battle out around the middle between Moran and McGovern and Dolan and Pearce will decide it."
Hopefully the ref gets the biggest suspension but i doubt it.

sourmilk93 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1188 - 05/07/2023 12:23:19    2492388

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Replying To Leitrim1234:  "I would imagine there will be huge suspensions resulting from the fiasco with Ballinaglera last week. Whoever was right or wrong in the actual incident is arguably irrelevant now. You just simply cannot attack a referee under any circumstances and i'd imagine they will be dealt in such a manner.

Mohill are the big surprise. There was huge surprise when they brought O'Hara back. Since then they've lost Oisin Madden and Jonathan Reynolds to emigration and Jordan Reynolds to a season ending injury which was misdiagnosed by the county (farcial) but bearing in mind they have a huge panel of players and a lot of underage success there is no way they should be tethering on the bring of relegation. I'd say there's a lot of hard questions being asked.

No games this weekend apart from Ballinamore and the Willies this weekend for some reason. Talk is both teams are suffering with a lot of injuries currently. I went to the Fenagh Ballinamore game as a neutral and I was shocked by how poor they were. Tom Prior went off with a bad injury and they just crumbled. Mickey Graham the Cavan manager has taken them over since but i'm not sure how much he can do in two weeks. Would imagine it will be a tight game and the battle out around the middle between Moran and McGovern and Dolan and Pearce will decide it."
Agree with all that. i'd go as far as saying you'd have to put fenagh right up there along side Carrick as championships favourites based on fenaghs fire power.

meathbasedfan (Leitrim) - Posts: 135 - 05/07/2023 12:24:15    2492389

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Replying To Leitrim1234:  "I would imagine there will be huge suspensions resulting from the fiasco with Ballinaglera last week. Whoever was right or wrong in the actual incident is arguably irrelevant now. You just simply cannot attack a referee under any circumstances and i'd imagine they will be dealt in such a manner.

Mohill are the big surprise. There was huge surprise when they brought O'Hara back. Since then they've lost Oisin Madden and Jonathan Reynolds to emigration and Jordan Reynolds to a season ending injury which was misdiagnosed by the county (farcial) but bearing in mind they have a huge panel of players and a lot of underage success there is no way they should be tethering on the bring of relegation. I'd say there's a lot of hard questions being asked.

No games this weekend apart from Ballinamore and the Willies this weekend for some reason. Talk is both teams are suffering with a lot of injuries currently. I went to the Fenagh Ballinamore game as a neutral and I was shocked by how poor they were. Tom Prior went off with a bad injury and they just crumbled. Mickey Graham the Cavan manager has taken them over since but i'm not sure how much he can do in two weeks. Would imagine it will be a tight game and the battle out around the middle between Moran and McGovern and Dolan and Pearce will decide it."
I seen that Mohill's second team conceded their game Sunday despite being at the top of the league and their 3rd team played their game scheduled for directly after and won well... why? was it to ensure their 3rd team were strong enough to win and get to top of div3? is this not a bit farcical? is there no implications for a team conceding when a lower graded team plays on same day? I guess not bar the standard fine. In Dublin, the higher graded team must always fulfill fixture first and see then if next graded team can fulfill, if higher team concedes and lower team fulfills, the lower team gets thrown out of that competition.

gaelsboy (Leitrim) - Posts: 584 - 05/07/2023 12:41:46    2492395

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Replying To theroadtocroker:  "The real version of events as stated here"
Simple question, could no one in that dressing room hear the referee blowing his whistle on several occasions?...

totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 1000 - 05/07/2023 16:18:03    2492483

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Replying To meathbasedfan:  "Agree with all that. i'd go as far as saying you'd have to put fenagh right up there along side Carrick as championships favourites based on fenaghs fire power."
Hard to see beyond Carrick at the moment (from what I read & hear) as much as I'd love to see Fenagh and McCormacks win a senior championship with a 3rd club in Leitrim. It surely would be a record in the county if achieved (i.e. 1 manager winning 3 championship titles with 3 different clubs... someone more knowledgeable might be able to shed some more light on that... there's surely not too many, if any (bar Tommy McCormack) who have won with 2 different clubs).

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1070 - 06/07/2023 10:34:05    2492585

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Replying To Square_B:  "Hard to see beyond Carrick at the moment (from what I read & hear) as much as I'd love to see Fenagh and McCormacks win a senior championship with a 3rd club in Leitrim. It surely would be a record in the county if achieved (i.e. 1 manager winning 3 championship titles with 3 different clubs... someone more knowledgeable might be able to shed some more light on that... there's surely not too many, if any (bar Tommy McCormack) who have won with 2 different clubs)."
I know McCormack won with the Willie's. What was the club??

Thejampot (Leitrim) - Posts: 351 - 06/07/2023 13:13:57    2492650

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Replying To Thejampot:  "I know McCormack won with the Willie's. What was the club??"
Mohill (2006).

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1070 - 06/07/2023 14:47:17    2492678

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Replying To Square_B:  "Mohill (2006)."
3 in 3 decades with 3 different clubs
Some record if they pull it off.
Shows the class of them when you concider how much the game has evolved over the years. They have changed there teams styles accordingly

sparkie (Leitrim) - Posts: 77 - 06/07/2023 15:39:51    2492698

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Replying To Square_B:  "Mohill (2006)."
Ah didn't realise that. Will be some achievement if they can do it for fenagh.

Thejampot (Leitrim) - Posts: 351 - 06/07/2023 18:14:07    2492736

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Replying To sparkie:  "3 in 3 decades with 3 different clubs
Some record if they pull it off.
Shows the class of them when you concider how much the game has evolved over the years. They have changed there teams styles accordingly"
Walked away from Rathcline in Longford 2 years ago

williesboy (Leitrim) - Posts: 440 - 06/07/2023 20:33:35    2492754

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Can anyone explain how the county board (Bord na Nog) sanctioned an amalgamation between Fenagh and St. Francis in u17? It's a disgrace in my opinion, that this was allowed to happen. Both clubs are strong at this level and well able to field their own teams, hence they can field a second team in Div2. Now, because they are so strong, they are hammering all around them. It seems Fenagh can pick and choose which teams they can amalgamate, because none of their other underage teams have amalgamated. How is this any benefit to football within the county, when other teams that work hard to put out their own teams, are getting hammered.

TaytoFoley (Leitrim) - Posts: 84 - 07/07/2023 08:43:07    2492782

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Replying To williesboy:  "Walked away from Rathcline in Longford 2 years ago"
Wasn't getting the buy in. Too good of a manager to stick around with 5 and 6 bodies showing up for training.

honda15 (Longford) - Posts: 94 - 07/07/2023 10:02:51    2492799

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