Any good tidbits or interesting records out there?
I'll start - Jimmy Murray is the only man to captain his county in five senior football All-Ireland finals.
Sligo are I'd imagine the only county to have qualified for All Ireland football and National Football League finals but never to have played in any final in either.
Willie/Billy Goodison of Wexford was the only ever married man to play in a Leinster Minor Final (Football).
Vin Baston (Waterford) refereed the 1945 hurling final prior to playing on the winning team of 1948.
Quote from: Don Corleone on July 15, 2014, 10:38:07 PM
Willie/Billy Goodison of Wexford was the only ever married man to play in a Leinster Minor Final (Football).
Vin Baston (Waterford) refereed the 1945 hurling final prior to playing on the winning team of 1948.
Now that's miscellany!
Quote from: Don Corleone on July 15, 2014, 10:38:07 PM
Willie/Billy Goodison of Wexford was the only ever married man to play in a Leinster Minor Final (Football).
Vin Baston (Waterford) refereed the 1945 hurling final prior to playing on the winning team of 1948.
His son Marco scored a great goal in 1988.
Quote from: muppet on July 15, 2014, 11:37:58 PM
Quote from: Don Corleone on July 15, 2014, 10:38:07 PM
Willie/Billy Goodison of Wexford was the only ever married man to play in a Leinster Minor Final (Football).
Vin Baston (Waterford) refereed the 1945 hurling final prior to playing on the winning team of 1948.
His son Marco scored a great goal in 1988.
Brill ;D
Quote from: Owenmoresider on July 15, 2014, 08:02:56 PM
Sligo are I'd imagine the only county to have qualified for All Ireland football and National Football League finals but never to have played in any final in either.
Eh?
Apparently, Matt Gallagher never kicked the ball in the 1992 All Ireland final, despite playing the full match.
Nothing unique in that. Some Mayo players have achieved the same feat in several finals.!! ;D
Quote from: Shrewdness on July 16, 2014, 08:12:39 AM
Nothing unique in that. Some Mayo players have achieved the same feat in several finals.!! ;D
I think Francie Bellew is unlikely to have kicked a ball in his entire 'footballing' career.
Jim Gavin won six Cumann na mBunscoil finals - only person to do so afaik
Quote from: Shrewdness on July 16, 2014, 08:12:39 AM
Nothing unique in that. Some Mayo players have achieved the same feat in several finals.!! ;D
Hardly a major stat. Most defenders now never kick balls. In fact, bar kicking for a score you don't see much kicking from certain teams.
Quote from: ck on July 16, 2014, 09:15:40 AM
Quote from: Shrewdness on July 16, 2014, 08:12:39 AM
Nothing unique in that. Some Mayo players have achieved the same feat in several finals.!! ;D
Hardly a major stat. Most defenders now never kick balls. In fact, bar kicking for a score you don't see much kicking from certain teams.
Kevin Reilly kicks the ball a lot.
A bit too often actually.
No player scored in all three All Ireland finals in the 00s for Tyrone but one player scored in three All Ireland finals for Tyrone.
Quote from: ONeill on July 16, 2014, 10:01:43 AM
No player scored in all three All Ireland finals in the 00s for Tyrone but one player scored in three All Ireland finals for Tyrone.
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Big Sean?
If you meant putting the ball betwixt the posts, PTG.
Quote from: ck on July 16, 2014, 09:15:40 AM
Quote from: Shrewdness on July 16, 2014, 08:12:39 AM
Nothing unique in that. Some Mayo players have achieved the same feat in several finals.!! ;D
Hardly a major stat. Most defenders now never kick balls. In fact, bar kicking for a score you don't see much kicking from certain teams.
Very true. John Keane won an all-star in 2004 having only kicked the ball twice in his 6 games.
Quote from: muppet on July 16, 2014, 10:04:31 AM
Quote from: ONeill on July 16, 2014, 10:01:43 AM
No player scored in all three All Ireland finals in the 00s for Tyrone but one player scored in three All Ireland finals for Tyrone.
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Big Sean?
If you meant putting the ball betwixt the posts, PTG.
I'll go for Dooher on this one.
What about club teams that play in a neighbouring county?
How many of these are true:
Tubber (Offaly) play in Westmeath
Shinrone (offaly) play in Tipp
Riverstown (Tipp) play in Offaly
Graiguecullen (Laois) play in Carlow
Ballinabrackey (Westmeath) play in Offaly
Ballaghdereen (Mayo) play in Galway
Quote from: ONeill on July 16, 2014, 10:53:32 AM
What about club teams that play in a neighbouring county?
How many of these are true:
Tubber (Offaly) play in Westmeath
Shinrone (offaly) play in Tipp
Riverstown (Tipp) play in Offaly
Graiguecullen (Laois) play in Carlow
Ballinabrackey (Westmeath) play in Offaly
Ballaghdereen (Mayo) play in Galway
No need to take the urine altogether ;D
Jim Milligan from Dunsford was the first player to wear contact lenses in an All Ireland Final. V Kerry 1968
The Mayo county song, 'Moonlight In Mayo', includes the lyrics:
I have to block out thoughts of you so I don't lose my head
They crawl in like a cockroach leaving babies in my bed
and many associate 'you' with Sam Maguire.
Recently, there have been calls to revert to their previous song - 'Fields of Athenry'.
two future internationals Gavin Duffy (rugby) and Damien Delaney (soccer) marked each other in the 1999 minor semi final cork v mayo.
Quote from: Rossfan on July 16, 2014, 10:56:43 AM
Quote from: ONeill on July 16, 2014, 10:53:32 AM
What about club teams that play in a neighbouring county?
How many of these are true:
Tubber (Offaly) play in Westmeath
Shinrone (offaly) play in Tipp
Riverstown (Tipp) play in Offaly
Graiguecullen (Laois) play in Carlow
Ballinabrackey (Westmeath) play in Offaly
Ballaghdereen (Mayo) play in Galway
No need to take the urine altogether ;D
Tubber play in Offaly (Ciaran McManus' club)
Shinrone play in Offaly
Riverstown are joined with Carrig to form Carrig and Riverstown, and yes they play in Offaly. Some bishop swapped Moneygall and Riverstown, so Riverstown hurl with Carrig in Offaly, and Moneygall play in Tipp. So while Barrack Obama is an Offaly man, he'd actually hurl for Tipp.
Ballinabrackey play in Meath I think.
Quote from: ONeill on July 16, 2014, 10:53:32 AM
What about club teams that play in a neighbouring county?
How many of these are true:
Graiguecullen (Laois) play in Carlow
Part of Graiguecullen is in Carlow, the majority of the parish is in Laois. They began their football existence in Laois but because of distance issues competed in Carlow for about 25 years up to and including the C/Final of 1926 which was marred by unruly scenes :-X They then relocated once again to Laois and have remained there since. So to answer the initial query,
it's a no on this one.
Quote from: Don Corleone on July 16, 2014, 03:51:42 PM
Quote from: ONeill on July 16, 2014, 10:53:32 AM
What about club teams that play in a neighbouring county?
How many of these are true:
Graiguecullen (Laois) play in Carlow
Part of Graiguecullen is in Carlow, the majority of the parish is in Laois. They began their football existence in Laois but because of distance issues competed in Carlow for about 25 years up to and including the C/Final of 1926 which was marred by unruly scenes :-X They then relocated once again to Laois and have remained there since. So to answer the initial query,
it's a no on this one.
Same for Castleconnor part of which is in Mayo but the majority is in Sligo but there story is intertwined with Ballaghdreen as in all of Castleconnor , Bonniconlon , Ardnaree and the Quay ( crocketstown) were in Co. Sligo when Ballagh was in Mayo. When Dillion got a cheaper deal of the Rossie co co and moved Ballagh into that administration, Bonniconlon , Ardnaree , the Quay and part of Castleconnor was moved into Mayo from Sligo. Castleconnor stayed in Sligo but there are some (neighbours of mine) Mayo people who have played Sligo county championship hailing from the Mayo part of the parish!!
A Longford player in the 60s, acting as a banger for a club in Sligo, got called up to the Sligo team to play Longford in a League match.
He was picked as a half fwd on the Sligo team and, as he was already a half back on the Longford team, he was down to mark himself.
True story - or so I am told.
Another tale from the bicycle days - a Ros club was knocked out early on in the Championship so about 6 of them joined up with 2 clubs in a neighbouring County no doubt using the names of lads who'd emigrated.
In those days there was usually only one Championship game per week.
Of course the 2 clubs got to their County Final..........
So unlikely it's probably true.
Wasn't Christy Ring playing as a ringer on a UCC Fitzgibbon team and the lad he was marking asked what he was studying and he said "sums".
Quote from: hardstation on July 16, 2014, 10:03:28 AM
No Antrim player has scored in an AI final in ages.
I know last years U21 final wasn't pretty, but I'm sure you registered a score or two.
no that was a footballer from kerry
and when asked what kinda of sum he says 'Hard sums'
True story My daddy told it to me when i was 6
Socrates told me that same story.
He was some man for the stories.