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Faith of our Fathers,sung with gusto worple (Roscommon) - Posts: 339 - 11/09/2016 21:55:55 1912942 Link
Teams actually marching in step around the field worple (Roscommon) - Posts: 339 - 11/09/2016 21:57:37 1912945 Link
Jesus some on here are really showing their age !!! witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 12/09/2016 07:23:35 1912993 Link
league matches being 30 mins per half gaelic stadium on sports stadium people waiting until amhran na bhfiann was finished before they started cheering janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 12/09/2016 08:43:37 1913004 Link
Replying To janesboro: "league matches being 30 mins per half gaelic stadium on sports stadium people waiting until amhran na bhfiann was finished before they started cheering" i don't remember people waiting for Anhrann na bhFiann to end before cheering - ever. cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 12/09/2016 09:35:35 1913030 Link
Replying To KerryKillers: "Kerry used to win all irelands" Kerry beating Dublin more like. They will still win All Ireland s if they can find someone else to beat Dublin. Same as the last decade when Tyrone were knocked out. dubarra (Wicklow) - Posts: 541 - 12/09/2016 09:36:55 1913032 Link
League games being played at the end of the calendar year. Increasingly, dual players at county level (in men's GAA at least). Oireachtas hurling. Significance of the Railway Cup. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 13/09/2016 08:02:51 1913380 Link
Replying To dubarra: "Kerry beating Dublin more like. They will still win All Ireland s if they can find someone else to beat Dublin. Same as the last decade when Tyrone were knocked out." Kerry have won the last two minor All-Irelands (with a strong possibility of doing three in a row) as well as back to back junior titles, Kerry schools winning the Hogan Cup etc. They'll also be strong at U-21 level next year, so I reckon it won't be too long before they're back contesting All-Ireland senior finals again. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 13/09/2016 08:11:48 1913381 Link
This goes back to the 1970s: No team bus to intercounty matches; everyone getting lifts off friends and family. Downing some whiskey in the local pub the night before an AI semi-final 'to make a man of you'. Out celebrating getting to an AI semi final the night before the AI semi final. essmac (Tyrone) - Posts: 1141 - 13/09/2016 09:30:37 1913414 Link
The wall posters with the All-Star teams. Sean Og's Sunday night run down of the scores from the counties. You would listen just waiting for your club scores to be mentioned. There was something mystic about that program. You would always seem to tune in and leave it on sometimes in the background, only half listening but listening none the same witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 13/09/2016 09:35:29 1913416 Link
Replying To witnof: "The wall posters with the All-Star teams. Sean Og's Sunday night run down of the scores from the counties. You would listen just waiting for your club scores to be mentioned. There was something mystic about that program. You would always seem to tune in and leave it on sometimes in the background, only half listening but listening none the same" Go mbeannai Dia dhaoibh a chairde Gael, seo agaibh priomh thorrai an lae inniu ( apologies for spelling). liner (Mayo) - Posts: 756 - 13/09/2016 23:22:12 1914034 Link
Several teams have also changed their county colours or the dominant colour on their kit, e.g Fermanagh used to play in red and green, Donegal's jersey used to be predominantly green with some gold trim while Sligo used to play in white jerseys. Mayo away jerseys were usually red (sometimes white) but now we have that black and luminous monstrosity. Refs now wear multicoloured kits instead of the traditional black. A referee friend once told me that the GAA make officials pay for their kit, not sure if he was pulling my leg or not. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 14/09/2016 08:33:28 1914062 Link
Replying To witnof: "The wall posters with the All-Star teams. Sean Og's Sunday night run down of the scores from the counties. You would listen just waiting for your club scores to be mentioned. There was something mystic about that program. You would always seem to tune in and leave it on sometimes in the background, only half listening but listening none the same" Another casualty of the multimedia age! When I was a kid in the 1990s, the Manchester Evening News used to bring out a mini-newspaper about an hour after the final whistle, with all the scores and match reports from the games of the day. Of course, invariably the odd score line was missed due to a late goal, but it was THE source of sports news for fans going to games in those parts. Of course, once mobile phones and text messenging, instant alerts etc. came along, this sort of service was on borrowed time, and it was killed in the early 2000s. Having the world's library at your fingertips is a great thing in many ways, but I do miss the tension and craic of waiting for results to roll in through these sort of bulletins. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 14/09/2016 09:57:11 1914095 Link
Fair dues gleebo didnt know fermanagh wore green and red -think donegal used wear yellow up to 70s The old traditional wexford jersey is gone, the traditional yellow tipp keeper jersey gone too janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 14/09/2016 11:23:31 1914125 Link
Replying To janesboro: "Fair dues gleebo didnt know fermanagh wore green and red -think donegal used wear yellow up to 70s The old traditional wexford jersey is gone, the traditional yellow tipp keeper jersey gone too" Have Wexford done away with the yellow belly? Suppose that goalie jersies started changing decades ago when they started wearing different clouts from the outfielders. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 14/09/2016 11:46:23 1914131 Link
No live games until the semi finals. Drop kicks. Good old punch up, none of this pushing and shoving rubbish. Rosineri1 (UK) - Posts: 2099 - 14/09/2016 11:56:12 1914133 Link
Replying To liner: "Go mbeannai Dia dhaoibh a chairde Gael, seo agaibh priomh thorrai an lae inniu ( apologies for spelling)." I always listened to him as a young lad and just for a bit of diversion I'd try and guess the second score. Sean Og would say Longford Slashers 2-9 Drumlish... and I'd be in like Flynn with 1-7 or whatever. The odd time I'd get it right I'd be delighted. I know I had a sad life but back in those days there were no PlayStations , mobile phones etc. I can hear that introduction in my head. Sean Og, Michael O'Hehir, Michael O Muircheartaigh, they don't make their likes any more. Who said nostalgia was a thing of the past..... Llaw_Gyffes (Mayo) - Posts: 1113 - 14/09/2016 12:11:41 1914140 Link
Replying To cavanman47: "i don't remember people waiting for Anhrann na bhFiann to end before cheering - ever." Surely you have been to Casement cavanman? Respect always was rightfully given to the full anthem - was always announced prior over the PA to respect it to the end in keeping with the tradition in Casement. Never understand why supporters at other grounds can't refrain from gouling and cheering for a few more seconds until the singer/band has finished or why players break away while still being performed. Very disrespectful. Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 14/09/2016 12:15:08 1914142 Link
interviews with the players in dressing room after all ireland finals - and they drinking pints of milk from the carton janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 14/09/2016 12:21:57 1914145 Link
Time bound suspensions are another one, get an eight week ban but fail to miss a match. Crazy when you look back on it. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 14/09/2016 12:22:02 1914146 Link