Supporter Violence Marrs Derrytresk Win

the punishments handed out are a load of bollox but then should we have expected any less. There have been worse rows and fights at club games and yet the punishments dished out then were not as severe as some of these.

If it were Crossmaglen St Galls or Dr Crokes i guarantee there would be no 5 year bans dished out.

I do think the ban is too much but perhaps they are being harsh on the Tyrone GAA club because of previous incidents?

GAA-Fan wrote:I do think the ban is too much but perhaps they are being harsh on the Tyrone GAA club because of previous incidents?

Parouisa dives into the bunker for cover ......

The Liveline jury has spoken. Personally I don't think they were badly treated - as long as this is the benchmark from now on.

GAA-Fan wrote:I do think the ban is too much but perhaps they are being harsh on the Tyrone GAA club because of previous incidents?

what a load of utter bullsh1t

check out this link and see just what O'Sullivan got away with

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2012/0209/1224311519762.html?fb_ref=.TzOY0jt5qLc.like&fb_source=home_multiline

bocerty wrote:

GAA-Fan wrote:I do think the ban is too much but perhaps they are being harsh on the Tyrone GAA club because of previous incidents?

what a load of utter bullsh1t

check out this link and see just what O'Sullivan got away with

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2012/0209/1224311519762.html?fb_ref=.TzOY0jt5qLc.like&fb_source=home_multiline

I never agreed with the punishment, a 5 year ban is a joke. Then to make a mock of their disciplinary procedures, Dromid get away with a few suspensions and a fine.

bocerty wrote:the punishments handed out are a load of bollox but then should we have expected any less. There have been worse rows and fights at club games and yet the punishments dished out then were not as severe as some of these.

If it were Crossmaglen St Galls or Dr Crokes i guarantee there would be no 5 year bans dished out.

Common sense, while not all that common, finally surfaces.

Shocking over-reaction to what is replicated Sunday after Sunday somewhere in the country. HQ want to turn it into a game for wimps...

Parouisa wrote:

GAA-Fan wrote:I do think the ban is too much but perhaps they are being harsh on the Tyrone GAA club because of previous incidents?

Parouisa dives into the bunker for cover ......

The Liveline jury has spoken. Personally I don't think they were badly treated - as long as this is the benchmark from now on.

And I don't think there's anyone who believes it will be the benchmark. In every aspect of life, people are generally happy as long as they feel that they are being treated the same as everyone else. The GAA seems to make a game out of having the most varied and inconsistent punishment system you could imagine. I mean, in most sports when there is an incident, it's possible for the pundits to predict fairly accurately what the punishment will be ... a 4-6 week ban ... misses 2 games ... banned for life. We have a situation where it almost as likely that nothing will be done as it is that someone will be banned for life.

Was in Croke Park today and witnessed two most enjoyable matches. In the Junior, Derrytresk dominated for long periods and if they converted a first half penalty(had scored one two minutes previous) would be 8 points up and out of sight. Still with 10 minutes to go looked good bur Clonbur lead by powerful midfielder Eamonn Og O'Cuiv staged a late rally to snatch it. Milltown- Castlemaine played great open football and were well worth their win despite the best efforts of McHales. Long live the club.

RMDrive wrote:

Parouisa wrote:

GAA-Fan wrote:I do think the ban is too much but perhaps they are being harsh on the Tyrone GAA club because of previous incidents?

Parouisa dives into the bunker for cover ......

The Liveline jury has spoken. Personally I don't think they were badly treated - as long as this is the benchmark from now on.

And I don't think there's anyone who believes it will be the benchmark. In every aspect of life, people are generally happy as long as they feel that they are being treated the same as everyone else. The GAA seems to make a game out of having the most varied and inconsistent punishment system you could imagine. I mean, in most sports when there is an incident, it's possible for the pundits to predict fairly accurately what the punishment will be ... a 4-6 week ban ... misses 2 games ... banned for life. We have a situation where it almost as likely that nothing will be done as it is that someone will be banned for life.

I agree with RMDrive.

Inconsistency of bans etc. is common in all sports,soccer,rugby are not holier than thou also but I agree as we talk GAA. I await the outcome of the Monaghan-Kildare hulabaloo with interest. I note nothing done about similar situation in Armagh-Cork match.

Saw this clip on other channel. Pick 2.5 mins out of 60 odd minutes showing a coulple of fouls! Strange the CCCC had videos from both clubs. I assume this from Derrytresk video. Doesnt prove anything but I would expect yesterday's melee to be looked into in a similar fashion.

It proves that all the holier than thou sh1te that was spouted by the Dromin manager in the aftermath of the game was a load of bollíx.

ALL-IRELAND CLUB JFC FINAL: Clonbur 1-8 Derrytresk 1-7: SO DERRYTRESK’S season of seasons ended in the bitterest way possible. A last-minute kick from Naomh Pádraig Clonbur wing-forward Liam Kearney hung in the air for an age before dropping over the bar to put the Galway junior champions ahead for the first time all afternoon.


The Tyrone side – who for all their woes were the better team throughout – forged one last attack and got a free right on the edge of corner-forward Niall Gavin’s range, about 40 yards from goal. But his attempt crossed the endline a couple of yards left of the post. Clonbur cartwheeled around the pitch, Derrytresk sank to the turf.

It must be odd being national bogeymen when you don’t see it coming. Over the past few weeks, every pen, pad and pub bore has had a say on what Derrytresk did and didn’t deserve after the row in Portlaoise.

Plenty thought they didn’t deserve to be here yesterday at all, that their punishment ought to have been expulsion if it was to mean anything.

For a tiny club who were never anything to anybody beyond a scattering of houses on the outskirts of Coalisland, these weeks have been dizzying. They were Dorothy in the whirlwind.

But they weren’t particularly gracious in defeat yesterday.

When team manager Paul Hughes emerged from the dressingroom to the small group of waiting press, he pointed to the man from Gaelic Life and the man from teamtalkmag.comand pulled them to one side, excluding all others. “These are the men I’m talking to,” he said. “Nobody else.”

An intervention from the GAA press officer on hand led to a bitter riposte from club chairman Barney Campbell. “We’re down seven men today because of the media,” he said. “We didn’t get a fair trial and it’s because of the media that we’re in this situation. What happened happened but nothing would have been made of it if it wasn’t for the media so we’ll not be talking to them. That’s all we’re saying on it.”

It was needless and it was petty and it soured a day when Derrytresk had done plenty to rebuild their reputation. Nobody who watched them in Croke Park yesterday would argue they deserved what they got from the game. In pure footballing terms, they were a cut above Clonbur.

Even without their seven suspended players – four first-teamers and three substitutes – they were sharper, faster and more cohesive all the way around. And had Niall Gavin converted his second first-half penalty 17 minutes in, they would surely be All -Ireland champions today.

As it was, Clonbur goalkeeper Páraic Walsh won his battle of wills with Gavin and guessed correctly second time around, getting down low to his right to palm the ball away and keep the score at an entirely manageable 1-3 to 0-1.

Derrytresk kept their heads and stood strong for much of the remainder but the obvious chance to throw dirt on the Clonbur coffin was lost there and then. They would pay for it in the end.

They’d built their early lead through a combination of strong running and fine shooting. Having sprung Joe McKee from suspension in the lead-up to the game, they were repaid handsomely by the spry centre-forward who kicked two lovely early points. Gavin was cool in stroking home their first penalty after 15 minute and in Cathal and Conor O’Neill, they had the game’s classiest performers for most of the afternoon.

Clonbur kept in touch through a succession of Eoin Joyce frees and went in at the break a mere 1-4 to 0-3 behind. When they began the second half with a goal of their own – Alan Kyne finishing to the net after a mix-up in the Derrytresk full-back line under a high ball – it was a reasonable expectation that they’d kick on from there.

But Derrytresk didn’t lie down. They fought – cleanly and fairly, it should be said – like a team on a mission. They pulled three ahead in the 42nd minute and looked by far the most likely winners. Clonbur inched their way back though, with centre-back Trevor Lydon and midfielder Eamon Ó Cuiv (son of the TD) both outstanding. When wing-back David Wallis pointed two minutes from the end, extra-time loomed but Kearney’s late kick ended it all.

To Clonbur, the spoils. To Derrytresk, ultimately, the regret. And the knowledge it could all have been so different.
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Derrytresk chairman must be related to Dalglish ....

Parouisa wrote: Derrytresk chairman must be related to Dalglish ....

In fairness Parouisa, people do have a tendency to feel defensive of their own players.

For example, I know a well-respected Dublin poster on here who refused to condemn a (generally accepted) very dirty act by Diarmuid Connolly a couple of weeks ago.

Thomas Clarke wrote:

Parouisa wrote: Derrytresk chairman must be related to Dalglish ....

In fairness Parouisa, people do have a tendency to feel defensive of their own players.

For example, I know a well-respected Dublin poster on here who refused to condemn a (generally accepted) very dirty act by Diarmuid Connolly a couple of weeks ago.

I hope you're not referring to me! I never refused to condemn - I said it was up to powers that be to take action if they think appropriate - I never condone such actions. Similarly if a guy tries to knee somebody in the town halls he should be dealt with.

Anyway this is beside the point.

Parouisa wrote:

Thomas Clarke wrote:

Parouisa wrote: Derrytresk chairman must be related to Dalglish ....

In fairness Parouisa, people do have a tendency to feel defensive of their own players.

For example, I know a well-respected Dublin poster on here who refused to condemn a (generally accepted) very dirty act by Diarmuid Connolly a couple of weeks ago.

I hope you're not referring to me! I never refused to condemn - I said it was up to powers that be to take action if they think appropriate - I never condone such actions. Similarly if a guy tries to knee somebody in the town halls he should be dealt with.

Anyway this is beside the point.

NSG would be proud.

Dromid Pearses have received a three-year ban following the ugly scenes which marred their All-Ireland JFC semi-final loss to Derrytresk last month.

Pearses have been banned from all provincial and All-Ireland club championship ties, while Donal O'Sullivan will serve a three-month ban, Denis O'Sullivan received an eight-week suspension and Colm O'Connor incurred a four-week ban.

Tyrone club Derrytresk have been banned for five years for their part in the brawl and have appealed, while Pearses have yet to decide if they will do the same.

The players won't be appealing their suspensions.

Dromid Pearses chairman Mike Sheehan said: "I assume we will be appealing but we have no official recommendation yet."

"We have to schedule a club meeting. It does seem severe enough."

The club had their €2,000 fine halved at the Central Hearing Committee (CHC) in Dublin on Friday night.

Derrytresk turning what looks like a worthy event into a PR disaster ...... just what they needed ....

belfasttelegraph.co.uk
GAA event cancelled over PSNI involvement

A GAA road safety event had to be cancelled when members objected to the involvement of the police.

The ‘Live to Play’ event in Co Tyrone was called off when some host club members threatened to hold a picket when the PSNI was due to take part in the Ulster Council Scheme.

The scheme was set up following the deaths of a number of road deaths involving GAA members and aims to encourage young players to drive safely.

The road safety drive involves the Fire and Rescue Service and the PSNI and was to take place at the grounds of the Derrydresk GAC near Coalisland on Monday.

The decision to cancel the event comes amid a unprecedented period of close links between the GAA and the police.

The former arch enemies came together publicly last year for the funeral of murdered PSNI officer Ronan Kerr, a member of the Beragh Red Knights.

His coffin had been carried through his home town by a joint cortege of GAA and PSNI members.

A senior GAA officer, Ryan Feeney, is now also an independent member of the Policing Board after being appointed last May.

Derrytresk chairman Barney Campbell confirmed some local people were opposed to the police’s involvement at the event.

“As it turned out, the PSNI were coming to it and we were never informed about that and there were a few people in the club not very happy about that we just called it off,” he told the Irish News.

Tyrone county board spokesman Damien Harvey said the GAA’s decision should be respected: “At the end of the day it’s not something Tyrone GAA are forcing on clubs and if clubs take it on then that’s good and if they decide it’s not for them we have to respect that decision.

“We don’t want it make into a political issue," added Mr Harvey.

A spokesman for the Ulster Council said it organises road safety events “in partnership with the NI Fire service, An Garda Siochana, the PSNI and the relevent county committee”.

“The club in question request to host a Live to Play education event but have cancelled and are reviewing arrangements.”