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Following Liverpool's announcement today, wouldn't it be a great idea to bring proper GAA Championship Matches to venues across the UK? Imagine Dublin playing Kerry in front of a full house in Wembley or Kilkenny v Limerick in an All Ireland quarter final at the London Stadium? This would do serious work for GAA in London. oak_leafer (Derry) - Posts: 8 - 29/11/2019 14:27:00 2252101 Link 0 |
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Seriously? Think pitch dimensions end of story, juicy (Meath) - Posts: 402 - 29/11/2019 14:35:26 2252107 Link 4 |
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pitches are too small in those venues.none runner ifindoubt (Donegal) - Posts: 133 - 29/11/2019 14:36:47 2252108 Link 1 |
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Would be great event for Irish in England. Even just bringing over some league games would be good.
macruiskeen (UK) - Posts: 37 - 29/11/2019 14:37:56 2252109 Link 0 |
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Maybe if everyone came to an agreement to play these championship games in the UK 13 or 11 a side it might work lol
sourmilk93 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1205 - 29/11/2019 14:42:35 2252111 Link 0 |
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Or the GAA put some money into Ruislip to develop it into a stadium with a decent capacity it could be done. They are known for throwing money at stadiums that are never filled after all.
juicy (Meath) - Posts: 402 - 29/11/2019 14:52:47 2252115 Link 1 |
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I'm picturing a hurling game played in Wembley or the London Stadium, where frees from your full back line become scoreable and with a mild breeze the goalkeeper will be able to score points from puckouts. CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1677 - 29/11/2019 15:36:06 2252121 Link 10 |
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Why not bring the GAA back to its roots and have a competitive game of leapfrog
greatpoint (USA) - Posts: 436 - 29/11/2019 16:20:48 2252124 Link 1 |
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Only hope would be rugby stadiums, and even then the width is too small DuhallowRed (Cork) - Posts: 310 - 29/11/2019 16:23:26 2252125 Link 0 |
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Terrible idea keep our own matches in our own country. Keep our own money in our country. Tarismelting22 (Roscommon) - Posts: 787 - 29/11/2019 16:33:21 2252126 Link 2 |
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To be fair Ruislip is actually a really nice and extremely adequate facility. Not sure what more you want
republican (Sligo) - Posts: 348 - 29/11/2019 16:47:01 2252128 Link 0 |
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It's an interesting idea - I'd play a short KO of 4 or 8 teams in a separate competition (Challenge Cup) - hurling (and football) scores can only be scored directly from within opponent's half of the field. omahant (USA) - Posts: 3228 - 29/11/2019 17:24:20 2252135 Link 0 |
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I've yet to see a full wembley or an atmosphere there that's worthy of a top GAA match
SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2558 - 29/11/2019 18:31:13 2252144 Link 0 |
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I think let's sort our own competitions out before worrying about games in the uk. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4516 - 29/11/2019 19:57:21 2252151 Link 8 |
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Actually Limerick have previously played Kilkenny in the old Wembley Stadium. When Limerick beat the Cats in the A.I. final in 1973 both teams were rewarded with a trip to play there. Took place a few weeks after the final (i think) and was actually screened live here at home on a Saturday. hamstring (Limerick) - Posts: 318 - 29/11/2019 21:02:42 2252155 Link 0 |
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Put money into redeveloping Ruislip first. It would be nice to have a suitable stadium which is closer to the city centre but cricket pitches are the only ones big enough to be converted. I don't any cricket ground in London will do a deal with the GAA Hawkeye9212 (Donegal) - Posts: 266 - 29/11/2019 22:00:00 2252163 Link 0 |
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I would love to see club championship matches played in Ireland in the summer. I know counties prefer Wednesdays in October to play finals but if we could trial playing a game in July...it might promote the games.. bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 30/11/2019 08:47:57 2252180 Link 4 |
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The old Wembley was an iconic stadium with a much better atmosphere than the watered down modern day corporate library they came up with to replace it. A lot of new stadiums seem to be all about the design with little regard for the atmosphere that gave the original grounds their reputation. Any idea of the attendance for that match in 73?
SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2558 - 30/11/2019 10:28:11 2252185 Link 1 |
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Ridiculous suggestion, quite obvious that many people on here are armchair GAA fans who just have an interest in Inter County GAA. More than likely the Liverpool offer will be seized upon by the GPA to play some rubbish 11 a side game on to promote themselves & certain leadership with ego within the Association will jump on the bandwagon saying look at us expanding our brand & bringing GAA to the Diaspora. Have you no clue of the difference in dimensions between a GAA pitch & a soccer pitch, with Anfield being one of the smaller pitches in the Premiership. The GAA has existed in mainland Britain for decades & survived through clubs who had volunteers who grafted hard to create something & got very little help from the GAA. Anyone who has played or helped out in Britain knows the scene. Bringing Inter County Championship matches to Anfield is not the help they need, it's at club level with coaching & facilities they need it. They need to stop counties coming to London fundraising & leaving the pot dry for clubs & the County Board there who are trying hard to redevelop Ruislip. Instead what we have is people in power at the very top of the Association using the Boards in Britain to get voted in to power or pass votes at Congress by putting them on Croke Park Committee's & dishing out All Ireland tickets to them. The whole Sky deal we were told by the outgoing President & DG was to bring the games to a wider audience & the Diaspora around Britain & the world, anyone living over there will tell you that under the old system there was greater accessibility to watching the games & the facts show that there are dramatically less people viewing live GAA in Britain than previous to the Sky deal. That deal wasn't anything to do with bringing games to the Diaspora, it was all about cash for the GAA. If you want to know what the GAA really wants in Britain talk to those at the club face fund raising, coaching & playing & lets not be talking sh#te about playing C'ship quarter finals in London. moc.dna (Galway) - Posts: 1212 - 30/11/2019 11:03:16 2252189 Link 2 |
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I don't like the new stadiums in the UK really. The Emirates (blugh) it definitely the least atmospheric ground I've been to. Just completely sanitised. I used to like grounds like White Hart Lane with a bit of character. Unfortunately there's a lot more money in the corporate packages, hence the identikit stadiums. While we're at it I bloody loved the only Casement Park. I was going to games when they still had the grass bank. The terrace that they had was spot on then too. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4516 - 30/11/2019 11:49:50 2252197 Link 6 |