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Louth v Meath can be a bitter one. Other bitter ones include Derry v Tyrone, Mayo v Rossies and Kildare v Laois. OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 03/01/2017 12:05:09 1942767 Link 0 |
Happy new year Hardcore, We in Cavan will be generous to you Monaghan lads this year. First we will help send you back to Division 2 which is your rightful home in league football- your struggle to cling on in Div1 has never helped you later in the year. Then we will take care of Fermanagh for you in the championship, after you have softened them up for us in the 'Battle of the Minnows'. As far a rivalries go, it can get bitter between Cavan and Monaghan but rivalry is not the right word. Our big rivals in Ulster are Down, who we meet as equals, and Meath on the National stage. The Monaghan thing is just fighting across a ditch. See you on February 12th... MadgeKing (Cavan) - Posts: 490 - 03/01/2017 14:40:53 1942799 Link 2 |
Its all to do with your nearest neighbor, or most common opponent. Depending on the part of Meath you are from it would be Westmeath, Louth, Kildare or Cavan, but there is a common desire among all Meath fans to beat the Dubs. Its probably due to the fact you cant go into a local pub from June - September without meeting a loud mouth Dub (who has been to Old Trafford / Anfield more often than Croker) sprouting on. Genuine GAA Dublin supporters, I do enjoy their company but some of the loud mouths who occupy our local have tarnished my view of all Dublin supporters at the minute. I know every county has them, but just there is more Dubs, in the last 10 / 15 years they all seemed to have moved out to the commuter belt. anto_meath (Meath) - Posts: 108 - 03/01/2017 15:39:24 1942813 Link 0 |
What about Englishmen and Scots! Or Welshmen and Scots! Or Japanese and Scots! Or Scots and other Scots! Damn Scots! They ruined Scotland!
Kurt_Angle (Dublin) - Posts: 567 - 03/01/2017 17:41:39 1942835 Link 0 |
i think neighbouring countys not liking offaly stems from all the beatings they got from them in the 70s 80s and 90s.it was commonly accepted that the sight of an offaly jersey would be enough to beat Kildare laois or Westmeath during them years. meath not liking offaly probably stems from the hammering they were at the end of in the leinster final 1997... kavvie (Clare) - Posts: 504 - 03/01/2017 17:51:31 1942841 Link 0 |
Nothing got to do with 97. More the 70s and 80s for me. Also that half my school was from it didn't help, along with cousins etc. .
royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 03/01/2017 17:59:20 1942845 Link 0 |
Always good to see some groundskeeper willy. :)
royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 03/01/2017 18:00:29 1942846 Link 1 |
That's a pretty pompous remark is it not hermit? It is in no way more intense (or less) than Dublin and Meath, Galway/Mayo/ Derry/Tyrone/Armagh. Just so happens that Cork and Meath couldn't kick snow off a rope at the moment so both rivalries are 'quiet' and nothing else.
realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8571 - 03/01/2017 20:47:35 1942887 Link 4 |
ha, i care. Maybe to hurling fans KK and Tipp are our big rivals but i couldn't give a shit about the hurlers. Sure i'll support them when there playing and want them to win but Football is my passion and Kerry is my hatred. Nothing against Kerry people, got a lot of friends from Kerry but Kerry Footballers i can't stand. No feeling comes close when Cork beat them as i'm sure it's the same for Kerry when they beat us(which is quite often :( ) If you don't think Cork and Kerry is a big rivalry then go to Knocknagree or Rathmore after a match where things can sometimes get heated especially if there's a lot of taunting going on.
pkboher (Cork) - Posts: 49 - 03/01/2017 21:04:28 1942889 Link 2 |
Rivalries invariably come and go. tyrone/ Armagh, Donegal/ Tyrone, Dublin/ Meath, Mayo/Dublin etc etc. But bitter rivalries?? no such thing, we're all able to have a pint before and after the games. Go to an Old Firm you'll see what a bitter rivalry is. theweanling (Cavan) - Posts: 414 - 04/01/2017 10:58:09 1942996 Link 0 |
Donegal and Tyrone in recent times. I could feel vomit in my throat congratulating their supporters after they beat us in the Ulster final last year. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9073 - 04/01/2017 11:30:56 1943002 Link 0 |
I always have to laugh when I see Mayo need in a rivalry with the Likes of Dublin, Kerry of Galway (all teams who have won an All-Ireland on colour television) - what rivalry? The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 705 - 05/01/2017 11:32:44 1943193 Link 1 |
It what makes the GAA extra bit of needle between counties. Growing up for me it was Meath Dublin Cork Kerry Armagh Tyrone Monaghan Cavan Mayo Galway. Now because of media saturation of our games and counties regularly meeting each other in games you could take your pick. I wouldn't describe our rivalry as being bitter with Donegal but over course of last few years it has been fascinating as been so little between the sides in matches . As for bitter has to be our dear neighbours in Cavan. So much love there between the respective camps. seanie08 (Monaghan) - Posts: 1790 - 05/01/2017 12:52:25 1943206 Link 0 |
I always laugh when I see grown men typing LOL on Hoganstand and not even capitalise it.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7290 - 05/01/2017 14:27:52 1943243 Link 0 |
MURPHB33 (Dublin) - Posts: 166 - 05/01/2017 14:33:23 1943248 Link 0 |
I always laugh at people that presume too much (like Mayo for Sam - LOL!) Who's to say's I'm grown or a man? LOL The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 705 - 05/01/2017 15:53:24 1943279 Link 0 |
As I am from Ashbourne it can only be Dublin.Especially hard when blow-ins slag you off when they go to maybe a Dublin match a year at best,I can take the slagging from genuine supporters though! ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 05/01/2017 18:31:33 1943309 Link 0 |
Their is certainly no love between the breifne aristocrats and our noisy neighbours but to echo my esteemed posters, Down are our rivals since our successful period coincided in a successful few decades for them. As for Tyrone, been successful in the recent decades they would class perhaps Armagh or donegal as their RIVALS. Monaghan have had a bit of a purple patch. Monaghan, like other weak counties such as westmeath, are disliked by their neighbours but can hardly claim to be anyone's historic rivals.
sceptical (Cavan) - Posts: 544 - 05/01/2017 18:54:01 1943313 Link 0 |
Prob neither. At least you fixed the Caps lock.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7290 - 05/01/2017 19:14:14 1943320 Link 0 |
And Cork hurling people couldn't care less!
Muilleann (Tipperary) - Posts: 114 - 10/01/2017 12:14:44 1944517 Link 0 |