In relation to Junior A football, what was decided at the convention with LEAGUE is it staying as it was in 09 or is there going to be promotion in league or just relegation and a meaningless league with teams knocked out of championship ealy and no interest finishing league.

HILLSON (Galway) - Posts: 229 - 01/12/2009 20:51:13    499927

its the same as this year only get promoted by winning championship

AnSpidealfan (Galway) - Posts: 132 - 03/12/2009 20:54:19    502340

aran v tuam on saturday in spiddal in county final. has to be aran for the silverware i reckon!

manager5 (Galway) - Posts: 724 - 04/12/2009 11:51:24    502834

aran will do well to win.... they just about bet AN SPIDEAL second team in west leauge final. AN SPIDEAL could have won it only for three soft goals we let in and as i said we had seven lads that wouldnt be on first team playing that day.... if tuam any good at all they should win it

AnSpidealfan (Galway) - Posts: 132 - 04/12/2009 19:53:31    503356

Has anything been done to the format of the championship? I heard rumours of a champions league style format?

tribesmen (Galway) - Posts: 151 - 04/12/2009 20:12:43    503376

dont think aran will win cause they just about bet AN SPIDEAL second team in west leauge final....... we could have bet them only for three soft we let in

AnSpidealfan (Galway) - Posts: 132 - 04/12/2009 20:26:19    503393

that should have said three soft goals

AnSpidealfan (Galway) - Posts: 132 - 04/12/2009 20:38:22    503408

Tuam Stars 1-9 Aran Islands 1-6, good game despite the conditions, well done to Spiddal on having the pitch playable,

Davo (Galway) - Posts: 7 - 05/12/2009 18:41:42    504158

Spiddalfan, Who were the 7 1st team starters you were missing against Arainn? I was at the match and counted at most 3, Arainn were also missin players so its an irrelevant comment

Liathroidi (Galway) - Posts: 21 - 09/12/2009 09:42:38    508116

Same old story wit Aran all the hype bt yet come nowher!! I always said ther a decent side but they are bottlers!!

Eire89 (Galway) - Posts: 325 - 09/12/2009 14:40:28    508398

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought I saw Aran on TV during the summer winning some competition. I thought bottlers never won anything? Especially not finals where there are so many people watching.

jonny1 (Dublin) - Posts: 3 - 09/12/2009 19:40:12    508860

liathroidi
Spiddal were missing 7 players from the connacht final when they played aran in the league final.The corner back,wing back,2 midfielders,wing forward and corner forward were missing when they played aran.Correct me if i'm wrong but aran were only missing 1 player,there midfielder.

porkchops (Galway) - Posts: 151 - 09/12/2009 20:17:18    508923

Porkchops,thats 6 players

Liathroidi (Galway) - Posts: 21 - 10/12/2009 16:49:48    509847

liathroidi
sorry i fogot to mention they were missing their left corner forward aswell...thats 7 players

porkchops (Galway) - Posts: 151 - 10/12/2009 17:48:55    509946

Ya johnny 4m dub they won ou the comortas peil!! Im sure they wud swap it 4 intermediate fball if ya asked them!! I think they are bottlers they have lost sumthin lik 6west board finals in a row and lost the league final last wk!!

Eire89 (Galway) - Posts: 325 - 11/12/2009 15:05:09    510894

That's all well and good Eire89 and may well be true (from what I've heard the league is pointless there anyway). But that's beside the point, the fact is they are the only football club in Galway (as far as I know) currently holding a national title. I find it difficult to understand how a team that wins a knock out competition beating 5 or 6 teams along the way can be described as bottlers. Obviously you have a different definition of the word.

jonny1 (Dublin) - Posts: 3 - 11/12/2009 16:10:07    510963

jnr a is a very important grade.

minder08 (Galway) - Posts: 5 - 11/12/2009 17:17:38    511063

4 or 5 of the finals they have lost have been by a point, unlucky as much as being bottlers, definately has to be something in the players heads as ya cant lose that many finals,especially when youre hammering teams along the way ,and not have it affect you!

Lost only 3 games this yr, 1st match of season,championship final, County League final but the bottom line is they still have to play Junior A again next yr and with what was a young team turnin old they have to get promotion in the next 2 yrs or could well be the end of them.

Liathroidi (Galway) - Posts: 21 - 14/12/2009 10:45:49    513047

eire 89 , i think you wer answered on this on a different thread.


jonny1
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That's all well and good Eire89 and may well be true (from what I've heard the league is pointless there anyway). But that's beside the point, the fact is they are the only football club in Galway (as far as I know) currently holding a national title. I find it difficult to understand how a team that wins a knock out competition beating 5 or 6 teams along the way can be described as bottlers. Obviously you have a different definition of the word.

jimmydee (Galway) - Posts: 3 - 22/01/2010 09:40:44    539648

so what if they ahve a national title.thats no good to them in junior football.

manager5 (Galway) - Posts: 724 - 22/01/2010 11:58:13    539819