If Mayo do it on Sunday I'd say the lads in Croker wont hold them back from getting on the field. Castlebar will be mad Monday night..then Ballina, Westport, etc....it'll be wild. Like us in 91 in the Buttercrane Carpark, on the piss for a week..94 dancing on the counter of the Brass Monkey at 4 in the morning.. dunno about 1960 but I hear it was nuts...Armagh at the Carrickdale in 02, Tyrone in Aughnacloy in 2003...then them hoors in Kerry will say about Thursday somewhere back west...has anyone seen the canister. Regale me with stories lads.
Funny, I was just saying to the brother, that if Mayo win, I bet there will be a pitch invasion. I hope there is. They are one of the truly unique & epic GAA scenes. Heath and safety me bollox !
Quote from: Beffs on September 17, 2016, 01:11:22 AM
Funny, I was just saying to the brother, that if Mayo win, I bet there will be a pitch invasion. I hope there is. They are one of the truly unique & epic GAA scenes. Heath and safety me bollox !
I hope they do..."if" they win. Nobody will stop them.
Quote from: Beffs on September 17, 2016, 01:11:22 AM
Funny, I was just saying to the brother, that if Mayo win, I bet there will be a pitch invasion. I hope there is. They are one of the truly unique & epic GAA scenes. Heath and safety me bollox !
Pitch celebrations it should be called and if Mayo do win Sunday it's only right their supporters should be allowed onto the field to celebrate it.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on September 17, 2016, 01:25:24 AM
Quote from: Beffs on September 17, 2016, 01:11:22 AM
Funny, I was just saying to the brother, that if Mayo win, I bet there will be a pitch invasion. I hope there is. They are one of the truly unique & epic GAA scenes. Heath and safety me bollox !
Pitch celebrations it should be called and if Mayo do win Sunday it's only right their supporters should be allowed onto the field to celebrate it.
+++1 They wont be held back. Hope it happens.
Yeah, I certainly wouldn't begrudge them. Since the pitch invasions became a thing of the past, I've often heard it said that the players much prefer getting to celebrate on their own and do their lap of honor on their own, rather than having a bunch of drunken yahoos, hanging out of them, hoopin' and hollerin'. That's grand, for all the other counties, but Mayo are no ordinary county. Their supporters have suffered along with the players. Let them onto the pitch.
Ultimate nightmare for the groundsmen though because there'll be chunks of the sod torn up and brought west as souvenirs.
The pitch at Croke Park gets completely renewed and relaid, before and after each big game. It's called HQ for a reason. It ain't no Hyde Park. The groundsmen missing a few chunks of turf, is no big deal compared to the poor unfortunate stewards who will be spending the rest of September in traction in the Mater, if they try to stop the Mayo die hards from greeting their heros. :P
I wish mayo all the best on Sunday. If anyone deserves it ye do. I would assume most non dubs would feel the same way.
Stop the cluxton short kickouts, keep tight at the backs and hope for the best. I say bring it west.
Up mayo God help us. And invade the pitch if he win it, I know if we ever one, nobody would stop me from getting on the field and that's for sure
I'm sure they'll not want to stand in the road of the big man from the Limerick match two years ago..
Quote from: 5 Sams on September 17, 2016, 01:04:09 AM
If Mayo do it on Sunday I'd say the lads in Croker wont hold them back from getting on the field. Castlebar will be mad Monday night..then Ballina, Westport, etc....it'll be wild. Like us in 91 in the Buttercrane Carpark, on the piss for a week..94 dancing on the counter of the Brass Monkey at 4 in the morning.. dunno about 1960 but I hear it was nuts...Armagh at the Carrickdale in 02, Tyrone in Aughnacloy in 2003...then them hoors in Kerry will say about Thursday somewhere back west...has anyone seen the canister. Regale me with stories lads.
1960 must have been insane. Sam Maguire going to norn Irn .
It would take Mayo ages to even leave the stadium, they'd be late for their banquet. Faces of joy on every Mayo fan.
Quote from: Aaron Boone on September 17, 2016, 07:20:30 AM
It would take Mayo ages to even leave the stadium, they'd be late for their banquet. Faces of joy on every Mayo fan.
N worries the Rte guys will be there to polish off the 5 bird roast.
Any pics of previous Mayo banquets?
Quote from: Mayoffs on September 17, 2016, 02:17:37 AM
Ultimate nightmare for the groundsmen though because there'll be chunks of the sod torn up and brought west as souvenirs.
Brought west?
They'd be eaten before they even made it to the Hogan Stand.
I'm in Mayo this week. Hope they do it so I can join in the celebrations!
Pitch invasions are common down in Thurles and Limerick. I havent heard of any insurance claims there
They might have to dust off 'PLAN B' for this one.
Quote from: Avondhu star on September 17, 2016, 02:32:51 PM
Pitch invasions are common down in Thurles and Limerick. I havent heard of any insurance claims there
Think I read somewhere that Crokers problem with them, isn't injuries on the pitch. It's everyone leaving via the Hogan Stand & out onto Jones Rd, which causes dangerous bottlenecks, as there are usually a lot of people congregating outside the Croke Park Hotel too. Or so they say. I've never heard of anyone being crushed on Jones Rd either.
I'd worry about fans on the Hill trying to get down onto the pitch.
I presume they'd have to come down by the Nally stand?
If Mayo win on Sunday, the Hill is the least of their worries. There'll be precious little Hill residents wanting anything to do with Mayo's on field celebrations.
I think myself that the only real threat for the authories and public order will be the postmatch mass stampede
of this board in its entirity to Muppets house!
Jeez lads leave this til nearer 5 o'clock.
Quote from: Beffs on September 17, 2016, 03:29:51 AM
The pitch at Croke Park gets completely renewed and relaid, before and after each big game. It's called HQ for a reason. It ain't no Hyde Park. The groundsmen missing a few chunks of turf, is no big deal compared to the poor unfortunate stewards who will be spending the rest of September in traction in the Mater, if they try to stop the Mayo die hards from greeting their heros. :P
No it's not.