2016 Leinster Football Championship

[seafoid]

Kildare don't do the whole 'home and away' thing in the Leinster football championship.

Should Wexford not have home advantage with it being a quarter final?

21 years since Kildare last had a home Leinster Championship match.

Newbridge was a kip in 2006 when they planned to revamp it and then the economy went tits up 2 years later

[Jinxy]

Pairc Tailteann is the spiritual home of Leinster football.
We'd be happy to let the flourbags use it every other weekend if they throw us a few bob.

[Dinny Breen]

Expect the smallest Kildare in living memory in CP today thanks in no small part to Corporate GAA. 5 15pm throw in, with the two biggest sporting occasions of the day the Guineas and the Irish Open both on in Kildare. Throw in the apathy that still exists after a purposeful but not particularly dynamic league campaign, no promotion/hype and TWENTY FIVE quid a ticket and minors playing at home today as well. I remember Kildare/Meath playing a Sat evening game in front of close to 30k if there is 15k for this double header I would be surprised.


Also not fair to any of the teams involved today that these games were brought forward a week because of a concert.

As for the game, it will be open and high scoring the perfect antidote to the drudgery of Ulster football. Kildare by 5.

[LilySavage]

Location is perfect..middle of the town. Ground not great but a good atmosphere always. Will be f**k all this evening in Croker. Poor decision to play in Croker. Carlow, Portlaoise, Wexfor Park, Nowlan Park would have been preferable to both. Also if they were gonna have it Croker, why not have it on tmoro rather than a Saturday.

[Rossfan]

If a concert takes precedence over games then Carlow or Kilkenny was the ideal venue for these 2 games.
Presumably the first priority was to have a Dublin Corporate event to make up for moving their footballers for the first time in 10 years.

[Donnellys Hollow]

It was a great occasion the last time we played Wexford in 2009 on a Saturday evening down in Carlow. Crazy decision to bring this up to Croke Park.

[twohands!!!]

Nearly a goal from the throw-in for Wexford but they have to settle for a point after 15-20 seconds.

Slippy pitch.

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Wide for Kildare going for a point

2nd wide for Kildare.

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Very small crowd.

Another attempt by Kildare going wide but kept in by Masterson in the Wexford goal.

Scrappy enough sounding stuff from both sides so far.

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Free from distance from Wexford hits the post but Kildare win the ball and clear it.

Fair few frees early on - one to Kildare now and N Flynn converts to level it one a piece after 7 minute.

Flynn from play after  a good ball from Feeley.

Kildare 0-2 Wexford 0-1 8 minutes.

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Alan Smith with his 2nd wide/Kildare's 3rd.

Kildare creating more chances so far.

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Yellow for Kevin Feeley. Sounded like a very poor foul.

Wexford wide from play.

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Morgan O'Flaherty point from play to make it Kildare 0-3 Wexford 0-1.

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Ciaran Lyng with another wide for Wexford from a tight angle.

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Ben Brosnan with a wide for Wexford.

Ollie Lyons from play to make it Kildare 0-4 Wexford 0-1 16 minutes.

Wexford would want to start getting a score or two or they could find a serious gap beginning to open.

[twohands!!!]

Sounds like Eoin Doyle is injured again.

Cribbin hits a wide from a long way out.

Wexford setting up with 8 backs.

Cheap foul to give a difficult free to Wexford which they convert.

Kildare 0-4 Wexford 0-2  21 minutes.