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Ah Colm Mac.  What a great player. Didn't he have a stint with some Ozzie outfit.

I remember seeing him shoulder some young fella at under age-almost sent him out of the Park. I think he got a lot of hois strength from the mullet he used to sport as a teenager

If its the corner forward I'm thinking of he developed a serious back injury and only played for a couple more seasons-is there more to the story?

Wow-willie nally-wonder if that game is online anywhere. That was unbelievable! 

In the flesh I'd say Brogan was the best player I ever saw playing. Gerry Geraghty always reminded me of a Dermot Earley SR type of player-I saw him playing for McBrides out in Chicago in the mid 90s and he was still class.

Mark Butler-what ever happened him? The oul fella gave him a lift (yeah people used to thumb lifts back in the 80s) and I think he regretted ever getting in the car with the grilling he got.

Peter Butler-great heart and strength, fantastic reader of the game-butslow as Christmas. I saw him playing a game out in Parke (probably the biggest pitch in Mayo) against a speed merchant and he got cleaned.

Ronan Golding-I thought they called him the goose.I think it was martin carney who stated he was the most talented minor he had aver seen play for Mayo. Had beers with him in Boston a few years ago-great craic altogether.

So heres my 3 (of the past 20years)

Willie Joe (for heart)

Macdonald (for brilliance)

Mchale (for athleticism)

The Achill pitch is on some setting

Wasnt here a second pitch in Achill called the Sandybanks? Great place for a kelly cup game in March-NOT

Glenisland, outside Castlebar-3rd field from the bottom is a pitch-probably a community pitch rather than an Islandeady pitch. (I was taking a picture of the muntain not the pitch in case you were wondering)

I'm guessing Mayo 5-01 Meath 0-16. Neither team to score in extra time. Kerry given a walk over.

Wow what a coincidence-I was just talking to someone today about the Mayo minors of 1986. Maybe someone can correct me, but did they not score 5-00 against Sligo in a replay that year

1993-Cork scored 5-22 against Mayo in the Si Semi Final

1994-Mayo get beaten by Letrim in the Connaught Final

1996-Mayo are one hop of a ball away from lifting Sam.

I spoke to a bunch of Dubs and they think it will take 5 years to rebuild. Bollix-get a few new players and the right manager and you might be in with a shout next year. 

Dont stop believin.................

Forget about 1996-what about the 1988 semi final. That was complete robbery!

Me on me first trip up to the big Shmoke almost of drinking age, loaded, roaring and shouting. I think I lost my voice for a month

McHale scored a perfectly legit goal and the ref disallowed it for square ball (me arse). I think we would have won if it had stood

(note feeble attempt to distract myself from the pain of 1996)

I just couldnt resist. 99% of Dubs are sound, but I just hate bullies and love to see them get their comeuppance!

Most of the current Mayo team were still in National School (if even) in 1996. Painful as it was/is-it needs to be let go. .  Meath got a couple of unlucky breaks against Dublin-they got a few lucky ones yeatsrday-thats how it goes
We play them next week-its 15 against 15. Form up until now counts for nothing-its all about execution and adaptation on the day.

We had our chance in 1996 and we didnt take it-pure and simple. The best team doesnt always win, the team that plays the most attractive football doesnt always win, the team with the best players doesnt always win-the team with the bigger score on the scoreboard wins!

How you get there-well thats up to you

The Hyde-CF 1985. I was sitting level with Sean Lowry wehen he let fly and put the nail in the coffin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dxxEVtNI6s

Take nothing for ganted--Meath almost beat Dublin and Limerick almost beat Cork.   Complacency is our biggest enemy.  Look at how both Sligo and Antrim put it up to Kerry--it all comes down to what happens on the day-a good (or bad) bounce, a referees decision, a mistake, a missed chance.

The Championship begins now-all previous form counts for nought!

Jimmy Burkes goal vs. the Rossies, 1989 Connaught Final replay


min 6.56

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JseW7Haq9Gc

This match means absolutely nothing!!!!!!!!!!


Look what happened last year:

Dublin hammered Wexford, then got hammered by Tyrone.

Wexford got hammered by Dublin-then almost beat Tyrone.

My dislike of Rossies stems from the 1989 Connaught Final Replay. One of their players (if you want to call him that) almost took Jimmy Browns head off with an elbow. Brown was knocked out cold and while he was getting treatment on the pitch (before being stretchered off) the Rossies all around us were shouting things such as "good enough for the cvnt" "you didn't hit the cvnt half hard enough". It wasn't just kids either-men, women and children were joining in.

Never before or since, have I watched a match surrounded by such Barbarians!

Dubs still on course, hype dead as a door nail, expectations ratcheted down-hmmmmm. Methinks Gilroy may be onto something. 

When Mayo "almost" won the AI in 1996, they were nearly beat by London in the first round!

http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/Mayo/News/ConnTel/96Jun/96Jun05/GAA.htm