Just wondering does anyone know when the league fixtures are going to be out ? If I remember correctly it's usually just before Christmas !!!

CFC (Australia) - Posts: 25 - 18/12/2014 09:42:58    1679246

Division 2

Round 1 (1 February): Galway v Meath, Kildare v Down, Roscommon v Cavan, Westmeath v Laois

Round 2 (7/8 February): Down v Roscommon, Laois v Cavan, Meath v Kildare, Westmeath v Galway

Round 3 (28 February/1 March): Cavan v Down, Galway v Laois, Kildare v Westmeath, Roscommon v Meath

Round 4 (7/8 March): Cavan v Kildare, Down v Galway, Laois v Roscommon, Meath v Westmeath

Round 5 (14/15 March): Galway v Cavan, Kildare v Roscommon, Meath v Laois, Westmeath v Down

Round 6 (28/29 March): Cavan v Westmeath, Down v Meath, Laois v Kildare, Roscommon v Galway

Round 7 (5 April): Down v Laois, Galway v Kildare, Meath v Cavan, Westmeath v Roscommon

beeduybe (Meath) - Posts: 97 - 18/12/2014 10:23:18    1679257

Hurling

Division 2B
Sunday February 15th: Donegal v Mayo; Down v Armagh; Meath v Kildare.
Sunday February 22nd: Armagh v Donegal; Kildare v Down; Mayo v Meath.
Saturday March 7th: Armagh v Kildare.
Sunday March 8th: Donegal v Meath; Mayo v Down.
Sunday March 15th: Down v Donegal; Kildare v Mayo; Meath v Armagh.
Sunday March 22nd: Donegal v Kildare; Mayo v Armagh; Meath v Down.

beeduybe (Meath) - Posts: 97 - 18/12/2014 10:26:37    1679260

beeduybe thanks for your reply ....

My question was in relation to the meath A league fixtures for 2015 !!!

CFC (Australia) - Posts: 25 - 18/12/2014 11:10:40    1679271

Now he tells you!

seadog54 (Meath) - Posts: 2142 - 18/12/2014 17:33:15    1679360

can we not enjoy this years turkey before worrying about next years league? some club players only finished in the last week or two :)

Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 18/12/2014 19:31:09    1679383

Fixtures come out in January and the first round tends to be on the third Sunday of February.

jackhackett (Meath) - Posts: 773 - 18/12/2014 19:59:11    1679391

Is there a date set for the release of the club master fixture planner

aces (Meath) - Posts: 162 - 10/01/2015 17:21:30    1682043

Committees be ratified on Monday night so club planner should be out in a week or so after that

glenny (Meath) - Posts: 1108 - 10/01/2015 17:37:05    1682057

League fixtures weekend of 31st January = complete joke

Bread (Meath) - Posts: 53 - 14/01/2015 11:59:11    1683093

Agreed. They are normally mid February, most clubs aren't back yet and now they have two weeks notice to the first game. Why the change? Is it due to the extra rounds in the hurling league this year?

Belt (Meath) - Posts: 253 - 14/01/2015 12:26:15    1683106

There are no extra rounds in hurling this year. Them extra games start next year following restructuring of divisions after this years league.

Redman7 (Meath) - Posts: 81 - 14/01/2015 13:10:33    1683133

Agree but some cracking ties there with Ballinlough going to O'Mahonys, Cortown and Ultans and Dunderry and Bective in division 3! All depends on the weather though, if it's bad, pitches will be unplayable and games postponed.

Meathmaster (Meath) - Posts: 251 - 14/01/2015 13:28:45    1683142

Are you sure Redman? Article on home page seems to suggest change is happening in 2015

Belt (Meath) - Posts: 253 - 14/01/2015 13:29:26    1683143

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League fixtures weekend of 31st January = complete joke

I couldn't agree more, the league has now turned into a long drawn out competition with a load of meaningless games towards the latter half of the competition. The competition should have been revamped to include more divisions with 10 teams in each division.... League semi-finals and finals for promotion and relegation in each division instead of the current system where a lot of teams don't really put in much of an effort once they have enough points to be safe.

It is absolute madness starting football on 31st of January, when pitches are still in a mess and last years football calender isn't even that long finished!!

Thunderstruck (Meath) - Posts: 467 - 14/01/2015 14:36:18    1683181

I'm not sure if they are allowed change the hurling leagues this year without giving the clubs advance notice. I would say a good few clubs would complain if they had finished mid table in the the 2014 league, only to be told they were getting brought down a division only because of a sudden reshuffle. If thy delay it for a year, all teams know in advance where they have to finish this year, in order to be in their best possible division in 2016.

I'd also imagine that adding extra league fixtures means they are removing the semi finals/relegation playoffs in the hurling leagues, so its only really 1 additional round.

CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1643 - 14/01/2015 14:55:22    1683192

Great stuff from a players point of view. I just want to get out there and start playing again. It hopefully means that there wont be a mad pile up of fixtures in the middle of summer and we can have fixtures set out properly in advance. Credit to Committee in charge of fixtures..... hopefully my praise wont backfire!!!

aces (Meath) - Posts: 162 - 14/01/2015 14:56:28    1683193

madness starting leagues back so early if you have genuine hopes of promotion you will need to keep lads fit and injury free from january to december going by how late ballinloughs year went where final vs blackhall gaels was played so late. only advantage is 3 rounds of championship and 8 league fixtures played by end of may so lads can go to america on J1 if they wish to.

brollysboy (Meath) - Posts: 46 - 14/01/2015 15:33:01    1683204

It has its negatives and positives. Negatives good chance at this time of year that most matches wont be playable due to conditions which may cause a backlog later on. I just hope the Meath CC can plan correctly so leagues wont continue until Oct/Nov time. I also hope that there is common sense with fixtures being a player there is nothing worse travelling the length of the county straight from work in Dublin on a Thursday night to play a league game and its half 10 by the time your home ... I hope they can see the sense of fixing mid week games against the closest teams location wise in each division.

CFC (Australia) - Posts: 25 - 14/01/2015 16:54:10    1683236

CastleBravo- you are correct. 2015 Hurling League finishing position will determine what division clubs will play in in 2016. Also not semi finals or relegation games so much the same time frame to play league but clubs have extra 2 games. All clubs did get outline for league change, our club secretary had it at club meeting before Xmas to discuss.

Redman7 (Meath) - Posts: 81 - 14/01/2015 18:43:56    1683281