Was it around 96 or 97 that Meath and Offaly played a couple of epic clashes? I remember one really high scoring encounter that ended in a draw.

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9154 - 12/09/2014 12:40:01    1651300

That must be the 1997 LF Lockjaw, Offaly beat Meath 3-17 1-15, don't think it was a replay!

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8596 - 12/09/2014 12:55:59    1651309

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Lockjaw
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1651300 " " Was it around 96 or 97 that Meath and Offaly played a couple of epic clashes? I remember one really high scoring encounter that ended in a draw.

Meath V Kildare went to 2 replays in 97. Jody Devine scored 5 points as a sub in 1st replay.Offaly beat Meath in Leinster Final then

Gael85 (Dublin) - Posts: 1433 - 12/09/2014 13:15:53    1651313

Clare V Kerry 1992
Leitrim V Mayo 1994
Down V Derry 1994
Tyrone V Armagh All Ireland Semi 2005
Tyrone V Kerry 2005

Gael85 (Dublin) - Posts: 1433 - 12/09/2014 13:18:05    1651314

I was in the Park for the 1989 final bennybunny! Only Cork final I've ever seen. Picked a good 'un!

hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 12/09/2014 14:03:16    1651328

Sorry yeah I got the games confused. I remember the drawn Kildare games alright. Yer man Devine was as cool as a cucumber slotting over points to get Meath back in it. Wasn't there a forward called Claffey who did the damage for Offaly against Meath in the final if my memory serves me correctly?

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9154 - 12/09/2014 14:41:28    1651346

Yeah that would be Vinny Claffey, a fine player!

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8596 - 12/09/2014 15:12:30    1651354

Bennybunny,isnt your question slightly oxymoronic itself,for how could we forget the game you mentioned,if barely any of us have seen it?

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 12/09/2014 15:14:33    1651355

Vinny Claffey

Gael85 (Dublin) - Posts: 1433 - 12/09/2014 15:29:05    1651361

Yeah I think the 97 saga between Meath and Kildare is often only a afterthought of 91 4 in row with dubs. However I have often thought that the quality of football in those Kildare encounters were higher. They were some games. Jody what a performance. What a pity it isn't on archives just to show what a epic efforts were put in, that second game would rank right up there as the greatest game of all time between what could be described as the best two teams in country at the time.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 12/09/2014 15:39:52    1651367

Wexford offaly 96
Wexford Kilkenny 97
Tipp Kilkenny 02
Wexford Cork 03 (the best game I've ever seen)
Waterford cork 04
Kilkenny Galway 05

All classics I can recall in recent times.

I acti

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 2689 - 12/09/2014 15:56:46    1651378

Hurling :
Clare/Galway AI QF '99, Clare /Tipp Munster semi, same year. Clare looking down'n'out, came back and won a replay in both.
KK/Galway AIQF '97.
KK/Tipp Lge Final '03.
Cork/Offaly AI Semi '99.
OY/KK Lein Final '95, played in a downpour but great display from Offaly. Broke my heart on many an occasion they did.

Football : Dubs/Kerry Semi '13.
Mayo /Dubs semi '12.

AnFearDonn (Kilkenny) - Posts: 65 - 12/09/2014 16:18:33    1651392

1985 All-Ireland Hurling Semi. Galway upset Cork in front of only 9 000 or so in Croker. Lashed rain all day, and all during the match. Think this was also O'Hehir's last match commentating.

Another that I as at and a great game was the Offaly v KK Leinster Final in 1980. Goals going in all over the place. 3-17 to 5-10 Final score and Math Ruth was man of the match even though he lost.

witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 12/09/2014 16:30:38    1651399

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Bennybunny,isnt your question slightly oxymoronic itself,for how could we forget the game you mentioned,if barely any of us have seen it?

Spot on ;)

bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 12/09/2014 16:36:32    1651400

witnof
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1651399 1985 All-Ireland Hurling Semi. Galway upset Cork in front of only 9 000 or so in Croker. Lashed rain all day, and all during the match. Think this was also O'Hehir's last match commentating.

What a shame Micheal O'Hehir didn't get to retire on his own terms like Bill o'Herlihy did, dv all today's broadcasters will stay fit'n'well enough to do so.
Was at the 1980 Lein Final myself - IIRC ( I was 14 ) KK fans were genuinely happy for Offaly that day, the thinking being that it'd be a one-off. All that goodwill was eroded by 1998...!

AnFearDonn (Kilkenny) - Posts: 65 - 12/09/2014 16:47:06    1651403

I haven't watched this in years, but I remember Sligo v Tyrone in the last 12 in Croke Park in 2002 was an absolute stormer of a game! Sligo went on to lose to Armagh in the quarter finals, and Armagh went on to win the whole thing.
The Armagh v Dublin semi-final that year was a great match too.

Texas (Donegal) - Posts: 163 - 12/09/2014 16:52:14    1651410

However I have often thought that the quality of football in those Kildare encounters were higher.


Maybe that's because Meath and Dublin were as busy off the ball as they were on it :D
But in fairness that was a decent Kildare side!

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8596 - 12/09/2014 17:10:05    1651420