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Replying To ballydalane: "Smell of tobacco from the ould lads smoking pipes in the stands. Men going to matches in their Sunday best suit. Players standing to the national anthem in their playing positions. Ould ones down from Dublin carrying trays of chocolate, taytos and minerals through the terraces. All Ireland semis and finals being the only live matches on telly. No sponsors on jerseys. Hurlers dosing livestock for mastitis and ringworm during All Ireland half time ads. Furry caps. Hurlers wearing baggy caps to soften blows to the head. 3 men on the line for penalties. Hurlers going for goals from 21s. Overhead pulls. Ground hurling." Class!!! I remember those ads so well. Remember the one where there was a farmer dressed up as Clint Eastwood talking about fighting 'hoose'? avonali (Dublin) - Posts: 1974 - 10/09/2016 08:50:51 1912491 Link
Warm summer Sunday afternoons and my father listening to match reports on the radio while Micheal O Hehir was giving it socks on the the TV ,all at the same time! avonali (Dublin) - Posts: 1974 - 10/09/2016 09:03:50 1912494 Link
Tuam Stadium as a championship venue (also easy accessibility for senior championship matches in Galway). The Dubs playing in Parnell Park. Counties coming from nowhere to win Sam or Liam. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 10/09/2016 09:44:09 1912504 Link
Replying To Gleebo: "Those dimples were great in wet conditions! Shame they stopped making them." Ah stop..... great in wet weather they were a disaster like 2 sponges. The elastic used to go..... good riddience 3rdmidfielder (Australia) - Posts: 294 - 10/09/2016 10:21:10 1912510 Link
Replying To 3rdmidfielder: "Ah stop..... great in wet weather they were a disaster like 2 sponges. The elastic used to go..... good riddience" I liked them, each to their own I suppose. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 10/09/2016 10:54:28 1912516 Link
Replying To moc.dna: "Honesty." Yes. No diving. No trying to get your opponent sent off. No feigning of injury PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1903 - 10/09/2016 11:09:57 1912517 Link
1) Paying in to matches at the turnstile. 2) Wooden benches in the Hogan Stand. 3) The flat caps with the county crest on it. 4) Buying Gaa Programmes outside the ground. 5) No motorways back then it was a nightmare trying to get matches. OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 10/09/2016 11:25:41 1912519 Link
Those nasal strips that were a fad for a couple of seasons cos they were supposed to help players' breathing. Every team was using them for a while. Such nonsense! PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1903 - 10/09/2016 13:06:28 1912527 Link
Replying To Gleebo: "1. Klaxons at games. 2. The celtic cross emblem at centre-field on All-Ireland final day. 3. Taking non-scorable frees off the ground. 4. The handpassed goal. 5. The Ban/ Rule 21. 6. Not sure about this one, but did Michael Collins recently have a GAA trophy named after him? 7. Ladies football/camogie matches being played being the 21m lines of a full-sized pitch. 8. Cotton togs. 9. Pitch invasions after All-Ireland senior finals." Best of luck to all stewards involved trying to stop number 9 if Mayo win next week haha GameOfTyrones (Tyrone) - Posts: 469 - 10/09/2016 15:55:51 1912559 Link
Close games between Meath and Dublin Close games between Kildare and Dublin Close games between anyone and Dublin GameOfTyrones (Tyrone) - Posts: 469 - 10/09/2016 15:59:19 1912561 Link
Replying To GameOfTyrones: "Best of luck to all stewards involved trying to stop number 9 if Mayo win next week haha" I'd chew my way through the barriers if needs be! Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 10/09/2016 17:07:48 1912564 Link
The punt kick. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 10/09/2016 17:08:24 1912565 Link
Cow sh#te on the field, the magic sponge, refs who were actually blind, sandwiches in the local pub after a game away followed by a massive row in the car park, three pints after training, when you would enquire about the well being of your markers sister, the lad in the dressing room who smelt so bad that the last time he had a wash the midwife gave it to him, manager naming the team from the back of a Sweet Afton box with the ash of one of them an inch long as he spoke with the fag in the corner of his mouth, going to Croke Park on a Sunday & not coming home till Tuesday after a good oil change, the fella sitting beside you in the stand pucking you with his elbow as he plays each ball, marking a lad 30 years older with a massive belly that the jersey didn't get down over the belly button & him telling you how many different types of sh#te he was going to bate out of ya & last but not least when we all did it for the love of it & not the money. Uimhir.a.3. (Galway) - Posts: 409 - 10/09/2016 20:22:56 1912606 Link
Kerry used to win all irelands KerryKillers (Dublin) - Posts: 711 - 10/09/2016 20:52:44 1912610 Link
Pitch invasions. These days the winning captain gives a speech to an empty pitch before doing a lap of honor in front of a half empty stadium. Also miss the star of the county Down on all Ireland final day. why did they get rid of that anyway? joncarter (Galway) - Posts: 2692 - 10/09/2016 21:04:08 1912618 Link
Replying To Gleebo: "The punt kick." The punt liner (Mayo) - Posts: 756 - 11/09/2016 01:50:20 1912669 Link
Replying To joncarter: "Pitch invasions. These days the winning captain gives a speech to an empty pitch before doing a lap of honor in front of a half empty stadium. Also miss the star of the county Down on all Ireland final day. why did they get rid of that anyway?" I think star of the county Down was played as a tribute to Mary McAleese when she was President and was played when she was being introduced to the players before the match. ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 11/09/2016 07:46:36 1912674 Link
Crepe hats and your county colours streaming down your face on a wet day. liner (Mayo) - Posts: 756 - 11/09/2016 17:31:06 1912793 Link
No one wears rosettes anymore either. ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 11/09/2016 20:27:39 1912881 Link
Replying To avonali: "Class!!! I remember those ads so well. Remember the one where there was a farmer dressed up as Clint Eastwood talking about fighting 'hoose'?" The ones I remember were a close up action shot of Joe Cooney "Galway hurler and farmer" dosing a bullock, and another ad showing John Fenton's 40 yard rocket against Limerick. Not GAA-related per se but I always liked the triple A golden maverick ad with the four hombres playing poker, that used always get aired during the hurling. ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 11/09/2016 20:36:56 1912891 Link