best standard of football ever??

[corn02]

The best football I have ever seen Armagh play was te second half against Dublin in the 03 Qualifiers.

Don;t really know what the question being posted is here. UUJ v QUB Sigerson final a few years ago was of an extraordinary level throughout.

[Gnevin]

Standards have been in decline since 1887

[IolarCoisCuain]

Séamas Ó Maoiléoin claimed in his autobiography that the standard of Gaelic football reached its highest point not in Ireland at all but in Wales, when certain Gaels were interred at His Majesty's Pleasure at Frongoch POW camp in the autumn and winter of 1916. Dick Fitzgerald, after whom the stadium is named in Killarney, was there at the time and even though he was few years past his best Ó Maoiléoin reckoned that Dickie Fitz had forgotten nothing, and taught the boys everything he knew, which was a lot.

Just thought I'd put that up for the record, like. 

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Standards standards standards - we're blinded by these so called glory years.  I watched the a Dublin All Ireland final v (i can't really remember - might have been Down??) and the standard was crap.  Teams constantly kicking the ball to the opposition - thats why some clever dick invented the short handpass and support game.

Standards have always been mediocre unless you're talking about the top 5-8 teams in the country and that's much the same now.  But on thing is that the standard amongst the best is definitely getting better.

To be fair the conditions were terible that day and how can you possible say that the Down team that were involved in the "greatest game ever against Derry  " could possibly have been involved in a poor match?!

The QUB v UUJ match Corn02 mentions is one of my favourite matches ever. I remember a Hogan semi final between St Colman's and Roscommon CBS in Clones in 1998 being the most enthralling match I'd ever seen at that stage.

Think the best matches Armagh have been involved in this decade were probably the 2 semi finals against Kerry in 2000. The trilogy against Tyrone in 2005 was enthralling as well. 2005 was a year of high standards - what a run Tyrone had - the 3 games against us, 2 against Dublin and then a superb final aginst Kerry.

[full back]

A few games that stand out in the memory that I experienced

St Colmans/St Pats game from about 20 years ago. Think it finished 4-11 to 4-10 or something similar in the final

Meath/Dubs 2nd game from '91

Armagh/Tyrone semi final in '05, even though the result was sh1te

[blewuporstuffed]

suppose it depends what is meant by 'standards'. is it skill level, entertainment value, pace of the game,intensity,alot of tight games?
i would say overall 2005 was one of the years I would regard as the standards being highest.
for individual games that stand out as being high standard, the sigerson final already mentioned,kerry v galway in the pissing rain was superb.tyrone v kerry allireland minor semifinal that went to extra time ('97?)was about as good as football gets.

[Jinxy]

The standard was way better when we were winning. 

[Pangurban]

The 60s

[EC Unique]

I think the standard of Ulster football has slipped a lot in the last couple of years. This year especially it has been brutal. No cheap dig at Antrim but the fact that they are in the Ulster Final says it all really. Where are the great teams from the traditional big hitters in Ulster... Down, Derry, Armagh...  What is to blame for the demise?

[muppet]

Best standard ever was when we were 3 points down with minus 5 seconds to go.

Our full forward blasted the ball so hard that the skin went into the net and the rest went over the bar. The umpires raised both flags so we got a goal and a point and won the game. Some craic.

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[Archie Mitchell]

From a Tyrone point of view 2005 was a great year. The 3 games v Armagh, 2 games v Dublin and final v Kerry all stand out as big games. All games were end to end and never really knew what way they would go. If I had to pick one, it would have been the semi final v Armagh, both teams put in a superb performance and gave it everything they got.

In 2008, the quarter final v Dublin and final v Kerry were also great games based on the football that was played them days.

[armaghniac]

Where are the great teams from the traditional big hitters in Ulster... Down, Derry, Armagh...  What is to blame for the demise?

The draw.All it shows is that Tyrone are better than Derry and Armagh and probably everyone else too. I imagine that Monaghan, Derry or Armagh would have won out in Antrim's position.

[talktothehand]

I think the standard of Ulster football has slipped a lot in the last couple of years. This year especially it has been brutal. No cheap dig at Antrim but the fact that they are in the Ulster Final says it all really. Where are the great teams from the traditional big hitters in Ulster... Down, Derry, Armagh...  What is to blame for the demise?

is it really worse than ulster football 1968-1991??

[full back]

Ulster football in particular has been spoiled in the last decade or two with the standard of football.

Bar a few games before that, the standard was sh1te

[JMohan]

I think the standard of Ulster football has slipped a lot in the last couple of years. This year especially it has been brutal. No cheap dig at Antrim but the fact that they are in the Ulster Final says it all really. Where are the great teams from the traditional big hitters in Ulster... Down, Derry, Armagh...  What is to blame for the demise?

is it really worse than ulster football 1968-1991??

Ulster football in particular has been spoiled in the last decade or two with the standard of football.

Bar a few games before that, the standard was sh1te

What a load of b*ll*cks .... there were a few things going on up north during them years in case youse didn't notice ... most of you didn't as it happens