ACL Division 3 thread 2012 (Junior League)

tough lge....should be competitive though bar the likes of killian and corrensigo etc......aiming for top 6 and take it from der....beleek down or wat?

any word on when the fixtures will be out

dont you worry about us or killean we´re fit to hold our own.

Are there any real mismatches here? Other than possibly Ballyhegan? Who will be the favourites?

the 5 teams that where in division 3 last year will be there abouts come the end of the season

a lottery this one as well, so collegeland must have won their appeal to get into div 2.

Good to see Forkill coming down on their high horse, if they think they'll get easy points out Corrinshego and Killean they've another thing coming, especially when half their players have tickets for the states this summer!

Ballyhegan outright favourites, but no team will fear each other and I wouldn't be suprised to see the old Div 4 teams aka Cladaí mixing it at the top with the Div 3 aristocrats.

What's the story with seconds teams? After all the rows last year and the formation of 3 tier league, is there any clarity on what team players can play for? Surely now they'll be recognised as two seperate teams.

Big year for Cladaí, we've been on the weights since October, John Toal has been back at training and we've added another 10 ° slant on our pitch. Keep her Cladaí boysh!

once a player has played as much as 1 min for their first team they are atomaticly ruled out of playing for the 2nds, any player can move up out of seconds but once the get any game time they cannot move down!

wingback, and does Kileavy still have B team? What kind of numbers have the seconds got this year?

Forkhill not loosing players to america.....we are currently working hard and will give this division a good shout this year...not saying we will get promoted but we will be close.....clady in good shape? who over yous?

Well i heard that a few of the young students have been planning their summer holidays already! Were tickin away nicely, hard to beat a herdy pre season. Same clubmen as last year, we like to keep it tight knit in clady. Hows numbers with you guys

good numbers but its early in the year...any word on fixtures? any1 got any predictions?? beleek defo in our lge?

Yes they are,you scared !

scared??lol most definitly not!! i hear us have a top class management structure in place...a referee and an ex county manager??

First 5 league fixtures

Round 1 – Sunday 1st April (2.00)

BALLYHEGAN V CROSSMAGLEN II
BELLEEK V AN PORT MOR
CLADY V PHELIM BRADYS
CORRINSHEGO V O HANLONS
DERRYNOOSE V LISSUMMON
DORSEY EMMETTS V ST PATRICKS II
FORKHILL V KILLEAVY II
KILLEAN V DROMINTEE II


Round 2 – Wednesday 11th April (7.00)

AN PORT MOR V BALLYHEGAN
PHELIM BRADYS V BELLEEK
O HANLONS V CLADY
LISSUMMON V CORRINSHEGO
ST PATRICKS II V DERRYNOOSE
KILLEAVY II V DORSEY EMMETTS
DROMINTEE II V FORKHILL
CROSSMAGLEN II V KILLEAN


Round 3 – Sunday 15th April (2.00)

BALLYHEGAN V PHELIM BRADYS
BELLEEK V O HANLONS
CLADY V LISSUMMON
CORRINSHEGO V ST PATRICKS II
DERRYNOOSE V KILLEAVY II
DORSEY EMMETTS V DROMINTEE II
FORKHILL V KILLEAN
AN PORT MOR V CROSSMAGLEN II


Round 4 – Wednesday 18th April (7.00)

O HANLONS V BALLYHEGAN
LISSUMMON V BELLEEK
ST PATRICKS II V CLADY
KILLEAVY II V CORRINSHEGO
DROMINTEE II V DERRYNOOSE
KILLEAN V DORSEY EMMETTS
CROSSMAGLEN II V FORKHILL
PHELIM BRADYS V AN PORT MOR

Round 5 – Sunday 22nd April (2.00)

BALLYHEGAN V LISSUMMON
BELLEEK V ST PATRICKS II
CLADY V KILLEAVY II
CORRINSHEGO V DROMINTEE II
DERRYNOOSE V KILLEAN
DORSEY EMMETTS V FORKHILL
AN PORT MOR V O HANLONS
PHELIM BRADYS V CROSSMAGLEN II

Nice to finally see the fixtures, makes all those stamina runs a bit more bearable!!!
Quick question to anyone in the know, does the county board intend on running fixtures on a Wed / Sun basis for the remainder of the year or is this just kicking us off?

I think a lot of punters have tipped B'Hegan to give this section a run..indeed some have stated that they are mis matched/placed. Don't forget they finished just above old Div 3 relegation places last yr and Cross II had 4 games in hand and were only 2 pts behind them!!

Would expect Cross to record an away win and also expect Ballyhegan to be a top 8 club come the split - but promotion????!!

Would look at Forkhill and even Belleek (remember Belleek beat Ballyhegan twice last yr) to also be in the mix.

I think a lot of clubs may well look to play on Friday's as Wednesdays at 7pm are too early at this time of year particularly if clubs have players at uni etc...

All Uni's are half day on Wednesday are they not?