The tunnel onto the pitch was revolutionary at the time. But the stand out feature was the urinals. In our pre-match piss, none of us could reach the urinal from where you were forced to stand.
And you’d imagine minors would have a good auld burst.
I hate the Gaelic Grounds. Perfect location but an awful venue. That Mackey Stand is like something out of a Russian gulag. A dark, depressing soulless kip. Even for something constructed in 1988, it’s incredibly grim.
I did both last Sunday, didn’t have as much time as I thought I would with the traffic getting out of Bruff. John Kiely got to the pitstop at the Spar in Croom a bit ahead of me.
The Premier Intermediate semifinals are a double header in Kilmallock on Saturday which should get a decent enough crowd.
Loads of time between the games to get to both…1st game be over at 2.30 - an hour and a half before the 2nd game and it only 40 minutes between the two venues