 And hopefully we get that over the line, then we'll concentrate in Ringman, but it's not ideal because Ringman obviously can come by to the game. They've got three or four weeks to prepare and ourselves from Contra don't. So again, not ideal, but look, if we were to do it, we'll do it the hard way anyway with the weight highs and stuff like that against good oppositions. So like, we're prepared for it anyway, regardless. Yeah, and your form in this competition, you know, some impressive results along the way, Gavin, you've been playing well and overcoming any challenge that has been placed in front of you. We have, yeah, look, we're serious. Our first game in the competition was away to Bonnegui in the night. It's tough game at any time, but we were doing it to nine players with two men sent off and we played the last 40 minutes of the game with nine men. So it was an incredible result and performance from our team on the best I've seen in all my years. We've brought that on. Then we played Luffy Wanderers, who are top three in Dublin at the minute, and the Lancers City League Premier Division beat them 1-0. And then we went to Cork, they haven't even added to our, again, you know, household name and intermediate football. And I felt we were really impressive. There was one of our best performance this season and we played really, really well and came away with the fully deserved results. So like some big results here and the guys and the players have been really focused on this competition this year. And hopefully this weekend we'd be doing exactly the same thing. And when you go stage by stage in this competition, Gavin, the excitement is, I'm sure builds and there's a bit of a buzz about the club. You know, what's the feeling among your supporters in Cork Hill? Will many of them be making the trip up to Dublin on somebody to find us? I would have thought so. Yeah, the drum corner is not hard to get this. So I suppose our supporters and ourselves is the task every year because it's well documented the amount of OATIs we get. And we would have loved, we would have absolutely loved to have a nice little quarterfinal or semi-final in Cork Hill for the supporters, for the local football people because it's a brilliant standard. But look, we haven't got that. We've never got that. So that's disappointing. But look, if we have to do it this way, we have to do it this way and we do. But look, we're going to give it a go. Yeah, I would expect a good few to go down. Cork the following week, like it's a, if we get there, it's a FA Cup semi-final to all intents and purposes. But it's a tough ask. The asked supporters are tough to travel to Cork. It's a big one, like, you know. Yeah, well, listen, you had no game last weekend, Gavin. The previous weekend's fixture then against Lederkenny Rovers, that match was abandoned, wasn't it? So it's been a while since you've had 90 minutes under your belt. How are things within the squad? Is everybody available this weekend, Gavin? Yeah, it's obviously not ideal preparation with no game last weekend because of what happened. Weekend before, we played Lederkenny and Young Tom Callen playing him. Got a really bad break and it was right to call two teams agreed to not come on the pitch after because it was a tough one. So we only played 20 minutes. So it's three weeks since we played 90 minutes, which is frustrating this time of year because we're in so many competitions, we've so many games to play. The players just want to get on the pitch and play and want to see what they can do. And it's incredibly frustrating. But at the same time, we had a couple of knocks and eagles that got an extra week or so to heal. And hopefully we think they're going to be okay. Apart from Adam Duffy, who's probably out for the season at this point with an e-injury, but everybody else we expect to have fully fit for the weekend or close to it anyway. So that's a blessing in disguise, but all are really into it. We're footballers, we only play games, you know? Yeah, exactly. Well, two o'clock start on Sunday. You head up Sunday morning, Gavin? Yeah, we'll head up Sunday morning. It's only the end of the motorway, north Dublin, so it's not a bad trip. And I think just preparation wise, it'll be fine to do that on one day. I hope I'm right. As I said, we went to Lafay and done it on one day as well. So I think we'll be okay that side. Okay. And that's good. Well, listen, Cockhill Celtic flying the flag then for Donegal's intermediate football, Gavin. And you know what? There's a real cup fever about Bunkranna this weather, with Bunkranna Hart's doing so well in the FBI Junior Cup. Unfortunately, falling at the hurdle last weekend, losing out to St. Michael's, Gavin. But I'm sure everybody concerned with Bunkranna Hart's can be proud of their achievements this year in that competition. Oh, definitely. Look, as I say, to get to the quarterfinals stages of any national competition at any level is an achievement. And you need to be at yourself. You need a lot of luck, but you need to be at yourself. And their game last week created a lot of buzzer in turn. That's what a home fixture does, which is fantastic and really, really impressive. And people got on board with it, which is great. They're obviously having a very, very good season to date. They were unlucky, but like I said, oh, well, unlucky with the penalty decision and stuff. But that again, and this competitions and cup competitions, that's what can happen. And that's the fine margins that are there. And hopefully, hopefully, ourselves come across on the right side of some of them decisions this week. Yeah, let's hope so. Well, listen, Gavin, we're going to go for a break. You can stay with us because we'll have a look ahead to all the league of Ireland action with you. But for now, we're going to grab a quick break. 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That's at 7 o'clock tomorrow night. And the AUL complex in Dublin is the venue over the weekend. The Ulster FAI kicking off against the Connacht Football Association on Friday night. And League of Ireland action then. And Gavin Cullen has stayed with us to look ahead to another busy weekend of fixtures. So we'll start with the Premier Division action then Gavin. And it's been very, very interesting, hasn't it, the start of the Premier League campaign. Dairy City going so well. They sit pretty at the top of the table after four matches. Just a point clear of Bowles, Gavin. But I think the big talking point from the first few weeks has been the failure of Shamrock Rovers, the reigning champions to put too many points on the board. And they're actually still without a win. Yeah, very, very surprising. They're actually wise to battle their game against Cork on Monday night. Obviously it's well documented. They've put a few defenders out injured and stuff and you can see it's affecting them. For them to concede forward to them is unheard of. You know, so look, we thought at the start of the season, Dairy and Shamrock Rovers would have been the two frontliners. Obviously Dairy have had a brilliant start to Shamrock Rovers. They have points, but there's the big point stuffers between them already. It's fantastic for Dairy at this moment in time and all our clubs probably getting the stuff as well because of Rovers' start. Yeah, well Dairy, host on dock on Friday night. Shelburne are next up for Shamrock Rovers. A tricky little assignment at Talca Park for Shamrock Rovers. And listen, you know, as much as Dairy City will be hoping their team produces another good result on Friday night, they'll be keeping a close eye on how things go at Talca Park. A fifth game of the season then for Dairy, Gavin, and given that this is only their second home fixture, they've got to be pleased with the start they've made. Oh yeah, it's been a brilliant start. Like they've had quite a few injuries as well and they've had big players that haven't played much or at all like Michael Duffy and Dominion to come on to the team. So like this time last year when that happened, they struggled because they had in the depth but they've got real, real quality players coming in. They made changes, they used to use Dealer night and it doesn't weaken them whatsoever. So squad wise, they're in a great place. Obviously confidence wise, fitness levels, everything looked really, really good at this point in time. Now Dun dock have had a good start as well. So like in the Premier Division, it seems like every game is a massive game and it is. You know, this is a huge game in the brandy one for Friday night for Dairy. Yeah, Maconiff, he was among the goals against UCD. He's enjoyed a bright start with City this season. It was interesting after the game on Monday night there, he won 4-0 away to UCD. Their assistant manager, Alan Reynolds, suggested afterwards that even though they enjoyed a good one, Gavin, he felt that they could well play better this season. I think so. Look, I watched the whole game against UCD. I felt they were very comfortable in the game. Probably never really had to get out a second or third year to get the result, which again, all augurs well. The performances will get better. The cohesion of the team will get better for sure and they will play better. They will have to play better than that as well. But there's no reason what the players they have that they can't push on. Jordan Maconiff this season has been, I suppose, an unexpected revelation. He's been excellent. He scored a penalty in the cup final and you can see the confidence of Bremen from that right through to this season. And he's four goals ready, which is some return. It sure is. Derry had a good start last year as well, didn't he? But there seems to be something different about this team and this campaign. Gavin, there's an energy there. There seems to be a belief that they can really achieve in this season. No doubt about it. I think the cup final one and the 20,000 fans of Viva and the brand will be sold out every single week. I think everything is positive around Derry at the moment. I think everything they're doing is working for them. Obviously, the players that they brought into the squad are all really, really good players and they're benched. The players that are out injured, the depth that they have is almost, if not as good as some rovers now, which is some go. And on dock then, our next up for City, games between Derry and on dock, you know, they're never easy to call out. They all seem to be two very evenly matched teams. Yeah, well, on dock I had a fantastic season last season and then again this summer, or this winter short in the close season, they seem to have come very late with a lot of signing. So again, a bit of an unknown team, but they've started the season very well and like your expectation that on dock has defined us in the top four or five anyway. So again, the Derry on dock game has always been a testy fixture of all seven, eight years. Yeah, it sure has. The other games then very briefly UCD against Rahada and St Pat's playing host to Bowles and then on Saturday night, Slag Rovers take on Cork City. Into the first division then Gavin and I suppose similar to what's been happening in the Premier Division has been intriguing. It's been interesting to see how teams have fared over the first few games. Galway United leading the way with three wins from their three games and Harps at the other end of the table, Gavin with just a point to show, but improving week by week by all accounts and a good performance last Friday night against Bray despite the fact that they weren't able to pick up a home win but they were up against a good Bray side. Yeah, Bray loads of experience as they go away, as they waterford in the league. Harps obviously come Friday night three of the first four games will be at home so they'll really be wanting to build on last week and getting that point and maybe get more points on the board because the way fixers, as we've seen in the Afloan game they struggled a bit, they struggled away from home so the home games are key. All the vibes and all the talk coming out of Harps this week after getting that point is really positive and really sort of ready to kick on stuff so this Friday night is a huge one. Wexford won't be easy, they've got, again, Ethan Boyle and players they get and players that have played in the league of Ireland so it'll be a tough, tough ask but it's an opportunity and Harps will need to get three points on the board fairly soon, you know. Yeah, and Dave Rogers, you know, in his preview for tomorrow night's game again alluding to the fact that the home supporters have such an important part to play in games this season. It's a long run up the road for Wexford, Gavin and I'm sure Harps will be looking to make it as difficult for them as they can. They will, I expect Harps to come out and go at them and give it a good go early on. It's again that, what's the Galway game? I was at the game in Femme Parc. Galway just had a wee bit more know-how and a wee bit more noise about them. That experience and that, no guile of the other players, McCormick in midfield and boys they get, that Harps didn't and Harps struggled. Again, Wexford will have them type players although not as good as Galway. So it's one of them opportunities for Harps to get three points on the board and they'll be hoping to do so. They bowled on the last week's point and then kick on for the following few weeks. When I was talking to you a few weeks ago, Gavin, as well, and we talked about the two lads in on loan from Dairy City, McCarion and Porter you were bigging them up, big time, let's just say, because you felt they had quality and they could make it at this level and I think their performances over the three games to date would suggest that you weren't far away. No, look, it's early days. They're only young lads. They put a lot of pressure on their shoulders. They're playing every minute of every game because of the lack of depth that Harps had. They start at the same 11 nearly every week. They're getting around, they're getting opportunities and the two lads have been excellent. I thought the game against Galway, Dahi was very, very good and I think last week the both of them were excellent so they were, so fair play to them and hope it continues. The new manager, Dave Rogers, has assembled a decent squad, Gavin. There's plenty of talent in there, plenty of quality and I suggested last week on this program that it's a case now of trying to get them to GL as a team but certainly the signs are good. Yeah, look, there were spells in the game last week where they looked really good, Flood looked good, Baba looked decent for his first game. So, look, time will tell. It's going to take time. There's going to be ups and downs this season. There's no doubt about that. There's going to be poor results and disappointments with a new team and new squad but if they keep improving the way they did last week in the next few weeks, like you can see, there is a bit of quality there. There's definitely a bit of excitement, a few exciting players there, you know. So, hopefully this week gets them, the confidence is everything with the young side, you know, and a couple of defeats in a row really will knock them for six and maybe the crowds are disperse or whatever, which is hard. But no, a couple of ones in a row just to complete the opposite with a team that just develops hunger and desire and they could go in and run. So, it's all in the melting pot for them at the moment and it's very early days. Yeah, indeed it is. Well, that game tomorrow night has an 8 o'clock start in Balbuffet and we'll have regular updates. Harps against Wexford, one of five matches in the first division tomorrow night. The leaders, Galway United, have a home game against the bottom of the table, Kerry FC. Gavin, that's about it in terms of the League of Ireland action and the Intermediate Cup preview as well. That's the best of luck on Sunday. We're all behind you. Hopefully Cockhill Celtic can do the business down in Dublin against Drumkondra for now. 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A big day for Latter-Canary Rugby Club on Saturday. They have a quarter final in the Gordon West Cup. It's the most Hollywood in that game. Alec McDonnell will be reporting for Saturday Sport from the Gleeb in Latter-Canary. ATU Donnie Gaul are in action in Ladies' Colleges' Gaelic Football. They are through to the Lynch Cup semi-final. The finals weekend is over Friday and Saturday at the Dome, which is the Connect Centre of Excellence down in May also. ATU Donnie Gaul in action on Friday at half past 12. The semi-final is against DCU. Best of luck to everybody involved there. And there's hurling action this weekend too. The Alliance National Hurling League returns this weekend to Rhone. Have a home game against Meeve. That's in Division 2B. That's on Saturday. And then on Sunday, Donnie Gaul are in action in the same division. They play host to Wicklow. Throw-in at O'Donnell Park in Latter-Canary is at 1 o'clock on Sunday. Well, back to football then in school. Warrar Bunkrana won the FAI Schools Senior Girls' National Cup this week in Monday's final played at Garda Keegan in Monhan. They beat St. Attractus Community School from Tabor Curry on penalties to take the title. The game actually ended scoreless after exit time with Bunkrana winning the tie 4-2 on penalties. Chris Ashmore caught up with their manager, Paddy Carr. Paddy, congratulations. The girls have done you, the school, in a show-in and Donnie Gaul, proud because they have won the Football Association of Irish Schools Senior Girls' Final. It went to a penalty shoot-out. In the end, you came through, so no doubt everybody absolutely delighted. Yeah, thanks very much, Chris. Yeah, we're absolutely thrilled for the girls. They performed very well. And again, the school is very proud of these girls. They're a credit to themselves and to their families and even the clubs that have been working with them down through the years. Can I reap them the rewards as such in the school? It was penalties. We probably have a team of girls there that are fairly solid defensively. We've been very lucky. And haven't considered too many goals this year. And when it came down to the penalties then, it can go either way, but luckily we came out the right side of it. Yeah, and Holly Ferguson, it was not a day it was for her because in the penalty shoot-out, she emerged as I suppose the real hero, making a number of great saves. Yeah, Holly has been just consistent all year. She gives confidence to the back four as well because, again, she's so talented that, you know, even during the game, she comes out for crosses. She's not afraid to come outside the box and just play a bit of football as well and pass it on to the back again. When it came to the penalties then, you're confident enough that Holly would step up as she's done on so many other occasions. She's a great talent. We're delighted that she's with us and part of the team. To come out of Dunny Gull is, I suppose, an achievement, the standard and the competition getting better all the time. Then you get out of Ulster, the semi-final, to get to a final. You were up against St. Attractors of Tuber Currie. They saw the Munster Champions, I think, to get to the final. Do you know about the opposition in advance? We kind of knew quite a bit because our paths crossed last year at under-17 level in the All-Ireland semi-final. We had played them. They're a fabulous team. They're an excellent team. Very difficult for them to lose on penalties because they fought so hard on Monday as well, and you kind of feel sorry for them, but, you know, we're just delighted to get out. It's just a harsh way to lose a final like that in penalties, but St. Attractors would have a lot of players that are with slag rovers, the underage teams, plus the senior teams, another 19 international player, Kerry O'Hara. There's some great talent down there as well, and there's some great work going down and St. Attractors and Tuber Currie. So we kind of knew them fairly well, and we knew that they would probably be waiting at the bit to get back after last year's defeat. We beat them an extra time last year in the All-Ireland semi, and so again on Monday then, we just got over the line by penalties against them, but they're a great football inside, and a credit to their school and their coaches for how they played against us. You've seen a sort of a natural progression of players. You mentioned they're the under-17s, of course. You had success at that level last year, carrying on through again this year, and I suppose, in a show, and Bunkran is a bit of a hotbed of girls' soccer, and a number of internationals through the school as well, which is great. You know, it's really put you on the map. Yeah, we've been blessed with the talent, and again there's a lot of work going on in the clubs locally, and great credit to those clubs that kind of feed into the school. We've got a number of internationals there, with the two lorry sisters that have been phenomenal all year. That's Jody and Kerry, yeah. That's Jody and Kerry, and down through the years we've been blessed. Last year we actually got beaten in the All Ireland semi against Clare Galway in the senior competition, and we would have had Emma Daughty on that team. Unfortunately, she just got injured before the All Ireland semi. Clare Galway went on to one All Ireland, so it was nice now for ourselves to get through at senior level this year. Jody gained the talent, and any show, and Anand Donegal is excellent. Like I've said it before, that we played Loretto Larkini in the early stages, group stages, and we drew with him. We played Loretto Malford. We were 2-0 down, got back to 3-2 after extra time. We played Cairndon in the final, it was 1-0. There's nothing between the schools up here, the talent both in Donegal and Anand, and a show on this just phenomenal, and it could be a different school any year because there's so much talent up here. We're blessed up here with the talent that is up here. And with a World Cup to look forward to for the Republic of Ireland women's team, there's no doubt about it, Paddy. The interest is going to grow, and that's certainly auger as well for the game at grassroots level. Definitely. It's great for these carers to see the likes of Amber and Roma and Cara Grant and those involved with the Irish team, and they can see that there is the chance for them in future years, hopefully we'll get a few more representing the country from our own school and from other schools in the locality. We're absolutely thrilled, and hopefully maybe one of them in Gears of Us playing on Monday might be too long till they're moving up to the senior ranks. And finally Paddy, you have dedicated the schools victory in this FAI senior girls national cup decider to the memory of Rocco McGinley who was a pupil at the school and who sadly passed away in February following that lengthy battle with a rare brain tumour. Yeah. Poor Rocco passed away there just a couple of weeks there, Chris, and again, you know, it was a tough time for the school and a tough time for a lot of the students in the school and, you know, even some of the girls that were on the team had seen the heart of them at the funeral and so on. And again, it was just nice to bring a bit of joy back to the school and even I've seen quite a few of Rocco's mates actually at the game there on Monday as well and it was just nice to see a smile back on their faces again, because Rocco's memory will remain for a long time. Indeed it will, nice words there from Paddy Carr, the manager of School War of Bunkrana. Well, now ensuring that it was a great week for Donegal Schools football, Public School Guidor were crowned FAI Schools Junior B Boys National Cup Champions. That's for the under-17 small school division on Wednesday. They were four one-winners over Kalasja Murra of Crosshaven in the final which was played at the AUL complex in Dublin, Martin McGillachioil and Cronin McFadden scored two goals each to guide their side to what was an impressive victory. Their manager, Podrick McGinley, has been speaking to Chris Ashmore. A great victory for you against Kalasja Murra of Crosshaven so everybody must be absolutely delighted. I had a lot of terrible things and I had to get the congratulations actually since the panel was around because we're still kind of thinking and like we're escalated at the moment so just get on the way home now to meet up with our family and friends and join us more. Well, when you start out the campaign at the start of each year, I suppose the first objective is to win Donegal. That is a big ask in itself but to go on and to get to an Ulster final and progress to a semi-final and a national final, it's a really significant achievement for the school. Oh, it's a massive achievement and even like this same group won Ulster last year and we kind of fell at the All-Ireland semi-final stage so to kind of pick themselves up and go again this year was kind of a massive achievement and it showed how much they wanted it so it's a massive achievement for the school. And you do have a great tradition in Goodor. There's been several big national successes in the past. I know I think it was back in 2020 the John Murphy National Cup came to Goodor after a victory over St. Joseph's of Foxford and there's been other memorable ones and then more recently I think the girls losing out to CBS of New Ross in a junior B girls semi-finals so there's ups and downs. It can be so hard to win a national competition so what do you think the secret has been this year? Is it just a particularly good team? It's a particularly good team but I think it's kind of, as well as more credit to the local clubs really in the amount of effort and training and to the teams both the girls and the lads like in the six years that I've been in the public school this is our fourth national title so two seniors, one 17th and then the girls last year so we're doing something right. Absolutely. So tell us a little bit about the match you beat the Corkside it was played at the AUL complex in Dublin and for one the final scoreline which suggests a comfortable victory but I'm sure it was never that easy as the scoreline might suggest. No, it was far from it. It was actually taking up match the first half there was very little in it I suppose it really kind of turned to college rule they received a right card so we needed a penalty so we kind of put us three one off and kind of left the other lads to control but then in the last 10, 50 minutes one of our own lads so it was kind of an arguing up finish but we just kind of snuck it got the fourth down right at the end and that kind of killed the match but no, like the scoreline is probably for those but we'll take it and we'll get it. Now it is a team performance but I think two players both got a brace of goals each? Yeah, Mark, I'm the captain so it's got a lovely free kick just to represent the first second sorry, I was already in it so I played 25 yards out just carded it in then we won the penalty so Mark, we did that and then Cosby Maury came back 2-1 and then we received the third the second penalty which they got the right card that kind of killed the game for them I suppose and Krunen McFuggy also on the score sheet yeah, sorry, Krunen he scored the second to those and Mark and Kyle scored the first two so great success four all involved and this team do you think most of them will stay together and maybe you can go on and become senior champions in the years to come? Yeah, definitely there's group here I think a lot of these guys still be going to qualify for seven games next year but yeah, I think for the next two or three years I think they're going to be very strong in their senior so I think they're going to keep proud that their heads keep their heads down and play the way they can and we're going back again and that helps to back to the league and finally Paarek, just give us an insight into the training that the guys would have put in over the past number of months, I'm sure that the effort is being rewarded now Ah yeah, I think the last two are there it's actually exciting for the stills if they're feeling up to get I suppose there's much training to have because they're so busy with the clubs and the Krunen soccer and the elite but I know anything you ever have to put in the effort and at the end of they got the rewards next week That's Padreck McGinley there speaking to Chris Ashmore so a memorable week for the teams from Public Skull Gwee Door and from Skull Warrabong Kranna, well done to them we'll be back after this break Hello, thanks for waiting, could you hold the line? 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this season so far and Swilly Rovers will win the league in the Temple Domestic Appliances Division 1 they're top of the table they're well clear they'll win the league and clinch the title if they beat Lederkinny Rovers in Remelton on Sunday Cardona FC knew that a win away to Quigley's Point Swifts last Sunday would clinch the Strand Hotel Division 1 title and promotion back to the Premier Division and they delivered that in some style with a 4-0 victory Jared Croson is the Cardona manager and he's been offering his thoughts on what's been a brilliant campaign he's been speaking to Chris Ashmore Jared Croson, firstly congratulations manager of Cardona FC who this year won the Strand Hotel First Division in Innochon and fair to say, Jared that you won it in some style just one defeat all season so far you've still got a few games left but a little bit of room to spare at the end so it's been a very strong league campaign yes, thanks very much Chris it's been quite good we didn't really set any targets at the start of the year we brought them together we tried to break it down, get the basics right and get them fitter and get a positive feel back in the club and then just let it roll the way it rolled well for us, you know someone who said to me at the start of the year this word would have been sitting there with his tuck arm in hand and everything so no, it's a lot of positives you clinched the title last weekend so good to be back in the top flight of Innochon because I'm sure a lot of people would feel you know, you're a big club a well established club that's where you really need to be yeah, 100%, definitely that's where Karen will always be and like, it's not so long since they were an intermediate club we're a big town as well dealing with lots of kids we should have enough coming through to be playing at the highest level of football that they're available to us so yeah, that's where we need to be and that's where we need to stay in the building from there, you know so tell us a little bit about the present day team is it, as I say the usual mixture of youth and experience or is that not the case yeah, well it's one day we're going through looking through our team and you would have said I would have probably maybe said it was a mixture of youth and experience but when we actually lined it down it was very much an odd experience player and very much youth I think our 70-80% of our team is nearly under 21 we have a couple of older guys which you always have to have about your squad and team like you know but generally we are most of them are just kids yet still as well for the future and just looking at the league table you've been averaging what, three and a half goals a game or maybe more on occasions so certainly you have a bit of firepower up front yes, our forward line is young and they're eager they love to score goals and sure and behind it all they're always competing with one another who's going to get the most goals they know where the net is so there's been football in St Patrick's and we haven't turned on us since I believe 1947 but the club itself wasn't founded until the mid-70s the present-day club and since then well fair to say Gerard, a proud history you touched on it there as an intermediate club they were in the Ulster Senior League there were runs in the FAI Junior Cup plenty for the history books oh definitely definitely Phil some fantastic teams players had the pleasure of watching a lot of them myself I know it's going to be a big thing to move away from there but that's just unfortunately the way we've outgrown where we're at we just have to move on to keep progressing the club the club has sought planning permission for what would be a major development I see a figure of around three million mentioned but basically it's not just a sporting facility it's more than that it's a facility that will certainly be used by the the local community being developed by SPRI and it'll be a child and family hub so exciting times ahead definitely it's very exciting times the project out there when you have a wee look at it you nearly think it couldn't be real but yes it's very much real the field committee and all behind it have been working through this now for I would say maybe as far as I know it's been a few years and we've come to a stage now where we're at here now and SPRI have come on board that's making it even more spectacular and the people that benefit from it all yes great from a footballing point of view but also from a community point of view the facilities that's going to be there for everyone to use as you mentioned the town is growing big catchment area and quite simply you need I think it's three outdoor pitches which would include obviously the main pitch a grass training pitch a 3G pitch so it's very much an investment in the future and long term now let's go back a little bit in time and before we came on air we were just chatting about a cup run I wasn't 100% sure but you informed me it was 1989 Cardona got into the FAI senior cup played limerick at the time Patrick's Park and I suppose for those people who remember it that was a really special day and that team that was back at the end of the 80's early 90's that was full of some really really good players yes for a kid growing up at me at my age I think I was about 13 then and going down to watch that team playing and seeing the players there was players that had come from senior football playing in the highest level progressed on to play senior football players that were just the top of the game at intermediate level at the time you know you would have struggled to find better intermediate players across the country at that time you know Paul McGiaghan, Michael McElhenney, Brian Bell Roper McDermott there were household names all over done you go definitely were top players top players that like Paul went on and played for Fran Hart fantastic player Michael I think went to shortly after that there and had a great career down at Fannett and as you know yourself Fannett were a top side and used to be senior teams at their ease on regular occasions you know but no from a current point of view it was great times and that's what you want that's what a club any club that's setting up wants to be have great players and play at the highest level they can get so plenty to look forward to next season you'll be in the Jackie Cross and Premier Division competing with the top sides and certainly the standard of football in initial and over the past decade it's a very very tough league to win the top tier yes very much so I don't think we're coming out of the first division with any plans to one the Premier next year but we definitely want to try and get a footing in the league and get our feet back in and then we'll look at things maybe down the road because the initial league at the moment the standard is very high as you see I think we're very unlucky I think to get beat by St Michael's last week they're a fantastic young and a young team as well playing yet they're still there they're such a strong strong strong league if you're not at yourself you can get you can get left behind very quickly so from our point of view we just want to get in get our feet it's great to be back in there and get our feet in great to look forward that's what you want to be playing what's the way from winning the league title that you still have interest in a couple of cup competitions yes very much so we're still in the mix we play Cock-Hull and the Cock-Hull Regears and we play Quigley's Point in the quarterfinal of the Donegal sign so yeah definitely season definitely not over yet aside from the men's first team you know there's plenty of other teams in the club how many teams altogether are we talking about these days maybe a total now we've obviously the two adult teams like I was talking to one of the committee members the other day I think you're looking at you have the guts of over 300 kids so that makes up a lot of youth teams I think there was a figure mentioned of four maybe four on the 13 teams this year it's very evident that what we were talking about there the facility isn't there to accommodate all that which is a shame but hopefully now in the near future that'll be something and we can only go really from stand to stand from that you know as Jared Crossen there the manager of Cairndonna FC in conversation with Chris Ashmore that was a memorable one for Cairndonna last weekend congratulations to them sealing the Strand Hotel Division one title in some style and perhaps just as importantly gaining promotion back to the Premier Division in the initial league well done to everybody there well that's about it for tonight's program a reminder just to well keep an eye on your local fixtures over this common weekend with the bad weather out there there will be some postponements no doubt about that Finharps in action tomorrow night then they're home again against Wexford in the League of Ireland First Division and we'll have live regular updates from that one that game is at 8 o'clock so that's it for tonight hopefully the weather won't be too unkind and we can enjoy some sporting action over the weekend thanks for your company this evening thanks to Joe for engineering and to all our guests on the program this evening from myself, German Doherty have a very good evening