Armagh and Galway not allowed to play their quarter final in Croke Park

[full back]

What date is the AI football final fixed for?

[Hardy]

Ask Tony Fearon. Whatever date he says  - it's not that day.

(Somebody had to.)

[Uladh]

will cork hurlers and footballers together fill croker next sunday?

[D4S]

Is it not possible to have Armagh and Galway on Sat 9th with Dublin on the following Sat. That means Galway have two weeks to their possible semi and so would Dublin. Everyone would then get to play in Croke Park.

That's the solution.

Yep definitely the solution... see from master fixture list below...Dubs aren't due to play semi final until 31st august, would mean all counties get quarter finals in croke park...Winners of Armagh game would have 3 weeks break to semis and the dublin match winners would have 2weeks...don't think that really matters much! Winners of the Galway and Cork games would have the 2 week break as their semifinal is down for the 24th....FInal is Sunday 21st September

24th

All Ireland Minor and Senior Football Championship Semi-Finals (Connacht/QF V Munster/QF)

30th

All Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship Final

All Ireland Minor B Hurling Final

31st

All Ireland Minor and Senior Football Championship Semi-Finals (Leinster/QF V Ulster/QF)

[full back]

The GAA are afraid of the Dubs drawing & not having enough of a break

[Rossfan]

Is it not possible to have Armagh and Galway on Sat 9th with Dublin on the following Sat. That means Galway have two weeks to their possible semi and so would Dublin. Everyone would then get to play in Croke Park.

That's the solution.

Yep definitely the solution... see from master fixture list below...Dubs aren't due to play semi final until 31st august, would mean all counties get quarter finals in croke park...Winners of Armagh game would have 3 weeks break to semis and the dublin match winners would have 2weeks...don't think that really matters much! Winners of the Galway and Cork games would have the 2 week break as their semifinal is down for the 24th....

It's so bloody blindingly obvious that's the way to do it.
But sure it's more fun for the Leinster/Munster mafia that seem to run the GAA now to screw up the Connacht and Ulster lads.
Mind you the big glut of fixtures comes about as a result of decisions taken to make more time for club fixtures by not starting the Qualifiers till mid July and by having only 3 rounds of Qualifiers and dumping the Div 4 teams in the process.
Next year we'll have  4 rounds of Qualifiers and we'll have a bigger mess.
Meanwhile of course most Counties will hold their club championships off until they are out of the Championship resulting in all sorts of pile ups in late September and early October.
Why some of the brains in the GAA can't come up with a structure of fixtures that would give an even spread of County games over May/June/July/Aug ( there are about 60 Championship games in football)and also leave sufficient gaps for Club games is beyond me.

By the way why couldnt the Cork double header go to Thurles or Dublin's stand alone game?

[corn02]

Tankie - Armagh v Cavan - full house in Breffni

Armagh v Down - full house in Clones

Armagh v Fermanagh - full house in Clones
Armagh v Fermanagh replay - 95% capacity, excellent for a replay.

Dublin have not filled Croke Park yet, it should be a double header.

there was 81k at the last Dublin game and it is just stupid to say that it should be a double header.

Where were the 81k for the other matches, just ruins your argument that the fans who have been going all along should be rewarded.

[donelli]

Is it not possible to have Armagh and Galway on Sat 9th with Dublin on the following Sat. That means Galway have two weeks to their possible semi and so would Dublin. Everyone would then get to play in Croke Park.

That's the solution.

Yep definitely the solution... see from master fixture list below...Dubs aren't due to play semi final until 31st august, would mean all counties get quarter finals in croke park...Winners of Armagh game would have 3 weeks break to semis and the dublin match winners would have 2weeks...don't think that really matters much! Winners of the Galway and Cork games would have the 2 week break as their semifinal is down for the 24th....FInal is Sunday 21st September

24th

All Ireland Minor and Senior Football Championship Semi-Finals (Connacht/QF V Munster/QF)

30th

All Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship Final

All Ireland Minor B Hurling Final

31st

All Ireland Minor and Senior Football Championship Semi-Finals (Leinster/QF V Ulster/QF)

so when did ye win your quarter final?   

[D4S]

It's called being hypothetical...I'm from Down I couldnt care less how dublin do!

[Tankie]

Tankie - Armagh v Cavan - full house in Breffni

Armagh v Down - full house in Clones

Armagh v Fermanagh - full house in Clones
Armagh v Fermanagh replay - 95% capacity, excellent for a replay.

Dublin have not filled Croke Park yet, it should be a double header.

there was 81k at the last Dublin game and it is just stupid to say that it should be a double header.

Where were the 81k for the other matches, just ruins your argument that the fans who have been going all along should be rewarded.

How? there was 70k plus at every dublin game. if its a double head Dublin would only get 30k which would leave alot of people disappointed!

[stpauls]

Tankie - Armagh v Cavan - full house in Breffni

Armagh v Down - full house in Clones

Armagh v Fermanagh - full house in Clones
Armagh v Fermanagh replay - 95% capacity, excellent for a replay.

Dublin have not filled Croke Park yet, it should be a double header.

there was 81k at the last Dublin game and it is just stupid to say that it should be a double header.

Where were the 81k for the other matches, just ruins your argument that the fans who have been going all along should be rewarded.

How? there was 70k plus at every dublin game. if its a double head Dublin would only get 30k which would leave alot of people disappointed!

i would say there would be lot more Armagh and Galway fans disappointed they couldn't get a ticket for their counties QF match cause they were moved to a smaller stadium, than there would be disappointed Dublin fans!!

[furboot]

no problem with the Dubs as such for lots of reasonslike they will fill the stadium and all kind of financial and health and safety and all that - we might not all agrre in principle but there's a bit of logic to it.
But Cork getting centre stage and special treatment is more than a bit annoying as just a few months ago they would't travel anywhere to play their open league matches - remember ! Looks like teams who tow the line and have always shown a good attitude (Galway and Armagh and I'm not from either) get the short shift

[orangeman]

no problem with the Dubs as such for lots of reasonslike they will fill the stadium and all kind of financial and health and safety and all that - we might not all agrre in principle but there's a bit of logic to it.
But Cork getting centre stage and special treatment is more than a bit annoying as just a few months ago they would't travel anywhere to play their open league matches - remember ! Looks like teams who tow the line and have always shown a good attitude (Galway and Armagh and I'm not from either) get the short shift

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was that not always the way ?

[Will Hunting]

The biggest joke, as others have said, is asking teams to play games on 4 consecutive weeks. We've been playing championship football since May, and now they are jamming the biggest games of the year into one single month! Senseless.

[Croí na hÉireann]

The biggest joke, as others have said, is asking teams to play games on 4 consecutive weeks. We've been playing championship football since May, and now they are jamming the biggest games of the year into one single month! Senseless.

The lesson to be learned from that is not to loose your early games, if any. There has to be some motivation and advantage for winning the provincial championships...