Tag: Mattie McDonnell Cup
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Genoa or Pairc Tailteann or Kilbride – it’s all the same
KILBRIDE…0-20 CASTLETOWN…1-16 “David O’Leary of Arsenal…This kick could decide it all…Yes! We’re there.” George Hamilton’s immortal utterance on the midweek afternoon during which the nation did indeed hold its breath in the midst of the penalty shootout between Ireland and Romania at the 1990 World Cup in Genoa, Italy. . Even the haymaking stopped. It…
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Main Meath football championships knockout draws
At Monday evening’s Meath Co Board meeting in the county’s centre of excellence in Dunganny, the draws took place for the knockout stages of the main adult men’s club football championships. David Sheehan brought us the unfolding drama live on LMFM too, which was great to hear too. Literally and in other ways too. As…
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Meath Football Championships Knockout Fixtures
Following on from Sunday evening’s draws, the fixtures for the knockout stages of all the main football championship competitions in Meath have been confirmed. With three of the four SFC quarter finals taking place in Pairc Tailteann as two double headers over the weekend of September 21/22. The odd one out being the sequel to…
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Meath SFC and IFC knockout draws.
Following another hectic weekend’s action which saw the last round of the regulation fixtures in adult football championships in Meath, the runners and riders for the last eight in the races for the Keegan (SFC) and Mattie McDonnell Cup(s) – Meath IFC – are now declared. Having survived an almighty scare against Donaghmore/Ashbourne on Saturday…
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Brave Rathkenny undone by cruelty of the modern world
There was something strangely apt about Ireland putting in another abomination of a performance against The Netherlands just hours after Meath’s Rathkenny exited the Leinster Club IFC at the penultimate hurdle via penalty shootout as Scoill Ui Chonaill of Dublin advanced. Now read on… During his 1994 show ‘Live At The Olympia’ the late, great…
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Shake the tree hard enough and eventually the fruit will fall
The bit of set dancing engaged in by Meath and Mayo in the early stages of the 1996 All Ireland Final replay has to be the most exaggerated piece of shadow boxing in public discourse since Bertie Ahern told Gay Mitchell he was a waffler and the current Taoiseach chided a certain Donegal politician about…
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An epic and equally upsetting weekend
If anybody has become bored or annoyed by my re-posting match text commentary in recent weeks I apologise. It’s my way of dealing with Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) and/or separation anxiety, whichever you want to call it. From not being able to attend matches it is desired to be at. Without wanting to play…