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I see the Louth/Wicklow/Meath v Laois/Longford/Kildare Leinster semi final is down for a Saturday evening at 7 oclock . delighted that they have stopped playing these semi finals as a double header with the Dublin game. the atmosphere in croker the last few years has been terrible, even last year when meath v Dublin the atmosphere was like a morgue. terrible stuff. hopefully the GAA keep these games separate from now on. tis game should be played in nowlan park or portllaoise . imagine meath v Kildare in a packed portlaise opn a wrm evening. compared to croke park. 20,000 in portlaise would be a huge crowd , 20,000 in croker is a funeral home! meath v Kildare will bring between 20-30,000 as a stand alone fixture would portlaise hold this? anyway should be great to have a game without the dubs in the place. I think most leinster counties are fed up looking at Dublin and their fans without them being there when you don't have to play them! dickie10 (UK) - Posts: 685 - 15/05/2017 13:20:48 1986802 Link 1 |
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Might be jumping the gun by calling it a Kildare Meath Semi final. Sure other counties will have a bit to say on that. But otherwise agree wholeheartedly with your sentiment. Laois Kildare in Tullamore in the 2009 Leinster Semi final was a great occasion on a sunny evening. Tullamore would be most obvious venue for any potential pairing rather that Portlaoise or Kilkenny.
thehoops (Kildare) - Posts: 69 - 15/05/2017 13:36:41 1986806 Link 1 |
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Its down to be in Croke Park according to this website. If true we're heading back to the morgue. RoyalBadger (Meath) - Posts: 571 - 15/05/2017 13:51:55 1986811 Link 0 |
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Nice to see that you'll be heading to the game to support your Wee neighbours ;)
MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13704 - 15/05/2017 14:17:20 1986824 Link 0 |
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Ridiculous if so, but doesn't surprise me, Leinster Council have made a fine art out of messing up fixtures. No semi final should be a stand alone fixture in Croker, given the way things are in Leinster even the Dubs are struggling to put a decent crowd in the place, plenty of fine and suitable venues about the province to play semi finals, well beyond time that we saw more games outside Croke Park
Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 15/05/2017 14:17:44 1986825 Link 0 |
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Louth v Laois always makes for a good game.
RoyalBadger (Meath) - Posts: 571 - 15/05/2017 14:20:22 1986827 Link 0 |
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It appears the only reason it is in CP is to justify the huge cost of maintenance of the facility. browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2342 - 15/05/2017 14:52:27 1986836 Link 0 |
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Saturday evening croke park. The seagulls won't be happy. royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 15/05/2017 16:05:22 1986863 Link 0 |
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sorry it should read. louth/wicklow/meath vs kildare/laois/longford. anyway that dosent matter, the point is that croker will be 3/4 empty. these players dont care about playing in croker there all in it before plenty of times. the fans dont care about going to it either its no novelty. louth v laois would be some game though. anyone remember 1991? the biggest row ever seen in croke park. 1992 they played a good game too. why do they hate each other so much? they dont border? is it a culture clash or something? id love meath v kildare in portlaise , its a very lucky pitch for meath. probarly luckier than navan dickie10 (UK) - Posts: 685 - 15/05/2017 16:43:38 1986873 Link 0 |
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Dickie Louth and Laois don't hate each other? What are you smoking? In the early 90's they did meet four times. In 1991 they was a draw match in the semi-final of the Leinster Championship. In the replay as you stated there was that massive brawl and Laois won that match by eight points. A year later in 1992 Louth got their revenge by beating Laois by a point in the quarter-finals in the Leinster Championship match. In 1993 Laois knocked out Louth in the first round of the Leinster Championship.
OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 15/05/2017 17:21:15 1986888 Link 1 |
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Will many from Wicklow or Longford attend? royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 15/05/2017 20:29:21 1986948 Link 0 |
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No venues fixed for either semi finals as of yet. hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 15/05/2017 20:40:54 1986953 Link 0 |
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RoyalBadger (Meath) - Posts: 571 - 16/05/2017 13:01:56 1987072 Link 0 |
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Sky Saturday evening, so stand alone fixture, not been funny but at least with double heading you get value for money, will tickets be same price? I have distant Cavan gene royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 16/05/2017 16:27:09 1987185 Link 0 |
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Sky Saturday evening, so stand alone fixture, not been funny but at least with double heading you get value for money, will tickets be same price? I have distant Cavan gene if_in_doubt (Kildare) - Posts: 3685 - 16/05/2017 16:46:38 1987192 Link 0 |
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Sky seem to have a liking for the Leinster Championship, more games then any other province. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 16/05/2017 16:57:43 1987200 Link 0 |
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Sky seem to have a liking for the Leinster Championship, more games then any other province. if_in_doubt (Kildare) - Posts: 3685 - 16/05/2017 17:10:43 1987209 Link 1 |
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If Portlaoise was upgraded properly, it would be an ideal location for games too small for Croke Park but too big for the likes of Kilkenny/Tullamore. county man (Limerick) - Posts: 1102 - 16/05/2017 23:38:18 1987358 Link 1 |
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Well Meath will be getting a bigger stadium soon.
royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 16/05/2017 23:53:48 1987365 Link 0 |
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Will it be around 20,000? Ideal for the league and for some earlier championship games alright but probably too small for the bigger championship games? Still though a 20,000 modern stadium makes sense for the most part. Better atmosphere and a ground that can cater for most of a county's championship games. county man (Limerick) - Posts: 1102 - 17/05/2017 00:18:18 1987371 Link 0 |