stujey has a point as with concerts and the eucharistic congress in croker this match and the football semi final had to be delayed till july 1st croker is not an option in june

The match is not big enough for Croker and a quarter filled Croker does absolutely no good for the repertoire of the game. This is championship after all and one of the best things about championship is a championship atmosphere. Portlaoise will do fine and the small pitch may even suit us. This game will attract and has attracted the attention of hurling folk and id expect about 20,000 to attend which will make a great atmosphere. Plus its nice to get a big game out of Croker every so often.

I agree with the gist of what you say Liam although my spidey senses detect a bit of a dig at the hurling fraternity :-) But yeah, the footballers have a massive tradition behind them, The biggest supported team in the country since the 1920s including the national soccer and rugby teams. Dub hurling has bit to go to match that!

This match as i said at the top of the post should be played in Croke Park, Portlaoise as another poster noted has a capicity of 27,000 and for this match it will be approximately half full , much the same as Croker had the match been played there, the big difference being around 15,000 at portlaoise and approx 35,000 at Croke Park.

there is nothing compared to travelling to matches! We dont get to do it half enough in championship but great memories from trips down the country(dubs on town end last year and tullamore aswell).Finish my leaving cert on tuesday and theres a load of us heading down on saturdat which will be gas craic,hopefully great atmosphere down there and we beat the cats.Far better than standing on the hill looking at a sea of empty blue seats.Cmon the Dubs,lets filll the place

Same as that a big gang of us our going down as well the place will be rocking, I'm telling you all now Dublin are going to win.

Lads this one is slowly creeping around. Cant wait for it. Really believe our boys can put in a massive performance and shock the cats to walk away with the win. C,mon DA DUBS...

Lads,just wondering what terrace everyone is going to? I know theres one at the side of the pitch but think a sea of blue behind one goal would be class

If you are in the stand looking out its behind the goal to the left , the first terrace as you are coming in, thats where the flags will be. COME ON D DUBS.