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During the recession in the 80's I spent a number of years in the US (no work here) and started following some of the US sports. My favourite by far was college football which I have followed since and as an organisation I always though it was a lot like the GAA: onlyhurling (Galway) - Posts: 800 - 19/11/2011 14:08:22 1071909 Link 0 |
Up until september 18th i was one hundred percent against keeping fans OFF the pitch as i also believed that traditions are important to the GAA and fans entering the pitch was one of those traditions that made the gaa "special" , However ,My opinion changed when Dublin won the All ireland . If you heard in the lads on the SG near the end of their coverage at 6pm , They where saying that not many Dublin fans have left and that players where still celebrating on the pitch , That was phenomonal , And it was true , The Dublin supporters where absolutely sensational in singing and praising their team all day , not just on hill 16 but all over Croke park that day , And whats more , Is the PLAYERS THEMSELVES , seemed to enjoy the experience more , You saw the team go straight to the hill after collecting sam , It was fantastic to see them go from the steps of the hogan , Down to the hill .. As they got closer to us , the more noise and hysteria roared from the famous terrace. It just meant the celebrations lasted much longer . At 6.15 (An hour and 10 mins after the game , There where still fans in croke park just trying to come to terms what had happened , In previous years , the celebrations would be over and Croke park empty , 20 25 mins after the game , As the team would just go up , Lift sam , And go down the tunnel into the dressing room , And the thousands of ppl on the pitch would make their way out of croke park .. At least with no fans on the pitch , The celebrations lasted longer and that special sight of seeing the victorious team at the end of the year passing sam from player to player waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13655 - 19/11/2011 15:24:37 1071958 Link 0 |
Agreed wayno1.I was completely against the ban on pitch invasions,but Dublins celebrations were fantastic. As Tubridy said,they were almost as good as the match itself.However,you had 50 000 dubs who stayed long after the final whistle blew,which is in contrast with the norm.After the 2011 hurling final,the cats did their lap of honour on front of a 2/3 empty stadium.It just looked kind of crap. all in all I think fans should be let on the pitch TheRoad (Galway) - Posts: 1339 - 19/11/2011 16:14:31 1071983 Link 0 |
TheRoad dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 19/11/2011 16:22:55 1071989 Link 0 |
Was thinkin the same thing.He wouldnt exactly strike me as a hill16 diehard. TheRoad (Galway) - Posts: 1339 - 19/11/2011 16:36:05 1072000 Link 0 |
Wayno, I know you a true blue fan, and I'm not having a go at Dublin, but I genuinely believe that in Dublin there is not the same link between the fans and the players as there is in rural Ireland. I have been lucky enough to have seen my club and county win All Irelands and on ever occasion the memory of congratulating players that I knew personnaly on the pitch will live with me forever. I don't think it is right to deny that to people, especially to please the 'Tubridy's' of the world who know nothing of the GAA but will be there on AI final day. They are 'The GAA's prawn sandwich bridade' for who going on the pitch would mean nothing because they would know nobody there onlyhurling (Galway) - Posts: 800 - 19/11/2011 19:03:35 1072083 Link 0 |
Only hurling that's rubbish we are as much gaa people as anyone obviously there's bandwagon supporters but that is the case with every county. We are as close to our players as anyone else. clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 19/11/2011 19:18:04 1072095 Link 0 |
clondalkindub onlyhurling (Galway) - Posts: 800 - 19/11/2011 19:20:37 1072097 Link 0 |
only hurling what type of tripe is that cop onto yourself lad hipster (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 19/11/2011 19:27:13 1072105 Link 0 |
I understand where your coming from onlyhurling but at the end of the day , It all depends on the individual rather than the county/city. You can only talk about your own county i suppose and you yourself probably loved going onto the pitch , And so have i in the past after Leinster finals and so on, Granted it doesnt match the euphoria of winning the All Ireland , But we have been on the pitch in Croke park before , And We have been on the pitch after winning the O'Byrne cup celebrating with the players , But winning the All ireland this year and the celebrations that followed from players and fans alike was something that little bit better in my opinion , In that the players got the oppertunity to actually celebrate themselves on the pitch rather than just go one by one up the stairs of the hogan stand , Lift sam once and go back to the dressing room. That to me is not savouring the moment with the fans. That to me is fans actually getting in the way of celebrations. waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13655 - 19/11/2011 20:10:12 1072144 Link 0 |
Wayno, onlyhurling (Galway) - Posts: 800 - 19/11/2011 20:34:34 1072161 Link 0 |
whats this tripe a genuine fan who has the right to say that kind of tripe hipster (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 19/11/2011 21:02:09 1072187 Link 0 |
Only Hurling waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13655 - 19/11/2011 21:34:47 1072224 Link 0 |
Only hurling,the reason Dublin fans dominated Croke park was because there was such a demand for tickets.Dont forget that Kilkenny were handing back tickets two weeks earlier because they couldnt sell them all.And for the record,I am from the same county as you,and when Galway reached all Ireland finals in 1998 and 2001,ther was a huge amount of bandwagon jumping.A guy I know went up with his girlfriend and she didnt know who Galway were playing until a few days before. TheRoad (Galway) - Posts: 1339 - 20/11/2011 11:55:37 1072303 Link 0 |
the road and waynol which one of you is a real fan a real genuine supporter ? i wonder i wonder hipster (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 20/11/2011 12:58:29 1072346 Link 0 |
Not sure what youre getting at hipster. TheRoad (Galway) - Posts: 1339 - 20/11/2011 13:06:16 1072353 Link 0 |
just wondering who is the most genuine fan between you s hipster (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 20/11/2011 14:01:24 1072371 Link 0 |
just wondering who is the most genuine fan between you s waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13655 - 20/11/2011 14:32:21 1072379 Link 0 |
Im the same Wayno1.Im pretty sure were both genuine supporters,unless hipster is getting me mixed up with onlyhurling. TheRoad (Galway) - Posts: 1339 - 20/11/2011 14:37:27 1072383 Link 0 |
Maybe the road.. maybe.. waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13655 - 20/11/2011 14:55:15 1072393 Link 0 |