drumaness walking over st johns not to sure about that, did st johns not beat them by 9 poinnts in championship this year

bigqueenie (Down) - Posts: 66 - 02/11/2008 18:52:57    131939

warrenpoint beat banbridge 2-11 to 1-2

ciaran08 (Down) - Posts: 171 - 02/11/2008 18:57:10    131940

we got promoted today an the team that gave us the best two games were drumaness credit to them.. if only soccer didnt hamper themtheyd be up around the top 4! as 4 stjohns goin straight up u no thats a load of rubbish!! lucky to beat a bunch soccer players is right!

dj27legend (Down) - Posts: 641 - 02/11/2008 23:51:44    132141

Div 2
Promotion
Warrenpoint beat Banbridge

Relegation
Kilcief beat Tullylish

Div 3
Promotion
Glassdrumman beat Ardglass
Carryduff beat Bredagh

Relegation
Bosco v Teconnaught ????

A.Derg (Down) - Posts: 67 - 03/11/2008 11:29:07    132271

Dj u avn a laugh.. yes yous beat us(ardglass) yday bt we didnt preform wotsoever... 2 suggest drumaness were the best team u played dis year is quite arrogant if u ask me... ur manager, who i persume is well repected in the game came in2 r changing room nd told us the opposite of wot ur sayn, we were without doubt the best team yous played all year, ur eyes must b painted on mate.. If yous wana go up as champions ul beat carryduff next week.. we'll beat bredagh so ur prediction of carryduff goin up with yous will be wrng aswell... dont see carryduff competing with yous nd i wouldnt expect yous 2 lie down either!!!

gifted (Down) - Posts: 32 - 03/11/2008 11:49:35    132293

so wats the story now? from what im reading glassdrumman are promoted aswell as carryduff, and whoever wins the next match between them are crowned as champions. that rite?
anyone know how the relegation playoffs went?

glenn_abu (Down) - Posts: 515 - 03/11/2008 12:47:55    132373

Dj27legend was stating the FACT that the only team that really put it up to Glassdrumman for 2 games was Drumaness. Both games were very close and in my opinion Drumaness deserved to win at least 1 of the games. soccer does hamper drumaness but not as much as bad attitude and inconsistency. still fancy Ardglass to get promoted. Glassdrumman deserve to win league. Drumaness beat carryduff comprehensively twice this year, so cant see past Glassdrumman beating Carryduff.

real_view (Down) - Posts: 19 - 03/11/2008 13:43:31    132429

Div 3
Glassdrumman 4pts
Carryduff 3pts
Adglass 3pts
Bredagh 0pts

Final round of games this weekend
Glassdrumman v Carryduff
Bredagh v Ardglass

Would expect Ardglass to defeat Bredagh as they are out of the promotion chase leaving Carryduff needing something to achieve promotion. A Glassdrumman victory would see them promoted as Champions and a further playoff between Ardglass and Carryduff to see who'll join them in Div 2.


Div 2
Kilcief beat Tullylish. Next weekend; Downpatrick v Tullylish. A Downpatrick victory will see Tullylish relegated alongside automatically relegated Dundrum.

A.Derg (Down) - Posts: 67 - 03/11/2008 13:50:32    132434

sorry that should be Ardglass 1pt

A.Derg (Down) - Posts: 67 - 03/11/2008 15:09:54    132509

Yeah it looks done and dusted that bredagh are going nowhere and g'drummand are up. So it'll more than likely go to a play-off between Ardglass and Carryduff. Also its more than probable that D'Patrick will have too much in the locker for Tullylish leaving them and Dundrum in Div 3 next year.

Div 3 looks like a potential minefield for any team in it next year, you wouldn't pick either of the 2 teams likely to go down as favourites to go straight back up. It possibly could be the tighest of the Divisions next year.

Does anyone know will it be starting a few weeks earlier than the other divisions like it did this year??

WestDownGael (Down) - Posts: 207 - 03/11/2008 16:12:25    132598

dj27 well done on getting promoted but maybe you should be concentrating on how your own team does in division 2 next year and not how st johns are going to do in div 3

bigqueenie (Down) - Posts: 66 - 03/11/2008 16:12:52    132599

I wouldn't imagine Div 3 starting earlier as this only occured because of the "extra" team in it this year which has been corrected for next season.

A.Derg (Down) - Posts: 67 - 03/11/2008 16:55:00    132674

yes i was stating that overall the team that gave us the most problems was drummaness!! as for yous didnt preform doesnt help when yous were geting beat easy that a few players gave up most, ut dont worry we will hopefully do the job for yous next week give yous anoher chance!!

dj27legend (Down) - Posts: 641 - 03/11/2008 18:17:37    132788

Sunday 9th Nov (2 30)

Div 2 Promotion playoff
Clonduff
Bryansford v Annaclone

Div 2 Relegation Playoff
Castlewellan
Tullylish v Downpatrick

Div 3 Promotion Playoffs
Pairc Esler
Glasdrumman v Carryduff

Daragh Cross
Bredagh v Ardglass

Div 3 Relegation Playoff
Liatroim
St Micheals v Teconnaught

A.Derg (Down) - Posts: 67 - 04/11/2008 10:55:45    133190

i must say the way promotion and relegation works in your county is a joke!!!

what's wrong with the top 2 getting promoted and bottom 2 being relegated?

corrinshego (Armagh) - Posts: 305 - 04/11/2008 17:05:59    133589

corrinshego u said it. it is a joke the way our leagues are structured in down. i hope they change it sometime soon!

glenn_abu (Down) - Posts: 515 - 04/11/2008 18:03:32    133637

It's pretty ridiculous to stll be playing league football in November, and possibly into December with Div 1 playoffs not due to commence until the weekend 15th/16th. Also a distraction for teams playing in the Ulster Club Championship such as Annaclone at the moment.

A.Derg (Down) - Posts: 67 - 05/11/2008 09:53:08    133961

I don't know lads, it's still the only county in ulster, ireland even to be guaranteed at least 20 games a season. Your playing days will be over before you know it and you'll be mad looking a game. I say enjoy every game you get. Sure soccer seasons are nearly all year round too. Just enjoy it!

WestDownGael (Down) - Posts: 207 - 05/11/2008 10:52:21    134024

I also think that the playoff's are unfair. How can it be right for a team to finish top of the league and not win it?!! How can it be right that you finish bottom of the league and stay up?!! Surely there has to be another way! I know guys that are sick of football at this present time, as they have been training since early January and it is now November and they are still playing. It is not out if the question that some clubs will be involved in the play-off's come December, with 6 weeks or so off and will be back for pre-season!! In this age of player burn out the Down county board have some serious thinking to do!

dubhagusdearg (Down) - Posts: 27 - 05/11/2008 11:11:34    134047

I see St Johns 2nds play B/Ford 3rds in the east down league final on Sunday.
I wonder will that be St Johns 2nds or 1sts!!! Be interesting to see what team they put out.

Mandown (Down) - Posts: 18 - 05/11/2008 23:04:14    134722