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1. Klaxons at games. 2. The celtic cross emblem at centre-field on All-Ireland final day. 3. Taking non-scorable frees off the ground. 4. The handpassed goal. 5. The Ban/ Rule 21. 6. Not sure about this one, but did Michael Collins recently have a GAA trophy named after him? 7. Ladies football/camogie matches being played being the 21m lines of a full-sized pitch. 8. Cotton togs. 9. Pitch invasions after All-Ireland senior finals. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 09/09/2016 14:24:39 1912263 Link
not as many flags at games, flags with funny slogans on them , paper hats, janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 09/09/2016 15:05:33 1912288 Link
Rugby boots! bumpernut (Antrim) - Posts: 1852 - 09/09/2016 15:13:01 1912291 Link
Replying To bumpernut: "Rugby boots!" Especially popular with some goalkeepers for extra kick-out distance...good riddance to them and rugby studs which some players used to gain an (unfair) advantage in wet condition and for breaking toes or anything else they could get them stuck into... PolicemanFox (Monaghan) - Posts: 158 - 09/09/2016 15:23:06 1912295 Link
The priest throwing in the ball OffalyBigBall (Offaly) - Posts: 625 - 09/09/2016 15:26:14 1912296 Link
Does the "John 3:7" lad still show up to games? Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 09/09/2016 15:27:24 1912297 Link
The notion that "you can't buy Sam" The cost of being any way competitive at intercounty level is now astronomical cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 09/09/2016 15:32:26 1912299 Link
Mikasas Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12116 - 09/09/2016 15:34:29 1912302 Link
- A member of the clergy throwing the ball in unclegerry (Mayo) - Posts: 1222 - 09/09/2016 15:44:51 1912304 Link
Players used to blame themselves when they got beaten, whereas now everyone blames the manager/coach or strength builder. When you get beaten you change the manager and keep the same players. browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2342 - 09/09/2016 15:57:41 1912310 Link
Fog horns yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11230 - 09/09/2016 16:00:28 1912312 Link
Replying To Breffni39: "Mikasas" Those dimples were great in wet conditions! Shame they stopped making them. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 09/09/2016 16:09:16 1912321 Link
Wavin plastic hurls and the elbow shattering vibrations from them. Cigarettes on the sideline in nervous bainisteoir's mouths and helmetless hurlers. Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4700 - 09/09/2016 16:09:35 1912322 Link
Replying To PolicemanFox: "Especially popular with some goalkeepers for extra kick-out distance...good riddance to them and rugby studs which some players used to gain an (unfair) advantage in wet condition and for breaking toes or anything else they could get them stuck into..." Usually worn by the biggest and/or heaviest player on the team positioned, as you say either in nets or full forward!! bumpernut (Antrim) - Posts: 1852 - 09/09/2016 16:16:04 1912324 Link
Are the All-Ireland Minor finals still broadcast as Gaeilge? I remember maybe ten years back there was an experiment with Micheál Ó Sé doing the main commentary with Marty Morrissey butting in in English every so often. I think TV3 also had something whereby they broadcast the minor game in English and 3e had the Irish-language commentary. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 09/09/2016 16:22:22 1912328 Link
Advertising hoarding for Foster and Allen at Croke park Superglue (Kerry) - Posts: 1283 - 09/09/2016 17:02:48 1912350 Link
Minor captain's winning speech Wintergreen Club tournaments Goalies wearing tracksuit bottoms CmonAymonow (Laois) - Posts: 160 - 09/09/2016 17:04:42 1912352 Link
Outfield players wearing one glove. Goalkeeper wearing no gloves. Top of the toe kickouts. Defender kicking out the ball. Superglue (Kerry) - Posts: 1283 - 09/09/2016 17:05:01 1912353 Link
hurlers wearing their collars up and giving the ball a mighty pull along the ground like they're aiming for nothing SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2385 - 09/09/2016 17:37:11 1912371 Link
Replying To OffalyBigBall: "The priest throwing in the ball" That was the Archbishop of Cashel who threw in the ball in those far off days. Paper hats that ran in the rain Blackthorn boots Sandwiches and flasks of tea before and after the game. Water used for injuries to players. Pitch invasions post match by supporters of winning teams. thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1741 - 09/09/2016 17:43:59 1912376 Link