Ones you’ve overlooked there are Kildare v Donegal 2001, Kildare v Sligo 2001, Roscommon v Offaly 2003, Roscommon v Kildare 2003, Kildare v Limerick 2012, Derry v Cavan 2013, Mayo v Derry 2017, Clare v Mayo 2017, Mayo v Armagh 2019 as well as the seven times Longford dumped Derry out.
Wexford v Westmeath on opening night in 2001 is surely hard bet as the greatest Saturday night off-Broadway blockbuster of them all.
Wexford v Waterford 2003 is for me the definitive hurling qualifier game.
And of course we had the Laois Minor Footballers who brought such joy to the nation
I have a huge fondness for the 2017 season. In my opinion the greatest GAA season of them all. What a month of July we had that year.
July 1st
Mayo v Derry (F)
Kilkenny v Limerick (H)
July 8th
Mayo v Clare (F)
Tipp v Dublin (H)
Waterford v Kilkenny (H)
July 15th
Tipp v Armagh (F)
Carlow v Monaghan (F)
July 22nd
Tipp v Clare (H)
Mayo v Cork (F)
Galway v Donegal (F)
July 29th
Down v Monaghan
Kildare v Armagh
Teams used to grow another leg during the season back in those days and you would get ridiculously high standard semi finals and finals. The 2017 Football Final ultimately proving to be the peak of the GAA as an association.
KK v Tipp in Nowlan Park worth a mention in any list
1987, 1991, 2005 and 2017 were the best GAA summers overall in my lifetime I think, the years when the whole thing seemed to take on a supercharged life of its own. I’d have a grá for 1995, 2002 and 2008 as well.
2017 did give us the worst All-Ireland football quarter-final double header of all time but you can’t have everything.
We are surely due two absolute classics in the hurling semi finals.
Looking at the POTY markets for a bit of interest, Ciaran Kilkenny seems like not a bad shout at 33/1. If Dublin win it out like I think they should he’s surely got a decent shot even though Fenton or Costello probably have a head start so far for the season. The Armagh boys are way too short, no obvious candidate from Donegal. Paudie Clifford at 20/1 isn’t bad if you thought Kerry are timing their run.
Hurling wise, I still have Alan Connolly from the start of the league. The last two games were poor but he could still win it if he had two big games. I reckon Horgan would actually end up getting it if Cork managed to somehow win it. For the champs, Hego was a great shout at the start of the year, should have been on that. The GAA will not want the publicity of giving it to Hayes but it still might happen if he keeps playing as he has been. They’ll talk about Quaid deserving it but he hasn’t a chance of getting it. Hannon might get it as a lifetime achievement award if Hegarty drops off and nobody else has two massive matches for them, at 33/1 I think that’s a little tempting.
O’Donnell has his All-Star sewn up already and He’ll definitely get it if Clare win. I give Kilkenny little chance of winning so crossing their contenders off.
The gaa nominate three and the players vote
I think.
Could nominate two Limerick lads
And shane o Donnell to split the vote and get
O Donnell over the lkne
This has aged well
You reckon ?
Or the @bookiesmare account you used to dox me.
The same account you and your pals shorted Jessie Harrington for that horse for.
Mate you need to chill out and lie down in a dark room, the walls appear to be closing in on you.
This tends to happen him when he goes in a dry spell
Go back to the bookies nightmare account and keep doxing posters. Then fix up your bills with Jessie Harrington.
When were you doxxed?
Michael ‘Doxxie’ Walsh
Nasty stuff of a Sunday morning
First bet pisses in with wins over 14,13 and 24. Holycross let me down but still up 2 points.
One for the long term bets:
2 points on Loughmore Tipp SHC outright at 15/2 (Boyles)
They beat Sars by 6 today in the mid and all the indicators are they are moving well. Big thing is if they can get Connolly x2 back from injury and a few others like John Meagher back for the business end of the season.
When they’ve everyone there as good as Sars/Kiladangan who are both a fraction of the price Loughmore currently are. That price won’t last long either.