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Things you don't see in GAA anymore

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  • #62
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,722 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    A full 10 aside U12 team piling out of the back of one of the Fiat Fiorino van in town leagues! :)

    How we didnt suffocate! :D

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  • #63
    PARlance
    Registered Users Posts: 21,092 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    Cow sh1te on pitches.


  • #64
    Exiled1
    Registered Users Posts: 332 ✭✭Exiled1


    Hairy jerseys.
    These were made of wool and were wonderful at soaking rain and sweat.
    They were rarely washed because of danger of shrinkage. Subs jerseys were never washed!
    On warm days, it was difficult to choose between the pong and the itch as to which was more awful.
    Thankfully they had disappeared by the early eighties.


  • #65
    jmayo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,078 ✭✭✭✭jmayo


    zetecescort wrote: »
    Tidy corner forwards with jerseys 3 sizes too big

    Or full forward with one size too small a jersey and shorts two sizes too small just to show how big a crack of an ar** he had.
    spurscormac wrote: »
    If Mayo ever get over the line, you can be damn sure there'll be a return of Plan B.

    I know some lads that have sworn not alone to invade but they plan on taking a bit of a souvenir of the occasion.
    PARlance wrote: »
    Cow sh1te on pitches.

    Alright if dry in summer, not so nice if fresh.
    Trust me on that.


  • #66
    Stoner
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 10,952 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    PARlance wrote:
    Cow sh1te on pitches.


    It's horse sh1t in Dublin.


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  • #67
    relgoog
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭relgoog


    Mikasa gloves


  • #68
    DJIMI TRARORE
    Registered Users Posts: 3,557 ✭✭✭DJIMI TRARORE


    PARlance wrote:
    Cow sh1te on pitches.

    Stoner wrote:
    It's horse sh1t in Dublin.


    It'll be pure sh1te if anything like last year's super 8s


  • #69
    Gael85
    Registered Users Posts: 2,287 ✭✭✭Gael85


    Stoner wrote: »
    It's horse sh1t in Dublin.

    I played a match in Killanarden recently and it was rabbit **** on the pitch :D:D


  • #70
    davegilly
    Registered Users Posts: 677 ✭✭✭davegilly


    BloodyBill wrote: »
    2. Swaying in the crowd at the old Pairc Ui Chaoimh and the fear of losing in Munster

    Many is the great day we had down in the Pairc - place packed to the rafters. Repeat the following year down in Killarney. Great games. Unlikely or more than likely never to be repeated unfortunately.


  • #71
    TheRiverman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,041 ✭✭✭TheRiverman


    delaad wrote: »
    Banners with, sometimes, witty comments on them,.....as at Down 93 final,

    "The man in front is Mickey Linden"

    I'm not sure,but think this one was on Hill 16 probably in 1984,

    "Brian Mullins lays on more balls than Joanne Hayes"


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  • #72
    Conorbarry1984
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭Conorbarry1984


    Everyone from the under 12/14/16s arriving at training on their bikes from all over the parish, not a one these days


  • #73
    Deskjockey
    Registered Users Posts: 833 ✭✭✭Deskjockey


    Rasputin11 wrote: »
    Who was the minor football OBL?

    TIPPERARY MINOR FOOTBALLER Aidan Buckley

    Look him up back in 2015


  • #74
    Gael85
    Registered Users Posts: 2,287 ✭✭✭Gael85


    Conorbarry1984 wrote: »
    Everyone from the under 12/14/16s arriving at training on their bikes from all over the parish, not a one these days

    Kids driven everywhere by parents now.


  • #75
    Road-Hog
    Registered Users Posts: 1,412 ✭✭✭Road-Hog


    You see it a bit these days but not as often as years ago......auld fellas with the match program open on the page with the teams named, marking/ticking the scores and wides a player gets during a game

    Stupid nick names on players is becoming rare also, ‘bubbles o’dwyer’ is probably the only one of the top players these days with one

    Guys using term ‘slap-ball’ or ‘Schlap-bail’ depending on part of country you are from. Could/can never fully understand what the eff a slap ball means...? Can anyone enlighten me after all these years

    Pat shortt/ John Kenny type underage coaches.....foaming at the mouth on the side line and false teeth continuously falling out


  • #76
    Fifty grades of shay.
    Registered Users Posts: 779 ✭✭✭Fifty grades of shay.


    Road-Hog wrote: »
    You see it a bit these days but not as often as years ago......auld fellas with the match program open on the page with the teams named, marking/ticking the scores and wides a player gets during a game

    Stupid nick names on players is becoming rare also ‘bubbles o’dwyer’ is probably the only one of the top players these days

    Guys using term ‘slap-ball’ or ‘Schlap-bail’ depending on part of country you are from

    That's me, I like my own little stats.


  • #77
    PARlance
    Registered Users Posts: 21,092 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    PARlance wrote: »
    Cow sh1te on pitches.
    Stoner wrote: »
    It's horse sh1t in Dublin.

    Let's not forget the sheep either! Sheep sh1te wasn't nearly as bad as the cows though.

    There was a farm (with terrible land) adjoining our pitch back in the day and the fence was never as tight as the farmer. Regular gaps for the animals to get through would appear fairly regularly.


  • #78
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users Posts: 18,921 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    ....the British Army commandeering GAA grounds...

    https://www.rte.ie/archives/2019/0306/1034611-british-army-to-leave-gaa-grounds/

    Hard to believe 20 years has passed.


  • #79
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users Posts: 34,041 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    PARlance wrote: »
    Cow sh1te on pitches.

    Great one.

    And getting it in the face


  • #80
    thesultan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,667 ✭✭✭thesultan


    shockframe wrote: »
    Puma Kings. Worn by about 2/3 of players from the late 80s to the late 00s.

    Now rarely worn by anyone in a big match.
    Brick walsh


  • #81
    hardybuck
    Registered Users Posts: 5,159 ✭✭✭hardybuck


    PARlance wrote: »
    Let's not forget the sheep either! Sheep sh1te wasn't nearly as bad as the cows though.

    There was a farm (with terrible land) adjoining our pitch back in the day and the fence was never as tight as the farmer. Regular gaps for the animals to get through would appear fairly regularly.

    I think in Dublin with park pitches it's dog sh1te unfortunately.


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  • #82
    Gentleman Off The Pitch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 603 ✭✭✭Gentleman Off The Pitch


    Long sleeve jerseys
    Hurlers with shin guards
    Toweling on hurls


  • #83
    Dick phelan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,918 ✭✭✭Dick phelan


    The conventional sideline, maybe i'm totally wrong but i remember it being very rare that lads would score from a sideline, seems to happen in most games now.


  • #84
    Bonniedog
    Registered Users Posts: 6,665 ✭✭✭Bonniedog


    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    Great one.

    And getting it in the face


    As a Dub you knew you were in Indian territory when you were playing on spiral cow pats in grass half a foot long.

    Stars of Erin, Marys of Saggart, Margarets, Boden (before they became all posh) we're looking at you.


  • #85
    arctictree
    Registered Users Posts: 4,283 ✭✭✭arctictree


    Remember playing a hurling match in the 90s with big cow pats in the field. Sliothar landed in one and the **** was flying from lads pulling!


  • #86
    youngblood
    Registered Users Posts: 1,768 ✭✭✭youngblood


    No sleeve Jerseys..you know who you are....


  • #87
    NabyLadistheman
    Registered Users Posts: 4,124 ✭✭✭NabyLadistheman


    Buses to away games, everybody drives now-a-days!


  • #88
    PhilOssophy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭PhilOssophy


    Davys Fits wrote: »
    Kilkenny throwing Liam Mc Cup into the boot of the car.

    Wicklow locking referees in the boot of the car.


  • #89
    PhilOssophy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭PhilOssophy


    John Mullane "I love me county" style interviews with a mob of people going mental behind him. Now days its all "Oh sure there a good side and they put it up to us and thankfully we got over the line".....

    Some of the above are better off that you don't see them any more!


  • #90
    hardybuck
    Registered Users Posts: 5,159 ✭✭✭hardybuck


    Pre-Christmas National League games.

    Lads playing football with one glove.

    Mikasa football gloves (the yellow cloth ones with the black dots).

    Lads wearing their own shorts rather than the standard issue ones (although Brick Walsh always wears two pairs).

    Auld lads sitting in the stand with a small radio held up to their ear.


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  • #91
    arctictree
    Registered Users Posts: 4,283 ✭✭✭arctictree


    hardybuck wrote: »

    Lads wearing their own shorts rather than the standard issue ones (although Brick Walsh always wears two pairs).

    An older player in our club refused to wear the club jersey when sponsorship first came in (he had his own non sponsor jersey). 'I'm not wearing some gangsters name across my chest' was his reasoning. Got away with it too until he retired. You got to admire someone with principles!


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