Gaa split season, promoting Meath football since 2025

[TreatyStones]

There’s over 60k tickets sold for Sunday

[myboyblue]

@Halfpipe

49k at the 2010 Leinster final but that was played in its traditional date in July, with this game being on in May will there be 40k there? 62k is the largest ever attendance for a Leinster final not involving the Dubs, the days of them type crowds must be well over now.

62K turned up in 2003 to see Laois down Kildare, scoring their entire 2-13 from play on the day to win. Beano will be inducted to the Leinster GAA Hall Of Fame on Sunday; a fitting honour for one of the true greats of the game.

[Cheasty]

The lads who have spent years moaning about event junkies suddenly love them.

Funny that.

Long live the Munster Football Championship.

[Halfpipe]

Incredible, news that turns our understanding of the world and the split season entirely on its head! Club and county players seem to support the split season, 60k tickets sold is a very strong endorsement from supporters, just the barstoolers to be won over now.

[Jake_Stevens]

It’s never changing guys.

My understanding is that Peter McKenna calls the shots. If the concerts weren’t such a money spinner then they’d be back to September and fuck the clubs.

It’s what Jessie J sang about….

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

Gga rip

[ChairmanDan]

Pauric Lodge on commentary duties on RTE Radio 1 in Clones remarking there how a tea time Saturday throw in has really diminished the sense of occasion of an Ulster Final.

[binkybarnes]

@myboyblue

Beano will be inducted to the Leinster GAA Hall Of Fame on Sunday; a fitting honour for one of the true greats of the game.

[Halfpipe]

65,786 at the Leinster final today. The notion that provincial finals in May can’t catch the attention of the public killed stone dead.
Some outstanding games of football in the championship already this year, the debate on the merits of the new rules killed stone dead.

[myboyblue]

Only seeing this now. You’re dead to me for the foreseeable future.

[binkybarnes]

@myboyblue

Only seeing this now. You’re dead to me for the foreseeable future.

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[Good_Will_Punting]

I genuinely didn’t realise the Louth v Meath game was on today.

Why wasn’t the Ulster final on at 2 pm today? Seems odd to clash with the hurling last night.

[ChairmanDan]

5.25 on a Saturday evening. Is there any logic to a lot of what these split season zealots conjure up?

[Good_Will_Punting]

Usually there is a reason for everything but there was three really good gaa games this weekend and two of them overlapped on Saturday evening. I guess tipp wanted an extra days break as they are playing next weekend again.

[ciarancareyshurlingarmy]

There is no debate on the new football rules.

I have even gotten over the 50m penalty.

Now to sort out hurling discipline and puckouts

[neilld]

Only issue with Football now is the size of the pitch lets top teams retain the ball near the hooter. Might need a backcourt rule. Great game today, well done Louth.

[Massey]

@Good_Will_Punting

Why wasn’t the Ulster final on at 2 pm today? Seems odd to clash with the hurling last night.

Saturday evening is a great time for a match.They shouldn’t be overlapping though.

[myboyblue]

Presume the Ulster final was Saturday to allow all the Ulster fans travel on Sunday to support Tyrone in the U20 and Louth in the Leinster final.

[Good_Will_Punting]

Ya that’s it. A few tweaks and it would improve things again.

[CillDioma]

The Fa cup final is on today. You wouldn’t know it’s on at all with everyone talking about the gaa action.

There might be plus’s and minus’s to the new formats but it has definitely impacted the Irish interest in English soccer.