Recent content by Kem

What's wrong with tossing for Armagh or Newry? Very handy for both sets of supporters.

As others have noted the ladies game would be a much better spectacle if the contact rules were the same as the men's game. Most of the frees would never have been called in men's football. Selling itself short with the present rule interpretation.

It is rare to see Tyrone at underage featuring in a second tier competition

The only teams in danger are those at the bottom of the table.

One thing that was particularly pleasing was the fact that the entire management team were club members.

Cuiiyhanna a bit fortunate. Seriously handicapped by Nugent playing with a bad injury which seriously limited his influence on the game.

Cullyhanna had a ten year run at it with reasonable success but a serious emigration wave meant the numbers were no longer there

Just a curiosity about the intermediate final. Has there ever been a final before without a card being shown?

As a referee in a bygone age I don't like criticising them. Without them the show would be off the road completely. However there is such inconsistencies in the way individual referees interpret the rule book that you might imagine they are using different rules. This problem could surely be...

The situation whereby Dromintee finish ahead of Maghery despite having a minus 23 scoring difference to Maghery's minus 5 is surely an anomaly. I cannot understand the logic of head to head. It does not accurately reflect the totality of a team's performances in a league competition but rather...

Are Armagh or Tyrone tv carrying the game?

Both semis followed the same pattern. The lesser team had to bust themselves to keep in the game but the effort required saw them run out of steam towards the end.

Strong club teams have no real relevance to the strength of the county team. Clans won three Ulster senior club titles in a row in the early 1970s at a time Armagh were rated around 30th in the country

I think it would have to one point as anything more would drag it on too long. The advantage of the golden score is that the game is decided by actual play. On top of that it doesn't put unfair pressure on individual players as the penalty or free kick system would.

Even allowing for managerial shortcomings it came down to the fact that 15 players on the field couldn't defend a lead for 30 seconds.