Thurles next Saturday boys .
Infairness how did they let Offaly get close to them. They were 10 points up after 50 minutes
They always did that. Were coasting against Tipp and KK in 97 as well and let them back into it. But they would always kick for home at some point and close it out.
That Cooney thing was a fiasco. The ref making a mistake was one thing, but the inability of Croke Park to handle it was another.
Be alot worse if you led them by 5pts with only 5mins to play imag… oh shit.
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Duignan says himself that he felt Cooney thought the game was over and gave him a pass, thinking it’d mean fuck all at the end of the day.
Utter bullshit from MD
History is written by the victors.
Cooney himself said that. He said Offaly were so dead and buried that handing out red cards might bring a nasty atmosphere to the game as the Offaly lads were starting to lose the rag. The logic of a Galway club ref.
People forget that there should never have been a replay . Clare got a ferociously soft free the first day to equalise .
Bit misleading. Were denied a blatant free in which Cooney gave a throw-in for. Then from the throw-in he gave us a soft free. More than made up for it the following day.
Wasn’t it after 98 they stopped appointing the same referee for replays
Galway KK 2005 there. Just caught the last 10 minutes. Some performance from Ollie Canning.
Kerry Offaly 1982 on again at 945
Mayo Meath 96 Replay on now
Brawl just over. Never saw that camera angle before. He was spot on sending off McHale. Of course Larry Finnerty started it and collapsed in a heap at the first hint of danger.
Was it not Ray Dempsey who threw the first punch?
If Mayo lose one more All-Ireland final Eir could show “the 12 Mayo All-Ireland finals of Christmas” as a special themed series in association with Pieta House.
And I could rewrite the lyrics of “Ten Green Bottles”.
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It was half hearted. Finnerty threw the first malicious punch.
What’s the story with Finnerty being called both Anthony and Larry?
Thanks fagan. That is great sport. Terrible football however.
Did you see david Brady tweaking the arse cheek of a meath player before a throw in?