2017 Ulster Senior Football Championships kindly sponsored by Cicero_Dandi

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Ulster GAA have confirmed fixture details for the 2017 Ulster senior football championship.

Saturday 20 May

Ulster SFC preliminary round
Monaghan v Fermanagh, Clones, 7pm (Replay Saturday 27 May)

Sunday 21 May

Ulster SFC quarter-final
Donegal v Antrim, Ballybofey, 4pm (Replay Saturday 27 May)

Sunday 28 May

Ulster SFC quarter-final
Derry v Tyrone, Celtic Park, 2pm (Replay Saturday 3 June)

Sunday 4 June

Ulster SFC quarter-final
Down v Armagh, Pairc Esler, 2pm (Replay Saturday 10 June)

Sunday 11 June

Ulster SFC quarter-final
Cavan v Monaghan/Fermanagh, Breffni Park/Brewster Park, 2pm (Replay Saturday 17 June)

If Cavan v Monaghan, Breffni Park

If Cavan v Fermanagh, Brewster Park

Sunday 18 June

Ulster SFC semi-final
Derry/Tyrone v Donegal/Antrim, TBC, TBC (Replay Sunday 25 June)

Saturday 24 June

Ulster SFC semi-final
Down/Antrim v Cavan/Monaghan/Fermanagh, TBC, TBC (Replay Saturday 1 July)

Sunday 16 July

Ulster SFC final
Derry/Tyrone/Donegal/Antrim v Down/Antrim/Cavan/Monaghan/Fermanagh, TBC, TBC (Replay Sunday 23 July)

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Very poor change of title @gilgamboa

The ulster championship creates plenty of debate year after year

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A major break with tradition as two Ulster championship ties are scheduled for the same weekend for the first time in living memory.

I’m outraged by this - each tie should have a weekend all to itself, as befits Ireland’s premier sporting competition.

This is the thin end of the wedge as far as I’m concerned.

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Can you not see the hint? They are arranging a replay double-header to have a weekend spectacular on 27/28/29 May which happens to be a bank holiday weekend. Great lads for spectaculars are the Nordies.

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To think that some wanted coursing banned before this muck .

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What is coursing ? Is that when D4 types use bad language ?

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See you in abbeyfeale 28 December . No Donnybrook Fair or Kiely"s though.

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The potential clash of Tyrone and Donegal at Clones in the Ulster semi-final will be the game of Championship 2017.

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@Chucks_Nwoko

Rory Beggan, Conor Forde, Mikey Murnaghan, Niall McKeown, Fintan Kelly, James Mealiff, Drew Wylie, Darren Hughes, Kieran Hughes, Karl O’Connell, Neil McAdam, Stephen Finnegan, Kieran Duffy, Colin Walshe, Fergal McGeough, Aaron Lynch, Conor McManus, Gavin Doogan, Brian Greenan, Stephen McCabe, David McAllister, Niall Kearns, Ryan Wylie, Micheal Bannigan, Shane Carey, Thomas Kerr, James Wilson, Dessie Ward, Owen Coyle.

No Barry McGinn - what’s the story there? No Chrissy McGuinness or Daniel McKenna either - strange.

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Not much to get excited about there. Murnaghan and Ward were flying half backs on the '13 minor side. Gavin Doogan gets another chance to replace the ignorance that’s gone with Dick.
McGuiness wanted to focus on the club last year, i expected him back this year. Yankee’s inconsistency wouldn’t make him a management favourite.

@Nembo_Kid didn’t see any Monaghan lads on the Railway cup panel. Anything at play there? Who’s over the team?

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Wee Pete.

No Donegal players either, probably that players approached weren’t interested.

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David Walsh got married last weekend and they were all invited to that apparently.

Sunday Sport on RTE Radio 1 seemed determined to make a story out of it last Sunday but McGrath poured cold water on it.

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O’Fiach Cup final today Armagh v Tyrone.

Armagh should be in a much better place this year than last, a lot of guys who didn’t commit last year have this time around. Paul Hughes, Aidan Rushe and Oisin O’Neill have all committed from Cross this year - Hughes will be a big addition to what has been an aging defence last year and should be a starter. O’Neill is going to be one of the top players in the country in the coming years and Rushe is another talented young player. Clarke and Dyas should be back and possibly Murnin too.

Very young squad Armagh have in place now but I think they’ll be in a good place in 2/3 years time. Another season like last for McGeeney and I’d imagine a change in management is likely.

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The real Super Sunday.

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  1. M O’Neill
  2. Mullan
  3. HP McGeary
  4. Cassidy
  5. Loughran
  6. Monroe
  7. Meyler
  8. Clarke
  9. McShane
  10. McClure
  11. R O’Neill
  12. McCullagh
  13. McCurry
  14. McKenna
  15. McHugh

Subs: Morgan, L Brennan, Burns, S Cavanagh, P Harte, McCarron, McCrory, Sludden, K McGeary

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Ethan Rafferty and Donaghy started instead of Vernon and Campbell.

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Petey Harte on for the injured Conor Clarke.

0-03 to 0-03 after about 15 mins.

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  1. M O’Neill
  2. Mullan
  3. HP McGeary
  4. Cassidy (0-01)
  5. Loughran (0-01)
  6. Monroe
  7. Meyler
  8. Clarke
  9. McShane (0-01)
  10. McClure
  11. R O’Neill (0-03 2f)
  12. McCullagh (0-01)
  13. McCurry
  14. McKenna
  15. McHugh

Subs: Harte for Clarke (inj 14 min), Sludden for Mullan (inj 20 min)

Tyrone 0-07
Armagh 2-05

Our quest to retain the O’Fiach Cup in real jeopardy now.

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Armagh are on fire.

The standard so far is superb.

Great to get football of such quality at this time of the year.

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8 points down.

:eek:

0-07 - 3-06