Fixtures for the U21 Competition were announced by the Co Board on Monday night on Twitter at 9pm and by email to clubs at 11.58pm. Matches down for Friday night. To give only 4 days notice to young lads who are working or down the country in college is a disgrace. It is also sad to see that from 38 Football clubs, we have only 16 contesting this competition, although seeing how it has been organised by the County Board maybe I shouldn't be so surprised!

fast_forward (Louth) - Posts: 45 - 04/10/2016 13:51:07    1922377

Never was a good competition in this county should be scrapped not enough interest in it.Season is over now clubs don't wana know.And 4 days notice isn't too bad for games Iv seen a lot worse....

gooch13 (Louth) - Posts: 656 - 04/10/2016 19:30:46    1922569

a good competition but one that has never been shown enough respect by the county board with finals being played in the depths of winter, we need a new structure & time table for this if it is to prove to be a worthwhile exercise in producing talent for adult teams. I would play it at the start of the year so that a county/club manager is able to assess whether a young player is ready for the adult team that coming year, as is done with the county U21s

LemonySnickett (Louth) - Posts: 88 - 05/10/2016 11:06:21    1922742

fast_forward would u rather see it played in December??in fairness to county board,as soon as finals were finished up last sunday,they did the draw Monday night so it wont run too far into the winter...4 days is plenty..clubs knew it was coming up so should have been training for it last few weeks

shaygovara (Louth) - Posts: 13 - 07/10/2016 19:03:25    1923881

Exactly! Clubs knew it was coming & had time to prep for it. I think 16 teams is fantastic interest for a 21s competition. Amalgamating teams is great as it will increase the standard of the competition .

As already said it is also a good opportunity to see if some lads are ready for the step up to Senior football.

Itsme (Louth) - Posts: 402 - 08/10/2016 20:06:48    1924111

St.Pats and Clans through to semis.
Jocks v Geraldine's off
Mid/ South Louth amalgamation v Gaels on Sunday.
Anyone know if semi final draw is made?

19616609 (Louth) - Posts: 1598 - 15/10/2016 01:24:56    1926399

fast_forward (Louth) - Posts: 45 - 15/10/2016 12:29:46    1926439

Thanks FF

19616609 (Louth) - Posts: 1598 - 15/10/2016 23:03:34    1926553

Was at the Dundalk Gaels vs mattock/rovers/Emmett's game last night, was a very good game, good standard. I do think that the county board should take this competition much more seriously as it really can show very talented players. there were quite a few talented players on the pitch last night, it was a joy to watch. Mattock/rovers/Emmett's are a very strong side and they were without Ryan burns last night, however they were very strong in the midfield particularly (not sure who the midfielders were ?) and in most other areas of the pitch also. Gaels were also impressive just couldn't match the strength of the amalgamation. I'm looking forward to watching more of this competition and i hope the standard remains high which by the sounds of the teams in it it really should !

Louthforsam (Louth) - Posts: 87 - 17/10/2016 13:45:24    1926943

What stage are we at now in this competition ? Who plays who ?

barker (USA) - Posts: 55 - 02/11/2016 15:33:09    1930945

Semi final stage I know gers play the fechins unsure about the other side

paulo94 (Louth) - Posts: 134 - 02/11/2016 16:23:53    1930965

barker (USA) - Posts: 55 - 08/11/2016 09:01:56    1932600

Yawn!!!!!

gooch13 (Louth) - Posts: 656 - 08/11/2016 09:47:33    1932613

Well done Cooley on a good win in the Final. Congrats to the Gallagher management team who put a lot of work into this team over the last 2 Months just shows how much good can come from positive coaching and given some very decent talent.

kikfada (Louth) - Posts: 2091 - 14/11/2016 09:59:51    1934071

Is there light on the Greenore Road. Well done indeed.

19616609 (Louth) - Posts: 1598 - 14/11/2016 21:06:37    1934245

Amazing to see those fools in the county board up to their old tricks again.

Scrolling through the fixtures to find that Cooley U21's are down to play the Gaels at at 8pm next Friday night in Fr McAvoy Park

Their minors are also down to play the Martins next Friday night at 7:30 in Fr McAvoy Park!

Louth4Ham (Louth) - Posts: 35 - 13/10/2017 20:51:02    2055148

I see the U21 will finish on the night now, which includes free kicks if the game is level after ET...Good idea

sharpey (Louth) - Posts: 193 - 20/10/2017 11:46:40    2056515

Under 21 Q/finals friday

Cooley v Fechins
Hunterstown/Mattock/Glens v Gers
Brides v Kevins
Jocks v Blues

One amalgamation team left.

maybe its time U21 should be for clubs fielding on their own.

sharpey (Louth) - Posts: 193 - 01/11/2017 11:49:08    2059482

"maybe its time U21 should be for clubs fielding on their own."

Why? Silly statement!

MR (Louth) - Posts: 2570 - 01/11/2017 13:13:59    2059499

sharpey (Louth) - Posts: 193 - 01/11/2017 13:52:10    2059514