Home game in National League

billyhead

Hi,

I was wondeirng how does the GAA determin how many home games a county plays in the nationa legaue. It is say that they played 3 away this year and 4 at home the county will next year have to play 4 away and 3 home or is it the way it is drawn from the hat?

dcr22B

I don't know how it's determined but Dublin have played 3 successive away games in Mayo over the past few years.

billyhead

Thanks,

I was just wondering if it was worth renewing my Parnell Pass

Colm R

I believe counties reciprocate home advantage to each other. For example the last game between Cork and Meath was in 2009 in Cork. The next time the teams meet in the league wont be until at least 2011, in which case it will be in Navan.
There is an argument that teams prefer to travel in the league as it improves team spirit having a whole day out with much less pressure than in the championship.
Not sure how the Dublin Mayo matches came about though

Bluetonic

Colm R wrote: »

I believe counties reciprocate home advantage to each other. For example the last game between Cork and Meath was in 2009 in Cork. The next time the teams meet in the league wont be until at least 2011, in which case it will be in Navan.
There is an argument that teams prefer to travel in the league as it improves team spirit having a whole day out with much less pressure than in the championship.
Not sure how the Dublin Mayo matches came about though

Not sure I agree with your theory.

Dublin played Derry home in 2009 and 2010.

antoobrien

I think there are informal reciprocal agreements, but every so often they 'reset' them. This has happened a few times in the past 10 years with the hurling (galway going to to thurles 2 years in a row, with Kilkenny coming up twice etc). I'm surprised to hear that Dublin have been in Castlebar for the past 3 years tho.

billyhead

So it would be a gamble renewing the pass.

Colm R

billyhead wrote: »

So it would be a gamble renewing the pass.

Fixtures should be well known before its time to renew the pass.

I guess they need to reset them alright every once in a while, simply to ensure that in any given year, a team does not have to travel for more than 4 games or so.

blackbelt

billyhead wrote: »

So it would be a gamble renewing the pass.

Gamble??I think it is short sighted of you not to renew the pass on the assumption taht you'd miss one game as a result of the league fixtures.If you followed the club scene,the Parnell Park Pass is worth the price for this alone.

billyhead

blackbelt wrote: »

Gamble??I think it is short sighted of you not to renew the pass on the assumption taht you'd miss one game as a result of the league fixtures.If you followed the club scene,the Parnell Park Pass is worth the price for this alone.

Its not really.

Say its 13 euro per entry to a game and the Dubs play only 6 league games at home and you don't really go the senior club football games (main interets would be the hurling) it would still work out less paying each time.

rpurfield

Colm R wrote: »

I believe counties reciprocate home advantage to each other. For example the last game between Cork and Meath was in 2009 in Cork. The next time the teams meet in the league wont be until at least 2011, in which case it will be in Navan.
There is an argument that teams prefer to travel in the league as it improves team spirit having a whole day out with much less pressure than in the championship.
Not sure how the Dublin Mayo matches came about though

my understanding of it was something similar but more along the line of if ya played 3 home this year you play four home next year as opposed to it switching around every time the counties play regardless of the gap between fixtures.though dont certain counties have a constant home away arrangement(dublin cork and cork tipp to name such agreements)

blackbelt

billyhead wrote: »

Its not really.

Say its 13 euro per entry to a game and the Dubs play only 6 league games at home and you don't really go the senior club football games (main interets would be the hurling) it would still work out less paying each time.

Yes but if you were to go to 10 club hurling shc matches,that would cover the cost of the pass for the year.After that you have youe NFL and NHL matches plus whatever challenge matches.

Also worth thinking about is that the pass is like a ticket insurance policy come quarter final,semi final and dare I say Final.

billyhead

blackbelt wrote: »

Yes but if you were to go to 10 club hurling shc matches,that would cover the cost of the pass for the year.After that you have youe NFL and NHL matches plus whatever challenge matches.

Also worth thinking about is that the pass is like a ticket insurance policy come quarter final,semi final and dare I say Final.

Challenge matches as far as I am aware are not covered. Also I would really only go to the Dublin Senior Hurling Semi Final games and final game.