Shock Gaa victories.

teednab-el

My top five go as follows.

5.Down beating Kerry in the 2010 All Ireland football quarter final.

4. Limerick beating Waterford in the 2007 all Ireland senior hurling semi final.

3. Fermanagh beating Cork in the 2004 All Ireland quarter final.

2. Mayo beating Cork in the 2011 All Ireland quarter final.

1. Clare beating Kerry in the 1992 Munster Final.

Cill Dara Abu

London drawing with Mayo 2011

BERBA

offaly beating kerry in 1982

Fr Tod Umptious

Fermanagh beat Armagh in the 2004 quarter final.

I agree that Clare are number 1, however Mayo's win v Tyrone in the 2004 quarter final as equally as suprising as thir win v Cork at the time

delta_bravo

Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

London drawing with Mayo 2011

A draw is not a victory.

Mountainlad

Waterford beating Tipp in 2002 has to feature.

Cill Dara Abu

delta_bravo wrote: »

A draw is not a victory.

Fup off

Syferus

Last year's Connacht final where Roscommon was written off springs to mind, even if inside the county we had alot of faith that our minor winning team could come good.

Lapin

delta_bravo wrote: »

A draw is not a victory.

Twas a moral victory.

And one that ultimately stood to Mayo today.

Fr Tod Umptious

BERBA wrote: »

offaly beating kerry in 1982

I don't know what the odds were on the day but in hindsight it was not a huge upset, remember the teams also meet in the previous final, so Offaly were hardly outsiders.

rossie1977

leitrim beating roscommon, mayo and galway ALL in one year 1994

Fireball07

teednab-el wrote: »

My top five go as follows.

5.Down beating Kerry in the 2010 All Ireland football quarter final.

4. Limerick beating Waterford in the 2007 all Ireland senior hurling semi final.

3. Fermanagh beating Cork in the 2004 All Ireland quarter final.

2. Mayo beating Cork in the 2011 All Ireland quarter final.

1. Clare beating Kerry in the 1992 Munster Final.

Was Limerick beating Waterford that much of a shock?? Obviously it was a surprise but it was never impossible. I'd have thought Down beating Kerry was a bigger one.

I'd add:

Limerick beating Cork by 10 points in Round 1 of the Munster Championship in 2003.

Wexford beating Kilkenny in the Leinster hurling semi-final in 2004.

Monaghan beating Armagh in Round 1 of the Ulster Championship. Can't remember the year, 2003 or 2004, I think. That was huge at the time.

blowitupref

Armagh beating Kerry in the 2002 All Ireland final? certainly was a big shock for Mr Spillane.

Rebel1977

Kerry beating Waterford in Senior Hurling, think it was about 1993

Lapin

I'm still in shock after the Waterford - Galway scoreline last week.

Lemlin

Surprised nobody has mentioned probably the biggest shock of the decade:

Armagh, then all Ireland champions, being beaten by Monaghan in the Ulster preliminary round in 2003. The scoreline was even more surprising, Monaghan 1-13, Armagh 9 points.

The year before Monaghan had conceded 4-13 against Fermanagh and then lost to Louth in the qualifiers.

Armagh recovered to make it all the way to the All-Ireland final.

Agus

1957 Munster Senior Football Championship - Waterford beat Kerry
1993 Munster Senior Hurling Championship - Kerry beat Waterford

who the fug

Agus wrote: »

1957 Munster Senior Football Championship - Waterford beat Kerry

Rumor has it some of the Kerry team never went home


Surely Offaly 1982 must be up there

Agus

Also Antrim beating Offaly in the 1989 All-Ireland hurling semi-final. And Offaly beating Kilkenny in the 1980 Leinster final.

saintsaltynuts

Donegal beating Dublin in the 1992 All-Ireland Football Final.

Hammer Archer

Limerick 4-12 Meath 4-3 in 2008
Never seen us ripped to shreds so easily and in the end we were steeped to only lose by 9 as with less than 5 minutes left the score was 4-11 to 3 points.
Losing to Offaly in 2000 when we were All Ireland champions was a big surprise.
Also easily beating Tyrone in 1996 when they were odds on favourites.

Mountainlad

Fireball07 wrote: »

Was Limerick beating Waterford that much of a shock?? Obviously it was a surprise but it was never impossible. I'd have thought Down beating Kerry was a bigger one.

I'd add:

Limerick beating Cork by 10 points in Round 1 of the Munster Championship in 2003.

Wexford beating Kilkenny in the Leinster hurling semi-final in 2004.

Monaghan beating Armagh in Round 1 of the Ulster Championship. Can't remember the year, 2003 or 2004, I think. That was huge at the time.

The year must be wrong there cos Cork won Munster in 2003, Waterford beat Limerick after a replay.

traecy1

Mountainlad wrote: »

The year must be wrong there cos Cork won Munster in 2003, Waterford beat Limerick after a replay.

It was in the football championship, which does make it a big surprise.

Mountainlad

traecy1 wrote: »

It was in the football championship, which does make it a big surprise.

Ah right, apologies. Only one sport existed for me there

homerjay2005

blowitupref wrote: »

Armagh beating Kerry in the 2002 All Ireland final? certainly was a big shock for Mr Spillane.

Hardly a shock considering they met in 2000 and it took extra time to seperate them in a replay...Kerry should still have won the game that day, that was the shock for me,game should have been over at half time.

Clareman

Antrim beating Offaly in 89 has to be up there, Offaly giving the guard of honour as Antrim went off was pure class, that years All Ireland was the first All Ireland I was ever at. The Clare footballers in 92, ahhh, happy place here thinking of that, I can honestly say I was there

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Meath wallpoping Kerry back in 01 after being walloped by them the year before.

teednab-el

THFC wrote: »

Meath wallpoping Kerry back in 01 after being walloped by them the year before.

Meath didnt play Kerry in 2000. I assume you are talking about Galway?

dartbhoy

Clare beating Kerry in the 1992 Munster football final has to go down as 1 of the biggest shocks in GAA history.

DEFTLEFTHAND

The Kerry hurlers beat Waterford in the Munster championship at some stage in the early nineties if I remember correctly.

starlit

Mayo beating Cork 2011
Donegal beating Kildare 2011
Kerry Beating Dublin 2009

sendit

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

I don't know what the odds were on the day but in hindsight it was not a huge upset, remember the teams also meet in the previous final, so Offaly were hardly outsiders.

And the semi the year before

sendit

doovdela wrote: »

Mayo beating Cork 2011
Donegal beating Kildare 2011
Kerry Beating Dublin 2009

sendit

Mayo winning yesterday wasn't that big of a shock really. I mean there were both Div 1 teams its not like it was a Div 1 v Div 4 team or anything

Hammer Archer

doovdela wrote: »

Mayo beating Cork 2011
Donegal beating Kildare 2011
Kerry Beating Dublin 2009

The only shock of these was the one yesterday.
How was Donegal beating Kildare a shock
Likewise with Kerry beating Dublin.

bruschi

sendit wrote: »

Mayo winning yesterday wasn't that big of a shock really. I mean there were both Div 1 teams its not like it was a Div 1 v Div 4 team or anything

exactly. it was the connaught champions beating a fairly depleted Crok team who have been going for a couple of years now.

Donegal beating Kildare certainly wasnt a shock.

Wexford beating Meath, being ten points down at half time was a shock. Not the fact Wexford beating them was a shock (they had won the previous 4 games against Meath) but the manner in which they did it moreso.

Clare beating Kerry in 92 was a shock.

Antrim beating Offaly in 89 was a shock.

Kerry beating Waterford in 93

I dont actually think Offaly beating Kerry in 82 was. They were in the final the year before. They were a good side, and Kerry were on a crest of the wave.

I dont personally think a team beating another in a final is necessarily a shock. If both teams can get to an AI final, then it must mean they are a decent side.

who the fug

bruschi wrote: »

I dont actually think Offaly beating Kerry in 82 was. They were in the final the year before. They were a good side, and Kerry were on a crest of the wave.

It was in the Kingdom

bruschi

who the fug wrote: »

It was in the Kingdom

I dont get ya?

woody15

Tipp v Cork 2010

who the fug

bruschi wrote: »

I dont get ya?

Kerry 1982 5 in a row

Non stop yap by the fans all year giving it large

After Mr. Darby little kick, life was good

Fireball07

Lemlin wrote: »

Surprised nobody has mentioned probably the biggest shock of the decade:

Armagh, then all Ireland champions, being beaten by Monaghan in the Ulster preliminary round in 2003. The scoreline was even more surprising, Monaghan 1-13, Armagh 9 points.

The year before Monaghan had conceded 4-13 against Fermanagh and then lost to Louth in the qualifiers.

Armagh recovered to make it all the way to the All-Ireland final.

I believe I did

doovdela wrote: »

Mayo beating Cork 2011
Donegal beating Kildare 2011
Kerry Beating Dublin 2009

Donegal beating Kildare was not a shock, everyone said that was likely to be the most even game.

And Kerry beating Dublin wasn't....Kerry are Kerry.

teednab-el

Fireball07 wrote: »

And Kerry beating Dublin wasn't....Kerry are Kerry.

We know but they were playing terrible football before they met Dublin, only bearly putting teams like Longford, Sligo and Antrim away.

Kerry should have lost those games especially the Sligo one where Jonathon Davy hit the post when he got inside the Kerry backline and went for goal. Sometimes games are decided on the margin of inches. Sligo beating Kerry would have been a shock of the century.

Fireball07

teednab-el wrote: »

We know but they were playing terrible football before they met Dublin, only bearly putting teams like Longford, Sligo and Antrim away.

Kerry should have lost those games especially the Sligo one where Jonathon Davy hit the post when he got inside the Kerry backline and went for goal. Sometimes games are decided on the margin of inches. Sligo beating Kerry would have been a shock of the century.

They should have lost to Sligo but they never looked like losing to Antrim and Donaghy ran riot against Longford until he got injured, as far as I can remember.

But I always expected them to beat Dublin, generally they improve in Croke Park and Dublin were massively overhyped.

I agree Sligo beating Kerry would have been one of the great shocks, Kerry beating Dublin isn't.

equivariant

doovdela wrote: »

Mayo beating Cork 2011
Donegal beating Kildare 2011
Kerry Beating Dublin 2009

Kerry beating anyone in a football match is NEVER a shock. As for the other two the first was an upset (but hardly shocking) and the second was not in the least shocking.

I submit Donegal vs Dublin in 92 and Down vs Kerry last year (by comparison down last year were a worse team than this year's Mayo and Kerry last year were a better team than this year's cork)

Actually, now that I think of it, it's amazing how few really shocking results there in recent GAA history.

teednab-el

Who can forget the 1990 Munster Hurling Final where the famous Babs Keating completely wrote off Corks chances and came out with that famous cheeky oneliner "Donkeys don't win Derbys".

Nobody thought Cork would win this even myself as they struggled to put Kerry away earlier on in that championship and nearly lost to them. However that day against Tipperary, a completely different team emerged and they blew Tipp off the park, it was great day.

We all knew who the "donkeys" were after that game .

dartbhoy

teednab-el wrote: »

Who can forget the 1990 Munster Hurling Final where the famous Babs Keating completely wrote off Corks chances and came out with that famous cheeky oneliner "Donkeys don't win Derbys".

Nobody thought Cork would win this even myself as they struggled even to put Kerry away earlier on in that championship and nearly lost to them. However that day against Tipperary, a completely different team emerged and they blew Tipp off the park, it was great day.

We all knew who the "donkeys" were after that game

Ha ha I remember it well! Babs made some fool of himself! For a fellow who managed Tipp to 2 All Ireland victories he's hated in the county! 1990 was a memorable year for Cork GAA fans.

plasmaguy

Sligo winning Connacht Championship a few years ago, against Galway I think in the final.

Kerry v Mayo 1997, Mayo were only going to pick up the cup, few people fancied Kerry.

Tyrone v Kerry 2003

Donegal v Dublin 1992

Meath v Down 1991

In fact most of the Northern wins since 1960 have been big shocks.

longpuck

equivariant wrote: »

Kerry beating anyone in a football match is NEVER a shock. As for the other two the first was an upset (but hardly shocking) and the second was not in the least shocking.

I submit Donegal vs Dublin in 92 and Down vs Kerry last year (by comparison down last year were a worse team than this year's Mayo and Kerry last year were a better team than this year's cork)

Actually, now that I think of it, it's amazing how few really shocking results there in recent GAA history.

A good point there have been very few ''shocks'' lots of upsets though

Football

Clare beating Kerry in the 1992 Munster Final

Limerick beating Cork in the 2003 Munster Championship

Limerick beating Meath in 2008 (I think)

Down beating Kerry in the 2010 Quarter Final

Fermanagh beating Cork & Armagh in 2004

Leitrim winning Connacht in 1994

Monaghan beating Armagh in 2003

Donegal beating Dublin in the 1992 All-Ireland Final

Tyrone beating Kerry in the 2003 semi final

Two im not old enough to have been but

Waterford beating Kerry in 1957

Kerry beating Dublin in the 1955 All Ireland final

Some upsets in football

Offaly beating Kerry in 1982

Armagh beating Kerry in 2002 final

Mayo yesterday

Hurling

Wexford beating Kilkenny in the Leinster hurling semi-final in 2004

Offaly beting Killkenny in the 1980/81 not sure witch one when they first won Leinster anyway

Waterford beating Tipp in 2002 Munster final.

Antrim beating Offaly in 1989 semi final

Kerry beating Waterford in 1993 wasn't actually much of a shock more an upset if even that. At the time Kerry were a Div 1 team putting it up to the likes of Galway and Kilkenny wile Waterford were Div 2 maybe even 3 at the time

FatherTed

Couple of Galway hurling ones:

1979 Semi-Final Galway 2-14 Cork 1-13: Cork had a brilliant(albeit aging) team going for the 4 in a row.

1981 Final Offaly 2-12 Galway 0-15: Galway were seemingly cruising to a second final win in a row. Then Johnny Flaherty popped up.

1986 Semi-Final Galway 4-12 Kilkenny 0-9: Galway shocked Kilkenny in Thurles, playing two men in the full forward line and Pearse Piggott as a third midfielder. Tried the same in the final but Cork were too cute.

We have a decent minor team this year, but we managed to come back and beat Kerry despite being 11 points down at half time to win by a point back in May

dartbhoy

dartbhoy wrote: »

Ha ha I remember it well! Babs made some fool of himself! For a fellow who managed Tipp to 2 All Ireland victories he's hated in the county! 1990 was a memorable year for Cork GAA fans.

As i said on another thread it was in Babs best interests to fuel Cork as much as possible. Of course, as usual he probably took the decision to insult Cork in the best interests of Tipperary hurling :rolleyes:
We had a terrific team back then and if he had the right guy at the helm keeping the lads feet on the ground who knows what might have been. Instead we had him. Good hurler he was but he's a total clown