He was never a hard man, a gentle giant more like.
Jackie will remember better Iâd say. To be honest I havenât a clue
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1 aussie smashes 2 gaa players- not 1 Irish player reacts
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Did you ever see the footage of smokey Joe mcnally aiming a kick and a few digs at some aussie in one match⌠Cahalane got his nose broke maybe Jack o shea too⌠It was rough stuff⌠The aussies were just there to hurt lads.theyâd nearly let you win the ball so they could break you upâŚ
I actually think I was at that game or one of the games that year as a 5 or 6 year old. Have a clear memory of the long haired fella platten boxing lads
I think the match youâre referring to is the third match in 1984. I saw it on TG4 once upon a time but canât remember the finer points of it. I have a notion Mick Lyons had his jaw broken in it. Iâm sure the worst Aussie offender was a guy called Gary Mackintosh who was the goalkeeper, a small enough lad by their standards but a complete headcase.
I was too young for the '84 series but did attend all three of the 1987 matches at Croke Park.
The big dipper di minicoâŚ
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Dipper had a tash he was a great man for bantz with marty in later years. In fairness Id say marty would have taken him if a donnybrook broke out
It was Barney Rock who got his nose broken in 1984. Think it was in the act of scoring a goal. Mackintosh flew out of his goal and hit him a cheap shot late.
Did Greg Blaney lob the same fella in 86? Myself and my late father enjoyed it greatly after getting up in the early hours of the morning to watch it
No idea I woudnât remember the finer points of those earlier matches outside of having seen them once years later on TG4, '87 was the first one I have a first hand memory of. Blaney was fairly prominent in the '87 series from what I remember along with Noel Roche of Clare and Bernard Flynn.
I remember 86 well enough. Ireland won John o driscoll from Cork was the star man. Blaney definitely lobbed their goalie who was roving far from goal as he obviously wasnât a natural keeper. The aul fella was especially thrilled for some reason
McEntee had a great beside manner about him. Youâd never know he was a top class footballer
Did you ride him or what
Better than Michael Donnellon? Dooher was a great player alright player the mad the most out of what he had. Give 100% every time he played. Iâd safely say you have seen better wing forwards in your life time though
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Yes. Dooher was clutch, he had everything, what he gave to his side all over the pitch is unmatched by any player in the past 20-30 years for me. The big games really define the greats and Dooher was consistently one of the best players on the pitch when it really, really mattered.
He was not the flashy type but he was still a hell of a footballer and his ability to deliver when players were required to step out makes his stand out among his contemporaries.
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I was at that Tyrone-Kerry final in 2008 when Dooher drilled the point after carrying the ball up the wing and taking a few belts. I was sitting beside Sarsfields GFC legend Jim Crowley (RIP) and we just looked at each other and started laughing when it went over. What a player. What a score. What a game. What a day.
Throne Throne Throne.
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Was he in â84.
I went to a fair few of those games in the 80s as a young lad. Youâd be raging if there was not a big fight every few minutes. Great days even if the old Cusack Stand was a fairly depressing place in the rain.
Having said that always enjoyed the walk down the avenue from the Cusack Stand with the aul lad after an autumn or spring match and the walk back to the car parked outside the off licence (The Vine Tree cc @Fagan_ODowd) and the lad who was âminding the carâ looking for his couple of pound, Radio on with RTE Sports home and away weâd go. If he was feeling generous the odd time my dad would buy me the three chocolate bars for a pound on the walk out from one of the hawkers.
Just typing that has me a bit wistful nowâŚi genuinely got emotional thinking back.
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That was Dooher all over, anytime Tyrone were toiling, up he popped with a telling contribution. He lifted all those players around him.
Dooher charging up the field with a loose, oversized jersey on him flapping over his shorts was one of my favourite sights in GAA usually culminating with him slipping inside a few tackles and hitting a belter of a point with the outside of his right foot.
But it was all the hard work, the tracking of runs, the interceptions, the support runs, tackling and link up play he did along with that which gave his teammates so much scope to exhibit their talents.
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He was a fantastic footballer, itâs a shame his reputation is tarnished by Tyrone lads carping on about some scratch he got in the 90s.