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If Carlow were to win at the weekend

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Replying To ke40:  "How would Carlow win when the ref is giving handy frees to the Dubs. Very average from the All Ireland champions fair play to Carlow"
Ah Lads!!!! 14 men against 16 now.

Westfester (Limerick) - Posts: 944 - 03/06/2017 20:12:47    1994028

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3 soft frees to Dublin. Mannion was barely touched and miss kicked so the ref gave a free then McCarthy over carried for the second one. Not to mention the first yellow card for Brendan Murphy.

Jackos_Wacko (Kerry) - Posts: 417 - 03/06/2017 20:14:34    1994030

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Replying To supersub15:  "Also pro ráta, did Clare not beat the mighty Kerry in the Munster SF final in 1994 when Clare was comparable and still is to carlow. and did Leitrim not win their Connaught SF final against all the odds"
The 1994 Connacht Championship win for Leitrim wasn't that huge of an upset, although they had to beat Roscommon, Galway and Mayo to achieve it. Remember that Leitrim were pegging Roscommon closer and closer, having lost to them in each of the previous four championships at the semi-final stage and being reffed out of it in 1993. Also, consider that after March 1995, Leitrim were the highest placed Connacht team in the league, sitting in Division 2 while Galway and Mayo were getting relegated to Division 3. The following year, Mayo got promoted back up. The year after that, Leitrim finished ahead of them in Division 2. I believe a raft of retirements around this time brought the end to one of Leitrim's greatest teams.

In 2014, All-Ireland U-21 football champions Galway were beaten by Leitrim in Connacht, a monumental upset.

Tacaí Liatroma (Leitrim) - Posts: 1045 - 04/06/2017 15:13:17    1994456

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