So what's happening with the football relegation saga then?

[Lone Shark]

Anyone with any updates?

I'm presuming it's in the middle of a DRA style appeals mire, but it's tough on Doon and Edenderry that have to keep in training not knowing when the game will happen. Also Shannonbridge could in theory have to play again, though they don't even know that for sure.

Any info out there?

[minor]

oh but they do now, the objection by edenderry was thrown out by leinster council, so doon now play edenderry and whos knows what will happen next???

[True Red]

I'm sorry but I dont recall any objection been made by Edenderry to the Leinster Council......

[MF35]

Just heard that the County Board are appealing the Leinster Councils decision to let the Shannobridge v Doon result stand.
They are taking it to Croke Park. This one is hotting up nicely.

Was chatting a few lads involved in the 3 clubs over the weekend and none of the teams are training at all.
And could you blame them???

This has dragged on too long now.

[Hocker]

Not sure if the county board are actually appealing the Leinster councils decision, that was supposed to be decided last night. This is starting to turn farcical now at this stage.
I know first hand that the bridge are no longer training & that interest is completely lost and who would blame them.
Doon are only training one night a week with interest there fast waning too and not sure what Edenderry's stance is.
If the Leinster councils decision stands, which it probably will, why would Edenderry bother their holes playing Doon with nothin but pride at stake?
What will probably happen is a once off playoff between Doon and Shannonbridge with a winner takes all kind of thing!
And god only knows when that match would take place.....

[Rynaghs Biffo]

[quote="MF35"]Was chatting a few lads involved in the 3 clubs over the weekend and none of the teams are training at all. [quote]

As far as I know, Shannonbridge are still training!

[Hocker]

As far as I know, Shannonbridge are still training!

They had 3 weeks off and trained once last week. 9 turned up.
No training this week as of yet....

[Lone Shark]

This one is hotting up nicely.

I'd call the whole affair anything but nice. Incidentally, if the facts of the case are that Shannonbridge had 16 men on the field for a while, how is there even a contest, irrespective of whether the offence was inadvertent or not? The rules might be harsh (matter of opinion) but they are there nonetheless. I'm surprised at the Leinster verdict.


I'm guessing it was probably a Shannonbridge appeal rather than an Edenderry one to the initial awarding of the game to Doon, however more enlightened souls like Hocker or True red would probably be able to confirm/deny this.

I'm amazed at Doon not training. They are the only club in all this who are guaranteed to have another important match to play, and the only club who either way will have their fate in their own hands. I can understand there not being much appetite for it, but for feck sake it took them long enough to break out of intermediate before, it makes no sense to not pull out all the stops looking to get out of this little mess. By the sounds of things they have the chance to be a lot sharper than whoever they end up meeting, be it the Reds or the Bridge.

[True Red]

1.County board acted on referee's report on the playing of 16 men by Shannonbridge against Doon.County Board found Shannonbridge guilty and awarded game to Doon.

2.Shannonbridge appealed this decision to the Leinster council.Leinster Council found in favour of Shannonbridge.Where this will lead us to is now up to the County Board.

3.Edenderry,been the 3rd party in the whole affair,have no recourse for appeal.

[turk]

Relegate all three teams as a quick solution!!

[MF35]

It was decided at last nights meeting that the county board are appealing to Croke Park the leinster Councils decision to let the result from the drawn game stand.

I think this is correct as if the decision by the bridge to play the 16th man for the last 5 minutes is ignored now, there is nothing to stop it happening again in future games.

Also, i cant imagine any members of the county board being too pleased with SB for going to the LC to get the Co. Board decision overturned. Doesnt look good in their behalf.

[the Untouchable]

Great idea Turk, its not like anyone would miss them because unless there was a major upturn in each of the clubs fortunes then the team that eventually does stay up will be relegated next year!!!

[As Such Ger]

who else got relegated in the different grades in both codes?

InterM/Jun Football


Senior/InterM/Jun hurling

[Hocker]

LS wrote:

I'm guessing it was probably a Shannonbridge appeal rather than an Edenderry one to the initial awarding of the game to Doon, however more enlightened souls like Hocker or True red would probably be able to confirm/deny this.

Yes, Shannonbridge did appeal the county boards decision to award the game to Doon, Leinster council decided in favour of the bridge.

LS wrote:

I'm amazed at Doon not training. They are the only club in all this who are guaranteed to have another important match to play, and the only club who either way will have their fate in their own hands. I can understand there not being much appetite for it, but for feck sake it took them long enough to break out of intermediate before, it makes no sense to not pull out all the stops looking to get out of this little mess. By the sounds of things they have the chance to be a lot sharper than whoever they end up meeting, be it the Reds or the Bridge.

Who said Doon arent training? Was chattin a few of the lads down there last week & they're training twice a week still, albeit bein pissed off by it all.

MF 35 wrote:

I think this is correct as if the decision by the bridge to play the 16th man for the last 5 minutes is ignored now, there is nothing to stop it happening again in future games.

This is a load of bollocks, it was no more than a minute, & it was player error not made by the sideline so get your facts straight.

[Lone Shark]

who else got relegated in the different grades in both codes?

InterM/Jun Football


Senior/InterM/Jun hurling

Don't know, but it raises another question - we are relegating two and promoting one/none respectively in our football and hurling championships - does this mean that the same is happening at the other end of the intermediate championships to keep the numbers the same, or is it that there will be extra teams playing intermediate in both codes next year?

I think this is correct as if the decision by the bridge to play the 16th man for the last 5 minutes is ignored now, there is nothing to stop it happening again in future games.

This is a load of bollocks, it was no more than a minute, & it was player error not made by the sideline so get your facts straight.

There would be those who would argue that if he had been on the field for five minutes and not touched the ball it would have made a lot less difference than if he was on the field for sixty seconds but ended up playing a ball forward into the Shannonbridge attack.

However all this is moot, because the rules don't say anything about whether the player or the sideline is responsible, or whether it's deliberate or not, or indeed for how long the player has to be on the field. They merely state the offence and the sanction - and with that in mind, I don't see how the Leinster Council found grounds to overturn the ruling.