I got a copy of this in the post a few weeks back and only got to reading it last night. The 2 GAA moments chosen were in hurling DJ Careys famous point in the 02 AIF and for football it's Peter The Great coming back on with 7 mins to go in the 03 AIF to lift Sam! Might not be everyones choice but it's nice to see 2 of the greatest players our generation has had the pleasure of watching getting the recognition they deserve.
They were great moments ok - but were they really the greatest ?
As with any list favouritism goes to recent memories. For GAA Seamus Darby stopping five in a row has to be the standout one for the last 40 years.
What about Offaly coming back to beat Limerick in AI final after being 7 down with a few minutes to go ? I'm from Tyrone and with all due respect to the moment it was a free kick that was scored from the same position mant times - ok it was significant but was it really the best moment in history ? Personally I don't think so.
Ciaran Mc Donalds winning point for Mayo in the all ireland semi final against the Dubs but maybe im just being biased. ;D
You're definitely biased !
From a personal view point,my favourite memory is Neil Collins saving a Charlie Redmond penalty in the 1994 AIF @ the Hill 16 end :)
Darby's goal has to be the football highlight.
personally, i loved clare winning the all ireland in 95, mad eejits that the bachelor men were.
There is only one candidate for greatest GAA moment of all time.
It was the first big GAA game on a Saturday.
It was the biggest attendance ever at a first round tie.
It put the scorer's team level on aggregate score after five hours and nearly 40 minutes of football.
It cemented the GAA in the leadership position in Irish sport, (burying the olé-olé front which had been strutting through Euro-88 and Italia 90) from where it has gone from strength to strength.
It was the scorer's only goal ever in his competitive career.
It was followed by the greatest ever non-celebration of a goal - true GAA style.
It was a great goal, resulting from a twelve-man move originating on the other end line, not a lucky swing, resulting from a foul. :P
I give you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUGn3E5quf4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUGn3E5quf4)
QuoteIt was a great goal, resulting from a twelve-man move originating on the other end line, not a lucky swing, resulting from a foul
Jaysus Hardy not again - You forgot to mention that O'Rourke dived as well
Johnny McGurk point in the final minutes of the '93 AI semi-final against the dubs.
Derry v Down 1994.
Ok two moments involving Derry, but how could you argue against either of these.
To be fair to you Hardy, I couldn't disagree - that was a great moment ok -
Quote from: Declan on November 19, 2007, 12:42:57 PM
QuoteIt was a great goal, resulting from a twelve-man move originating on the other end line, not a lucky swing, resulting from a foul
Jaysus Hardy not again - You forgot to mention that O'Rourke dived as well
I try to mention it as often as possible. I'll be back!
I don't think O'Rourke had much chance of staying upright, seeing as he was trying to stop and Mick Kennedy was running into his back at 20 mph! And why would he dive on the 65 metre line when we needed a goal and when it would interrupt a well-planned move, perfected on the training pitch and held in reserve until this precise moment, with Foley already on his way forward, as planned? ;)
Quote from: Hardy on November 19, 2007, 11:07:09 AM
It was followed by the greatest ever non-celebration of a goal - true GAA style.
I like the slap on the head he gets from Staff, its as if to say, what you doing up this end of the field ya lug!! get back and defend, good goal by the way.........!!
For me the greatest moment while as great as that was, Ollie Murphy's goal vs Westmeath at the death in 2001, 9 points down at half-time to comeback and pull an outragous goal out of no-where, to level it. He was falling over and still managed to put it in the top corner. It seems to be over looked but for me it was like watching a miracle.
Quote from: thejuice on November 19, 2007, 04:58:40 PM
Quote from: Hardy on November 19, 2007, 11:07:09 AM
It was followed by the greatest ever non-celebration of a goal - true GAA style.
I like the slap on the head he gets from Staff, its as if to say, what you doing up this end of the field ya lug!! get back and defend, good goal by the way.........!!
For me the greatest moment while as great as that was, Ollie Murphy's goal vs Westmeath at the death in 2001, 9 points down at half-time to comeback and pull an outragous goal out of no-where, to level it. He was falling over and still managed to put it in the top corner. It seems to be over looked but for me it was like watching a miracle.
I could barely raise a whisper for a couple of days after that game.
Same here - one of the many great comebacks. But I think my favourite of all the comebacks was GG's goal against Louth in Navan in the qualifier. Ollie was involved in that one two. What made it great was that we only needed the point to draw. It was clearly going to be the last play of the match, after being about five points down in the last minute of normal time. Ollie runs along the end line and picks out Geraghty about 12-14 yards out, surrounded by Louth defenders. A cheer goes up from crowd - we all know he'll box it over for the equaliser. Only GG would have seen the opening for the goal and definitely only he would have gone for it and risked missing it - "feck the draw - I'm going to finish it now". Low and hard through a crowd of players into the bottom corner. Genius.
I have never seen a group of supporters as crestfallen as the Louth people that day. You'd nearly have felt sorry for them. Nearly.
Surely Michael Donnellan running from one end of the pitch to the other without mouthing off or hitting anyone (particularly the referee) is the greatest gaa moment of all time. Sure didn't the great rte viewing public vote it no 1? ;D
LE - I know you have every reason to remember it well :P, but I think you're remembering Ollie Murphy being close to the line. As I remember it, Trevor Giles caught a long ball about 50 metres out from the hospital end, in the centre and delivered a good foot pass to Ollie in the right corner. Ollie ran in along the end line and you're right - as I remember it, there was ample opportunity to put him over the line. However, Ollie could be very elusive and he managed to find Graham in front of the goals and the rest, as they say, is hysteria.
It was a heavy blow to Louth people all right. One memory that illustrates it. I walked into a pub in Drogheda later that night, to be greeted by a man I know, a mild-mannered schoolteacher as "you f*****g lousy Meath b****x"!