Does any body have any memories of Meath games,that are never talked about or rarely seen on tv.
I remember one such game but i have heard so little about that i was doubting did i just dream it.
It was National Football League Quater Final versus Clare in Ballinasloe in late March/early April 1992.
I think the score was Meath 0-08 Clare 0-06,I remember there being a huge crowd at it,and almost filled
Ballinasloe which looked a lot like pairc Sean MacDiarmuida in Carrick on Shannon if you guys rem it from 2005.
anyway does anyone remember this game so the can fill in the blanks,ie scorers,lineout etc.??

I know Meath went on to lose to Derry in the Semi final,because i have it on tape,just pulled it out the other
night to watch.they were beat 0-12 to 1-08,with Meath being bet 0-08 to0-03 at half time.Brendan Reilly got
the Meath goal with a quickly taken free.we could have snatched it in the end.

dickie10 (UK) - Posts: 841 - 15/12/2010 17:54:48    833516

thats nice

dorkside (Meath) - Posts: 71 - 15/12/2010 20:17:20    833640

I remember being at the game. As far as I can remember it was a tempestuous enough outing. I think Robbie O'Malley was sent off. One of 3 and something tells me one of the others was a second Meath player. I can look up line-ups and scorers for you if you want. I'm one of those who never throws out a match programme or a ticket stub.

Greenfield (Meath) - Posts: 524 - 16/12/2010 10:54:57    833764

yeah i remember that game too the place was jammers,all i really remember is it was a h**r of a long walk from where jimmy cudden parked the bus to the ground!!i remember another league game against westmeath back in the 90s too dont think it was in mullingar cos i remember standing on a grass bank watching it and the pitch seemed to be in the middle of nowhere,we won handy enough.they were after changing the leagues from divsion 1 2 etc to a b c etc and mixing it up in ability terms i think london and mightve been in our group too

stamullenman (Meath) - Posts: 392 - 16/12/2010 11:47:08    833798

stamullenman i think that game was in athlone. i remember being on the bank and having to walkthrough a mucky field from the car. as you say, the pitch just seemed to be walled in in the middle of about 5 acres.

Anyone remember a goal Colm O'Rourke scored against Derry in 1991 in Navan? If you love goals that are hammered in from distance this was as good as I saw for Meath. Remember Colm Coyle getting a goal from about 40 yards out against Mayo in Navan too. It was a really windy day and the wind took it in over the keeper's head.

Greenfield (Meath) - Posts: 524 - 16/12/2010 15:25:07    833959

Meath v Down in 1990 NFL in Pairc Tailteann, game finished 1-10 apiece from what I remember and it was good oul battle for a league match in february. O'Halloran from moynalvey looked like the real deal back then but drifted away.

bennyblanco (Meath) - Posts: 579 - 16/12/2010 15:39:56    833978

NFL Semi Final against Cork in Croker in the late 90s. The reason I remember it so clearly is because it was easily the worst Meath game I've ever attended.
I was in the Hill and it poured rain for the entire match and ended 6 points to 3 in favour of Cork in the end. It was atrocious.

Ratoath Royal (Meath) - Posts: 1387 - 17/12/2010 15:48:46    834579

Meath v Roscommon 1990 NFL played in the diluted swamp that was Kiltoom, took a hiding by 16 points and Brian Stafford had a goal bound shot saved by a pool of water in the goalmouth. Mind you the local club provided soup and tea in the clubhouse which was top notch. Following game was a 12 point stuffing by Antrim in Casement Park and yet we still qualified for the quarter finals where, if I remember correctly, we beat Donegal in a last quarter comeback and ultimately won the National League, ah heady days indeed.

Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3748 - 17/12/2010 21:25:55    834846

Was at that match. Match was changed from Roscommon to Kiltoom about an hour before throw in. The St Brigids club had to try to cope with a crowd arriving late having already been to Roscommon with very few stewards in place because of short notice. Some of the Meath supporters were a disgrace. Climbed over walls sheds and generally wrecked the place. Anybody that has been to Kiltoom will agree that it is one of the most friendly clubs you could visit and regularly provide complimentary soup tea and sandwiches for visiting supporters.

kingofclubs (Meath) - Posts: 350 - 20/12/2010 13:35:24    835634

The first game in 91 against tyrone was a great game. David beggy got 1-7. 5 from frees that day. We won by one point in the end after being down by 12 half time. Boylan brought on the big guns in second half after startin a few lads from northmeath junior clubs in the first.

sammaguire99 (Meath) - Posts: 45 - 20/12/2010 19:58:02    836091

Dickie,
I remember that game in Carrick in 2005. As a Leitrim person working in Meath we almost pulled off the coup of the year!
Ususal Leitrim story....almost!!!!
Ollie Murphy came off the bench and scored a fantastic point from the right wing about thirty metres out from the goal.
Extra time ensued! We were never going to beat ye in extra time!
Leitrim hearts broken!!!!

Anyone know the rest of the lineout that day? Who did Ollie Murphy replace?

HarrietPotter (Leitrim) - Posts: 30 - 22/12/2010 12:56:09    836931

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Think it was Brian Farrell he replaced. From what I remember Farrell had been involved in a car accident a cuple of days before & wasnt fully fit & came off near the end.

Jinxie (Meath) - Posts: 6347 - 22/12/2010 13:44:53    836966

HarrietPotter i remember that match alright and Letrim were very unlucky...it was lashing, it was a very average Meath team and they were lucky to win, if I remember correctly Murphy replaced PByrne about 3 mins from the end of normal time. Byrne had been one of Meaths best players and most Meath fans were giving out that Boylan had taken him off, Murphy got the ball with 2 or 3 Letrim lads in close proximity but he somehow managed to get a shoot off and save Meath. The Meath team included the likes of Fay, Geraghty, D Gallagher, Tommy O' Connor and David Crimmins.

There was some band of Meath supporters in Carrick that Saturday night!!

Thunderstruck (Meath) - Posts: 474 - 22/12/2010 13:59:35    836976

Thunderstruck,
Yeah your right it was peader. Got mixed up with farrell, I knew there was somethng to with him & bn injured from the day before tho.

Carrick had a got few Meath lads in it on the sat alright. There was 2 stags from our end of the county on it that weekend & tons moer along with that.

Jinxie (Meath) - Posts: 6347 - 22/12/2010 15:46:16    837056

Does anyone recall a meath v donegal league quater final in clones back in 1990, donegal played meath off the park for most of it, til wit 10 min to go colm o rourke set up beggy for two great goals in the space of a minute and donegal fell apart and meath coasted home, and went on to defeat down in the final

tailteannpark (Meath) - Posts: 174 - 31/12/2010 13:45:32    838312

Also does many people remember the centenary cup back in 1984 which kick started the glory years under boylan, meath hammered cavan in the semie final in croker, colm coyle got a great goal and so did bernie flynn in his first start for meath, and went on to beat monaghan in a great final.

tailteannpark (Meath) - Posts: 174 - 31/12/2010 14:34:13    838331

1990 league final was my first time in croke park got the buzz that day only missed 3 chsp games since.Down final in 91 dublin leinster final in 95 and cork in 2007
i dont think i missed anything with them games!

dickie10 (UK) - Posts: 841 - 02/01/2011 15:08:12    838852