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Replying To Dirk: "Leinster final '84. Had stopped Kilkenny going for 3 in a row in the semi with a last minute Tony Doran goal. (Incidentally my favourite day of all time following Wexford) Offaly in the final - 8 points down before we started hurling, about 10 outfield players on the score sheet and on a roll when Pascal Long blows up short of full time ala Jimmy Cooney '98 and Offaly hung on to win by a point or two. Expectations had gone through the roof after beating the Cats. Can't describe the desolation as a nipper treapsing back to Connolly with the oul fella. All the hype was around Thurles hosting the Centenary final that year. No back door those days so it was utter devastation." I always felt sorry for the Wexford teams of that time. They had some great teams but Offaly and the Cats were very strong at that time and we just couldn't get a run on them any year. Had there been a backdoor you'd have to say that we would have made if not won a couple of All-Irelands. ColinWex (Wexford) - Posts: 901 - 17/02/2017 01:35:38 1957637 Link
Replying To Damothedub: "What about stand out memory NOT involving your county ???? For me Kildare second half collapse v Galway All Ireland Final , and Louth v Meath as an outsider that really got me gander up" That Louth Meath one really was the worst I've ever seen. Dublin v Kerry in 2011 was a bad day for Kerry too. Galway v dublin in 83 must have been a sickener. A few more: Kerry v Offaly in 82 Tyrone v Kerry in 86 Dublin v Meath in 91 ( every match) Limerick v Offaly in 96 must be right up there Any mayo defeat in the past 20 years are pretty bad. While the dubs have to be sick about the 2006 semifinal loss to Mayo tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1106 - 17/02/2017 05:24:00 1957640 Link
Replying To seadog54: "90 against Cork. Bitter rivals at that time, plus I was living in Cork at the time" I rarely if ever have had sympathy for someone from Meath after a loss but that goes close. You had to live down there after losing to them! MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 17/02/2017 08:12:09 1957646 Link
I'd have to go with Meath 96 and Armagh 05. Not so much in the result, as I can take getting beat by a better team but, more in the manner in which these games went. If Blood subs where about for the Meath games, Tyrone would of run out of players to put on :); regarding Armagh; ref sending of probably two of the best players in the country at that time, when Tyrone where in complete control. In saying that I would change a thing, as its all part in parcel of our history and sure wouldn't life be boring with a little controversy. In saying that, the worst feeling I got from getting beat was 86 v Kerry. We looked to be in control, until Kerry decided to play football and really showed the difference in class and style of play. Checkers (UK) - Posts: 24 - 17/02/2017 08:49:25 1957651 Link
Down vs Cork 2010. A sad day to break our unbeaten all Ireland final record. Pity we have gone down since then. tippdown (Down) - Posts: 38 - 17/02/2017 09:11:46 1957655 Link
that "marginal" loss v kilkenny on 2008 was a tough one to swallow. better times since and better times ahead hopefully juniorjudge (Waterford) - Posts: 383 - 17/02/2017 09:36:55 1957660 Link
Replying To TheHermit: "Ya that was a great game, I was hoping Waterford would go on an win the All-Ireland that year (nothing against Limerick, I just always thought Waterford were the best team I've seen never the win an All-Ireland and 07 seemed to be their great chance). But Limerick totally ambushed them, Waterford were shell-shocked and every time they fought their way back into the game, Limerick went up the other end and stuck the ball in the net. I was on the Hill and the Limerick fans were going mental. There was this young fella, he must only have been about 12, and he was running up an down the steps beating his bohran and screaming at the Limerick fans to keep shouting. Twas like something from Braveheart with the highland clans reeving themselves up before they swarmed down to slaughter the English at Stirling Bridge!!" Hermit Brilliant imagery and great memories of a massive win. However I must gently chide you by saying there was no ambush. Limerick and Waterford played in the Munster Final that year. Limerick were after about 240 minutes of hard hurling V Tipp in the 'trilogy' and they scored a goal, via Brian Begley, after four minutes, however Barry Foley slipped with the goal at his mercy and Begley also missed a simple goal all in the first five minutes. Remember also that there best defender Damien Reale was off due to concussion. Lk were still ahead, despote those misses with about fifteen minuted to go, but I would contend the exertions of the Tipp Game they came back to haunt and Waterford walked through them in the last ten minutes. The fact is the weaknesses in the Waterford full back line must have obvious and Limerick were dtermined to exploit when they met again, whick they did with aplomb Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4318 - 17/02/2017 09:54:01 1957666 Link
Replying To Oldtourman: "Hermit Brilliant imagery and great memories of a massive win. However I must gently chide you by saying there was no ambush. Limerick and Waterford played in the Munster Final that year. Limerick were after about 240 minutes of hard hurling V Tipp in the 'trilogy' and they scored a goal, via Brian Begley, after four minutes, however Barry Foley slipped with the goal at his mercy and Begley also missed a simple goal all in the first five minutes. Remember also that there best defender Damien Reale was off due to concussion. Lk were still ahead, despote those misses with about fifteen minuted to go, but I would contend the exertions of the Tipp Game they came back to haunt and Waterford walked through them in the last ten minutes. The fact is the weaknesses in the Waterford full back line must have obvious and Limerick were dtermined to exploit when they met again, whick they did with aplomb" Well as a neutral I was sticking around for the game expecting a Waterford win so from my perspective it looked like an ambush, although some of the cousins are from Loughill so I was happy too that Limerick had their day in the Sun. Pity they had to run into that Kilkenny side in the final, although looking back on how many roastings the Cats gave teams in their pomp, Limerick did relatively ok against them in that final. Had completely forgotten about the 3 games against Tipperary that year, that was epic stuff. TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 17/02/2017 11:14:57 1957682 Link
Definitely outside of my own county it has to be Limerick's losing the 1994 All Ireland Hurling Final, leading by a big margin heading towards the end of the game then in the last few minutes and injury time to lose it is hard to get over, no wonder it has taken over 20 years and still can't get close, at least the under 21's won an All Ireland title in the last few years riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 17/02/2017 11:47:45 1957694 Link
From a neutral point of view the one's that got me where Waterford in 2008, as well as Mayo in 2004 and 2006. Biggest game of some of their lives and they were hammered. Not nice to see. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 17/02/2017 12:09:19 1957702 Link
As a neutral, yes I was really hoping Waterford could do it in 2008. At the very least I was sure they would give the Cats one hell of a rattle. It was so sad to see them just get swept aside, especially after all the emotion of finally getting over a semi-final. Definitely the best team I've seen in either code never to win an All-Ireland. Others: Westmeath in 2002 when Dessie missed that point to beat Meath for the first time! Tipperary in the 2002 Munster Football Final when they had Cork on the ropes but just couldn't see it out. Ditto Limerick against Cork in the 2009 Munster football final, it really looked like they would pull it off that day. Also Down in 2010, even though they knocked us out and we still can't beat them! I do have a lot of respect for them and given they were playing Cork I was gutted they couldn't see it through. If they had played even half like they did against us in the Q-final they would have walked that game. TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 17/02/2017 12:33:15 1957713 Link
Replying To riverboys: "Definitely outside of my own county it has to be Limerick's losing the 1994 All Ireland Hurling Final, leading by a big margin heading towards the end of the game then in the last few minutes and injury time to lose it is hard to get over, no wonder it has taken over 20 years and still can't get close, at least the under 21's won an All Ireland title in the last few years" river boy a few points... limerick lead by a big margin?really? 5 points it was . the dying minutes?still time for offaly to score 2/5!!?? and offaly won by 6 in the end so it wasn't even close? kavvie (Clare) - Posts: 505 - 17/02/2017 12:33:34 1957714 Link
Neutral opinion: Donegal V Kildare in '11. Real sickner that for Kildare, they ran us close that year and the AI semi-final from hell would never have been documented :D realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8589 - 17/02/2017 13:39:04 1957733 Link
As a neutral it has to to be Louth in 2010, realistically I don't see them getting that close in my lifetime again. TheWestIsAwake (UK) - Posts: 529 - 17/02/2017 14:03:15 1957738 Link
Replying To TheWestIsAwake: "As a neutral it has to to be Louth in 2010, realistically I don't see them getting that close in my lifetime again." It took Louth fifty years to reach a Leinster final. Hopefully it won't take another fifty years to reach another one. OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 17/02/2017 15:04:02 1957744 Link
2011 leinster senior football final v dublin, Stmunnsriver (Wexford) - Posts: 2841 - 17/02/2017 15:31:28 1957750 Link
Black Sunday '98 Count_Awesome (Kildare) - Posts: 736 - 17/02/2017 15:54:05 1957755 Link
Replying To OLLIE: "It took Louth fifty years to reach a Leinster final. Hopefully it won't take another fifty years to reach another one." I agree theWestisAwake. I remember watching it in my local GAA club and everyone cheering on Louth.The sense of disbelief and disappointment for Louth after that infamous goal was palpable. lilywhite1 (Kildare) - Posts: 2989 - 17/02/2017 16:02:26 1957759 Link
Replying To Stmunnsriver: "2011 leinster senior football final v dublin," Yous had us on a rack that day. A rush of blood to your keepers head and a wonder goal from James McCarthy got us over the line just about that day. If you had said to anyone that day that Dublin would winning the All-Ireland 2 months later they'd have laughed at you! MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 17/02/2017 17:18:16 1957775 Link
Probably the drawn game last year, were the better side but a couple of defensive lapses cost us. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 17/02/2017 17:51:46 1957780 Link