Post your misty-eyed nostalgia, anecdotes & acts of violence here. :)
If any Tyrone men are taking notes on how to tackle Dublin, here's some old school, manly corner back play, Offaly-style.
https://twitter.com/CappincurGAA/status/1029023412692369409 (https://twitter.com/CappincurGAA/status/1029023412692369409)
3 for the price of 1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc9VY7BKKCw
It's all pasta these days
https://youtu.be/SWB8mQ6k0rQ
I was listening to Cyril Farrell on Off The Ball a couple of weeks ago and he was describing the typical post-match/training feed the hurlers would have when he was over them.
I put on half a stone just listening to him. ;D
A massive feed of spuds, mash, chips etc. washed down with a pint of milk and a few dairy milks in the pocket for later.
Half time at club games half the players pulling out the Woodbines or Players No 6 and gathering in midfield for a smoke.
20 gossuns in the back of a Ford Fiesta off to a U14 match in the arsehole of nowhere
Cowshite and/or cows and/or thistles or buhalawns (aka ragworth) on the pitch.
Togging out in a cargo container.
If you were lucky!
Washing off the muck in a stream
Not able to see one end of the pitch from the other due to a hill or holla
Up the hill against the breeze for the 2nd half...
Just pass it to the 2 good lads
Now it's all systems even under 12
I would happily play away in a downpour, but I always hated playing into a strong wind for some reason.
https://twitter.com/DrunkFootbaIIer/status/1034856259680436224 (https://twitter.com/DrunkFootbaIIer/status/1034856259680436224)
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on August 30, 2018, 02:30:44 PM
Half time at club games half the players pulling out the Woodbines or Players No 6 and gathering in midfield for a smoke.
20 gossuns in the back of a Ford Fiesta off to a U14 match in the arsehole of nowhere
Cowshite and/or cows and/or thistles or buhalawns (aka ragworth) on the pitch.
Sounds like Casement. Maybe not that confined to the past!
Quote from: Itchy on August 30, 2018, 02:37:39 PM
Washing off the muck in a stream
Not able to see one end of the pitch from the other due to a hill or holla
Bad pitches. Yeah you get a few that are a bit dodgy in parts. But some of the pitches of 20 years ago were a sight to see. (Yes Castlederg I'm looking at you!!)
Anything Meath did before 1/1/2000 ;)
Yeah, you wouldn't get away with this kind of MANLINESS nowadays.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T24eXGRZKv4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T24eXGRZKv4)
When men took a hit and got on with it, it's so f**king personal now, and bitching! Christ the night!
Quote from: Jinxy on August 30, 2018, 05:09:08 PM
Yeah, you wouldn't get away with this kind of MANLINESS nowadays.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T24eXGRZKv4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T24eXGRZKv4)
Harsh sending off. Thought you had to knock a lad to get the line.
Quote from: Itchy on August 30, 2018, 06:10:34 PM
Quote from: Jinxy on August 30, 2018, 05:09:08 PM
Yeah, you wouldn't get away with this kind of MANLINESS nowadays.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T24eXGRZKv4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T24eXGRZKv4)
Harsh sending off. Thought you had to knock a lad to get the line.
30 years later most Meath footballers would be gone down before being hit
Locking the ref in the boot of a car.
Invading the pitch in croke park
Taking a sideline ball of the ground
A week drinking after winning a provincial
Driving from one end of the country to the other after a match, stopping in every pub on the way
Telling a hurler to take sideline cuts from the sideline
Telling a hurler one handed throws are not allowed
Refs enforcing rules in hurling
Quote from: Rossfan on August 30, 2018, 06:17:37 PM
Telling a hurler to take sideline cuts from the sideline
Telling a hurler one handed throws are not allowed
Refs enforcing rules in hurling
Inferiority complex much ;D
Getting stopped by the B Specials on the way home from training
Getting shot in the head by the British Army on your way to a match
Having your ground turned into a British Army base
The opening few seconds.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vode0lF9tX4&t=66s (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vode0lF9tX4&t=66s)
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on August 30, 2018, 08:28:58 PM
Quote from: Rossfan on August 30, 2018, 06:17:37 PM
Telling a hurler to take sideline cuts from the sideline
Telling a hurler one handed throws are not allowed
Refs enforcing rules in hurling
Inferiority complex much ;D
Accurate description of Intercounty hurling though ref isnt it
Aherlow making the breakthrough
https://youtu.be/_hA-75O7eUQ
Quote from: Orchard park on August 30, 2018, 08:40:10 PM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on August 30, 2018, 08:28:58 PM
Quote from: Rossfan on August 30, 2018, 06:17:37 PM
Telling a hurler to take sideline cuts from the sideline
Telling a hurler one handed throws are not allowed
Refs enforcing rules in hurling
Inferiority complex much ;D
Accurate description of Intercounty hurling though ref isnt it
The sidelines are something else....linesman watching as hurley player spends 90 seconds making a "tee" 18 inches or 2 feet inside the line.
Quote from: Rossfan on August 30, 2018, 09:38:57 PM
Quote from: Orchard park on August 30, 2018, 08:40:10 PM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on August 30, 2018, 08:28:58 PM
Quote from: Rossfan on August 30, 2018, 06:17:37 PM
Telling a hurler to take sideline cuts from the sideline
Telling a hurler one handed throws are not allowed
Refs enforcing rules in hurling
Inferiority complex much ;D
Accurate description of Intercounty hurling though ref isnt it
The sidelines are something else....linesman watching as hurley player spends 90 seconds making a "tee" 18 inches or 2 feet inside the line.
Sideline and tuffting the grass up is your problem? ;D ;D ;D
Wise up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vode0lF9tX4
A couple of assaults in the 1st 10 seconds before the ref blows for overcarrying ;D
Quote from: Boycey on August 31, 2018, 10:47:44 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vode0lF9tX4
A couple of assaults in the 1st 10 seconds before the ref blows for overcarrying ;D
I love the dig/slap in the face the lad got and the ref gave a hop ball and told the lad to get off the ground ya big girl!!
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on August 30, 2018, 02:30:44 PM
Half time at club games half the players pulling out the Woodbines or Players No 6 and gathering in midfield for a smoke.
20 gossuns in the back of a Ford Fiesta off to a U14 match in the arsehole of nowhere
Cowshite and/or cows and/or thistles or buhalawns (aka ragworth) on the pitch.
Benweed?
Quote from: Boycey on August 31, 2018, 10:47:44 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vode0lF9tX4
A couple of assaults in the 1st 10 seconds before the ref blows for overcarrying ;D
I wonder what the centre back said to yer man as he lay on the ground after the karate kick.
Quote from: LeoMc on August 31, 2018, 12:31:59 PM
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on August 30, 2018, 02:30:44 PM
Half time at club games half the players pulling out the Woodbines or Players No 6 and gathering in midfield for a smoke.
20 gossuns in the back of a Ford Fiesta off to a U14 match in the arsehole of nowhere
Cowshite and/or cows and/or thistles or buhalawns (aka ragworth) on the pitch.
Benweed?
I thin they're the same. The Irish for Ragwort is 'Buachalán buí' so in Longford it's known as buhalawns.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on August 31, 2018, 12:35:34 PM
Quote from: LeoMc on August 31, 2018, 12:31:59 PM
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on August 30, 2018, 02:30:44 PM
Half time at club games half the players pulling out the Woodbines or Players No 6 and gathering in midfield for a smoke.
20 gossuns in the back of a Ford Fiesta off to a U14 match in the arsehole of nowhere
Cowshite and/or cows and/or thistles or buhalawns (aka ragworth) on the pitch.
Benweed?
I thin they're the same. The Irish for Ragwort is 'Buachalán buí' so in Longford it's known as buhalawns.
20 gossoons in the back of a Fiesta is on the ball. Then stopping for icecream