"Dromore manager Noel McGinn has been handed a 72-week ban arising from his headbutt on a Clonoe substitute in Sunday's Tyrone County Football Final.
Clonoe player Emmett Teague has been given a 32-week ban for his retaliatory headbutt on the Dromore boss.
As a result, Teague is ruled out of the Ulster Club SFC as is his team-mate Colin Doris who gets an eight-week ban.
Clonoe assistant Harry McClure has got a 12-week ban while Dromore keeper Peter Ward gets an eight-week ban.
In addition, both clubs were handed £500 fines - the maximum fines available to the Tyrone Competitions Control Committee.
First off, Clonoe players Teague and Doris will miss Sunday's Ulster Club game against St Eunan's at Coalisland."

says the BBC, are the suspensions fair?

milo (Tyrone) - Posts: 238 - 29/10/2008 14:40:46    128872

"while Emmet O'Neill has also been hit with a two-month ban for a separate incident earlier on in the game"

So presumably he was sent off for just more than striking??

I don't know, I had a feeling that these suspensions would be big after the stand Derry took from incidents in their county final. Either way, everyone will appeal and get a few weeks taken off and everyone will be happy....

EnolaGay (Tyrone) - Posts: 653 - 29/10/2008 15:16:58    128925

no i think Peter Ward should have been given a longer suspension and the suspension on Colm Doris was a bit harsh.

anmhaighabu (Tyrone) - Posts: 105 - 29/10/2008 15:21:39    128933

how is a stamping incident harsh he should have walked there and then .Rules are rules

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 29/10/2008 15:26:41    128943

Your mixed up on the Doris' (two brothers)

The one who stamped got off with his incident!

Green123 (UK) - Posts: 22 - 29/10/2008 15:37:49    128958

dellboy can you tell where colm doris stamped on whatever dromore player. cheers,you must be the only person that seen it.

henryhoover (Tyrone) - Posts: 2 - 29/10/2008 15:51:14    128981

To be fair doris should have got longer than eight weeks for stamping its a coards action to stamp on a man when he is on the ground, im sure most of the clonoe people would agree on that.

fiannablue (Tyrone) - Posts: 326 - 29/10/2008 16:00:47    128994

would i be rite in saying it was patrick doris that stamped??
when did colly stamp??
wa was he suspended for??

myveiw (Tyrone) - Posts: 69 - 29/10/2008 16:34:19    129040

Dont understand suspensions. I think that boy on about clonoe number 12 stamping!!!! was talking to doris briefly on sunday night in second half twice mc donough or ward or what ever you call him came out and stamped on him he said to same umpire who stood and watched mcginn head butting clonoe sub can you put a stop to this he called ref down had a word with umpire and booked him unreal.

istolethegiro (Tyrone) - Posts: 73 - 29/10/2008 16:54:39    129067

Ward got away in the smoke. He started the whole thing. He's been a bit of a liability for a while and maybe that explains why he is no longer anywhere near the county scene. Should have been made to pay a bigger price for his nonsense.

mossgreen (Tyrone) - Posts: 181 - 29/10/2008 16:56:57    129072

yea i think they did get mixed up in the doris's because it might have been patrick doris did the stamping because he was getting more abuse and hitting from the dromore players because he was doing most of the scoring.

anmhaighabu (Tyrone) - Posts: 105 - 29/10/2008 17:10:33    129096

clonoe seem to be hit harder with the suspensions than dromore,
2 young players miss out in a first round ulster club game while the 2 dromore mens year is almost over.
noel mcginn should not be allowed on a football field any day of the week for the next 72 weeks but his sentences allows him to train a team tuesday and thursday and manage from outside the wire on a sunday.
the county board sent all clubs a timetable of what time they should take the field for sundays final and the sequence of photographs and the national athem it is about time they also had a interval between both teams leaving the pitch at half time and full time,this has been a flash point on numerous occasions throughout ireland where both teams have collided at thes intervals.

thebubbler (Tyrone) - Posts: 21 - 29/10/2008 17:15:26    129099

Yeah ward started the fight but did he make the others fight aswell? 8 week ban all ward deserved!... to start a fight then run into the changing roms!. As for Mc Ginn 72 weeks is a bit much, and i think the clonoe sub he hit done a bit of play acting!

BallBhoy (Tyrone) - Posts: 201 - 29/10/2008 17:21:19    129106

Ward deserved more, i'd say all in all McGinn & Teagues were fair enough.
I cant see them being shortened much if they appeal, i'd say the decision that has been made will be stuck to.

LocalLass (Tyrone) - Posts: 151 - 29/10/2008 17:31:59    129125

henry hoover i was not the only one that seen tv showed it three or four times ..So think before you speak not sure what doris whoever was no12

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 29/10/2008 18:13:28    129165

Patrick Doris has stud marks down his back How did this happen ??? What the hell did big Harry do ?? . For Once i think Colly was not in the wrong

tommy truth (Tyrone) - Posts: 80 - 29/10/2008 18:24:59    129174

myview they banned the wrong lad no12 doris stamped so if it was the other doris that got banned what was there reason unfair i reckon....

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 29/10/2008 18:43:19    129197

typical McGinn tactics- it would be good enough for him there's enough evidence i think for an assault charge to stand up in Court... mmmmmm..... as for Ward he got off light for the one who started it all dingo by name comes to mind.... thats just my opinion.... am away here for another drink out of the O'Neill Cup... u gotta sing when your winnin

Rahilly_Man (Tyrone) - Posts: 361 - 29/10/2008 19:26:17    129225

It was def patrick No11 that done the stamping!but am curious would the county board have got them mixed cause i didnt see colly doing anything!
Anybody see what he did?

Think the suspensions are pretty fair! everybody knew the county board was going to come down hard

Skyblue (Tyrone) - Posts: 193 - 29/10/2008 19:51:36    129253

The colm doris sending off is going to be egg in the face of this joke of a commitee what evidence did they use, cauze it wuz the wrong doris they going to look like muppets either they seen it or they didnt, Ward wuz behaving vert bad an wuz trying his best to provoke at all opportunities. Fiannablue wouldnt expect anything else from ye looking through rose tinted glasses u should check some of ur own players records in the sending of department,never mind we finished the job that u s embarassed urselves trying to do.LOL.

Bigmanus (Tyrone) - Posts: 46 - 29/10/2008 21:05:27    129301