Ah for fuck sake.
A referee once reffed a county final in Laois and one of his umpires had a son playing! He eventually stood him down on the morning of the game, but if Iām not mistaken he was replaced by another son 
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Ah you canāt be saying that. Heās sound.
Problem with Mikey Browne is the whistle never leaves his mouth. The only worse ref around is John Paul Kiely, but heās unlikely to get a final anyway.
Not so much the whistle as the dramatic run up and extra-dramatic 20 metres added
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Hopper McGrath is the worst around but heād only do smaller games anyway
And heād bring it straight Infront of the goal as well
Ah Hopper is 70 years of age, I wouldnāt be too hard on him. Heās grand for what he is!
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Hopper is a stone cold legend and beyond criticism in my eyes.
100%. I was at an u15s game a couple of months ago. He gave a free against our corner forward for a supposed push. āI didnāt push himāretorts our lad.
Mikey decides to move the free on 10 yards for ābackchatā 
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Only 10?
Youāve to go up and plamas Mikey before the game. Worth 5 frees to you
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One step ahead.
Get him to ref your challenge ganes
He loves cash alright.
Anthony Stapleton.
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a bit of a surprise for me but well deserving of it, im thinking some newer ref will get the junior game and then the big 2 will be between our elite redsā¦
The Referees for the finals I was told by a good source are as follows:
Hurling
Senior: Mike Sexton
Premier Intermediate: Eamonn Stapleton
Intermediate: Declan OāDriscoll
Junior: John OāHalloran
Football
Senior: John OāHalloran
Intermediate: Timmy McGrath
Premier Junior: Jonathan Hayes
Junior A: Johnny Murphy
Stapleton doing county cup final so hardly get premier final
Sure the county cup is a nothing thing?