Yes they were robbed.They dont deserve a replay though and they are not the first team to be robbed.Tyrone people will remember well the 1995 all Ireland final.The Louth support that came on and acted like thugs should be banned for life from entering a gaa stadium.It was probably the first game they have been at in years and they disgraced their county and the gaa.Those that can be identified should be prosecuted.

seanie_boy (Tyrone) - Posts: 4235 - 11/07/2010 18:19:50    703783

The pressure is now on the GAA to do the right thing here. Louth clearly robbed and evidence there to prove it. It wasnt due to a dodgy square ball or a dubious penalty. The ball was carried over the line, it wasnt even a try as he never touched it down !! If GAA can impose retropesctive penalties on players fouling then they should do the right thing and give the replay. Even the most ardent Meath fans cannot argue that theres any pride in a win like that. This is the first time an incident as blatant as this has happened on a big stage and so the decision will tell everything about the current state of our association. I hope they do not hide behind the behaviour of a minority of irate fans and give Louth some justice.

Summerofsam (Kildare) - Posts: 157 - 11/07/2010 18:24:32    703799

You only get a replay if the match ends in a draw. Meath won the match. We love our wee neighbors but a replay is out of the question.

The real Árd Rí (Meath) - Posts: 990 - 11/07/2010 18:29:23    703823

well done booboo couldnt have said it better

sam1996 (Meath) - Posts: 436 - 11/07/2010 18:31:03    703831

Would somebody set up a page on Facebook demanding a replay in the Leinster Final.

Covie.in.D7 (Mayo) - Posts: 164 - 11/07/2010 18:33:09    703839

Meath didnt win the match, the ref and umpires won it for Meath. How come umpires never waved the green flag until the ref went speaking to 'ONE' only one of his umpires.

Summerofsam (Kildare) - Posts: 157 - 11/07/2010 18:36:49    703853

they don't deserve a replay. they deserve to be awarded the game as they were winning by a point with time up. ref was bad throughout. gave numerous handy frees to louth penalised player for legitimate tackles and never played advantage. don't know why he was so anxious to award the goal at the end there must be some hidden agenda there. even in real-time you could tell it didn't look right. I don't know where the security was at the end . only seemed to be one garda hovering close to ref as he was being attacked . even when he wasattacked another 2 or three times no garda protected him or attempted to arrest the thugs.
all-in-all a pretty amateurish ending to a great game. Security has to be stepped up. no supporters should be allowed on to the field ever again.
This was a RIGHT ROYAL COCK-UP.

s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 11/07/2010 18:37:39    703855

Getting so repetitive now bout this issue... Whether or not justice will be served to the Louth team is not relevant. Meath got the win and they move on.

The bigger issue is the assault on the ref and the Meath player. Mistakes will happen in the biggest of game but that violence should never happen

Leo1 (Antrim) - Posts: 10 - 11/07/2010 18:44:20    703880

A mistake was made but it has to stand, otherwise every decision in every game will be questioned. (As a Galwayman could we have a relook at the penalty yesterday?). Instead of talking of replays we should be talking suspension of Louth from competitions for utterly disgraceful behaviour of fans. The GAA needs to send a serious message about this. The gardai should be brought into it, it is not enough for the GAA to investigate itself.

mog11 (Galway) - Posts: 22 - 11/07/2010 18:46:47    703890

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703725 Anyone on here that points the finger at the Meath players have a different agenda. The meath player made a clear attempt to kick the ball. Fact is the umpire made a terrible decision and thats it. It was an easy decision to make. How it was missed is beyond me

The umpire didn't make a terrible decision- if a goal is scored legitimatley then the umpire automatically goes for the green flag-in this case the umpire didnt do this until he was directly instructed to do so by the referee. At no time did the referee question the validlty of the goal to the umpire. So ultimatley the mistake lies with the ref

The umpire did make a terrible decision. If he's three yards away from incident and looking directly at it how does he not flag for a foul

left back (None) - Posts: 83 - 11/07/2010 18:46:56    703891

Covie... Catch a grip

Leo1 (Antrim) - Posts: 10 - 11/07/2010 18:54:29    703911

Perhaps the fairest thing would be to expel Louth from the championship until their fans get a grip on reality.

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 11/07/2010 18:57:46    703923

your right summerfor sam the gaa should do the right thing and punish louth and their fans to the hilt

hipster (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 11/07/2010 18:59:39    703925

hold on everyone surely dublin are entitled to a replay as well after all there was fouls before 3 of the meath goals in the leinster semi final this year. also hav to be a replay for galway because that wasn't a penalty yesterday, oh and i seem to remember the gooch copper diving in the all ireland semi final last year so there should be a replay there as well. i'm sure there is more

royal14 (Meath) - Posts: 25 - 11/07/2010 19:01:41    703932

Can someone help me out here! I am confused..I thought if a match ends in a draw then there can be a replay? Cop on lads, Meath won the game, end of.

goalmouth10 (Meath) - Posts: 55 - 11/07/2010 19:07:24    703952

Surely foul play is foul play. That Meath goal today was foul play. If the CCC can look at Paul Galvin's & Tomás O'Shea's supposed foul play then they should look at this incident resulting in a 'foul goal' for Meath today.

Precedent with video evidence at the CC shows that the referee's decision is no longer final (an issue I don't actually agree with) so today's referee should be allowed review his decision on video replay at the CCC and declare whether he made the right decision or not & if he deems he didn't then he should reverse his decision and the game be awarded to Louth.

To ensure fair play and sportsmanship Louth should then offer Meath a replay.

If the above doesn't happen then Meath should in all fairness insist on a replay as their victory rings very hollow and that is not Meath's style.

dingle1 (Clare) - Posts: 805 - 11/07/2010 19:11:57    703963

There are two issues here.First should Louth be offered a replay?,I would say they should and that offer should come from both the Meath CB and the players/management. Joe Sheridan knows what he did was wrong and he should be man enough to say it.The umpire who gave the goal should never again be allowed officiate at any gaa game.
The second issue is the behaviour of the supporters with the referee.They should be named and charged with assault.But please do not condem the players because of a few stupid supporters.
Lets have the replay next weekend along with Dublin V Armagh.

Frances56 (Dublin) - Posts: 378 - 11/07/2010 19:16:45    703976

Tyrone lads, will you stop bleeting about '95. Nothing against Tyrone, agree with what you're saying, but no need to go on. 15 years ago and all that . . . .

class101 (Sligo) - Posts: 58 - 11/07/2010 19:19:58    703983

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703983 Tyrone lads, will you stop bleeting about '95. Nothing against Tyrone, agree with what you're saying, but no need to go on. 15 years ago and all that . . . .

Well it is relevant to the discussion, although I believe that like then the result should stand, otherwise we would never get a game finished

omaghredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 3656 - 11/07/2010 19:31:30    704025

it was unbelieveable that the ref didnt ask either of his umpires for their opinion, as far as I could see he instructed the umpire to put up the green flag. If the umpire believed it was a goal in the first place he would have raised the flag.
Louth were robbed they did enough to win but the old adage, never let a bad decision by the ref do you out of a game, really came to haunt them.

ochonlir (Cavan) - Posts: 4343 - 11/07/2010 19:33:21    704034