Hallbopping
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Arragh Chrisht will oouu ever shtop
There are approximately 584K in Cork County where there's a keen interest in various field sports including Hurling, Gaelic Football, Soccer, Rugby
This wasn't a surprise and yet we still fell in to the trap. Barrett got sent off because he raised his arm, elbow or what ever to his head, that's a red card. Reidy went down like a sniper hit him, sure he did, like a pussy, sure. I don't like it but it got them back in to the game. We have no cuteness whatsoever if a Cork player did the same as Reidy and we won the game, I would have no issue because at the end of the day, there isn't an asterix next to the AI winners saying " dirty diving bastards" Sooner we realise that the better or we will win nothing.
If only you knew
but a bit rich to be throwing stones coming from an individual who was on here posting incessantly the night Clare won the All Ireland last July. Tell me someone is not within an asses roar of any Clare GAA club involvement without etc etcAre you ok? Your posting at warp speed to prove some point I’m not sure but lookit step away from the computer for a few minutes
To win an AI, they would in their hole? Stop talking absolute bollix. You do what it takes to win an AI, KK did it, Limerick did it, Clare did it. What did we do for 20 years? Whinged and complained about how they did it.
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Rattled by a jibe aimed at another poster and posts a PS sponsored diatribe, don't ever change Sound_YDon't mind the "band wagon" jibe - it's like Clare hurlers, they're only hoping for an intemperate over-reaction.
Time was one could follow Cork, or any other county, the length and breadth of the country without ever being a member of a particular GAA Club. League matches as well as championship, win, lose, or draw.
As well as intercounty games I was going to club matches in various codes, in various age-groups and standards, for nigh on 50 years but, until relatively recently, wasn't a paid up member of any club - though I did help out on occasion.
Even All Ireland Hurling finals back in the day weren't always sold out - though that wasn't the case with the Football ones. Tickets went on general sale to the public - I can well remember taking an emergency day off work and queuing all day down the Pairc for tickets to one particular Cork v Tipp game in the late 80s early 90s; or going to Belfast and getting a spare ticket from a guy who'd not missed an AIFinal Hurling or Football in over 30 years; and always being there rain or shine to welcome home an AIF team win or lose - except when celebrating too much in dublin and missing the train
And there were many hundreds perhaps thousands like me that you'd see at various venues that you knew weren't current club members either. There were a crowd of us from a particular pub that I'd regularly have organised a bus down to Killarney or we'd go to Thurles or Limerick and the only guy who was a member of any club was one of our number who played for Father O'Callaghans. One of about a dozen or more guys. I met one of them last night and he still isn't a member of a club (he played for the barrs 50 odd years ago) and he goes to all Cork hurling matches, has a season ticket.
But with more disposable income and cars more prevalent and road networks improved, as well as dramatically improved stadia, many matches are now generally out of reach of the general public because of demand, certainly Cork hurling ones are.
The clubs are rightly imho seeing after their members first now that the demand is outstripping supply, but spare us the "band wagon" pish!
Don't mind the "band wagon" jibe - it's like Clare hurlers, they're only hoping for an intemperate over-reaction.
Time was one could follow Cork, or any other county, the length and breadth of the country without ever being a member of a particular GAA Club. League matches as well as championship, win, lose, or draw.
As well as intercounty games I was going to club matches in various codes, in various age-groups and standards, for nigh on 50 years but, until relatively recently, wasn't a paid up member of any club - though I did help out on occasion.
Even All Ireland Hurling finals back in the day weren't always sold out - though that wasn't the case with the Football ones. Tickets went on general sale to the public - I can well remember taking an emergency day off work and queuing all day down the Pairc for tickets to one particular Cork v Tipp game in the late 80s early 90s; or going to Belfast and getting a spare ticket from a guy who'd not missed an AIFinal Hurling or Football in over 30 years; and always being there rain or shine to welcome home an AIF team win or lose - except when celebrating too much in dublin and missing the train
And there were many hundreds perhaps thousands like me that you'd see at various venues that you knew weren't current club members either. There were a crowd of us from a particular pub that I'd regularly have organised a bus down to Killarney or we'd go to Thurles or Limerick and the only guy who was a member of any club was one of our number who played for Father O'Callaghans. One of about a dozen or more guys. I met one of them last night and he still isn't a member of a club (he played for the barrs 50 odd years ago) and he goes to all Cork hurling matches, has a season ticket.
But with more disposable income and cars more prevalent and road networks improved, as well as dramatically improved stadia, many matches are now generally out of reach of the general public because of demand, certainly Cork hurling ones are.
The clubs are rightly imho seeing after their members first now that the demand is outstripping supply, but spare us the "band wagon" pish!
