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Because they changed the regrading rule around 2018 or 2019. I don't know why, but it suited someone. Time was (pre 2019ish) if you won a grade (say Intermediate) and you already had a team in the next grade up (Senior), then everyone who took the field in the Intermediate final was graded Senior fo...

Ah, you never write off Coolderry!

tacmot wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2024 11:18 amYou were been a bit unfair on Coolderry here .

Very interesting to get a neutral perspective of the referee. I don't normally spend a match berating a referee- honest! - but yesterday was an exceptionally. To me, he seemed to believe it was his duty to bail Killoughey out! As for Lusmagh, this year was difficult. Numbers are tight at the best of...

Just a few points before the weekend. I continue to be impressed with Shinrone’s recent form. Not that they were stunning against Belmont, they weren’t, but that they controlled the game from start to finish and played it on their terms. Which isn’t a trait you’d associate with Shinrone. Their tackl...

That was the year 2000. The year the championship ran late and it was controversially decided Rhode and Edenderry would play off for the right to represent Offaly in the Leinster club championship.

The big hill wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 6:45 pm When was the last time rhode failed to reach the semis

They've been keeping it tight, in fairness, giving decent game time to as many as possible. Alex Kavanagh is just the 19th to play Senior A, they've used 20 different players in Senior B, and further 20 in Junior A (up to round 4, I don't have last weekend's Junior A lineout to hand). They still hav...

Can people STOP undermining the Minor hurling manager before he takes up the role.

Best wishes to Brian. And best wishes to the players, about to embark on an exciting journey of development, both as hurling players and as young adults.

A few things emerged from round 4. Principal among them that Ballinamere aren’t as good and Shinrone aren’t as bad as they both appeared hitherto. Last Sunday was Shinrone’s best performance since 2022’s Senior final. There was a real pace and intensity to their work that Birr couldn’t match, even d...

I don't believe it does. Firstly, three qualify. If the group finishes 8 4 4 4 0, am I right in thinking it is the record between the three tied teams that separates them? That being the case, Coolderry and Rynaghs have the superior scoring differences. Some win for Clareen. Does that mean Rynaghs a...

And yet while Fr G was a Westmeath native, he'd been in Tullamore for over a decade by 1971, was immersed in Offaly football (trained several successful minor football teams including 1964's). He was nearly more Offaly than Offaly themselves. Then the bishop of Meath took him off us. Fr. Gilhooley w...

Quite a story. Three significant things happened on the same week in 1994, Definitely Maybe was released, the ceasefire was announced in the North, and then Offaly won the All-Ireland on the Sunday. Bit of a tangent off Shane Lowry but looks like we have another famous fan.... https://ontherighttrax...

Random thoughts for the weekend I was impressed with St Rynagh’s against Tullamore. Not that they were stunningly brilliant – they weren’t – but there was a freshness and a sharpness about them. That’s an achievement for a team coming off the back of a -23 points hammering. They got their matchups r...

There were lads like you going around asking "since when do Offaly look to Longford for football advice?" in the late 1970s.

Burgerball wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2024 4:47 pm Is there no one in the county able to coach the team? Since when do Offaly look to Sligo for football advice

The Ballinamere / Birr group taking shape now. It looks like Ballinamere and Birr will both reach seven points, with scoring difference to decide the semi-final spot. Ballinamere currently the most likely to finish top. Kinnitty currently on three points, but have Ballinamere and Birr to come, so wi...

Obviously Kilcormac-Killoughey will score heavily against poor oul Clareen. And the champions hope it’s going to be a long year for them, extending right into November. So with that in mind, does it make sense that they should aim to peak around about now? I don’t think it does. Granted they couldn’...