Proevo where are you going? " if Meath had beaten Kildare they would have gone on to win the All Ireland". All I can say to that is heaven help your innocence. You would have needed to get an awful better to do that. Dream on!!

OntheWhiteSide (Kildare) - Posts: 452 - 02/09/2010 20:24:45    763917

95 and 96 put 95 first because on the way we lost it.

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 02/09/2010 20:33:15    763928

The agony of defeat: we all know it well: Losing the 1968 final to Down ,was the most painful one for me!
It was very hard to even watch that game!!

Bigapple (Kerry) - Posts: 495 - 02/09/2010 20:35:36    763931

My horror was as a neutral watching an All-Ireland colleges final in 1990. My team, St.Mels, were beaten in the semi by Pat's Mahera. The final was in Brefni Park against Jarleths. In injury time Jarleths were awarded a 45 and Roscommon's Derek Duggan was the free taker. The ref had a word with him before he took it and assumptions were that the word meant last kick of the game. The kick had to go clean over the bar for a draw. Duggan kicked the ball, it hit the full back's shoulder and ended in the back of the net. Ref bew full time and Jarleths supporters invaded the pitch. Duggan was in tears while his team mates celebrated. The ref had to go to the PA opperator to have announced that Mahera were in fact champions because the last kick was interfered with. It was truly a shocking result. Duggan went on to score possibly the greatest goal ever scored in croke park as a senior player - small justice for a man with no medal.

bottoms (Longford) - Posts: 26 - 02/09/2010 20:56:50    763962

thanks jinxie

I will fall prey to one of your questions to make it up to you!

ochonlir (Cavan) - Posts: 4343 - 02/09/2010 21:43:10    764015