Greatly exaggerated GAA Myths

[dublinfella]

George Graham said the same about Graham Geraghty (Longford waterboy!!) when he went for a trial with Arsenal in the mid 1990's

But you see, he didn't....

[Donnellys Hollow]

George Graham said the same about Graham Geraghty (Longford waterboy!!) when he went for a trial with Arsenal in the mid 1990's

But you see, he didn't....

Dublinfella is correct there Qwerty.

George Graham did not say Graham Geraghty was one of the fittest players he's ever seen....................... Paul Merson did!

[Turlough O Carolan]

Could have been better than Mick O'Connell only for the drink.

[Puckoon]

George Graham said the same about Graham Geraghty (Longford waterboy!!) when he went for a trial with Arsenal in the mid 1990's

But you see, he didn't....

Dublinfella is correct there Qwerty.

George Graham did not say Graham Geraghty was one of the fittest players he's ever seen....................... Paul Merson did!

Without lying - I heard it was Ray Parlour.

[blanketattack]

If the Kerry team was in the Ulster C'ship instead of the Munster C'ship they wouldn't have won as many All-Irelands, particularly during the 70s and 80s.

Proof against this myth: Look at some of the Ulster teams' results in that era:
Kerry 0-23; Derry 0-10
Cork 5-10; Tyrone 2-4
Kerry 5-14; Derry 1-10
Dublin 5-12; Armagh 3-6
Dublin 1-16; Down 0-8
Kerry 5-14; Monaghan 0-7
Kerry 3-15; Armagh 1-11

If this was what was happening to the best team in Ulster surely the lesser teams in Ulster wouldn't have been too much trouble either?

[blanketattack]

George Graham said the same about Graham Geraghty (Longford waterboy!!) when he went for a trial with Arsenal in the mid 1990's

But you see, he didn't....

Dublinfella is correct there Qwerty.

George Graham did not say Graham Geraghty was one of the fittest players he's ever seen....................... Paul Merson did!

Without lying - I heard it was Ray Parlour.

I'm genuinely not making this up, but I heard it was Lee Dixon.

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

Mayo can't win the All-Ireland because the Mayo team & the Sam Maguire overtook a funeral in the year dot.

[spuds]

George Graham said the same about Graham Geraghty (Longford waterboy!!) when he went for a trial with Arsenal in the mid 1990's

But you see, he didn't....

Dublinfella is correct there Qwerty.

George Graham did not say Graham Geraghty was one of the fittest players he's ever seen....................... Paul Merson did!

Without lying - I heard it was Ray Parlour.

I'm genuinely not making this up, but I heard it was Lee Dixon.

it was john jensen so I heard

[stephenite]

You're all wrong, Tony Adams it was

[DoireGael]

That GAA players are the fittest in the world.

See also Kevin Moran/Graham Geraghty/Anthony Tohill were on trial with British club x and player y said they were the fittest they have ever seen in their autobiography, but strangely no-one can find the actual quote.

Something has been more than a figment of your imagination before it becomes a myth. I've never heard anybody make that assertion in my life. Evidently it isn't true.

I have heard it of both Tohill & Geraghty. I think both times it was Aresnal got mentioned. Shortly afterwards there was talk of Tohill playing for Tobermore...

Tohill played for Man U reserves, fact

[PadraicHenryPearse]

did not all that stuff come from that tv programme with rubgy, soccer etc. players who used to compete against each other years ago. Spillane was on it i think.

[AZOffaly]

I actually heard it was Graham Geraghty said that.


Anyhow, kudos to BnM man. So many times I've heard 'Clare offered a replay'. Bogus.

[DoireGael]

did not all that stuff come from that tv programme with rubgy, soccer etc. players who used to compete against each other years ago. Spillane was on it i think.

It was an old show called Superstars, check it out on Pat, laochral Gael, on Youtube, I thought it was a really good concept. Pat doesnt do much for the sterotype, skin raw red in the sun!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Superstars_competitors

[AbbeySider]

That people used to ring the airport when Willie Joe Padden was playing in Croke Park

To tell them not to have airplanes flying over Croke Park, because he was going to jump so high he didnt want any mid-air collisions!

(There is a bit of truth in that one)

[AbbeySider]

That any player ever "lit up the pitch"