 Tensions sometimes spilled over during this period and Ballysteen club received a lengthy ban from the GAA in 1985 arising out of incidents that happened in one particularly heated derby match.Ballysteen never recovered from this and when the suspension was up Askeaton and Ballysteen joined in 1987.Askeaton/Ballysteen were defeated by Claughaun in the 1987 county senior football championship semi-final.