Club Championships 2024

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

Club league games in Kerry can get big attendances. Not so sure on these sort of clashes do.

[Julio_Geordio]

There’ll be more at the hurling final.

Brendans if they did it might actually bring a crowd. They’ve never won it

[endakenny]

@BruidheanChaorthainn

Club league games in Kerry can get big attendances. Not so sure on these sort of clashes do.

Kerry is similar to Tipp/KK in that they’re very knowledgeable about their sports and it generally draws healthy attendances across the grades but they’d be very watery about the county team.

[PasqualePaoli]

What a sad comment

[endakenny]

It’s true.

Life goes on in these counties when they win an all Ireland.

It’s a total anti climax.

[peddlerscross]

A West Kerry Final in deep November between An Ghaeltacht and Dingle would get a massive crowd.

Same in Tipp where an U21 County Final in December would get a few thousand at it.

Due to a number of factors like Expectation of success, Geography and Dairy Farming, supporter’s in Kerry/Tipp don’t tend to bother much with the Inter County stuff.

Anyone I knew from Clare had 2 or 3 days booked off work last week to go on the piss after the All Ireland. Following the team around from Ennis to Lahinch and so on. Same just wouldn’t happen in Tipp, Kilkenny or Kerry. There’d probably be a load of Club matches played on the Monday or Tuesday night.

[Arthur]

I would have thought Kerry put the county team above all else by a mile in terms of prestige?

[Perez2017]

100%. County team is king in Kerry.

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

As if the knuckle staggers in the garrison towns of Tipperary wouldn’t knock a good few days out of an all Ireland win

Some mental gymnastics going on here

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

@Perez2017

100%. County team is king in Kerry.

Sure the Kerry footballers get no crowd ever.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@BruidheanChaorthainn

@Perez2017

100%. County team is king in Kerry.

Sure the Kerry footballers get no crowd ever.

Yerra no point in going up before the final.

[Perez2017]

This practice of following around county players by men in their 40’s and 50’s is seriously odd. Wasnt there lads from Limerick flying over to New York to follow Limerick hurlers? Strange.

[endakenny]

@Big_Dan_Campbell

As if the knuckle staggers in the garrison towns of Tipperary wouldn’t knock a good few days out of an all Ireland win

Some mental gymnastics going on here

Maybe there’s an element to that but I’ve been of drinking age for 3 all Ireland final wins and numerous other finals and semi finals.
The vast majority of club players would not be “out” as there was more pressing matters like club championships the week after, a few pints after the match would be the height of it but there’d be no Monday clubs unless the captain or manager was from the club.

Hopefully when we win in 2029 we enjoy it but I’d say life will be fairly back to normal by the Tuesday and we will back throwing each other under the bus in club championships the following weekend.

[myboyblue]

@Fagan_ODowd

@BruidheanChaorthainn

@Perez2017

100%. County team is king in Kerry.

Sure the Kerry footballers get no crowd ever.

Yerra no point in going up before the final.

You’d be sick of coming out of Kerry if you went to every aul game

[endakenny]

@Perez2017

This practice of following around county players by men in their 40’s and 50’s is seriously odd. Wasnt there lads from Limerick flying over to New York to follow Limerick hurlers? Strange.

Exactly, I’d be embarrassed to be taking up valuable drinking space in a pub full of inter county hurlers the Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday after an all Ireland final win barring they were coming to our local.

I know a couple of lads who regularly fly home from the buildings in the USA to do such drinking after big games and they are seen as weirdos locally.

[peddlerscross]

Official @peddlerscross Club Football POWER RANKINGS as of 31/07/2024

1. Watty Graham’s Glen
2. Kilmacud Crokes*
3. Kilcoo
4. St. Brigids (Roscommon)
5. Na Fianna (Dublin)
6. Corofin (Galway)
7. Errigal Ciaran
8. St. Finbarrs
9. Moycullen
10. Naomh Conaill
11. Naas
12. Crossmaglen Rangers
13. Castlehaven
14. Scotstown
15. Mountbellew Moylough
16. Ballyboden St. Endas
17. Cargin
18. Dingle
19. Nemo Rangers
20. Slaughtneil

[Aertel220]

@Perez2017

This practice of following around county players by men in their 40’s and 50’s is seriously odd. Wasnt there lads from Limerick flying over to New York to follow Limerick hurlers? Strange.

Would these lads coach in their own club at all? I always find there’s a certain sadness attached to people following the county team but not involved with their club. An auld lad in my club reckons it’s terrible that lads get to 40 now and think they can retire😅

[StoneCold]

Clubs finding it very hard to get volunteers for administrative roles or for volunteering to steward on match days etc., despite the income stream it provides. Many parents who are past players are only interested in getting involved in teams where their own youngster is involved, rather than seeing the bigger picture.

Holycross Ballycahill get 150-200 volunteers for their big fundraiser (a Country & Western music festival in the pitch). A serious number, you might think but the devil is in the detail as they say; they get free entry to the event, a lunch, a dinner and a 6 drink vouchers to consume when everyone goes home that evening.

[peddlerscross]

What Michael Lowry has done in Holycross is simply astonishing.

They should be winning County Finals and competing for Munster and All Ireland Club Titles in the next decade if they keep it all together.

[StoneCold]

He struck while the iron was hot alright; I think these festivals won’t be long dying off again. Attendances down at the Holycross and Clonoutly ones this year