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Things you don't see in GAA anymore

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    #92
    paul71
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    Suspiciously hairy minors.


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    #93
    charolais0153
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    PhilOssophy wrote: »
    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!

    What do you think of that joe brolly!!!


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    #94
    Bonniedog
    Registered Users Posts: 6,665 ✭✭✭Bonniedog


    paul71 wrote: »
    Suspiciously hairy minors.


    We played in a street league final in 70s where their star player drove up in a car.

    It was supposed to be unders but winning meant a lot to the Club chairman :)


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    #95
    doc_17
    Registered Users Posts: 6,850 ✭✭✭doc_17


    You don’t see players taking a hit anymore without going down and having the physio and doctor come on and do that stupid **** like they’ve been hit by a hammer.Ok if it’s a hard hit but these lads aren’t even getting hit in the head in the first place.


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    #96
    PhilOssophy
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    charolais0153 wrote: »
    What do you think of that joe brolly!!!

    That was the most over hyped interview ever. Joe Brolly laughing all the way to the bank with that publicity.


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    #97
    alchemist33
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    RTE TV ads for Triple A golden maverick, something to dose cattle with, or a hardware store in a wee town down the country


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    #98
    passremarkable
    Registered Users Posts: 4,509 ✭✭✭passremarkable


    elefant wrote: »
    Umbro Specialis

    Still have a pair of them!


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    #99
    Road-Hog
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    alchemist33 wrote: »
    RTE TV ads for Triple A golden maverick, something to dose cattle with, or a hardware store in a wee town down the country

    Fertiliser ads during Sunday game highlights......pre 1996 the only live games we had were all Ireland semis and final......

    Mentors wearing football boots on sideline with the ends of their pants/slacks tucked into their socks

    Extra tight high cut shorts....with full definition of the butt crack visible......would be viewed as very ‘camp’ these rays

    Getting changed into gear in car that you were transported to ground in as most places had no dressing rooms

    Players (particularly forwards following a good/vital score) getting a celebratory slap on the arse from one of their teammates

    Meath winning a championship game in Croke Park

    Cork hurling teams giving opponents a thorough beating

    Respect being shown to counties like cork kerry, kk, Tipp


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    #100
    Bonniedog
    Registered Users Posts: 6,665 ✭✭✭Bonniedog


    Mothers with scarves belting refs around the head with their bag.

    Okay, maybe that was just my Ma …..


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    #101
    irishgrover
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    Paper hats in county colours......last seen in late 70's, early 80's


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    #102
    Kevhog1988
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    jmayo wrote: »
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    I know some lads that have sworn not alone to invade but they plan on taking a bit of a souvenir of the occasion.

    .

    When Kildare won leinster in 98 i remember during the pitch invasion we met the neighbour digging up a piece of turf. He brought it home and patched it into the garden :p


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    #103
    Schwiiing
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    Minors less than 6 foot.


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    #104
    Duffryman
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    theemigrant wrote: »
    When Kildare won leinster in 98 i remember during the pitch invasion we met the neighbour digging up a piece of turf. He brought it home and patched it into the garden :p

    Did much the same myself after Wexford won the All-Ireland in '96. Took a patch of grass from the Hill 16 end, from the approximate spot where Tom Dempsey scored the Wexford goal from. Put it in a flower pot at home and gave it the occasional trimming with a scissors, until it eventually died off after going too long without watering when I got lazy about it.


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    #105
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,937 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Mícheál Ó Sé commentating on the minor semi finals and finals on RTE, I don't have much Irish but there was something soothing about his voice.


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    #106
    padd b1975
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    Say Your Number wrote: »
    Mícheál Ó Sé commentating on the minor semi finals and finals on RTE, I don't have much Irish but there was something soothing about his voice.

    Some of us are old enough to remember Mìcheàl O' Muircheartaigh doing it, I think he stopped around the mid eighties.


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    #107
    Bonniedog
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    padd b1975 wrote: »
    Some of us are old enough to remember Mìcheàl O' Muircheartaigh doing it, I think he stopped around the mid eighties.


    Speaking of Ó Muircheartaigh, was watching the 1980 hurling final earlier in the week and there was a chap the image of him in the Limerick dug out!

    Surely not himself?

    I know he was involved with the Dublin based Kerry footballers at the time, but never heard of any involvement with a hurling county team.


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    #108
    galwayllm
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    Someone kicking the ball!


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    #109
    lawred2
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    jr86 wrote: »
    Following a nostalgic conversation with a few mates over the weekend, what are things you don't see or rarely see in the modern games of hurling/football anymore

    - Fog-horns/flags at matches
    - "AN other" on the match programme
    - The good old traditional tough ball winning full back in football. Packed defences have completely changed the position
    - The third midfielder. While still in operation it was all the rage for a while, in the days before short kickouts, when teams wanted to pack the middle with ball winners for kickouts.
    - There was much less accessibility to players. Nowadays people can nearly track their every move on social media.
    - Fans getting jerseys signed - mainly selfies now

    Stuck in traffic for hours before and after the game.. used to love that


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    #110
    OldMrBrennan83
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    Say Your Number wrote: »
    Mícheál Ó Sé commentating on the minor semi finals and finals on RTE, I don't have much Irish but there was something soothing about his voice.

    Same here, there was just something about those minor games when he was doing it on RTÉ.


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    Littlehorny
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    irishgrover wrote: »
    Paper hats in county colours......last seen in late 70's, early 80's

    An uncle of mine wore one of them on a really wet day. He even had it in the pub that evening. Got up the next morning and realised his hair was bright green from the dye :)
    This was back when Meath were regulars in Croke Park:(


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    #112
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    The knockout system.

    We'd be crying as kids coming home in the car if Tipp lost the first round in Munster. That was it , the end of your summer.


    You'd be so nervous before those games.


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    #113
    Bonniedog
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    Littlehorny wrote: »
    An uncle of mine wore one of them on a really wet day. He even had it in the pub that evening. Got up the next morning and realised his hair was bright green from the dye :)
    This was back when Meath were regulars in Croke Park:(

    Did they have coloured hats back then :)


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    #114
    jprboy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,351 ✭✭✭jprboy


    Cigarette smoke and the smell of Sweet Aftons wafting through the crowd


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    #115
    tayto lover
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    Live Gaelic football matches.
    Seems to be all hurling now.
    RTÉ have a love in with hurling.


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    #116
    Davys Fits
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    The smell of cigarette smoke and Guinness farts wafting through the crowd.


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    #117
    Rob Thomas
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    the big bog toe kick out from the goalie. Usually wearing rugby boots



    the only tactic was to hoof it as far as possible !!!


    Puma Kings were all the rage too when I was playing.


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    #118
    conor05
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    tayto lover wrote: »
    Live Gaelic football matches.
    Seems to be all hurling now.
    RTÉ have a love in with hurling.[/

    Football is only good from semi final onwards though.

    Some great hurling matches in the provincials.

    TV ratings in 2018 decided that one pal.

    People weren’t tuning into watch the provincials in football as much as the Hurling so I’d say you won’t see much football anymore bar the few super 8s onwards.

    Tier 2 will help the GAA in that regard even less football to show.


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    #119
    Mantis Toboggan
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    Players who were blocklayers, plasterers and plumbers.

    Nowadays there mostly students or teachers.

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



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    #120
    Squareball
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    Con Houlihan and his Evening Press Column on a Monday!! Pure poetry!


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    #121
    LoughNeagh2017
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    Whenever I smell smoke I always think of the terraces of Casement Park in the early 2000s when I was a boy. I wonder when smoking was banned at games.


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