What was the reasoning for that being played on Monday night again Sid?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Senior_Football_Championship_2006#Semi-Final
The Dublin senior club football championship did not go ahead on the original 12 October date, due to an appeal by St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh[/url] and [url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilmacud_Crokesâ]Kilmacud Crokes.
A decision on the dates was to be decided pending the results of Plunkettâs appeal which was to be heard by the Dublin GAC on 13 October.[sup][size=â2â][1][/size][/sup]
The Leinster council had given an extra week for the Dublin GAC[/url] to sort the issues. If the problems were not sorted in time, Dublin would not have a representative in the [url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leinster_Senior_Club_Football_Championshipâ]Leinster Senior Club Football Championship[/url] for the 2006/07 season.[sup][url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Senior_Football_Championship_2006#cite_note-repose-1â][size=â2â][2][/size][/sup]
[edit] Na Fianna V St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh dispute
St Oliver Plunkettâs/Eoghan Ruadh had lodged a complaint objecting to the eligibility of Na Fiannaâs[/url] former [url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayo_GAAâ]Mayo player Gary Mullins, who took part in the quarter final clash between the two teams.
St Oliver Plunkettâs lost their appeal to the Dublin County Board, therefore the Dublin GAC set the fixture of Na Fianna against St Vincents as originally planned.
St Oliver Plunkettâs, however, took their appeal to the Leinster Council[/url] in hope of being re-instated into the Dublin Championship. This further delayed the Dublin Championship and raised the possibility of the championship not being completed in time for Dublin to produce a representative in the [url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leinster_Senior_Club_Football_Championshipâ]Leinster championship[/url].[sup][url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Senior_Football_Championship_2006#cite_note-plunkettsToAppeal-2â][size=â2â][3][/size][/url][/sup] The Leinster council ruled in favour of the Dublin [url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_Administration_Committeeâ]GAC and the semi final was slated to proceed on 19 October.
As St Oliver Plunketts[/url] lost their appeal to the [url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leinster_GAAâ]Leinster Council[/url], Na Fianna played St Vincentâs in the semi final clash as planned. The game was initially scheduled for Friday 27 October 2006 but was cancelled and rescheduled for Monday 30 October to enable Ireland International Rules captain [url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kieran_McGeeneyâ]Kieran McGeeney[/url] to be available for the first test against Australia at [url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearse_Stadiumâ]Pearse Stadium[/url].[sup][url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Senior_Football_Championship_2006#cite_note-SemiDatesConfirmed-3â][size=â2â][4][/size][/sup]
[edit] Gary Mullinsâ appeal to the Disputes Resolution Authority
Gary Mullins also appealed to the Disputes Resolution Authority on 13 October 2006 to overturn a 12 week ban he received due to receiving a red card while playing for the Chicago[/url] Wolfe Toneâs club at the North American Senior Football final in Philadelphia. He lost this appeal.[sup][url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Senior_Football_Championship_2006#cite_note-mullins-4â][size=â2â][5][/size][/sup]
[edit] Kilmacud Crokes V Dublin County board dispute
The Dublin Championship was met with more scandal when Kilmacud Crokes[/url] postponed their game against [url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCD_GAAâ]UCD[/url], stating that it was not within five days of their game against [url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucan_Sarsfieldsâ]Lucan Sarsfields in the quarter final. This had the effect that Kilmacud had breached Rule 116 of the official guide. The GAC met Kilmacud representatives on 17 October to discuss the matter. The meeting of the GAC resulted in Kimacud Crokes being excluded from the Senior Club Football Championship.
UCD offered Kilmacud a replay thus reinstateing Crokes,[sup][size=â2â][6][/size][/url][/sup] which would guarantee a Dublin representative in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship.[sup][url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Senior_Football_Championship_2006#cite_note-crokesOut-6â][size=â2â][7][/size][/url][/sup]The semi final between the students and the Crokes was slated to take place on Thursday 26 October 2006.[sup][url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Senior_Football_Championship_2006#cite_note-dateSet-7â][size=â2â][8][/size][/url][/sup] Kilmacud Crokes went on to play the game against the Students and were narrowly defeated, giving the [url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Senior_Football_Championshipâ]Dublin Senior Football Championship its first finalist.
The winners of each semi final went on to the Dublin senior club football championship final. The losing teams were eliminated from the competition and there was no third and fourth place games, therefore a loss would prove to be the respective teams final fixture in the Dublin championship.
Dublin Senior Club Football favourites Kilmacud Crokes[/url] crashed out of the Dublin championship to [url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCD_GAAâ]UCD[/url] in a tight game. [url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCD_GAAâ]UCD[/url] went on their first final since 2002. The 2006 final was a repeat of the 2002 final, as [url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na_Fiannaâ]Na Fianna[/url] crashed out of the Dublin championship to northside rivals St Vincents. [url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCD_GAAâ]UCD[/url] won the 2002 final against [url=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Vincents_GAAâ]St Vincents who were seeking to retain their first title since 1984.
Was there any such incidence or controversy in this years Dublin Championship?
The above bit actually doesnât explain why that final was on a Monday though. I think that International Rules match where the Aussies tried kill Graham Geraghty was on the previous day so they couldnât have a clash. Still doesnât explain why they couldnât have had it on the Saturday instead.
I was part of the back room team for Ballymunâs opponents the last time they won the county title. The final was played (as was the fashion at the time) in Croke Park in front of no more than 3,000 people.
Some of the students playing finals on the Sunday perhaps? Although I doubt the DCB would have had much sympathy for that.
Not really
Nor should they have
Dublin GAA of today owes a lot to the likes of UCD and DCU.
No it doesnât
Does too.
The 'Lockes relegated out of the Intermediate grade in KK over the weekend. Went down by a goal. Only consolation was that Dunnamaggin got relegated out of the senior grade.
Sucks being down Junior but from what I heard they played like a junior side all year.
Yeah fuckin brutal the last three games from what I heard.
We have good enough hurlers apparently but not enough of them are willing to work hard enough.
Theyâll be happier at Junior.
Fuck sake 
Clontarf?
Yes Clontarf, Dunph.
they didn´t even have a dressingroom never mind a backroom in those daysâŚ
last time croke park was used to host dublin club games was the football semi finals in 1995 i thinkâŚ
No we emerged from the dressing rooms under the corner of the Canal and the Hogan. Filthy smelly dressing rooms full of wooden slats and a giant unused bath in the middle of the room. Catholic lads didnât bathe together in the nude.
who´d clontarf have involved with dublin back then?..noel macaffrey ?..
Ballyboden St. Endaâs v Lucan Sarsfields in a double header with a stirring Dublin comeback against Limerick in an NHL game on a sunny October Sunday if I remember rightly.
when was that?..the day i´m talking about would have been october ´95âŚmighty boden beat the vinnies in one semi´sâŚand erins isle beat kilmacud crokes after i think?..
Noel was brought onto the Dublin panel after that momentous season, but the real star of the side was the legendary Jim Ronayne who threw the ball over the bar to win the 1983 Leinster Final. Jimâs father Bill was the manager of the team.