The big house has played knifey spooney before.
4 of us arrived into the airport from Edinburgh* around midday, shivering from a 3 night binge and not a ticket between us. We split up when we hit Jones road and arranged meet back outside gills at 2.30pm. Mobile phones were a novelty at the time…
I was struggling badly to get the smell of a ticket, going from pub to pub asking… I rethought things and went back up towards Mountjoy Square to meet the fans coming down and sure enough I procured 2 Hill tickets off a swanky ould divil who was back from the UK. Back to Gills with my wares and when the 4 of us met up we had more tickets than we needed and had to go selling again.
I remember fuck all of the game as we were delerious from drink. Onto the Royal Dublin after the game and Coppers later on. I had to make a training course in Cork for 10am the next morning. Heuston Station was like an extension of Coppers at 7am with Galway and Kerry lads wandering around. I still remember the torture of that monday and trying to prise my eyelids open below in room full of weirdo sickos. I had a real cunt of a manger at the time. **
*6 Nations was delayed that year with foot and mouth
** same fella was found with a load of kiddy porn on his hard drive about 2 months later.
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First half against Tyrone in the late 90s too. Epic. Was at all those games.
95 semi? I was on the hill that day with my Connie cousins. Was about 1k from Galway 25k from Tyrone at it but we rattled them. The footballers were great value, pure skill and won, a nice contrast to the badmind hurling crowd I was used to. We decided to go to every game in 2001 out of pure luck. Was up in aughrim to watch Alan kerins try his best. A few north Galway lads going apeshit that he was getting a jersey.
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It was. They were brilliant in the first half, lorded it against a Tyrone team who were heavy heavy favourites. We were in the canal end. Absolutely brilliant day. Tyrone fans were rough as English soccer fans. I’ve never liked them since.
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The Joyce Clancy combo in kick passes was something else
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Absolutely brilliant goal alright. That clip actually missed the start of it. I think Kevin Walsh caught a high ball in the square before it was worked out to Joyce in the corner. They actually didn’t play very well that day after that early goal. Just never got going. Should have won the first game after coming from 7 points to 0 down. Still have nightmares about Savo dropping that very late point attempt short with Joyce bursting through the middle completely unmarked. Had a great view of it from the Hill and knew we had fucked away an incredible chance. Won it the next year anyway but just to beat Kerry in a final would have extra sweet.
For the talent they had that team’s par for expected All-Ireland’s should have been 3. They probably slightly underachieved with the 2 they won. Crazy as it sounds. They had a bit of a casual streak in them where they would destroy teams for 20 minute spells and then just go to sleep and let sides come back at them.
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Galway were magic around then. We only appreciate it now after the defensive/suffocating football that came after.
Ja, donnellan and Joyce. We used to have finnegan train with us when we were a lowly junior club team and the running training he did on his own after was savage, night after night. He never missed a beat.
I played a freshers match v Derek savage in UCD in late 90s. He fucking murdered us. They were flying
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Derek Savage is the fastest man in Ireland
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Galway in a nutshell!
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Don’t mess with the IT Guy
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I know it was a great goal but the players celebrations were very ott.
You’ve got your years mixed up there.
The 2000 All-Ireland football final replay was on a Saturday.
2001 was the year the Six Nations was delayed and Ireland played Scotland the day before Galway were in an All-Ireland football final.
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Fuck you’re right. That was the Meath game. 
. Porter.
Ireland played Portugal the same evening Kerry beat Galway in the 2000 replay. The one where Matt Holland scored that beauty of an equaliser from 25 yards.
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Matty Holland is a name I can’t even think of except in a cockney accent.
Concannon can have no complaints.
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Great to see the shtamp getting his start again.
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Could be the las hurrah for the 2017 crew.
Once more with feeling lads.
Hon Gaillimh.