Most memorable miss..

[5 Sams]

...following on from similar threads.


Which "sitter", "miss", "howler", etc, etc sticks in your mind...and maybe had a major bearing on the championship in that particular year.

Mine is hard to beat....Jim McConville's V Down in the 1st round of the Ulster Championship in Newry in 1991.......straight through, on an oul wet day, ball on the ground, only the keeper to beat and he screws it wide.....
As we all said coming out of the Marshes that day...."two bad teams".....


The rest is history

[thebandit]

Richard Thornton (T****e) v Armagh 2002 

Ray Cosgrove (Dublin) v Armagh 2002 

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Peter Canavan's free against Armagh in the 2005 AI Semi-Final in Croke, in the dying seconds... No wait!... He scored that one!  

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

The Cosgrove one in 2002 sticks out simply because I didn't think for a second he would miss. Once the free was given I just assumed we were looking at a replay. Brosnan in the final as well was a tight one but probably not a "sitter".

Dessie Dolan's against Meath is probably the best example. Maybe 2002 / 2003? The amazing thing was that he was just after scoring a sideline.

[ONeill]

Does Kevin McCabe's penalty in '86 count?

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Does Kevin McCabe's penalty in '86 count?

Rationally: no, technically: no, emotionally: YES!

[southderryman]

Fergal doherty's miss against tyrone in the first game in 2003, we had them on the rack big time at that stage and another score would of finished it.

derry were rebuilding at the time so in terms of our progression it probably wouldn't have made that much of a difference, but tyrone drew, hammered us in the replay and went on to win that all ireland.

i often think had that gone over i'd still be winding my neighbours up about no sam maguire in tyrone!

in sayin that i wouldn't swap doherty for any other player in ireland (or elsewhere at the minute due to the all stars tour!)

[nrico2006]

Ger Cavlans miss against Armagh in the AIF 2003 sticks out - SON came gave him the perfect handpass with the keeper the only man to beat and he screwed it wide.  Could have been costly.

[The Wedger]

If Non Ulster matches are allowed mention...
Anthony Finnerty 1989 for Mayo vs Cork.
Dessie Farrell from hitting the corssbar in front of an empty goal vs Kerry 2001.

[SidelineKick]

Fergal doherty's miss against tyrone in the first game in 2003, we had them on the rack big time at that stage and another score would of finished it.

derry were rebuilding at the time so in terms of our progression it probably wouldn't have made that much of a difference, but tyrone drew, hammered us in the replay and went on to win that all ireland.

i often think had that gone over i'd still be winding my neighbours up about no sam maguire in tyrone!

in sayin that i wouldn't swap doherty for any other player in ireland (or elsewhere at the minute due to the all stars tour!)

Exactly the one I thought of as soon as I seen this thread! Was only about 21 yards out  sad day.

[Canalman]

The 2 Dessies come to mind.
Dolan's free v Meath and Farrell's howler against Kerry in Thurles.

A multitude of missed Dublin penalties over the years have cost us dearly.

[SidelineKick]

The 2 Dessies come to mind.
Dolan's free v Meath and Farrell's howler against Kerry in Thurles.

A multitude of missed Dublin penalties over the years have cost us dearly.

That was ever worse by the fact he scored one from the sideline just before that. (Not sure if it was actually a SidelineKick  )

[under the bar]

Thorton v Armagh in 2002.   Why Canavan gave him the ball in the first place is still beyond me. 

[cornafean]

Mickey Linden's open goal miss against Meath in the 1991 final. It turned out that it didn't matter a whole lot as Down went on to win, but at the time it happened it was incredible. I'll always remember O'Muircheartaigh's  shock at the miss: "Wide! not under the bar, not over the bar but wide!"

After the game it emerged that Mickey had been concussed by an earlier "tackle" from Meath's Kevin Foley, and it was said that he had no memory of most or all of that second half - an ominous precursor to the Francie Bellew "incident" 13 years later.

[ildanach]

If Non Ulster matches are allowed mention...
Anthony Finnerty 1989 for Mayo vs Cork.
Dessie Farrell from hitting the corssbar in front of an empty goal vs Kerry 2001.

i blame larry for all the heart ache!! if he has scored that one the monkey would have been off our back and we could have 4 more all irelands!
Another miss of a type is John Madden failling to come for the ball v meath in 96 and the ball bouncing over the bar!!