Tailteann Cup 2025

[ck]

Another low day for Longford. Tis worse we are getting. Bottom of the heap.

Last game v Carlow is a dead rubber for us.

Was a complete mismatch Sunday .

Would have been fearful enough heading down  but youse are in terrible shape.

Spoke to a man who was at that game Sunday and he reckoned Longford were a mess. It wasn't event a challenge for Fermanagh. I know Longford got new Management this year but does anyone know who he is and who is in backroom team?

[Blowitupref]

Last round of group games

Saturday May 31st

Offaly v laois - St Conleth's Park 6pm
Wicklow v Waterford - Wexford Park  6pm
Westmeath v Limerick - O'Moore Park 2pm

Sunday June 1st

Leitrim v Tipperary - Mullingar 1:30pm
Kildare v Sligo -  Dr Hyde Park 2pm
Antrim v London - Newry 1:45pm
Fermanagh v Wexford - Croke Psrk  1:45pm  (on before Armagh v Dublin it seems)
Carlow v Longford - O'Connor Park 1:45pm 

[AnDúnAbú94]

Last round of group games

Saturday May 31st

Offaly v laois - St Conleth's Park 6pm
Wicklow v Waterford - Wexford Park  6pm
Westmeath v Limerick - O'Moore Park 2pm

Sunday June 1st

Leitrim v Tipperary - Mullubgar 1:30pm
Kildare v Sligo -  Dr Hyde Park 2pm
Antrim v London - Newry 1:45pm
Fermanagh v Wexford - Croke Psrk  1:45pm  (on before Armagh v Dublin it seems)
Carlow v Longford - O'Connor Park 1:45pm 

Surely they should've put Antrim London as a double header with the Down Louth game on the Saturday? Plenty of supporters with interest in both Down and Antrim

[Cunny Funt]

Last round of group games

Saturday May 31st

Offaly v laois - St Conleth's Park 6pm
Wicklow v Waterford - Wexford Park  6pm
Westmeath v Limerick - O'Moore Park 2pm

Sunday June 1st

Leitrim v Tipperary - Mullubgar 1:30pm
Kildare v Sligo -  Dr Hyde Park 2pm
Antrim v London - Newry 1:45pm
Fermanagh v Wexford - Croke Psrk  1:45pm  (on before Armagh v Dublin it seems)
Carlow v Longford - O'Connor Park 1:45pm 

Surely they should've put Antrim London as a double header with the Down Louth game on the Saturday? Plenty of supporters with interest in both Down and Antrim

And should've put Kildare v Sligo on before Meath and Roscommon on Saturday in the Hyde.

Nice run out in Croke Park for Fermanagh and Wexford.

[FermGael]

Brilliant for Fermanagh and Wexford to get a run out in Croke park and be a curtain raiser to a big game.


Use to be minors that did that .
Replaced the minors with county teams .
Genius ........

[rodney trotter]

Brilliant for Fermanagh and Wexford to get a run out in Croke park and be a curtain raiser to a big game.


Use to be minors that did that .
Replaced the minors with county teams .
Genius ........

You were saying the Tailtean Cup teams were getting no Profile. Can't win

[FermGael]

Brilliant for Fermanagh and Wexford to get a run out in Croke park and be a curtain raiser to a big game.


Use to be minors that did that .
Replaced the minors with county teams .
Genius ........

You were saying the Tailtean Cup teams were getting no Profile. Can't win

Is this profile ?

Game being played in an empty Croke park at 1.45 and should all be finished before the main crowd starts coming in.

[Armagh18]

Brilliant for Fermanagh and Wexford to get a run out in Croke park and be a curtain raiser to a big game.


Use to be minors that did that .
Replaced the minors with county teams .
Genius ........

You were saying the Tailtean Cup teams were getting no Profile. Can't win

Is this profile ?

Game being played in an empty Croke park at 1.45 and should all be finished before the main crowd starts coming in.

If Fermanagh and Wexford people can't come out snd support their teams what do you want the GAA to do?

[naka]

Brilliant for Fermanagh and Wexford to get a run out in Croke park and be a curtain raiser to a big game.


Use to be minors that did that .
Replaced the minors with county teams .
Genius ........

You were saying the Tailtean Cup teams were getting no Profile. Can't win

Is this profile ?

Game being played in an empty Croke park at 1.45 and should all be finished before the main crowd starts coming in.

How many would have been at the neutral venue if not in croke
Tbh would say the players happy enough to get a run out in croke park

[ulstergael]

Croke Park makes sense for many reasons:

- Vast majority of players would prefer a game in Croke Park over any other ground in the country.
- You will get more Fermanagh/Wexford supporters to the game than if it was standalone as they're also getting to see Dublin/Armagh after, particularly young fans.
- The game wouldn't be getting streamed on GAA+ if it was a standalone game elsewhere realistically.

I don't see it in anyway patronizing as suggested to be the first game on before a massive game. This is a great opportunity for raising the profile of a group stage game for these teams.

[SouthOfThe Bann]

The GAA said that there was no appetite for a third tier from the Counties when consulted last year.
The TC has been and probably will be won by teams in the top half of div 3.
The danger is that div 4 teams will only make a half baked effort as time goes on.

Was great to see Westmeath winning and it meant something to them.
Down and Meath with 12 or 13 Sams between them on the other hand...

I think a 3rd tier would be a disaster.

Introducing a 3rd tier just makes it more acceptable to be sub standard.

How many tiers are there in hurling and theres hammerings at every tier.

Hammerings are just a part of sport and are hard to eliminate. There will always be mismatches.

[Rossfan]

Does your County have graded Club Championships?

[The Boy Wonder]

There's no equivalence between County and Inter-County championships.

Re. inter-county
- the National Football League is a graded competition and works well as such
- the Sam Maguire Cup used to be a knockout competition for all counties.

The provincial championships are a hindrance to an equitable Sam Maguire Cup competition:
Open-draw Sam Maguire Cup
Round 1: Open draw for the 16 Division 3 and Division 4 teams
Round 2: Open draw for 8 Round 1 winners and 8 Division 2 teams
Round 3 (last 16): Open draw for 8 Round 2 winners and 8 Division 1 teams
Round 4 (quarter-finals) : Open draw for Round 3 winners
All-Ireland Semi-Finals : Open draw for Round 4 winners

Bring back the cutting edge of knockout football.

[SouthOfThe Bann]

Does your County have graded Club Championships?

Yes they have but thats different.

33 teams is not enough for 3 grades in my opinion.

The only way I'd introduce a 3rd tier is if they introduced more teams from abroad. But very hard to see how any more teams from abroad would be competitive.

In an ideal world if you had a Boston Team, Warwickshire, Lancashire, Glasgow and maybe team from Europe.

But unfortunately there's no way these teams would be anyway competitive.

[Armagh18]

There's no equivalence between County and Inter-County championships.

Re. inter-county
- the National Football League is a graded competition and works well as such
- the Sam Maguire Cup used to be a knockout competition for all counties.

The provincial championships are a hindrance to an equitable Sam Maguire Cup competition:
Open-draw Sam Maguire Cup
Round 1: Open draw for the 16 Division 3 and Division 4 teams
Round 2: Open draw for 8 Round 1 winners and 8 Division 2 teams
Round 3 (last 16): Open draw for 8 Round 2 winners and 8 Division 1 teams
Round 4 (quarter-finals) : Open draw for Round 3 winners
All-Ireland Semi-Finals : Open draw for Round 4 winners

Bring back the cutting edge of knockout football.

The provincials are fecking class. 3 cracking finals and the Munster final in all but name was a serious battle as well.