2016 Allianz National Football League

[Fagan_ODowd]

Patrick Pearse would be so proud if he’d lived to see this.

[TheUlteriorMotive]

It has the look of the Eucharistic Congress from 1932

[Ambrose_McNulty]

It’s an embarrassing mess.

[Fagan_ODowd]

Very inclusive event. Even people from Carlow at it. First time since 1953 a Carlow team has been in Croke Park on league final day.

[Fagan_ODowd]

The GAA and 1916. Inextricably linked.

[Bandage]

That was dire.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Bandage

That was dire.

It’s easy to snipe from the cheap seats pal

[Bandage]

@Fagan_ODowd

It’s easy to snipe from the cheap seats pal

True enough, mate.

[GeoffreyBoycott]

@maroonandwhite

its an issue ever since redevelopment. the underfoot conditions and dimensions are like no other pitch in the country, not to mention familiarity with targets when shooting etc, home teams are advantaged in all sports, but not gaelic football?

Dublin are so far ahead of the rest, they’d beat them anywhere. The likes of Kerry, Mayo, Cork and the stronger northern teams have no hang ups playing in Croke Park. They’ll beat Dublin there when they’re strong enough. Dublin playing in Croke Park is a non-issue. Bar losing to Laois in Tullamore in 1981 and Kerry in a replay in Thurles in 2001, Dublin up until their last road trip to Longford in 2006 had a superb record outside of Croke Park.

[binkybarnes]

@GeoffreyBoycott

Playing in Croke Park is a non-issue. Dublin have always done well when they had to go on the road. What I see as the biggest advantage, is they are living as professional athletes 24/7. Other teams train hard, but down time and recovery time is almost as important in between. Players in almost all counties have to work and can’t live as a professional athlete 24/7.

Cluxton is a teacher. Cian o Sullivan, and bastick work in banks. Brogan is an accountant. Flynn works in the airport. Mcmenamen and mcmahon have their own businesses. Connolly is a sales rep. James.McCarthy is.a.rep.too. You’re just making stuff up here.k

[Juhniallio]

@binkybarnes

@GeoffreyBoycott

Playing in Croke Park is a non-issue. Dublin have always done well when they had to go on the road. What I see as the biggest advantage, is they are living as professional athletes 24/7. Other teams train hard, but down time and recovery time is almost as important in between. Players in almost all counties have to work and can’t live as a professional athlete 24/7.

Cluxton is a teacher. Cian o Sullivan, and bastick work in banks. Brogan is an accountant. Flynn works in the airport. Mcmenamen and mcmahon have their own businesses. Connolly is a sales rep. James.McCarthy is.a.rep.too. You’re just making stuff up here.k

FFS sake lads we’ve been through all of this a few times a year for the last three years. @bandage seeing as you have the itchy trigger finger today, could you ban the next lad who mentions either dublin not playing away from croke or them not having proper jobs? You d be doing us all a favour.

[Appendage]

@gman can you deal with the dimensions piece here please?

[Rocko]

@Fagan_ODowd

It’s easy to snipe from the cheap seats pal

Bandage doesn’t do cheap seats pal.

[Gman]

I was listening to Oisin McConville on Rte radio on my way home today and he was saying how Croke park is the biggest pitch in the country by some distance and that’s why Kieran Donaghy wouldn’t be able to last the game playing in the middle as the ground was so much bigger than what he normally plays on. I rolled my eyes so much I nearly crashed. No other pitch comes close to it in size he said.

[Appendage]

He must’ve been thinking about the stands.

[Gman]

No, he made sure to emphasise the pitch dimensions as that was what would make Donaghy have to run about more.

[maroonandwhite]

were you driving back up from the wexford minors open top bus tour at the time?

but seriously what other pitches have the same dimensions as croker, didnt realise any were the same

[myboyblue]

Did I ever mention here what a cunt of a man Jarlath Burns is?

[Gman]

Anyway, ignoring your jibe…

@Gman

01 Tipperary… Semple Stadium… 145 x 90 13,050
01 Galway… Pearse Stadium… 145 x 90 13,050
01 Antrim… Casement Park… 145 x 90 13,050
01 Roscommon… Dr Hyde Park… 145 x 90 13,050
01 Clare… Cusack Park… 145 x 90 13,050
01 Offaly… O’Connor Park… 145 x 90 13,050
01 Donegal… McCumhaill Park… 145 x 90 13,050
08 Sligo… Markievicz Park… 142 x 90 12,780
09 Kilkenny… Nowlan Park… 145 x 88 12,760
09 Cork… Pairc Ui Rinn… 145 x 88 12,760
11 Dublin… Croke Park… 145 x 88 12,716
12 Cork… Pairc Ui Chaoimh… 144 x 88 12,672
13 Carlow… Dr Cullen Park… 145 x 87 12,615
14 Armagh… Athletic Grounds… 143 x 88 12,584
15 Wicklow… O’Byrne Park… 145 x 86 12,470
16 Monaghan… St Tiernach’s Park… 142 x 87 12,354
17 Wexford… Wexford Park… 142 x 87 12,311
18 Leitrim… Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada… 142 x 87 12,300
19 Laois… O’Moore Park… 142 x 86 12,212
19 Tyrone… Healy Park… 142 x 86 12,212
21 Cavan… Breffni Park… 143 x 86 12,184
22 Longford… Pearse Park… 138 x 88 12,144
23 Fermanagh… Brewster Park… 145 x 83 12,035
24 Kerry… Fitzgerald Stadium… 144 x 82 11,808
25 Meath… Pairc Tailteann… 135 x 87 11,745
26 Derry… Celtic Park …138 x 84 11,614
27 Dublin… Parnell Park… 141 x 82 11,562
28 Westmeath… Cusack Park… 140x 82 11,514
29 Louth… Drogheda Park… 138 x 83 11,437
30 Waterford… Walsh Park… 142 x 80 11,360
31 Limerick… Gaelic Grounds… 137 x 82 11,234
31 Mayo… McHale Park… 137 x 82 11,234
33 Down… Pairc Esler… 138 x 81 11,120
34 Kildare… St Conleths Park… 135 x 80 10,706

I had cause to research pitch dimensions and gathered the above info. It is about 3 or 4 years since it was updated tho so there could be recent changes to it.

[maroonandwhite]

fair enough, but as you say without up to date verifiable data its all up in the air. my original point, that dublins advantage comes with the familiarity with the turf type, has been lost forever now