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Football Championship 2026 - 5 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Dublin scored a legitimate goal. Kerry got one that was not.
That's the way.
Leanfaimid ar aghaidh" Without wanting to cause a stir here and I genuinely mean this but two weeks ago Galway were very hard done by with the Dublin penalty and John Maher not receiving a penalty at the other end. Thats a possible 6 point swing and these calls happen a lot but there was no noise in the media about it, the Analysts on Sunday game didnt go to town on it, it didnt make radio 1 the next day...Why?
Dothesimplethingswell (National) - 14/07/2026 07:15:21
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfan: "Hopefully our Co Board/Clubs will move the 2nd August Championship games to allow supporters to go to the Ladies Final in Croker." Email has been sent to clubs today regarding changing fixtures for that day. And proper order too. Well done to all the ladies teams this year and let's hope the next few weeks bring even more success
D.Hyde (National) - 13/07/2026 17:07:08
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Happyoutpout: "Will you give over. You're not still going on about Roscommons win months ago at the beginning of the championship when Mayo clearly had a new young team and their defense was poor. They are different team now. Despite Louths collapse as you call it, Mayo played with class on Saturday. You're talking about a match that was held in April….we are now in July. So much has changed. All of the teams have evolved but you want to keep us back to the standard in April. Every team in the championship as had a bad day where they lost out by a lot. It's the new game. Move on…" Hardly a new young team, 11 of the starting 15 and used subs either played or were on the bench for the 2021 All Ireland. 15 players were involved in last years Connacht final with Galway. A lot of high level championship experience in that team plus the addition of a few very talented young lads. Some of the older lads not getting started now but there is a great blend of youth and experience.
I firmly believe Andy Moran was targetting Connacht and it was actually good fortune ye were knocked out early. It has become apparent in hindsight now that winning a provincial is no advantage for the All Ireland series and could actually be a hindrance. It will definitely be viewed in a different light next year by counties. The only show in town now is knock out championship and getting to the Croke Park games. We fell well short this year and it needs to become priority number one now for Roscommon. Roscommon probably didn't learn enough about themselves in the narrow loss to Tyrone so there'll be plenty of reflection on what happened against Monaghan for next year. Getting a good beating earlier in the year seems to have done Mayo and Kerry no harm.
FullOfPorter (National) - 13/07/2026 17:10:51
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Wishing him all the best in retirement..he will go down as one of the great players in Dublin..I'd also like to say what a fabulous hurler he was as a minor..always came across as a really genuine fella..he will be missed.
CTGAA10 (National) - 13/07/2026 17:11:33
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Louth GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Brilliant season for us Louth fans. Wins against Offaly, Kildare, and Wexford who would typically be amongst our peer competition might have been the sum total of a typical OK year for most seasons past. Between league and championship, we had brilliant wins against Tyrone, Derry, Cavan, Armagh, and Monaghan and that makes for some record against strong Ulster teams. Losing in the league to the two teams that got promoted, and only by a single point against Meath (which, unbelievably, felt like a rare Meath win against us).
The Dublin win was immense psychologically. 2023 it was 5-21 to 0-15, 2024 it was 1-19 to 2-12. For the 2026 first game to finish 0-20 to 0-10 felt like a step backwards so the 4-18 to 1-24 win was a new high and continued the march of progress.
First half against Mayo was a new experience -- Croker at capacity and the feeling, the belief that this was going to go the distance. We've become used to Louth teams finding a way to win as they come down the home straight. Didn't happen on Saturday but we haven't had days out like these in our lifetime. This doesn't feel like the setback years of 1993 when Laois took us down a notch, 2002 vs Meath Geraghty goal, and the 2010 loss vs Dublin (which honestly did more damage that the Meath game IMO). Those days felt like we met insurmountable barriers. This feels like we're knocking on the door and we can figure it out.
It's some sacrifice these folks all make and we're grateful. This is a panel that has a lot further to go and, as long as they want more days like Saturday and want to be competing at the top table, it's there for them and we'll be fully behind them. Meath was our ceiling for a long time. Then it was Dublin. We haven't seen the ceiling for this panel yet and they're young. We'll figure out how to get past the current hurdle and come back again. The alternative -- putting in 90% as much effort for 20% of the results -- sucks.
So thanks to the team, panel, and management. Couldn't be more grateful.
level (National) - 13/07/2026 20:05:32
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Dublin scored a legitimate goal. Kerry got one that was not.
That's the way.
Leanfaimid ar aghaidh
BarneyGrant (National) - 13/07/2026 20:41:28
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To gaelsboy: "I thought the same, Wicklow not much ahead of us and with a few small improvements we can be competing for the TC next year if we have as many as possible available. Also hoping Down stay the hell up in div 2, they are better than the TC despite Saturday's result.
Get promoted to division 3 and worry about it then" The Leitrim panel is definitely talented, but Division 4 is very strong ,with Fermanagh Antrim Limerick Wicklow and London no pus overs.Waterford also gave Leitrim a mini scare in 2026.
On a separate matter great credit to Andy Moran for bringing Mayo to be real contenders against Kerry in the All Ireland final
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I hope Square B can acknowledge Andy's achievement.
joeman123 (National) - 13/07/2026 21:52:34
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
GAA have marketed the life out of Clifford, RTE also heavily invested.
In these days of generating commercial revenue, clicks and content, the GAA failed the sport yesterday with very blatant weighted decisions.
The Championship this year just lacks any credibility now, pity, was some great games this year - but it ended yesterday.
Congratulations to the Dublin team, heads held high, always Guardians of the game.
TheUsername (National) - 13/07/2026 22:04:57
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Split Wicklow In 2 ????? - 1 Like(s)
Having watched Dublin vs Kerry, I have come up with a possible solution.
Why not have 2 men stationed on either post. Give them white coats as well.
These people would be best positioned to call if a ball was over the line, or a square ball ?
Might work.
sponger (National) - 14/07/2026 11:02:34
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To DelaneyCup2026: "Westmeath GAA has been largely Mullingar orientated for a long time, maybe to their detriment. So the idea of the county board putting a COE anywhere but Mullingar just won't happen.
Every man on the street knows the location should be out towards Loughnavalley or Killbeggan but then we are told it has to be Mullingar" One of the major factors in setting up a COE is accessibility for all infrastructures which are in place. So mullingar has all services easily connected eg sewerage, traffic management, electricity, mains water and so on.
A greenfield site out the country is cheaper to buy but more expensive to get out of the ground. The council more or less would turn down a greenfield site out the country so it's easier get planning for the COE in mullingar or Athlone or any of the big towns that have all services already in place. Offaly faithful fields is right beside kilcormac so all services in place.
So we can all crib about the CB doing very little or each club can get behind the COE right away and do what's best for Westmeath Gaa. It leads to the question how to you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
Are we expecting this to be build all bells and whistles in three to five yrs and have every pitch changing room and planter boxes all out on display in 5 yrs and let the president of the gaa come down and cut the tape.
Why not start getting access road in and lay out 4 pitches(3 grass 1 Astro)and 4 dressing rooms (so all Westmeath teams can use over winter, spring months)and an office area as target one for three yrs time then start adding to that yearly until it's exactly where it should be.
Get the ball rolling now for improvements otherwise if we're waiting to get it done in one big swipe we will be still here arguing in 10yrs time and nothing done.
2maroonjerseys (National) - 14/07/2026 11:04:40
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