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I told you this would happen Kev.
was that the one about the westmeath footballer, yeah that was bad form allright…
maybe there are other incidents of this , id be shocked if there was but knowing kev…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6cTjUjabw4
tradition in aussie rules when a player kicks 100 goals in a season that the crowd invades the pitch. this happens during the game, not at the end or anything. but they are able to get people back in their seats and the game resumes as normal. even have time to interview the player while off the field. but our lads cry over it at the end of a game?
These are nothing but are shower of cunt bags. Sure why not just do away with having a crowd at the match, that way the players can play the game, the cunts can present the cup in silence or maybe to sound of the players clapping and then we can all celebrate at home and buy the dvd of the match when it comes out. That cunt O’Neill looks like Marty Morrissey’s auld lad.
I hope when these fools do their speech before they present the cup that every single person in the ground boo’s the fuck out of them.
And in fairness, the Aussies act like animals far more than we do.
Going to or playing a match after a statement like Cooneys is always a good barometer of what the grass roots think on a subject, well in my neck of the woods he’s been laughed at anyway.
Ya people can laugh away, but he has the power to do what he wants.
Sean Kelly claims you have very little power in reality when in office, it just gives you a better position to do something, and its easier influence things, but most things have to go through congress.
This is going to be a PR disaste for Cooney, but what happens if there is a mid pitch presentation and people come in then, that will be way worse.
Like what happened this year and they had to scramble for cover.
Don’t actually remember runty to be honest with ya, for the hurling i was half pissed, for the football i was in a complete state of shock that those horrible cunts beat us again.
there was a lot of big talk this time last year from croke park in the same manner regarding on pitch presentations.
all it did was drive the kk lads demented to the extent that a pitch invasion became inevitable.
simple lesson learnt last year which seems to have been forgotten by cooney is, if you want to keep an irish man off the field the last thing you should do is simply tell him he is not allowed on.
i dont know what the answer is myself, but opening the gates and letting them therough in an orderly fashion would seem the lesser of all the apparent evils in this case.
[size=“3”]McKenna presides over review of security[/size]
PITCH INVASIONS: GAVIN CUMMISKEY talks to Croke Park’s stadium director about the lessons learned after the Leinster final
WITH LOUTH facing Dublin in one of four high-profile championship matches in Croke Park this weekend, the issue of security will be back under the microscope.
Stadium director Peter McKenna and his team have not been idle. All security measures in Croke Park have been re-examined since referee Martin Sludden was assaulted, despite the close presence of Gardaí, after Louth were controversially defeated by Meath in the Leinster final on July 11th. “The difficulty for Martin was he continued to officiate after the full time whistle; handing out several yellow cards,” said McKenna. “The Gardaí were there. It could’ve been much worse if they were not.”
As a direct result, the system of chaperoning match officials back to the dressingroom has been tightened up with an outer layer of protection.
“We have a duty of care to the officials and players and will be sharpening this situation up. There will be stewards with the Gardaí guiding the referee off the pitch in future.”
In the same breath, McKenna was keen to avoid comparisons to other sporting environments where assaults on referees are ingrained in the culture.
“Putting in extreme contingencies for escorting referees off the pitch would be very South American. We don’t want that.
“The thuggery we witnessed after the Leinster football final will be dealt with when certain individuals have their day in court. [size=“3”]The embarrassment that will follow for them and their families should stamp out this nonsense for good.”
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As there is no trophy presentation in Croke Park tomorrow or Sunday, the threat of a pitch invasion has significantly decreased.
Despite the events that marred the aftermath of the Louth-Meath encounter, the GAA have retained a strong desire to present the All-Ireland football and hurling trophies on the pitch in September.
The Armagh minors footballers was a test run last season but both senior presentations were abandoned as Kilkenny and Kerry people flooded onto the playing surface.
[b][size=“3”]Con Hogan is the chairman of the committee tasked with ending the tradition of pitch invasions.
“It makes the presentation more visible to everyone,” said Hogan. “It allows supporters of a team to connect better with the ceremony than when it is up in the (Hogan) stand. Then a lap of honour follows so the team can go and connect with all their followers without the supporters coming onto the field.[/size][/b]
“We are going to improve security in Croke Park and that means physical security as well as human security. We’ll assess it then.
“We want to do presentations on the pitch but it has to be done safely. We have a number of matches coming up where we are going to have to gauge our security.
“There isn’t an absolute decision that we will do it this year but that’s what this committee are aiming towards. We will make the call a week or two before the hurling All-Ireland final.”
McKenna cited an on-field crush and poor access for an ambulance if such a scenario arose as the major fear held by the association.
“There is also a hidden danger that is evident to us as event planners: the compromising of the emergency exits. Everyone on the pitch must exit via the Jones’s Road. This is dangerous. The numbers going through the Jones’s Road exits after a sizeable pitch invasion is way beyond the capacity designed for these exits.
“That creates a real danger of crushing. An ambulance cannot get onto the field if it has been invaded or at least it will struggle to get on. Nor can an injured supporter or player be easily seen.
[size=“3”]“The adrenaline rush of a player can wear out pretty quickly after a game. A crash in his system may require urgent medical attention. We can’t see that if there is a pitch invasion.”[/size]
McKenna points to the netting placed over the first few rows of the sideline seats as a possible solution.
“At the Leinster hurling final there was no pitch invasion. The netting over the first few rows helps tremendously but in the case of maximum capacity we are looking at allocating these tickets to neutral supporters.
“We do not want to go the way of the robust, sledgehammer approach to pitch invasions,” McKenna continued. “We are working on getting the majority of opinion working in support of the best possible safety measures.
“A fairly extensive campaign has been put in place by (GAA director of Communications) Lisa Clancy to get this message across. It has been fully endorsed by senior county board officials all over the country and the GPA – and by extension the players.”
An adrenaline crash :lol: :lol:
- Insurance claims (no evidence)
- Pitch compaction ( but it’s ok for concerts)
- Adrenaline crashes :lol: :lol: :lol:
Good clip that one. They were making a fairly big deal about it though!
Are fans allowed on the pitch after to kick around or at half time or something Gman? I definitely remember being down on the pitch at Colonial Stadium (whatever it’s called now) and every one was kicking balls to each other and taking marks and all. Kind of like they do in Parnell Park at half time with the kids all out hurling. I wonder will they try and stop that too?
some stadiums allow fans onto the pitch after the game, but not til about 15 mins after once everything has cleared up. usually, if the home team wins, they’ll all stay around on the pitch for a while and sign miniture footies and give them into the crowd. then they head off and once the pitch has been epmtied, you can head out and kick around. they have stopped it in a few of the stadiums now tho, not sure which ones. Subiaco in perth still allows it anyway.
Jesus seanie O Gorman made a balls of that Aidan Ryan goal.
There is a tradition in Cork for club games down the Pairce that young fellas come on at half time and full time and have a puck around, always thought it was great. The old fellas are being cunts about it now and are stopping it.
They are just jealous spoil sports.
This happens at every match at Parnell Park, hundreds of them.