Laochra Gael Mick Lyons 22.00 TG4 Tonight

[thejuice]

taken from the Down GAA site, Whitnel in the Red and black naturally, Mick in the green of course 

[orangeman]

 

[rrhf]

Fcuk its worse than I remembered.

[his holiness nb]

For the Meath folk sitting down to watch this tonight, tune into Tg4 at half nine to see Hector interview Xabi Alonso about his time in Kells.

[Kerry Mike]

Watch the way Lyons runs into Mikey Sheehy and falls back on his hole when we met in the 80's.

And Sheehy had a lot of miles on the clock and a wonky knee or two at that stage of his career. The legend of Mick Lyons debunked in one split second, but I suppose it was the start his legendary career for Meath so we will forgive him one slip up.

Yerra 'tis no wonder Meath hammered 15 shades of shite out of us in 2001 as payback.

[orangeman]

Lyons must have tripped over Mikey's medals ! 

[thejuice]

watch it here

www.tg4.tv

[imtommygunn]

He put a few of those australians in their place too.

I never realised he ran up beside Keith Barr taking that penalty - that was funny especially as it was Keith Barr and the mouthing he'd been doing at him on the walk off prevously!

Robbie O'Malley looks like an old man now too!

[Hardy]

Great stuff lads. AZ that's the best told story I've heard in a long time. If you have a few more like than can I book you to put your elbow on the bar in my local for a few hours some night?

[loughshore lad]

Now that's what you call a fullback ! 

Orangeman - Do you think did Benny go to the same school of full back play as Lyons? 

[AZOffaly]

Great stuff lads. AZ that's the best told story I've heard in a long time. If you have a few more like than can I book you to put your elbow on the bar in my local for a few hours some night?

Sure everyone has a few stories like that Hardy

[lynchbhoy]

He put a few of those australians in their place too.

I never realised he ran up beside Keith Barr taking that penalty - that was funny especially as it was Keith Barr and the mouthing he'd been doing at him on the walk off prevously!

Mick (an ex club teammate) told me that when Barr was about to take the penalty, he told him
'if you score this , I'll put you in f**king hospital'
then Gerry McEntee added -' yeah and I'll be responsible for fixing you , and it'll hurt more'

The Lyons Family have Mayo connections alright, not sure if its second gen or urther out - louisburgh I think.

Padraic Lyons would have punched his Granny in the face if she was marking him in a match, he was callous, and damn good - got inj in the second game the 1991 epic series v Dublin and never played outfield again.

The toughest and hardest Lyons of all was youngest brother Terry. He was same height as Mick (6' 0") and build like something out of the WWF. It is acknowledged that he was way too dirty to be on the meath team so was left to destroy people in club football.
Mick Lyons not the dirty player people say he was, I dont agree he used his elbows. Mick was and is a gentleman - esp off the field.

[AZOffaly]

I wouldn't class him dirty, in fact I wouldn't really class any of the Meath lads I now, or know of, dirty.

Tough, yes. Physical, yes. Honest, yes.

I think Meath can play anyway. If you want a row, they'll fight. If you want to play football, they'll play football. They'll still hit hard, but there'll be very little, if any, dirt.

In my own humble opinion, there are far worse teams for sneaky dirt than Meath.

[orangeman]

Orangeman - Do you think did Benny go to the same school of full back play as Lyons?   

He must have been there for a wee while alright but not as long as Lyons - Lyons must have been the teacher in his day ! 

[the Deel Rover]

I wouldn't class him dirty, in fact I wouldn't really class any of the Meath lads I now, or know of, dirty.

Tough, yes. Physical, yes. Honest, yes.

I think Meath can play anyway. If you want a row, they'll fight. If you want to play football, they'll play football. They'll still hit hard, but there'll be very little, if any, dirt.

In my own humble opinion, there are far worse teams for sneaky dirt than Meath.

I'd agree with you there Az just tough hard f**king footballers who gave 110%, would have a lot of respect for lyons never one to blow his trumpet and as your story shows Az did his talking on the pitch i'd love to see him on the sunday game and take the head clean off spillane just to see does he still have it