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Equivalents In Outpouring Of Wider GAA Fans To Mayo's Win In All Ireland - 5 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "I saw Kerry supporters throwing drinks over Dublin kids in Davin End in 2011. Certainly didn't hang around for the presentation." What a post in the middle of positive posts. If we opened a thread on behaviour of Dublin supporters over the years the forum would go into meltdown
Claretandblue (National) - 27/07/2026 16:24:11
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Football Championship 2026 - 3 Like(s)
Replying To level: "I'm 90% delighted for Mayo. Just a class win.
I'm 10% delight that hlynch12's double went belly up. Just a class loss." I sincerely hope he did not have those bets, for his own sake.
BarneyGrant (National) - 27/07/2026 09:31:04
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Football All Stars - 3 Like(s)
Replying To TommyBermingham: "Shane Murphy
Dylan Casey
Jason Foley
Tom O'Sullivan
Brian O'Beaglaoich
Mike Breen
Gavin White
Mark O'Shea
Diarmuid O'Connor
Joe O'Connor
Paudie Clifford
Sean O'Shea
David Clifford
Paul Geaney
Dylan Geaney
David Clifford Player of year" Even before today's match how can you name Sean O Shea ahead of Ryan O Donnaghue?
Scenicparish (National) - 26/07/2026 21:36:54
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Can Jack O'connor Over Take Jim Gavin? - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "It's not possible to lose twice in the current format Sam Maguire, and still win the competition. Lose twice, you're gone." It is. Dublin were beaten by Westmeath and Louth. And didn't Mayo lose twice actually? Provincials and next rounds are all part of same competition.
BarneyGrant (National) - 27/07/2026 16:14:12
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
I'm 90% delighted for Mayo. Just a class win.
I'm 10% delight that hlynch12's double went belly up. Just a class loss.
level (National) - 27/07/2026 06:58:07
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Can Jack O'connor Over Take Jim Gavin? - 2 Like(s)
Replying To sligo joe: "All of Dublins 9 wins since 2011, front door, some draws, no defeats!" Which is why they're the greatest team to ever play the game bar none. I don't expect to see any team replicate what the Dubs did during those years. Whilst this years championship has been exciting, you couldn't say it was a spectacle of skill, still a lot of teams afraid to go for two pointers and far too concentrated on possession. I think also the goal will have to increase to 4 points to encourage teams to attack and not take safe options like handpassing round the arc to get in positions to kick one pointers. As well, no team should be able to loose twice & still be in contention for an All Ireland. Still a few tweaks needed to the championship to increase the jeopardy required to improve the game.
Square_B (National) - 27/07/2026 08:33:47
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Mayo GAA Thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfan: "We're in an era of "1 in a row" as a good few teams of similar standard around plus its hard to win an AI under the new systems." I suppose shows how good that Dublin team that were able to do 6 in a row, also probably shows that the Mayo team of 2016, 17 were a very good team and in any era they probably would have won at least 1 All Ireland. Yeah so many teams at a relatively similar level, sure Mayo hadn't even reached the quarter final the last few years. So about 7 or 8 teams will fancy their chances of winning Sam next year.
CartaDubh (National) - 27/07/2026 15:18:31
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 2 Like(s)
One of the great All Ireland wins yesterday. Never seen anything like the outpouring of emotion. Made me think how would I feel if we did it . As someone who was just a small child in 96 I'd say I would be extremely emotiononal if we got over the line. I hope to see it at least once in my lifetime. Mayo showed yesterday what can be done when you work your socks off and believe you can do it . It's very hard to see us winning one any time soon but I really hope Derek and his management team get a spark out of us and get us back competing with the best
Afinestick96 (National) - 27/07/2026 08:38:25
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
There has been an incredible rush to write teams off all year. Donegal nudged Mayo out of last year's championship with the last kick of the ball. Nearly everyone discounted Mayo. Dublin were written off after the league. Tyrone were written off as well despite an impressive quarter final win last year.
legendzxix (National) - 27/07/2026 12:26:15
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Well done Andy Moran. It's time for GB & AMcE to move on
farneygael3 (National) - 26/07/2026 21:42:39
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To The_DOC: "Are we the idiots for trying to be a dual county?
Just do what Kerry, Mayo, Donegal //Limerick , Kilkenny, Clare etc do and focus on one sport, throw a small bit of effort into the other one just so its looks like ya care.
Then get the entire county behind one sport?
I dunno, I assume all of Mayo will be supporting Galway next year so we can end our 26 year drought?" No we're not.
Every county should strive to be a dual county,even if the sentiment is slightly whimsical.
Seniorleague (National) - 27/07/2026 15:51:01
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Mayo GAA Thread - 2 Like(s)
Greenandred, TheFlaker, yew_tree et al.
Absolutely delighted for ye.
Hopefully ball_boy is celebrating somewhere tonight.
if_in_doubt (National) - 26/07/2026 21:39:15
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Well I love Mayo - 2 Like(s)
Well done mayo and rip paddy.
waynoI (National) - 26/07/2026 21:15:17
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Gavlar: "Absolutely sickening seeing mayo win the all Ireland fair play to them but absolutely hurts
Makes the Connacht title seem so small
Hope Dowd and the players have a reaction to it next year and take the all Ireland series seriously
would getting to the last 12 be a success why are we so bad in the championship compared to mayo and Galway" Some of it is mentality and ambition, Mayo and Galway look at winning Connacht as a stepping stone, their ambitions lie in getting to Croker and as deep as possible into championship. I think its a vague aspiration in Roscommon and not really focussed on because we talk ourselves into being a small county and sure isn't everything else a bonus. We are a small county but we produce very good footballers and we don't have a huge amount of other sports in competition with football. The county is pure football apart from a small area around Four Roads. As big as soccer is in Castlerea or Boyle it's still second fiddle to football. Roscommon lads are playing at a high level from secondary school competitions, through to county underage, into university and then club, there is no reason we shouldn't be aiming to get into the last 4 of the competition. We have a management team who definitely have ambition to up the standard going by the inclusion of Sherlock and Comerford this year, their challenge is getting the players heads there. There's a difference in thinking you'll win a game and having the belief in knowing how to win games. Big improvements this year but some old habits still need sorting out.
I know the 40's were an age ago and the game and format have changed beyond belief but after Roscommon winning in 43, Jimmy Murray said they wanted to get Kerry in the 44 final to be able to say they played and beat the best out there. That is incredible way of thinking compared to now where we'd be hoping to avoid Kerry or whoever. It's not like things were booming in the county either, the 40s were bleak. Huge emigration and the population dropping by 5000 between 1936 and 1946. There is almost nothing from that time relevant in how the game is played now but that mentality was evident in Mayo yesterday. They actually looked like a team that relished taking on Kerry.
FullOfPorter (National) - 27/07/2026 10:52:58
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Equivalents In Outpouring Of Wider GAA Fans To Mayo's Win In All Ireland - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "I am not sure the mass outpouring of joy at this Mayo victory will ever be topped in GAA tbh.
Massive massive underdogs and everyone outside of Kerry wanted to see them beat Kerry and finally win Sam again, after so many Final defeats.
The scoreline flattered the Munster men tbh.
What a day and what celebrations.
It will live long in the memory…!" I'd say the supporters of Derry, Donegal, Armagh, Tyrone, Offaly & Clare might have something to say about that. Even my own county to a lesser extent. Everything gets exaggerated to high heaven in the age of social media.
Square_B (National) - 27/07/2026 17:27:37
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Bravo to Mayo, a well earned win and truly a fairytale season. From questions being asked of them after the Roscommon collapse, they have rallied in the best possible way and leave All-Ireland Champions. I'd say deserved overall - Mayo were horrid unlucky in the past not to win it. The Mayo team of the 2010s was one of the best teams of all time, but had the misfortune of coexisting with the greatest team of all time in the Dublin 6 in a row team.
Kerry have never really reached the heights of last year and have had a stop start season. I think injuries killed them as fitness was probably an issue. Despite this, Mayo outmatched them in hunger which has nothing to do with fitness.
This does lead into my next point though. I have been a constant supporter of the split season as I think it is best for the club game which is very important to me, but in this condensed season the GAA has really become the survival of the fittest. Even Andy Moran said it in his post match interview - they were blessed to have a full hand going into the final. I know the schedule is the same for everyone but luck becomes a part of it. If a team has played a tougher game than their opponent the previous fixture, it definitely has an impact. I think we'll have to have discussions about this in the future.
RoyalStalwart24 (National) - 26/07/2026 20:54:00
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To FullOfPorter: "Some of it is mentality and ambition, Mayo and Galway look at winning Connacht as a stepping stone, their ambitions lie in getting to Croker and as deep as possible into championship. I think its a vague aspiration in Roscommon and not really focussed on because we talk ourselves into being a small county and sure isn't everything else a bonus. We are a small county but we produce very good footballers and we don't have a huge amount of other sports in competition with football. The county is pure football apart from a small area around Four Roads. As big as soccer is in Castlerea or Boyle it's still second fiddle to football. Roscommon lads are playing at a high level from secondary school competitions, through to county underage, into university and then club, there is no reason we shouldn't be aiming to get into the last 4 of the competition. We have a management team who definitely have ambition to up the standard going by the inclusion of Sherlock and Comerford this year, their challenge is getting the players heads there. There's a difference in thinking you'll win a game and having the belief in knowing how to win games. Big improvements this year but some old habits still need sorting out.
I know the 40's were an age ago and the game and format have changed beyond belief but after Roscommon winning in 43, Jimmy Murray said they wanted to get Kerry in the 44 final to be able to say they played and beat the best out there. That is incredible way of thinking compared to now where we'd be hoping to avoid Kerry or whoever. It's not like things were booming in the county either, the 40s were bleak. Huge emigration and the population dropping by 5000 between 1936 and 1946. There is almost nothing from that time relevant in how the game is played now but that mentality was evident in Mayo yesterday. They actually looked like a team that relished taking on Kerry." Jimmy Murray was an exceptional leader and that's what's needed. Before 1943, Roscommon hadn't won Connacht since 1914. They had lost by a point to Galway in the Connacht finals of 1941 and 1942. Murray said before the '43 Connacht final that we'll beat Galway today or they'll carry me off on a stretcher. Roscommon beat Galway that day and went on to beat Cavan in the All Ireland final and retained Sam the following year v Kerry. Murray was a man of steel with iron leadership. Roscommon beat this year's All Ireland champions by 10 points. We limped out of the championship against Monaghan because the team were happy with winning Connacht and had no real ambition beyond that. Well done to Mayo on their fight and energy yesterday though it always hurts to see red and green flying high in Ballaghaderreen.
endgame (National) - 27/07/2026 17:43:39
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Kerry All Ireland Champions 2026? - 2 Like(s)
I'm glad that it was Kerry that Mayo beat, or Dublin if it hadn't been Kerry. That's no negative take on either Kerry or Dublin but a reflection that both are the best in the business and that it has been at the hands of both (mostly) that Mayo has had its days of suffering on AI final day in Croke Park. Nobody can undervalue that win yesterday. No AI win should ever be undervalued but you know the way some people are.
It wasn't just that Mayo won or that it was after 75 years. It was how they won. As someone on the Sunday Game said: this is the new blueprint for how football should be played. It was total energy, total press from the get-go to the final whistle. I'm trying to think of a fitter more energetic team and I cannot think of one (perhaps Limerick hurlers, but hurling is for me, less physically taxing on the body over 70+ minutes). Mayo were probably 7-8 points the better side on the day.
Kerry will be back. That's the Kerry way. But when? The great Maurice Fitzgerald ended up with two AI medals at the end of his great career. David Clifford has two now. If he ends up with "only" two, I, for one, would not classify that as a bad innings at all.
foreveryoung (National) - 27/07/2026 17:47:29
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Sunday Game - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfan: " Replying To Pikeman96: "Yes, they're two separate competitions.
The competitions are called the Connacht Senior Football <u><b>Championship</b></u> and the All-Ireland Senior Football <u><b>Championship</b></u>.
Mayo lost one game in each of them. They therefore lost two championship games this year.
It would be incorrect to say "they lost two games in this year's All-Ireland Championship". But it's perfectly correct to say they lost two championship games this year."</div>There are 2 almost totally separate Championships now.
Only link between Provincial and AI is Finalists getting a home game in Round 1 and the occasional TC team getting into Sam by reaching a Provincial Final .
Mark McHugh saying last night "the Leinster Final seems so long ago".....
Our glorious victory on 10th of May has probably been forgotten by everyone outside Ros and football areas of Galway.
Probably impossible now to go all out for a Provincial and AI in the same season?" Interesting parallel with Ros being Connacht champs in 2001 and 2026, beating that years allireland champs in the CFC on both occasions. Pope_Benedict (National) - 27/07/2026 12:02:42
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Mayo GAA Thread - 1 Like(s)
lads im absolutley delighted for ye NO ONE deserved an all ireland more than mayo. ive had a soft spot for mayo since 1996 as we both lost all ireland finals that year our famine ended in 2018 ye had to wait a bit longer but worth it all.... enjoy the celebrations it will be a short winter in mayo.
munsterchamps (National) - 27/07/2026 12:16:16
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