Club football 2025

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Durrow have given Rhode a walkover in the last rd of the senior football.
I’m Sure the Durrow club is very disappointed that its own members have chosen to not make themselves available
This could have serious implications for the future of the club.

[Behindthegoal]

A lot of chat on here about players playing football or not any chance they could actually train for football and put in some effort? Because watching them this year is was blatantly obvious they just turned up to play on match day they were absolutely horrendous this year and are lucky there’s no relegation, this idea that Corrigan keeps spinning that a lot of them could play football for Offaly if they wanted is laughable some of their basic balls skills were awful they looked like they never seen a football before

[Lone Shark]

Durrow have given Rhode a walkover in the last rd of the senior football.
I’m Sure the Durrow club is very disappointed that its own members have chosen to not make themselves available
This could have serious implications for the future of the club.

Genuine question - I'm assuming you mean ramifications here, and I'm not being a pedant, but I'm curious. What ramifications are those?

[bracknaghboy]

What would happen if Durrow entered a hurling team next year?

[chimbonda]

What would happen if Durrow entered a hurling team next year?

Ballinamere would be favourites for relegation from senior.
And Durrow would be favourites for junior B.

[FullForward waster]

What would happen if Durrow entered a hurling team next year?

Ballinamere would be favourites for relegation from senior.
And Durrow would be favourites for junior B.

Would Ballinamere even have a team as most of the current team are Durrow players. Be interesting to see how this will play out over the next few weeks.

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Durrow have given Rhode a walkover in the last rd of the senior football.
I’m Sure the Durrow club is very disappointed that its own members have chosen to not make themselves available
[b]This could have serious implications for the future of the club.[/b]
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Genuine question - I'm assuming you mean ramifications here, and I'm not being a pedant, but I'm curious. What ramifications are those?
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Suppose what I was getting at is that the Durrow Balinamere teams with permissions granted every year to play hurling with Balinamere and football with Durrow will be pulled.
Time will tell I think it would be a shame if the agreement was pulled and they entered on there own the resources aren’t there in either club but together they are strong in both codes playing senior and competing apart from this year in the football

[bracknaghboy]

Lusmagh gave a walkover in the Junior C Football quarter final tonight against Raheen which is disappointing.
There are so few tournaments available to win each year it's a shame when walkovers are given like this.
In their defence I think they just about managed to get 13 bodies on the pitch during the group stages (C Football is 13 a side) but still could they not have fulfilled this fixture or was it a case of 100% focussing on the hurling?

I've made no secret on here that the Lusmagh V Rhode Junior Football B final in Tubber in 2016 was the most entertaining game of club football I ever witnessed and bizarrely I've had a soft spot for the men in red since so am disappointed they didn't give this game a shot tonight.

[jimbob17]

Few small thoughts on this, without knowing ins and outs of it.

If you were a Durrow club member or executive member, you'd be fuming with this. Facts are that the best hurlers Ballinamere have are permission players from the Durrow club - Duignan, 2 Ravenhills, Ciaran Burke and the 2 Bourkes and Troy, among few others. So is it the case that some of these opted to prioritise another club over representing their own club in Senior football. I fully understand it is a dead rubber game and in another year where there is no relegation, it may have been different, but if you are a senior footballer in the club with any respect for your own club, you turn up and play that game.

Ive heard differing reports on numbers Durrow had available - some reporting they couldnt field, others suggesting they had more than enough to field, albeit without a couple of hurlers. If it was the former, then as a Durrow club member, you should be asking questions of the disengaging players as to why they would prioritise another club over their own.

If Ballinamere were in similar scenario would they be in agreement that Ballinamere players would choose Durrow football over Ballinamere hurling? You'd sense that this could cause a bit of divide between clubs if not dealt with properly and with a proper agreement that both clubs will be given equal access to players during year so that neither club plays second fiddle to the other with regard to players and permission players. Maybe county board gets involved to mediate if it is big issue. Interesting that M Duignan is involved with Ballinamere hurlers as a Durrow member - and also co board member so be interested to hear his views on all of this..... Only by setting fair agreement, will this go away and not end up in disharmony and potential break up of agreement. It'd be a shame as from outside looking in, it appears that both clubs together at underage have been doing things fairly well to produce the talent they have produced at senior level.

[Plain of the Herbs]

Come back to me when your crowd ever discovers the existence of hurling.

Lusmagh gave a walkover in the Junior C Football quarter final tonight against Raheen which is disappointing.
There are so few tournaments available to win each year it's a shame when walkovers are given like this.
In their defence I think they just about managed to get 13 bodies on the pitch during the group stages (C Football is 13 a side) but still could they not have fulfilled this fixture or was it a case of 100% focussing on the hurling?

I've made no secret on here that the Lusmagh V Rhode Junior Football B final in Tubber in 2016 was the most entertaining game of club football I ever witnessed and bizarrely I've had a soft spot for the men in red since so am disappointed they didn't give this game a shot tonight.

[FullForward waster]

Few small thoughts on this, without knowing ins and outs of it.

If you were a Durrow club member or executive member, you'd be fuming with this. Facts are that the best hurlers Ballinamere have are permission players from the Durrow club - Duignan, 2 Ravenhills, Ciaran Burke and the 2 Bourkes and Troy, among few others. So is it the case that some of these opted to prioritise another club over representing their own club in Senior football. I fully understand it is a dead rubber game and in another year where there is no relegation, it may have been different, but if you are a senior footballer in the club with any respect for your own club, you turn up and play that game.

Ive heard differing reports on numbers Durrow had available - some reporting they couldnt field, others suggesting they had more than enough to field, albeit without a couple of hurlers. If it was the former, then as a Durrow club member, you should be asking questions of the disengaging players as to why they would prioritise another club over their own.

If Ballinamere were in similar scenario would they be in agreement that Ballinamere players would choose Durrow football over Ballinamere hurling? You'd sense that this could cause a bit of divide between clubs if not dealt with properly and with a proper agreement that both clubs will be given equal access to players during year so that neither club plays second fiddle to the other with regard to players and permission players. Maybe county board gets involved to mediate if it is big issue. Interesting that M Duignan is involved with Ballinamere hurlers as a Durrow member - and also co board member so be interested to hear his views on all of this..... Only by setting fair agreement, will this go away and not end up in disharmony and potential break up of agreement. It'd be a shame as from outside looking in, it appears that both clubs together at underage have been doing things fairly well to produce the talent they have produced at senior level.

From an outsider looking in i can only think of what the upset from Durrow members feel. As Mr. Duignan is a Durrow club member you would have hoped he would step in and spoke up. Does not seem this has happened which must be another blow to Durrow. People talk and you hear different sides to every story.

The fact Durrow struggled field a Jr team and now senior does not look good. One would have to wonder what are Durrow gaining from this agreement the two clubs have? If Ballinamere win maybe it was the right choice albeit a not nice to see Durrows own members not playing Today. If Ballinamere are beat well then i can only imagine it will open up a hole can of worms.

[Superhans75]

I'm surprised there isn't a harsher penalties for walk overs at senior level
Junior C is understandable
But I just think there should be relegation penalties except for exceptional circumstances.
Fines are easy paid
I'm a neutral in this and can see both sides but there has to be a deterrent.

[KeshaWantsTimber]

Durrow and Ballinamere have long been an interesting arrangement and often an unhappy marriage (although it's probably a courtship at best).

When things are flowing along well for hurling and football everything is rosey but it takes very little to rock a boat like that. Hard to see it lasting longterm. It takes excellent leadership and diplomacy on both sides to keep that steady.

[private joker]

How long is the relationship going now? Maybe ballinamere could join up with brosna gaels

[FullForward waster]

How long is the relationship going now? Maybe ballinamere could join up with brosna gaels

Unsure how long the agreement is going but must be close to 20 years.
Brosna Gaels Come on now be realistic they would join with shamrocks considering they have 2 rahan men playing for them