(Oldest Posts First) - Go To The Latest Post
|
When do tickets go on sale do ye know? Wife is from Kiltegan so will call down and support ye thebronze14 (Donegal) - Posts: 62 - 25/06/2026 16:13:22 2681896 Link 0 |
|
I agree, it was my favourite day as a Wicklow supporter, but we improved after that under Micko. Getting to the last round of qualifiers was tougher than winning the Tommy Murphy.
Bowl (Wicklow) - Posts: 17 - 25/06/2026 18:31:22 2681930 Link 0 |
|
I think Micko stayed a year or two after that. Micko declined to train or manage the team for the Tommy Murphy. He said that ""( Tommy Murphy Cup) wasn't a name he was familiar with. His segundo, Arthur French took over for that successful campaign. At least these are my recollections of those times. And, no, Micko never won promotion for us, his successor Harry Murphy did but we got demoted the following year having lost a few matches by the minimum score.
Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2291 - 25/06/2026 19:29:06 2681934 Link 0 |
|
You are correct, Arthur French managed the team during the Tommy Murphy cup winning campaign. I think I'm correct in saying that team won the cup in 2008 and Micko remained manager until defeat by Armagh in Aughrim (replay) at end of 2011 championship. Micko's philosophy was that everything was about the championship, he used the league campaigns to prepare team for championship especially when Wicklow were allowed back into the qualifiers. There is no doubt in my mind that winning the Tommy Murphy cup gave that team confidence. We beat Kildare in Croke Park in 2009 and reached the last twelve (final round of the qualifiers before quarter final) of the All Ireland series the following year, losing to Kildare who qualified for the All Ireland semi-final. It is different now in that Wicklow aren't in the All Ireland series. This will change next season if we manage to win the Tailteann cup in a couple of weeks time. I think promotion out of division four should be a priority but I'm not as sure as I was before. The number of teams who performed well in the league but are out of the championship suggests the championship is most team's priority now. Donegal won division one, Meath won division two; both didn't win quarter finals of All Ireland along with Armagh who performed well in the league.
wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 2241 - 26/06/2026 14:01:56 2682068 Link 0 |
|
While I agree that getting out of division 4 would be more beneficial to our development, the whole point of developing should be to do better in championship. If we win the Tailteann Cup we'll have gone a long way towards achieving the end goal without getting the first step done lol. Bowl (Wicklow) - Posts: 17 - 26/06/2026 23:08:32 2682161 Link 0 |
|
Our problem in recent years seems to be getting mentally in gear for the league. We seem to improve as the year moves along. There is no doubt that our performances in league and championship are like chalk and cheese. Looking at our Leinster and TC form, there is no way we are playing at Div 4 level. Looking at some power stats for the counties, some have us at 20th - 22nd place. That would be comfortably Div 3, which begs the question, is there a lot of difference in standard between Div 3 and the top 4/5 in Div 4 ? Looking at present form, Wicklow should be a shoo-in for promotion in 27, but as we have found, there are no givens in Div 4. Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2291 - 27/06/2026 12:01:02 2682188 Link 0 |
|
Anyone see the video footage from the game between Rathnew and Annacurra last Tuesday evening? kodak13 (Wicklow) - Posts: 139 - 28/06/2026 13:16:02 2682396 Link 0 |
|
Nope and haven't heard anything other than that it was a pretty emphatic win for Annacurra.
Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2291 - 28/06/2026 14:05:57 2682400 Link 0 |
|
Nasty enough incidence to be fair
InterestWicklow (Wicklow) - Posts: 18 - 29/06/2026 10:13:00 2682773 Link 0 |
|
When do tickets go on sale for Saturday week? Going to be busy with Louth and Mayo there as well! FearThoir (Wicklow) - Posts: 24 - 29/06/2026 10:16:18 2682774 Link 0 |
|
Wasn't a great look
InterestWicklow (Wicklow) - Posts: 18 - 29/06/2026 11:21:32 2682796 Link 0 |
|
I'm sure you will see it shortly. Nasty incident which won't go down well with the ccc
kodak13 (Wicklow) - Posts: 139 - 29/06/2026 11:27:09 2682800 Link 0 |
|
I would love to know why you think both clubs should be banned.The video shows a player contesting for the ball, falls face down, A Rathnew player on top of him who then repeatedly punches him on the back of the head before stamping on his neck twice while getting up.Maybe you should not post something unless you actually can comprehend what you see.There has been two incidents at minor level already this year involving this club,A disgraceful incident late last year and several incidents in the last no. of years.While last years incident resulted in lengthy bans,It was only because of pressure from the sponsor of Wicklow Gaa. Wicklow Co.Board have proven to be pretty inept in dealing with this Club,as have most Referee's who seem to be intimidated by them.This recent incident could have left a player paralised for life. Only a matter of time before something like that actually happens,then County board and the club will be facing a lawsuit for dereliction of duty. There has to be a high five figure fine and ban from playing in the years rather than months for this.If it happened on the street,There would be a prison sentence. The club officials have to take responsibility for having done v little to stamp this out. Rockofsense (Wicklow) - Posts: 9 - 29/06/2026 15:12:41 2682921 Link 0 |
|
County board will want this like a hole in the head. As another poster has pointed out, the CB has a poor record in dealing with this club. I would imagine this will be no different - and yes, referees have been intimidated over the years - not all, fair play to them, but some. But then, there was a disgraceful video doing the rounds of an incident was it last year involving deliberate striking etc by the other club and I don't think any action was taken, so, I wouldn't hold my breath on this particular incident. It's all down to the referees report. Video footage isn't regarded as evidence.
Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2291 - 29/06/2026 17:13:15 2682972 Link 0 |