AIB Club Championship Finals

Waylander

Venue: Croke Park
Date: St Patricks Day, 17th March
Teams: Hurling Dunloy ( Antrim ) v Birr ( Offaly )
Football Crossmolina ( Mayo ) v Nemo Rangers (Cork)

Anyone interested in GAA I would recommend this as a good way of spending St Patricks Day. It will keep you out of the Boozer till late afternoon, but you will work up a thirst. The club finals are traditionally on on St Patricks day, and attendance has been increasing fairly significantly in recent years, but there was a spanner thrown in the works last year when the game had to be postponed because of the foot and mouth crisis. Well worth a visit as it is not often you get to see matches in both codes on the same day in HQ.

revelate

i'm going...have managed to persuade some infidels from cork and wexford to accompany me. To continue by successful prediction of late, i'm going for (hoping to see) nemo and birr victories!

Waylander

Interesting, now I am going straight to Paddypower.com and backing Crossmolina and Dunloy. Seriously I fancy Crossmolina to beat Nemo, they have the extra experience of making the final once before and I think that will stand to them. As for the Hurling I think it would be good for the sport if Dunloy won it but I think Offaly, I mean Birr will prove a bit too strong for them.

Yavvy

hahah Yeah I reckon Fat Boy GFC..I mean Nemo will loose but I reckon offaly ( Birr if you must) will be too dammed strong

I think I will be heading along to the Games... I love club football Its usually of a much higher standard than Inter county this time of year.

I hate Nemo ....I hope those big clowns loose

Loose you fecking clownes

RicardoSmith

Anyone know where can you get tickets? Theres nothing on the web anywhere.

ironbrew

I am actually hoping to see Nemo win this year, partlly because i somewhat pity them but its also about time to win again as theyve been around a few years now wif no All Irelands

Yavvy

Ricardo...contact the club you want to support.

They will tell you how to get tickets or sell them to you.
then you can sit with fellow supporters.

Waylander

You should be able to get them on the day down around Croker somewhere. There is no way it will sell out so you should not have any worries.

pro_gnostic_8

/edit... sorry, wrong forum by mistake. edit/

Apologies,
Jack.

If hurling is to develop nationwide as a sport it would have been a delight to see Dunloy cause an upset. however it was not to be and experience won on the day. im not sure which of the hannifys it was, (i think its rory) but he ran riot on the day and between himself and simon whelehan dunloy had a handful. te football was a cracker between two of the countrys best.
Mcdonald and Corkery are two magical footballers to watch and really set croker alight in a flame of phosphorus yesterday.

ps congrats to dublin hurlers on a fantastic win setting a remarkable landmark in hurling. hard luck to a gutsy laois side and well done offaly minus Birr stars.

revelate

yeah, i'm in agreement on the first bit. the football was a class match,mcdonald a deserving 'laoch an chluiche'. some point by corkery to put nemo ahead with 2mins left! hurling was a procession but fair play to birr.

and yes, the dubs had a minor victory on sunday against a depleted waterford side. they should enjoy their little triumph...there won't be many more for the rest of the year.

Yavvy

I really hoped Nemo would loose. But what a great day of GAA and what a day to watch it.

Joe Don Dante

Corofin v Dr.Crokes

laneykin

Ballyhale (Kilkenny) v St Thomas (Galway)

Fr Tod Umptious

A please folks stop it.

16 years

mayo.mick

Joe Don Dante wrote: »

Corofin v Dr.Crokes

Fecking hell, surely this is the oldest zombie thread resurrected :eek:
16 years...

Fr Tod Umptious

mayo.mick wrote: »

Fecking hell, surely this is the oldest zombie thread resurrected :eek:
16 years...

Someone dug up a thread a few weeks short of 17 years old on Politics just last week.
And there was a 15 year old one here just a few days ago about a Laois hurling manager.

PTH2009

Tickets gone

ClanofLams

Anyone recommend the best way to get to Croker from Heuston tomorrow? Doesn’t look like it will be walking weather

Nugget89

ClanofLams wrote: »

Anyone recommend the best way to get to Croker from Heuston tomorrow? Doesn’t look like it will be walking weather

Grab the Luas as far as Connolly, then hop on the train or a bus to Drumcondra from there.

ClanofLams

Nugget89 wrote: »

Grab the Luas as far as Connolly, then hop on the train or a bus to Drumcondra from there.

Cheers, think Luas is only going as far as Smithfield with the parades on. Roads closed aswell so not even sure how quick a taxi would be or how feasible taxi is

zetecescort

decent game so far for a neutral, thought Ballyhale might run away after the start they had but Thomas' have stuck with them

grbear

That second Ballyhale goal is a sickener for Thomas's.

They're still well in this though despite that and the horror start.

RMAOK

grbear wrote: »

That second Ballyhale goal is a sickener for Thomas's.

They're still well in this though despite that and the horror start.

Colin fennelly is causing havoc in that Thomas's full back line - Thomas's have had to move back their wing back, fintan Burke, to curb fennelly's influence. Hopefully from a Thomas's point of view, it's not too little too late.

TheRiverman

Very small crowd in Croke Park,a huge change to GAA fixture calender so badly needed.It is crazy that this great championship is so badly catered for.

zetecescort

Ballyhale cruising now, disappointing to see the game peter out like this but all credit to Ballyhale

TheRiverman

Great start to Henry Shefflins Managerial career.

kksaints

Crazy decision by St Thomas management and physios to keep an obviously injured player on the pitch.

Ballyhale way better and have been for most of the season. Forward line is incredibly strong for club level. Saw them against Naomh Eanna and they scored 6-21 even with TJ Reid not on form.

grbear

grbear wrote: »

That second Ballyhale goal is a sickener for Thomas's.

They're still well in this though despite that and the horror start.

*Ron Howard voice*


They weren't.

C__MC

TheRiverman wrote: »

Very small crowd in Croke Park,a huge change to GAA fixture calender so badly needed.It is crazy that this great championship is so badly catered for.

A knockout competition that starts in October and finishes the following March. Bizzare. Should be done in the calendar year - a bonanza of a final
Weekend before x mas.

threeball

Thought after the semis that st Thomas's would do well to keep within 7 but this is a fairly bad beating. The drop in quality in individual clubs in Galway has coincided with an increase in quality of the county team. The larger spread of players from different clubs has led to more cohesive panels.

TheRiverman

C__MC wrote: »

A knockout competition that starts in October and finishes the following March. Bizzare. Should be done in the calendar year - a bonanza of a final
Weekend before x mas.

Some county championships will be starting in a few weeks time,so it can start in April/May of one-year and finish in March the following year.Crazy.

threeball

Not often you say it but thank God the football is second.

RMAOK

threeball wrote: »

Not often you say it but thank God the football is second.

Can't see that being as one sided tbh.

C__MC

threeball wrote: »

Not often you say it but thank God the football is second.

Hope to god both teams don’t cancel each other out

zetecescort

Corofin may regret not finishing a couple of goal chances

threeball

Crokes full back should have got the line there. Totally went to take Silke out with a shoulder to the chest.

wirelessdude01

threeball wrote:

Crokes full back should have got the line there. Totally went to take Silke out with a shoulder to the chest.

Was shoulder to shoulder. Replay showed that and TG4 lads agreed.

nice_guy80

2nd game in a row there's been a red card for Crokes
Let's see how they respond this time

wirelessdude01

nice_guy80 wrote:

2nd game in a row there's been a red card for Crokes Let's see how they respond this time

Game over already.

Mars Bar

Well deserved red.

threeball

wirelessdude01 wrote: »

Was shoulder to shoulder. Replay showed that and TG4 lads agreed.

Crokes showing a very dirty streak. Can't take the pressure.

Say Your Number

Deserved red, pure filth from the Crokes No.2, might finish this game as a contest though.

seligehgit

wirelessdude01 wrote: »

Was shoulder to shoulder. Replay showed that and TG4 lads agreed.

Definitely not shoulder to shoulder.

B Rabbit

seligehgit wrote: »

Definitely not shoulder to shoulder.

agreed

RMAOK

Say Your Number wrote: »

Deserved red, pure filth from the Crokes No.2, might finish this game as a contest though.

On the tg4 commentary, they said it was an accident - it was no accident. He done that deliberately imo.

Say Your Number

Corofin have missed a few goal chances and are still comfortably ahead, given the nasty streak Crokes have shown I hope they go on to batter them

wirelessdude01

RMAOK wrote:

On the tg4 commentary, they said it was an accident - it was no accident. He done that deliberately imo.

Replay showed him flicking/kicking the leg up. Deliberate if you ask me.

ClanofLams

Corofin are brilliant to watch. Don’t think sending off made much difference to the outcome- Corofin were five up and playing on a different level. Best club team of all time surely.

kerry37

threeball wrote: »

Crokes showing a very dirty streak. Can't take the pressure.

Crokes are one of the dirtiest teams in the county, always have been. Typical townies that resort to thuggery when things aren't going their way.

JohnnyFlash

That Kieran Molloy lad is a very good footballer.