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I played against some of those Arklow Minor Teams in the 80's and got to a County U16 Final early same decade against a really good Arklow side. However - I was also playing a lot of soccer at the sametime underage and Wicklow Underage scene was dominated by Arklow back then. Most of the lads played both Gaelic football and Soccer - no doubt whatsoever where their first love was & it wasnt GAA. For as long back as I can remember Arklow have had very strong soccer clubs - all very weel run from U8 upwards & although they may have had some Gaelic Football underage relative success - rarely have those lads moved up & onto county sebior footballers. The fact that they merges with Ballymoney who are out the road , but still "rural" may have benefited Ballymoney more - but a really strong big town club in other counties wouldnt merge ( e.g Portlaoise , Eire Og in Carlow & so on as examples ). There is potential - but miles and miles of work to be done in our big towns Square_Ball_15 (Wicklow) - Posts: 2662 - 15/01/2014 18:47:54 1532350 Link 0 |
square, anpleota (Wicklow) - Posts: 204 - 15/01/2014 21:36:36 1532415 Link 0 |
All valid and well made points, all that is required now is for the county board and clubs to start the work. I still haven't ever come across the football strategy that was published two years ago for the county ... I would love to know what is in it and how much of it has been put into practice? The bottom line for the county is that there is no quick fixes and no one else is going to do it for us. Look at Meath, won an All Ireland in 1999, probably neglected their underage when they were successfully but then made a conscious decision to go to under age coaching, got to an All Ireland minor final and their seniors have been improving steadily and they were as close to beating Dublin this year in the Leinster final than any one ... will we see a transformation like this in Wicklow in the next 5 years - not based upon the last 130 years?!! wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 1198 - 16/01/2014 08:32:40 1532438 Link 0 |
Wicklow Support I asked the question before about the area that you are talking about and you failed to answer. I asked a county official and was categorically told that their is primary schools coaching done in every primary school in Wicklow. sirlarry (Wicklow) - Posts: 512 - 16/01/2014 15:01:56 1532616 Link 0 |
wicklowsupport just a few things on meath. We are still re building big time and are optimistic that we can now become serious contenders under Mick O'Dowd. We may be far from there yet. Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 16/01/2014 17:13:43 1532709 Link 0 |
Wicklow Support I asked the question before about the area that you are talking about and you failed to answer. I asked a county official and was categorically told that their is primary schools coaching done in every primary school in Wicklow. sirlarry (Wicklow) - Posts: 512 - 18/01/2014 18:10:13 1533435 Link 0 |
Square ball mcgraynor was 18 not 17 as you said when he was brought in by Dwyer. Pat Mustard (None) - Posts: 343 - 18/01/2014 19:53:51 1533485 Link 0 |
Square ball and Wicklow support seem to agree a lot. Pat Mustard (None) - Posts: 343 - 18/01/2014 20:03:09 1533492 Link 0 |
Can we take any positives out of the fact Meath hammered DCU yesterday? A DCU team that beat Dublin previously. In my opinion, I wasn't surprised at the Meath result,it's the level we are at. Looking forward to the league, big first game at home to London. Would we be outsiders? neutralfan (Wicklow) - Posts: 204 - 20/01/2014 10:45:36 1534102 Link 0 |
Neutralfan Square_Ball_15 (Wicklow) - Posts: 2662 - 20/01/2014 12:20:54 1534166 Link 0 |