Couple from my own county
Forgive the parochialism. There are some great ones from other counties and I leave it to others to add them.
Armagh v Fermanagh in 1993 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-eBq6htd6I
1993 was some year to be from Armagh. 8 points and a man down with 68 mins gone and Armagh pull it out of the fire with Denis Holywood making a name for himself.
Armagh - Clare in 2018 - https://www.facebook.com/officialgaa/videos/1804455892957479
4 points down after a 66th minute penalty from Clare, but Armagh finished up with a four point win. Not near as mad as the game above, but was something to behold all the same on what was a sweltering day in the Athletic Grounds.
There's the obvious one, Offaly's five-minute final of 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bceb42XNhOM
I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
Watched it again recently, Westmeath win over Meath in 2015, what a way to claim a first ever championship win over Meath.
There'll not be many that come close to Armagh v Fermanagh in 93.
Always thought the extent of the Offaly comeback was exaggerated somewhat. Yes, they were down...but it was only 5 points with 7/8 minutes to go...not insurmountable in Hurling as scores tend to come quicker.
How about Kerry blowing a 6 point lead v Cork in the 2008 semi? Kerry had two feet in the AI final, then two late goals seen them escape with a draw.
Mayo's comeback against Dublin in 2006 deserves a mention too.
Quote from: APM on May 06, 2020, 04:21:47 PM
Couple from my own county
Forgive the parochialism. There are some great ones from other counties and I leave it to others to add them.
Armagh v Fermanagh in 1993 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-eBq6htd6I
1993 was some year to be from Armagh. 8 points and a man down with 68 mins gone and Armagh pull it out of the fire with Denis Holywood making a name for himself.
Armagh - Clare in 2018 - https://www.facebook.com/officialgaa/videos/1804455892957479
4 points down after a 66th minute penalty from Clare, but Armagh finished up with a four point win. Not near as mad as the game above, but was something to behold all the same on what was a sweltering day in the Athletic Grounds.
The Armagh Fermanagh video contains goals from the draw and the replay in case anyone is confused about the score
I've been watching All Ireland football finals since 87, can't recall too many great comebacks during that time if any.
The two best I can remember both ended in draws with Galway coming back from 7 points down in 2000 and Meath coming back from 5 points in 96.
Armagh minors v Down 2011, 10 points down 20 mins or so from the end
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsroSBEAieA
An almost great comeback, Armagh v Galway 2001
Galway led 0-12 to 0-5, Armagh scored 7 points in a row, but then a Michael Donnellan interception set up a Galway win.
https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/the-point-that-left-armaghs-year-marooned-26066107.html
Has to be the 1995 Ulster Semi final between Tyrone and Derry. 3 pts and 2 men down at ht to come out and win by a point against the 1993 all Ireland champions. Scorcher of a day too. Pity that rivalry is all but gone now
Quote from: dec on May 06, 2020, 08:10:54 PM
An almost great comeback, Armagh v Galway 2001
Galway led 0-12 to 0-5, Armagh scored 7 points in a row, but then a Michael Donnellan interception set up a Galway win.
https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/the-point-that-left-armaghs-year-marooned-26066107.html
Always have a smile at that game,
Was just married.
My father in law A big down man had just lost his leg From diabetes and I was driving him to Westport for the family holiday. Game was live on rye and he deliberately wouldn't stop as he wanted to get to Westport.
We arrived just as Armagh were coming back and he couldn't remember the house number
As soon as Galway went ahead he remembered it.
Poor man died shortly after it but he enjoyed seeing me get thicker And thicker as I couldn't get watching the game.
Derry v Monaghan 1992.
Derry 10pts to 1pt up at half time. Were leading 0-14 to 0-07 midway through second half. McGinnity scored two goals and McCarron got the other to lead 3-07 to 0-14. Bateson scored a goal to put Derry back in front, before Monaghan equalised with the final score of the game. Think we won the replay by 6/7pts.
Derry v Antrim 2000.
Derry were 7pts up at half time and coasting, but a couple of Kevin Brady goals put Antrim back in it. Sheeny's last ditch free kick for victory just didn't have the legs and Tohill stopped it going over the crossbar. Derry won the replay easily.
Quote from: naka on May 06, 2020, 08:59:57 PM
Quote from: dec on May 06, 2020, 08:10:54 PM
An almost great comeback, Armagh v Galway 2001
Galway led 0-12 to 0-5, Armagh scored 7 points in a row, but then a Michael Donnellan interception set up a Galway win.
https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/the-point-that-left-armaghs-year-marooned-26066107.html
Always have a smile at that game,
Was just married.
My father in law A big down man had just lost his leg From diabetes and I was driving him to Westport for the family holiday. Game was live on rye and he deliberately wouldn't stop as he wanted to get to Westport.
We arrived just as Armagh were coming back and he couldn't remember the house number
As soon as Galway went ahead he remembered it.
Poor man died shortly after it but he enjoyed seeing me get thicker And thicker as I couldn't get watching the game.
Enjoyed that!
Another one which comes to mind, unfortunately, is the Tyrone comeback against Armagh in 1989 in Omagh. As far as I remember, Armagh were 8 pts up at half time and Tyrone came back to win by 1. That second half was hard work.
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on May 06, 2020, 06:45:09 PM
There's the obvious one, Offaly's five-minute final of 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bceb42XNhOM
I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
Was at this game, unreal, though to get hammered by Kilkenny in the Leinster championship and beat them in Croker on finals day is a serious Co back for Offaly I thought, better than the 'fluke' of 94
Quote from: Maroon Manc on May 06, 2020, 07:47:20 PM
I've been watching All Ireland football finals since 87, can't recall too many great comebacks during that time if any.
The two best I can remember both ended in draws with Galway coming back from 7 points down in 2000 and Meath coming back from 5 points in 96.
Dublin in '85 against Kerry and Meath in '91 against Down - but both failed.
Dublin were 9 or 10 points down but twice got back to a point down through two goals from big Joe McNally before Kerry tacked on a few points at the end to make it safe. Despite failing short in the end, that Meath comeback was an epic one. The referee Seamus Prior only added on 20 seconds of injury time - despite that second half being as free flowing a half of football as I've ever seen, that was miserly to say the least as there had been a couple of stoppages early on it which merited at least another minute.
Armagh against Kerry in 2002 and Dublin against Kerry in 2011 are the best successful ones. Armagh should have won by more - Kerry were barely mapped in the last 15-20 minutes. And bar Donaghy's ridiculous point they were barely mapped in the last 10 in 2011.
Quote from: dec on May 06, 2020, 08:10:54 PM
An almost great comeback, Armagh v Galway 2001
Galway led 0-12 to 0-5, Armagh scored 7 points in a row, but then a Michael Donnellan interception set up a Galway win.
https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/the-point-that-left-armaghs-year-marooned-26066107.html
If ever there was a turning point in a year it was that block and point. Galway never looked back after it but they were on the verge of going out as Armagh were all over them and legitimately looked like they were about to win it.
The next year Armagh were the ones to benefit in a not too dissimilar situation when Dara McGarty of Sligo should have buried them when through one on one on goal. Armagh didn't know where they were after being six points up. McGarty took the easy equalising point instead of going for goal and Armagh were saved by the bell from the kickout. They badly needed it because I've rarely seen a team as rattled. Sligo were playing with 14 men too.
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on May 06, 2020, 06:45:09 PM
There's the obvious one, Offaly's five-minute final of 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bceb42XNhOM
I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
I was on the Hill for that and two Offaly buckos of about 35-40 years of age standing beside me left with about 15 minutes to go, they were more interested in getting their feed of pints into them. Reminds me of a bit in the book Kings of September where the future Offaly footballer Sean Grennan was at the 1982 football final with his mother and the mother decided to leave with ten minutes left. They drove to a relative's house in Balbriggan and only found out Offaly had won when they got there. I can never understand why people leave an All-Ireland final, or indeed any match, if the outcome is in any way in doubt. The only time I ever left a Dublin championship match early was the time in 2009 when Kerry steamrolled us, and I slunk away with about seven or eight minutes left, it was too much to endure.
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Quote from: Eamonnca1 on May 06, 2020, 06:45:09 PM
There's the obvious one, Offaly's five-minute final of 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bceb42XNhOM
I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
I was on the Hill for that and two Offaly buckos of about 35-40 years of age standing beside me left with about 15 minutes to go, they were more interested in getting their feed of pints into them. Reminds me of a bit in the book Kings of September where the future Offaly footballer Sean Grennan was at the 1982 football final with his mother and the mother decided to leave with ten minutes left. They drove to a relative's house in Balbriggan and only found out Offaly had won when they got there. I can never understand why people leave an All-Ireland final, or indeed any match, if the outcome is in any way in doubt. The only time I ever left a Dublin championship match early was the time in 2009 when Kerry steamrolled us, and I slunk away with about seven or eight minutes left, it was too much to endure.
Billy Dooley absolutely bolloxed, finds himself with no one near him 30 yards out and could barely manage to hit the ball over the bar but he did.
That one probably haunted Limerick for decades even though they lost again in 96 against 14 man Wexford.
Quote from: Fionntamhnach on May 07, 2020, 12:46:55 AM
Tyrone PoV: The first Ulster SFC Final game in 2003 between Tyrone & Down. Two goals early in the second half for Down put them nine points in the lead with around 25 mins to go - Tyrone manage to level the game near the end of normal time before Dan Gordon scores a goal for Down putting them three ahead again before three individual Tyrone points level the game deep into injury time, game finishing Tyrone 1-17 Down 4-8. Fantastic game - the replay six days later wasn't as dramatic, Tyrone won the game well.
Ah yes, the Gerry Kinneavy-inspired comeback. He gave Tyrone everything to get back into that one. Plus two chances to win it in injury time. Worst refereeing display I've ever witnessed.
I think Tyrone realised that day that their diving, feigning injury, dragging opponents to the ground and make it look like they were fouled, etc could get them over the line to win an AI. Sadly, it was true, as referees were clearly buying their antics.
Quote from: johnnycool on May 07, 2020, 09:10:11 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on May 07, 2020, 12:53:44 AM
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on May 06, 2020, 06:45:09 PM
There's the obvious one, Offaly's five-minute final of 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bceb42XNhOM
I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
I was on the Hill for that and two Offaly buckos of about 35-40 years of age standing beside me left with about 15 minutes to go, they were more interested in getting their feed of pints into them. Reminds me of a bit in the book Kings of September where the future Offaly footballer Sean Grennan was at the 1982 football final with his mother and the mother decided to leave with ten minutes left. They drove to a relative's house in Balbriggan and only found out Offaly had won when they got there. I can never understand why people leave an All-Ireland final, or indeed any match, if the outcome is in any way in doubt. The only time I ever left a Dublin championship match early was the time in 2009 when Kerry steamrolled us, and I slunk away with about seven or eight minutes left, it was too much to endure.
Billy Dooley absolutely bolloxed, finds himself with no one near him 30 yards out and could barely manage to hit the ball over the bar but he did.
That one probably haunted Limerick for decades even though they lost again in 96 against 14 man Wexford.
2018 wiped out all past regrets. It's amazing what an all Ireland win can do.
https://www.rte.ie/amp/1050632/ 5-11 to 0-00 at the break, but they managed to turn things around in the second half and took victory on an 11-01 to 6-12 scoreline.
Quote from: dec on May 06, 2020, 08:10:54 PM
An almost great comeback, Armagh v Galway 2001
Galway led 0-12 to 0-5, Armagh scored 7 points in a row, but then a Michael Donnellan interception set up a Galway win.
https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/the-point-that-left-armaghs-year-marooned-26066107.html
I was at that game. Galway had Armagh chasing shadows for 55 minutes and then almost lost it in the final 15 minutes or so. By added time Armagh had all the momentum and then Donnellan picked off a loose hand pass and set up Paul Clancy for the winner.
Galway actually did something similar against Cork in the next round. Battered them and then let them back into it. Although they rallied to win by 4 in that one.
Quote from: seafoid on May 07, 2020, 02:12:15 PM
Quote from: johnnycool on May 07, 2020, 09:10:11 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on May 07, 2020, 12:53:44 AM
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on May 06, 2020, 06:45:09 PM
There's the obvious one, Offaly's five-minute final of 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bceb42XNhOM
I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
I was on the Hill for that and two Offaly buckos of about 35-40 years of age standing beside me left with about 15 minutes to go, they were more interested in getting their feed of pints into them. Reminds me of a bit in the book Kings of September where the future Offaly footballer Sean Grennan was at the 1982 football final with his mother and the mother decided to leave with ten minutes left. They drove to a relative's house in Balbriggan and only found out Offaly had won when they got there. I can never understand why people leave an All-Ireland final, or indeed any match, if the outcome is in any way in doubt. The only time I ever left a Dublin championship match early was the time in 2009 when Kerry steamrolled us, and I slunk away with about seven or eight minutes left, it was too much to endure.
Billy Dooley absolutely bolloxed, finds himself with no one near him 30 yards out and could barely manage to hit the ball over the bar but he did.
That one probably haunted Limerick for decades even though they lost again in 96 against 14 man Wexford.
2018 wiped out all past regrets. It's amazing what an all Ireland win can do.
That took over 20 years to come and considering the team that won three U21's with Dave Kean at the helm in the 00's failed to get over the line when they really should have done so I'd say that millstone weighted heavy around Limerick necks.
From a Cavan point of view, versus Down in 2004. Down were 2 10 to 0 9 up with around 15 to go. Larry Reilly was sent off too. Then Dermot McCabe on one leg inspired a comeback and Cavan won 3 13 to 2 12. I remember wanting to leave but the driver refused.
I remember that game too Mrdeeds, not as fondly as you though lol.
Quote from: johnnycool on May 07, 2020, 03:38:23 PM
Quote from: seafoid on May 07, 2020, 02:12:15 PM
Quote from: johnnycool on May 07, 2020, 09:10:11 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on May 07, 2020, 12:53:44 AM
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on May 06, 2020, 06:45:09 PM
There's the obvious one, Offaly's five-minute final of 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bceb42XNhOM
I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
I was on the Hill for that and two Offaly buckos of about 35-40 years of age standing beside me left with about 15 minutes to go, they were more interested in getting their feed of pints into them. Reminds me of a bit in the book Kings of September where the future Offaly footballer Sean Grennan was at the 1982 football final with his mother and the mother decided to leave with ten minutes left. They drove to a relative's house in Balbriggan and only found out Offaly had won when they got there. I can never understand why people leave an All-Ireland final, or indeed any match, if the outcome is in any way in doubt. The only time I ever left a Dublin championship match early was the time in 2009 when Kerry steamrolled us, and I slunk away with about seven or eight minutes left, it was too much to endure.
Billy Dooley absolutely bolloxed, finds himself with no one near him 30 yards out and could barely manage to hit the ball over the bar but he did.
That one probably haunted Limerick for decades even though they lost again in 96 against 14 man Wexford.
2018 wiped out all past regrets. It's amazing what an all Ireland win can do.
That took over 20 years to come and considering the team that won three U21's with Dave Kean at the helm in the 00's failed to get over the line when they really should have done so I'd say that millstone weighted heavy around Limerick necks.
3 u21s? We won about 7 with nothing at senior level.
I would often think about the near misses. But the worst feeling was when Clare,the hoors, won in 2013, the year we were supposed to finish the job started the year before.
Winning in 2017 wiped the slate clean. Hurling all Irelands reach the parts other finals can't.
https://youtu.be/GsroSBEAieA
Quote from: RandyDupree on May 07, 2020, 11:31:19 PM
https://youtu.be/GsroSBEAieA
Number 12 for Armagh - McKenna must have taken 12 steps for his goal?
Just thinking, in the last few years, Armagh supporters were guaranteed some rousing comebacks, mainly by their opponents, as they developed a great habit of blowing good leads with 10 minutes to go in both league and Championship.
- Draw (FT) v Down, 2019 Championship (5pt lead)
- Draw v Clare, 2019 League (4pt lead)
- Draw v Kildare, 2019 League (5pt lead)
- Draw v Sligo, 2017 League (5 pt lead)
- Loss v Laois, 2017 League (5pt lead)
They also hung on to beat Longford by 2 points in the 2017 league after leading by eight with Longford scoring 3 goals. Tipperary also scored 3 goals in the last round of the league that same year to comeback and beat Armagh by a point. In this year's league, they managed to blow an 8 point half-time lead in Mullingar and finished up having to scrape a draw with a last minute Jamie Clarke goal.
Maybe its not that unusual. I know Cavan had a great comeback win in Breffni this year against Westmeath in the league. However, even with a 10pt lead, over the last couple of years, you wouldn't have been certain of an Armagh win till the final whistle.
1998 All Ireland Club Championship semi-final Castlehaven (Cork) v Erins Isle (Dublin) in Thurles.
Castlehaven had completely outplayed Erins Isle and were 5 points in front with 1 min left of normal time. Isles were down to 14 men and Castlehaven fans were waiting on the sidelines to run in and celebrate.... Isles scored 2 goals in injury time and won by 1 point.
I can still remember it today as one of the great days out. The bitterness of the Castlehaven fans day was something I haven't forgotten either
Quote from: dublin7 on May 08, 2020, 12:07:33 PM
1998 All Ireland Club Championship semi-final Castlehaven (Cork) v Erins Isle (Dublin) in Thurles.
Castlehaven had completely outplayed Erins Isle and were 5 points in front with 1 min left of normal time. Isles were down to 14 men and Castlehaven fans were waiting on the sidelines to run in and celebrate.... Isles scored 2 goals in injury time and won by 1 point.
I can still remember it today as one of the great days out. The bitterness of the Castlehaven fans day was something I haven't forgotten either
Charlie was the man sent off, right? Suspended for the final then. Corofin the big winners from that comeback!
Kilkenny in the 2012 hurling final first day out. They were supreme at reeling in pretenders thanks to their superior work rate
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Quote from: dublin7 on May 08, 2020, 12:07:33 PM
1998 All Ireland Club Championship semi-final Castlehaven (Cork) v Erins Isle (Dublin) in Thurles.
Castlehaven had completely outplayed Erins Isle and were 5 points in front with 1 min left of normal time. Isles were down to 14 men and Castlehaven fans were waiting on the sidelines to run in and celebrate.... Isles scored 2 goals in injury time and won by 1 point.
I can still remember it today as one of the great days out. The bitterness of the Castlehaven fans day was something I haven't forgotten either
Charlie was the man sent off, right? Suspended for the final then. Corofin the big winners from that comeback!
That was him alright. Joke of a decision by the ref. Turned out to be his last ever game. Retired after the final having retired from the dubs the previous year.
Quote from: APM on May 06, 2020, 11:01:48 PM
Quote from: naka on May 06, 2020, 08:59:57 PM
Quote from: dec on May 06, 2020, 08:10:54 PM
An almost great comeback, Armagh v Galway 2001
Galway led 0-12 to 0-5, Armagh scored 7 points in a row, but then a Michael Donnellan interception set up a Galway win.
https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/the-point-that-left-armaghs-year-marooned-26066107.html
Always have a smile at that game,
Was just married.
My father in law A big down man had just lost his leg From diabetes and I was driving him to Westport for the family holiday. Game was live on rye and he deliberately wouldn't stop as he wanted to get to Westport.
We arrived just as Armagh were coming back and he couldn't remember the house number
As soon as Galway went ahead he remembered it.
Poor man died shortly after it but he enjoyed seeing me get thicker And thicker as I couldn't get watching the game.
Enjoyed that!
Another one which comes to mind, unfortunately, is the Tyrone comeback against Armagh in 1989 in Omagh. As far as I remember, Armagh were 8 pts up at half time and Tyrone came back to win by 1. That second half was hard work.
Yep, 2-6 to 0-4 at HT. I remember it well.
Mark Grimley was catching everything at midfield that day. Next thing, he caught one, stumbled, and fisted it back to a defender, but the ball went over his head to a Tyrone man. They went straight up the pitch and got a goal, and the game turned.
Was that the match with the tunnel incident between lynch and grimley(s)?
Quote from: imtommygunn on May 08, 2020, 06:44:03 PM
Was that the match with the tunnel incident between lynch and grimley(s)?
Yeah, that's the one.
Quote from: BennyCake on May 08, 2020, 06:54:56 PM
Quote from: imtommygunn on May 08, 2020, 06:44:03 PM
Was that the match with the tunnel incident between lynch and grimley(s)?
Yeah, that's the one.
Im a bit vague on that.... didnt one of them blind side Lynch and he came back out with a massive shinner?
I was at that. I don't know what happened but I think lynch came out with a bandage on and there was blood iirc.
I thought Lynch was subbed at half time, and didn't feature in second half?
Quote from: omaghjoe on May 08, 2020, 07:00:10 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on May 08, 2020, 06:54:56 PM
Quote from: imtommygunn on May 08, 2020, 06:44:03 PM
Was that the match with the tunnel incident between lynch and grimley(s)?
Yeah, that's the one.
Im a bit vague on that.... didnt one of them blind side Lynch and he came back out with a massive shinner?
Was Eugene McKenna not the man who gave him the shiner ?
A slightly different comeback. In the 2010 Leinster minor football championship Offaly beat Longford by 22 points in the first round. Longford regrouped and eventually won their into the Leinster final via the back door. Pitted against Offaly again, Longford won the final by 6 points.
Quote from: sid waddell on May 07, 2020, 12:53:44 AM
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on May 06, 2020, 06:45:09 PM
There's the obvious one, Offaly's five-minute final of 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bceb42XNhOM
I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
I was on the Hill for that and two Offaly buckos of about 35-40 years of age standing beside me left with about 15 minutes to go, they were more interested in getting their feed of pints into them. Reminds me of a bit in the book Kings of September where the future Offaly footballer Sean Grennan was at the 1982 football final with his mother and the mother decided to leave with ten minutes left. They drove to a relative's house in Balbriggan and only found out Offaly had won when they got there. I can never understand why people leave an All-Ireland final, or indeed any match, if the outcome is in any way in doubt.
Yes, some buckos drove all the way back to Offaly thinking that Limerick had won it only to find out the result.
(https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/219/613/2fadbe25-eaaa-42b7-8bf6-a8ec8684655a.gif)
There are tales of Limerick folk making similar premature evacuations from Croke Park. One was puzzled why the Limerick captain would swap jersies before accepting the cup when he caught a glimpse of the presentation walking by a pub window.
Quote from: Bord na Mona man on May 10, 2020, 10:54:45 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on May 07, 2020, 12:53:44 AM
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on May 06, 2020, 06:45:09 PM
There's the obvious one, Offaly's five-minute final of 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bceb42XNhOM
I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
I was on the Hill for that and two Offaly buckos of about 35-40 years of age standing beside me left with about 15 minutes to go, they were more interested in getting their feed of pints into them. Reminds me of a bit in the book Kings of September where the future Offaly footballer Sean Grennan was at the 1982 football final with his mother and the mother decided to leave with ten minutes left. They drove to a relative's house in Balbriggan and only found out Offaly had won when they got there. I can never understand why people leave an All-Ireland final, or indeed any match, if the outcome is in any way in doubt.
Yes, some buckos drove all the way back to Offaly thinking that Limerick had won it only to find out the result.
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/219/613/2fadbe25-eaaa-42b7-8bf6-a8ec8684655a.gif
There are tales of Limerick folk making similar premature evacuations from Croke Park. One was puzzled why the Limerick captain would swap jersies before accepting the cup when he caught a glimpse of the presentation walking by a pub window.
You'd feel like an awful tit though if you left a final early and then your team came back to win. Wasn't there a few Liverpool supporters who left at half-time in Istanbul in 2005?
Worse was the video of the City fan interviewed after the Spurs CL QF, who had left before the Sterling 'goal' was disallowed by VAR, and was under the impression that they'd won.
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Quote from: Bord na Mona man on May 10, 2020, 10:54:45 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on May 07, 2020, 12:53:44 AM
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on May 06, 2020, 06:45:09 PM
There's the obvious one, Offaly's five-minute final of 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bceb42XNhOM
I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
I was on the Hill for that and two Offaly buckos of about 35-40 years of age standing beside me left with about 15 minutes to go, they were more interested in getting their feed of pints into them. Reminds me of a bit in the book Kings of September where the future Offaly footballer Sean Grennan was at the 1982 football final with his mother and the mother decided to leave with ten minutes left. They drove to a relative's house in Balbriggan and only found out Offaly had won when they got there. I can never understand why people leave an All-Ireland final, or indeed any match, if the outcome is in any way in doubt.
Yes, some buckos drove all the way back to Offaly thinking that Limerick had won it only to find out the result.
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/219/613/2fadbe25-eaaa-42b7-8bf6-a8ec8684655a.gif
There are tales of Limerick folk making similar premature evacuations from Croke Park. One was puzzled why the Limerick captain would swap jersies before accepting the cup when he caught a glimpse of the presentation walking by a pub window.
You'd feel like an awful tit though if you left a final early and then your team came back to win. Wasn't there a few Liverpool supporters who left at half-time in Istanbul in 2005?
A mate of mine left the ethiad when City were 2-1 against QPR in 2012, just out the gate when it went 2-2 and the stewards wouldn't let him back in.
Played in a crazy one myself. 1995 IFC semi final. Red hot favourites but trailed 0-1 to 3-2 after 20 minutes. Won 0-15 to 3-3.
Some eejit booked a hotel and had to come back a week later.
Quote from: Ambrose on May 15, 2020, 09:43:09 PM
Some eejit booked a hotel and had to come back a week later.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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There's the obvious one, Offaly's five-minute final of 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bceb42XNhOM
I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
I was on the Hill for that and two Offaly buckos of about 35-40 years of age standing beside me left with about 15 minutes to go, they were more interested in getting their feed of pints into them. Reminds me of a bit in the book Kings of September where the future Offaly footballer Sean Grennan was at the 1982 football final with his mother and the mother decided to leave with ten minutes left. They drove to a relative's house in Balbriggan and only found out Offaly had won when they got there. I can never understand why people leave an All-Ireland final, or indeed any match, if the outcome is in any way in doubt.
Yes, some buckos drove all the way back to Offaly thinking that Limerick had won it only to find out the result.
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/219/613/2fadbe25-eaaa-42b7-8bf6-a8ec8684655a.gif
There are tales of Limerick folk making similar premature evacuations from Croke Park. One was puzzled why the Limerick captain would swap jersies before accepting the cup when he caught a glimpse of the presentation walking by a pub window.
You'd feel like an awful tit though if you left a final early and then your team came back to win. Wasn't there a few Liverpool supporters who left at half-time in Istanbul in 2005?
A mate of mine left the ethiad when City were 2-1 against QPR in 2012, just out the gate when it went 2-2 and the stewards wouldn't let him back in.
I remember George Best saying he missed Utd's comeback against Bayern Munich in the champions league final. Left with a few minutes to go when they were 1 down thinking they gone and lucky to only lose 1 nil. Heard the cheer for the equaliser just as he was leving the stadium and was in the lift going back up to his seat when he heard the roar as the 2nd went in.
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Quote from: Ambrose on May 15, 2020, 09:43:09 PM
Some eejit booked a hotel and had to come back a week later.
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That deserves being revisited given the current situation....we could do with some light entertainment if anyone has the thread saved....