The GAA snob

[armaghniac]

The real GAA snob scored a point by kicking the ball over a helicopter that was under mortar fire at the time.

[magpie seanie]

http://www.davehannigan.com/2013/07/the-official-guide-to-being-gaa-snob.html?spref=tw


Fair to say we all fit into one of these categories

I fit into all of them.

I thought they were the rules!

Me too!

[Ohtoohtobe]

I like to bring up how many of the 32 county grounds I've been to, particularly when talking to people who I know have been to far less.

[brokencrossbar1]

The real GAA snob scored a point by kicking the ball over a helicopter that was under mortar fire at the time.

Actually the real snob tried to get the helicopter to crash by getting the ball up and over the blades so that it would fall on the motor and cause the blades to malfunction

[johnneycool]

I like to bring up how many of the 32 county grounds I've been to, particularly when talking to people who I know have been to far less.

A better GAA snob will tell you what county grounds they played on and what stars they played against, failing to mention if they got cleaned out or not..

[tonysoprano]

A real GAA snob complains about their county's poor 'SYSTEM' and emphasises the need to employ their players in the correct 'SYSTEM'...but has no idea themselves what this system is.

[Croí na hÉireann]

Is this not the snobbish behaviour discussed?!

Yes Rois - that was my point.

I remember fondly heading to matches in one of theses - Gerry Carroll's finest



None of these air conditioned leg room yokes nowadays......

None of your luxury vans for us, some of us had to make do in the boot, while another was charged with operating the gear stick.

[5 Sams]

The boy who shouts, "Great ball Ryan Mallon" or "great point Donal O'Hare"...etc etc etc as if to say "Look at me I know all our players names." He usually goes on to make a tool of himself by getting one wrong and some other smartarse takes great pleasure in correcting him

[brokencrossbar1]

The boy who shouts, "Great ball Ryan Mallon" or "great point Donal O'Hare"...etc etc etc as if to say "Look at me I know all our players names." He usually goes on to make a tool of himself by getting one wrong and some other smartarse takes great pleasure in correcting him

Who corrected you?

[mylestheslasher]

Is the real GAA snob not the person who writes articles about GAA snobs?

[5 Sams]

The boy who shouts, "Great ball Ryan Mallon" or "great point Donal O'Hare"...etc etc etc as if to say "Look at me I know all our players names." He usually goes on to make a tool of himself by getting one wrong and some other smartarse takes great pleasure in correcting him

Who corrected you?

"Great comeback brokencrossbar1" 

[qubdub]

the real proper gaa snob is the anorak who knows all the clubs in ulster but still pretends to not know who or where a particular club is, by asking a zillion questions about them, the answers of which he already knows and you know he knows...and he probably knows you know he knows...

For example a conversation would go like:

You:
'our senior team have a challenge game away down in co. X against club Y this weekend'

Him:

'club Y, aye, where abouts are they based exactly?' (then he tells you their address before you tell him you don't even know) '
'they won their club championship a few years back didn't they?'
'so and so plays for them doesn't he?'
'they wear red and white jerseys don't they?'
'that's so and so who played for the county's club isn't it? '
'They've a big rivalry with such and such don't they?'
'they'd a good minor team in 2001 didn't they?'

etc etc etc

[Mayo4Sam]

Going to one away league match is a necessity

[muppet]

Going to one away league match is a necessity

I used to tick this box when Mayo played the odd game in Ballina.

[Qwerty28]

Not really about snobs per se but  but a was at an All Ireland final a few years back and the man beside me telling his missus to look out for the red headed lad in the green and yellow jersey who was very good at getting scores!