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Replying To Lockjaw: "When is the first weekend of provincial club action starting? Would there be any appetite for a wee predictions competition?" The 2025 Ulster club football and hurling championship fixtures are as follows: Senior Football Preliminary Round - November 1/2 Derry v Antrim Quarter-finals - November 8/9 (1) Cavan v Fermanagh (2) Tyrone v Down (3) Monaghan v Donegal (4) Armagh v Derry/Antrim Semi-finals - November 22/23 1 v 2 3 v 4 Final - December 6/7 Munster: https://munster.gaa.ie/fixtures/club-championships/club-championships-2025/ "Would there be any appetite for a wee predictions competition?" - Go for it! legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9215 - 14/10/2025 14:18:09 2639951 Link
Replying To tirawleybaron: "It is a pity if county boards have chosen to go behind a paywall rather than allow games on free to air TV. The same lads would then give out if their intercounty provincial games aren't free to air." And who would pay for these private companies to stream all these countless club games? It's relatively cheap to pay to watch a club game from the comfort of your armchair. Before Covid this didn't even exist in most counties. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11798 - 14/10/2025 14:18:19 2639952 Link
Replying To IamADragon: "The Cavan and Meath finals were both on yesterday. Would have made much more sense for TG4 to show one of those. Both countries with a much deeper history in football than Antrim." History is on the side of Antrim , they have won the Ulster senior club Cship 4 times ,No Cavan team has ever won it germac (Down) - Posts: 581 - 14/10/2025 21:17:16 2640024 Link
Lockjaw I'd be interested if you can get it up and running CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2606 - 14/10/2025 23:16:42 2640038 Link
Seventeen county senior finals down for decision this weekend! Semi finals in Kerry. Rathmore v Austin Stacks and Mid Kerry v Dingle. Mid Kerry and Dingle would have been favourites to make the final if they avoided each other. Mid Kerry seem to have gelled like a club side. Tough one to call. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9215 - 17/10/2025 07:24:09 2640356 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "Seventeen county senior finals down for decision this weekend! Semi finals in Kerry. Rathmore v Austin Stacks and Mid Kerry v Dingle. Mid Kerry and Dingle would have been favourites to make the final if they avoided each other. Mid Kerry seem to have gelled like a club side. Tough one to call." Would love to see Daingean get to the final and win it. Stacks appear to have reinvented themselves well! People find Kerry championship puzzling but the jeopardy element keeps clubs on their toes and obviously helps to maintain high standards. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3734 - 17/10/2025 10:44:32 2640372 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "And who would pay for these private companies to stream all these countless club games? It's relatively cheap to pay to watch a club game from the comfort of your armchair. Before Covid this didn't even exist in most counties." people are never happy yew_tree, they'll be complaining about having to pay anything to watch the match in person soon enough CCFabu (Donegal) - Posts: 277 - 17/10/2025 11:32:50 2640383 Link
Loughmacrory into their first ever Tyrone championship final after beating their closest rivals Carrickmore by a single point. This game went down to the wire with the winners missing a penalty late on only to see Carrickmore scoring a penalty to go in front in injury time, but up steps Ruairi Mc Cullagh to land a 2 pointer from play. Brilliant. Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2429 - 17/10/2025 22:53:40 2640470 Link
Very poor Dublin final. Might win Leinster but All Ireland well beyond Ballyboden. Cuala must be be kicking themselves for taking foot off the gas in the semi final. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3734 - 19/10/2025 09:23:30 2640597 Link
Replying To Saynothing: "Loughmacrory into their first ever Tyrone championship final after beating their closest rivals Carrickmore by a single point. This game went down to the wire with the winners missing a penalty late on only to see Carrickmore scoring a penalty to go in front in injury time, but up steps Ruairi Mc Cullagh to land a 2 pointer from play. Brilliant." Will Trillick be a step too far? Loughmacrory scored well against Carrickmore, but conceded 4 goals? Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17271 - 19/10/2025 13:24:32 2640626 Link
It'll be a Stacks v Dingle final in Kerry. Mark O'Connor back from Australia for the winter was outstanding today. Next week's final is shaping up to be a battle of Joe v Mark. The winner will go on to Munster. Dr Crokes are out. They needed Mid Kerry to win. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9215 - 19/10/2025 16:01:37 2640641 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Will Trillick be a step too far? Loughmacrory scored well against Carrickmore, but conceded 4 goals?" I do fancy Trillick who are a top class outfit, That would pit them against Kilcoo who are coming to the boil just at the right time , a mouthwatering clash for sure germac (Down) - Posts: 581 - 19/10/2025 20:26:59 2640686 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "It'll be a Stacks v Dingle final in Kerry. Mark O'Connor back from Australia for the winter was outstanding today. Next week's final is shaping up to be a battle of Joe v Mark. The winner will go on to Munster. Dr Crokes are out. They needed Mid Kerry to win." Is Mark O'Connor staying about I wonder? He'd be a serious addition to an already formidable Kerry panel. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 10086 - 20/10/2025 09:35:06 2640739 Link
Replying To Lockjaw: "Is Mark O'Connor staying about I wonder? He'd be a serious addition to an already formidable Kerry panel." Has another year on his contract AFAIK. Huge loss. A Stacks player will be going Down Under as well. Kerry is being plundered. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9215 - 20/10/2025 09:44:41 2640740 Link
The Downs in Westmeath would be a decent bet for the Leinster and a good shout for the All Ireland. They will inevitably win the Westmeath Final against Kinnegad on Sunday. In the 2025 Westmeath Championship, The Downs are winning games by an average margin of 12. They thrashed Kinnegad by 12 already and hammered back to back Champions St Loman's by the same margin. Luke Loughlin is unmarkable, especially with 11 v 11, very headstrong player. Luke has scored 5-37 in 6 matches!! They also have Westmeath midfielder Jonathan Lynam and Westmeath full back Charlie Drumm. They have proved that their squad is more than their county stars as Lynam and Drumm missed a few games. Having watched the Dublin Final, Ballyboden are strong favourites but I would have The Downs 2nd favourites. iarmhiabu (Westmeath) - Posts: 255 - 20/10/2025 10:23:57 2640755 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "It'll be a Stacks v Dingle final in Kerry. Mark O'Connor back from Australia for the winter was outstanding today. Next week's final is shaping up to be a battle of Joe v Mark. The winner will go on to Munster. Dr Crokes are out. They needed Mid Kerry to win." I fancied Daingean to win All Ireland a few years ago and thought maybe they had missed the boat with Crokes coming back strong, I'll be wetting my beak now! BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3734 - 20/10/2025 10:58:34 2640763 Link
It is a very interesting time of the year with different clubs and styles going into battle against clubs from other counties and provinces. Hopefully the weather will be reasonable enough over the coming weeks. In Ulster, I would say Kilcoo will be the team to beat. They have a tough opener against the Tyrone champions. A lot of people think this will be Trillick, but history has shown that predicting the Tyrone champions is a tricky task. Naomh Conaill from Donegal have a tough assignment away to the Monaghan champions. But if they got over that they'd fancy their chances. A very difficult team to beat. Ciaran Thompson is a massive loss to them though. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 10086 - 20/10/2025 12:04:22 2640779 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Will Trillick be a step too far? Loughmacrory scored well against Carrickmore, but conceded 4 goals?" It's the Tyrone championship so you never know, Loughmacrory won't fear Trillick. Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2429 - 20/10/2025 12:41:18 2640789 Link
Replying To germac: "Tyrone C ship always gives exactly what, no different than any other , some very good and some very bad games, Watching both semis today there was 1 moment of class the pass from one Canavan to the other and goal everything else was average enough stuff Going foward Trillick will be hard to stop and could possibly win an Ulster" It gives exactly what the Down championship doesn't give, a one sided championship from start to finish. Only for an off year Kilcoo would have 13 in a row. Some championship. In Tyrone it's 21 years since team done back to back. Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2429 - 20/10/2025 12:46:00 2640792 Link
Hope Salthill Knocknacaragh GAA win in Galway galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2670 - 20/10/2025 12:46:39 2640793 Link