moylagh
County: Meath
Posts: 64

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In football, most memorable finals are the Dublin vs Kerry games of the 70's, Meath vs Down in '91,Tyrone vs Kerry 2008. Worst was either Kerry vs Roscommon or Meath vs Cork in '90, 60+ frees in that one.
Any of the hurling finals are better to watch than the football, possible exceptions being Kilkenny vs Waterford and Tip vs Antrim. Last years final was exceptional, other most memorable one was 1998 Offaly vs Limerick and then any of several Cork Vs Kilkenny games.

that wasnt a great final champ,they didnt even play in it.

perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 20/01/2014 10:56:03    1534109

Athcliath and realdub
I really find talking about it helps me a bit :-) il get over it eventually like the 82 final :-(

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 20/01/2014 13:05:59    1534193

You're a very greedy man kingdomboy1 :D

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8767 - 20/01/2014 13:28:41    1534214

Worst was 1927.. the next final will be the best ever.

allSOran (Sligo) - Posts: 690 - 20/01/2014 13:29:22    1534215

Although the 2007 and 2008 All Ireland hurling finals might draw a bit of criticism, they were one sided because we witnessed one of the best teams of all time mauling the opposition. In 2008 there were 47 scores, in 2007 there 37 scores.

Very few people mention the 1999 final, which was played on a wet day, and finished Cork 0-13 Kilkenny 0-12. That would be one of the worst in my memory.

ringo (Wexford) - Posts: 384 - 20/01/2014 14:36:32    1534271

Best: 1957 Louths heaven. The smallest county in Ireland beat the biggest.
Worst: 1950 Louth robbed by Mayo.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 20/01/2014 14:47:32    1534278

Best football - 1990. Best hurling - 1990.

2013 hurling was great. 1998 football was one of the best games I ever saw. 2008 and 2005 Tyrone/Kerry games were also memorable.

bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 20/01/2014 15:17:17    1534298

I am real dub :-/ have you ever felt robbed in a final?

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 20/01/2014 15:45:35    1534310

Ringo

Mentioned 99 final myself. Awful game and the worst final one ever seen.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13808 - 20/01/2014 15:47:50    1534312

No Kingdomboy, not that I can recall!

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8767 - 20/01/2014 15:58:07    1534317

99 wasn't that bad. A lot better than some of the performance put in by some teams recently.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 20/01/2014 16:11:34    1534323

99 was bad. I remember watching it, no disrespect to either cork or meath. That can happen in a year, when a team plays well and very well before the final, and the final can turn out to be muck. The same could be said about last year. both teams played mighty stuff up until the actual final .

Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3849 - 20/01/2014 17:11:49    1534360