Derry v Galway AISF Sat 9th July 5.30pm Croke Park

[Manning18]

Upper Davin, especially slighter closer to the corners rather than the middle, is a lot better view than people realise. They're the least sought after seating tickets but are much better than lower Davin and better than say the upper cusack/Hogan on the 13 yard line.

Closer to the front is better but I sat in Row U for the 2012 hurling final (yes even with hurling it can be grand!) and much preferred it to center lower Cusack 4 rows from the front in the replay. Can't get a view of what's going on with no elevation

[sensethetone]

Upper Davin, especially slighter closer to the corners rather than the middle, is a lot better view than people realise. They're the least sought after seating tickets but are much better than lower Davin and better than say the upper cusack/Hogan on the 13 yard line.

Closer to the front is better but I sat in Row U for the 2012 hurling final (yes even with hurling it can be grand!) and much preferred it to center lower Cusack 4 rows from the front in the replay. Can't get a view of what's going on with no elevation

Watched the AI final from the upper Davin towards the Hogan, saw the Tyrone goals in 2nd half no bother may have been cheering both of the goals before the ball crossed the line and crackin view of the missed penalty.

Commentators always pick the corners( with some elevation) to watch matches?

[armaghniac]

Upper Davin just where it starts to turn at the corner is a good spot, if you are not too far back.
The fecking seagulls are a pain though recently.

[johnnycool]

Upper Davin just where it starts to turn at the corner is a good spot, if you are not too far back.
The fecking seagulls are a pain though recently.

Got tickets once for the AI hurling semi-final, Cork vrs Waterford for that corner where the Davin and Hogan meet, upper tier and initially thought it would be a písh view but really good in reality..

Would go back again to there but i do think sitting charging the same for sitting behind the goals and the middle of the Hogan is a bit of a con.

[shantygael]

Upper Davin just where it starts to turn at the corner is a good spot, if you are not too far back.
The fecking seagulls are a pain though recently.

Bring a slingshot next time😀

[RedHand88]

Just got sent this. Get me out of the country.

[armaghniac]

Upper Davin just where it starts to turn at the corner is a good spot, if you are not too far back.
The fecking seagulls are a pain though recently.

Bring a slingshot next time😀

You'd clatter the people on the level below.
I was going to bring a couple of Eagles, but they had to go to the Aviva.

[screenexile]

In fairness the Benny Heron stuff is cracking me up some of it's very funny!!!

Benny's cringeing at it I'm sure as he's a modest fella but it's all part of the craic and the buzz about at the minute, it's brilliant.

[Real Talk]

Derry are in an all-Ireland semi-final and that is something I didn't thank would happen this year ....

Galway have 3 outstanding lightening quick forwards that will be very hard to contain and Derry have maximised their performances by their  ability to play a system that isn't easy to break down whether in defensive or offensive mode.   Galway's Championship record over Derry is 100% ... how can Derry get the edge over them this time ... by sticking to their plan that beat Donegal with a few  additional raids early in the game and try and prevent Galway getting any goals before half-time.   

[RedHand88]

I hope Derry win the whole thing... I think.

[ONeill]

The only team that'll beat Derry this year is an on-song Dubs.

[Estimator]

A look back at a few previous encounters

1998 – All-Ireland Semi-Final
Slow painful death is never easy and, having to watch it is never pleasant. Watching the great Derry team of the Nineties in the final throes of its football life yesterday certainly was not a pretty sight unless you were a Galway person.
They had selected a better team from the panel available to them than Derry did. Galway were much fitter and had the tactics to utilise that fitness. And above all, Galway had flair and imagination, two qualities which were never once seen as part of Derry's contribution to this All-Ireland semi-final.
Derry were a team of old men in football terms, playing old men's football and it was ghastly sight to watch.
It was pathetic to see some magnificent Derry players such as Anthony Tohill, Henry Downey and Eamon Burns engaging in repeated bouts of short handpassing in the middle third of the field in a desperate attempt at holding possession. When great players are reduced to this sort of farcical play, it is time to question the whole rationale of Gaelic football as it is being played today.
No doubt the Derry followers will also question the management of the team that encouraged this sort of negative play as opposed to the attacking, all-action play that used to be a feature of this Derry team. Maybe it a case of tired bodies going through the motions.
Yesterday, for them, raggedness and an exit draped in the cloak of under-achievement.
Another year, another title trail turned cold.
Derry: Eoin McCloskey; Kieran McKeever (capt.), Sean Martin Lockhart, Emmet McKeever; Paul McFlynn (0-1), Henry Downey, Gary Coleman (1-1); Anthony Tohill, Enda Muldoon; Gary Magill, Dermot Dougan, Eamonn Burns (0-3, two frees); Joe Brolly, Seamus Downey, Enda Gormley (0-2, both frees).
Subs: Joe Cassidy (0-1) for Brolly (42 mins), Dermot Heaney for Magill (44 mins), Geoffrey McGonigle for Dougan (64 mins).
Galway: Martin McNamara; Tomas Meehan, Gary Fahy, Tomas Mannion; Ray Silke (capt.), John Divilly, Sean Og de Paor; Kevin Walsh, Sean O'Domhnaill (0-1); Michael Donnellan (0-2, both frees), Jarlath Fallon (0-4), Fergal Gavin; Derek Savage, Padraic Joyce (0-8, five frees), Niall Finnegan (0-1).
Sub: Shay Walsh for Gavin (51 mins). Referee: John Bannon (Longford). Attendance: 38,569.

[Dabh]

speaking of previous encounters .. i hope Conor Lane is given the opportunity to repeat his 2015 display

[Estimator]

2001 All-Ireland Semi-Final

Galway 1-14 Derry 1-11

A remarkable goal from second half substitute Matthew Clancy four minutes from time capped off a tenacious Galway comeback to deny Derry an All-Ireland final spot after an enthralling semi-final encounter at Croke Park this afternoon.

Galway reached crisis point midway through the second period when Anthony Tohill's free - his only score - propelled Derry into a commanding five point lead. However, Galway replied in remarkable fashion, rattling Derry to the core in the process.
Derry, who dominated the game throughout, had simply self-destructed and had little retaliation to Galway's dogged final quarter recovery.

Galway: P Joyce 0-5 (5f), D Savage 0-3, M Clancy 1-0, J Bergin 0-2, M Donnellan, K Walsh, S Óg de Paor, P Clancy 0-1 each.
GALWAY A Keane; K Fitzgerald, G Fahey, R Fahey; D Meehan, T Mannion, S Óg de Paor; K Walsh, M Donnellan; J Bergin, J Fallon, A Kerins, D Savage, P Joyce, T Joyce.
Subs: P Clancy for Fallon (42), M Clancy for Bergin (52), S O Domhnaill for Kerins (56). Booked: Galway: D Meehan (34); J Fallon (41).

DERRY E Muldoon 1-0, D Dougan 0-3, P Bradley, J McBride 0-2 each, G Diamond, P McFlynn, D Heaney, A Tohill (f) 0-1 each.
DERRY O McCloskey; G Doherty, K McCloy, SM Lockhart; K McNally, G Coleman, F Crossan; A Tohill, F Doherty; P McFlynn, D Dougan, J McBride; P Bradley, E Muldoon, G Diamond.
Subs: J Niblock for Crossan (32), D Heaney for Diamond (48), C Gilligan for McNally (62), A McGuckian for F Doherty (69)
REF M Collins (Cork)
Attendance 40,060

[Estimator]

2007 All-Ireland Minor Final
Galway 1-10 Derry 1-9
GALWAY: O Higgins; E Glynn (0-1), C Forde, K Kelly; C Doherty, D O'Reilly, T Fahy; P Conroy (0-1, 0-1f), A Griffin; JJ Greaney, T Walsh, J O'Brien (0-1); J Ryan, M Martyn (0-5, 0-3f), D Reddington (1-2).
Subs used: J Burke for Ryan (51 mins), O O'Brien for Greaney (59).
DERRY: A Warnock; M McKinney, C McWilliams, D Bell; C McKaigue, JF Bradley, B Henry; J Kielt (0-2, 0-1f), C O'Boyle; S Cleary (0-2), A Heron, D Mullan; N Forrester, G McGeehan (1-1), L Moore (0-3).
Subs used: D Heavron for Forrester (52 mins), C McFeely for Cleary (53), C McFeely (0-1) for Cleary (53), L Kennedy for Heron (59).
Referee: Derek Fahy (Longford)