Tag: Referee
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Old patents still work in the modern game
Dunshaughlin… 0-14 Donaghmore/Ashbourne… 1-10 An admission at the outset here – owing to circumstances beyond my control, I was unable to be at Saturday’s pulsating local derby in Ratoath. However, due to the wonders of modern technology, metaphorically, not a kick of the ball was missed. Or in any of myriad other matches taking place.…
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Old Cats for the well travelled road
Kilkenny… 1-25 Clare… 1-22 In the aftermath of Kilkenny’s victory in the Leinster SHC Final against Galway, one photo in particular attracted mass attention. The chap from Bredagh in Co Down who was kitted out as TJ Reid for a stag do, and because of same was able to blag his way past security and…
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Time to invoke the siege mentality
Meath… 0-12 Donegal… 1-10 Why or how Milwall ever came up with their infamous “We are Milwall, nobody likes us, we don’t care” chant is beyond me. It’s not as if they were ever any good. Affixing the same mantra to Meath football teams is far easier to understand. Reason being none other than the…
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The tried and trusted prints Meath’s Final ticket
Meath…2-16 Antrim…2-14 Speculation iterated in this space with regard to Colm O’Rourke’s team announcement prior to today’s Tailteann Cup semi final held true as the Meath boss ended up reversing the two changes announced in the original ensemble. Thankfully, though, what didn’t change were the mechanics of winning which have been etched into the DNA…
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The sum of the collective delivered by the individual parts
Meath… 1-11 Down… 1-09 Meath and Down both have very decorated chapters in the history of the GAA. From Down’s record of having only lost one All Ireland SFC final, to Meath being the last county to win the old Sam Maguire and the first to collect the new. There are further stanzas which could…
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One glaring factor of unfairness
In this space over the years, reference has been made on numerous occasions to my sporadic reading habits. For the sake of clarity, that’s generally meant in terms of books. Newspapers and/or online are part of the staples which keep these wheels turning on daily basis. The National papers on a Monday being a must.…
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Underage proposals are well intentioned but pointed in the wrong direction
Back in the day when lads of my own age were involved in GAA at Juvenile level – and for decades before that probably – it wasn’t uncommon for a mentor from one of the competing teams to step in as referee. As when anybody takes up the whistle they are of course admired and…
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Return of three jewels boost hopes of holding onto the crown
Meath… 0-15 Laois… 0-05 Take Kevin De Bruyne, Ruben Dias and Erling Haaland out of the Manchester City team, they don’t win their fifth Premier League title in six years. Send Limerick out shorn of Declan Hannon, Gearoid Hegarty and Aaron Gillane and they wouldn’t know Liam Mac Carthy as well as they do. Now…
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No Gray areas as Meath take care of business
Meath… 1-19 Tipperary… 0-11 In many ways, Meath were on a hiding to nothing this evening. They were expected to win and win well. Having done so, it’s very much a case of taking care of business. If they hadn’t, it would’ve been a case of wigs on the Fair Green. Doubtless, when the locals…
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Kinsella kills off the contest with stellar first half
Meath… 2-11 Carlow… 0-04 Dunshaughlin’s Ruairi Kinsella ended this Leinster U-20 FC Round 2 encounter in Ashbourne as a contest well before half time with a tremendous personal haul of 2-2. Meath were 1-06 to 0-01 up after about 15 minutes and when Kinsella took advantage of a wayward kick out to bag his second…