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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 2 Like(s)
Replying To ulsterrules: "Here is another way of looking at it.
Professional Football pays its players , Bruno Fernandez gets £300,000 per week alone, yet they charged less than €100 for a ticket to Croke park
GAA NOT professional , David Clifford get paid €0.00 per week, yet Croke Park charge €100 a ticket for the all Ireland" One was a friendly, the other was the pinnacle of our game. Try getting the best champions league final ticket for €100.
WanPintWin (National) - 14/08/2026 09:18:00
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To fizzygravy: "There reality is that this change was passed following a vote - there were objections from the floor on the evening of the planning meeting. However, there wasn't enough support to retain the structure when it came to voting. The county board management have quite a lot of votes but not enough to get a majority by themselves. Many hurling clubs abstained from voting which is understandable; they had no skin in the game. Some football clubs didn't vote surprisingly and others voted in favour of change. All that meant that the proposed change was ratified and 2026 has a new qualification structure for Senior and Intermediate championships. The CCC is tasked with planning competitions. These plans need to be accepted at a management meeting and then proposed to clubs for acceptance. All due process was carried out. I agree it's flawed but there is nobody at fault except perhaps club delegates not representing their clubs and members better." the county board have enough votes to make the difference. All clubs, naturally, voted for what suited their clubs in the coming year. So close to 50/50. County board votes tipped the balance. They wanted a different format , failed to ram it through, so used this as a stepping stone. If you want to remove something people like, make it worse first, and then they'll agree. The whole charade is bad faith.
Flawed is the wrong word to use. It's utterly farcical.
The club delegates are not at fault. The county board is. They are supposed to show leadership.
jamsie (National) - 14/08/2026 10:19:11
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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 1 Like(s)
https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0814/1587930-croke-park-keen-to-host-annual-premier-league-friendlies/
Also, strange how the perspex barrier was removed from The Hill and Nally for the game this week but will be back up for GAA games in Croker…!
Fionn (National) - 14/08/2026 16:17:25
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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 1 Like(s)
Replying To FullOfPorter: "County boards are by no means perfect and plenty of mistakes made, we ended up in big debt a while back as well. But at the end of the day they are volunteers, the organisation remains community based no matter what happens and no US investor is discarding the teams when all goes wrong. I'm not sure if it unique to Ireland but professional rugby in Ireland seems to be controlled by the governing body with only four teams to manage where producing players for the national team is the main objective. Fair play to them but I feel absolutely no affinity with Connacht rugby. Following the GAA is an antidote to aloof nature of professional sport that lacks the community feel which the GAA has. I think going pro will eliminate that." We're not unique in that in rugby because same system operates in Scotland - SRFU owns the two professional teams there (Edinburgh and Glasgow), pays the players of those teams directly, and calls much of the shots about when they play for those teams or when they're released for national team duty.
England and France, the professional clubs are all independently owned and operated.
Wales is a messy mix of both systems, and it gets even messier every time they try to do something about it.
Pikeman96 (National) - 14/08/2026 15:46:13
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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 1 Like(s)
Am i the only one here who think that Croke park is being OVERUSED for gaelic games?
Yes the united game was a meaningless farce,and yes i would personally agree that the fact it sold out is a bit embarrassing, but the fact is it sold out,and it makes more sense to schedule a sellout concert or soccer/boxing match there than it does to schedule a sparsely attended Leinster championship match or league match there,with no atmosphere and an ocean of empty seats.
Seniorleague (National) - 14/08/2026 15:11:56
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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 1 Like(s)
Replying To GreenandRed: "Rugby is professional and is well run. Amateur or professional doesn't determine if a sport is run well or badly. Some League of Ireland clubs are well run. Our county board taxed our clubs because they paid too much to upgrade McHale Park, a stadout that will never be full to it's oversized capacity for a football match." County boards are by no means perfect and plenty of mistakes made, we ended up in big debt a while back as well. But at the end of the day they are volunteers, the organisation remains community based no matter what happens and no US investor is discarding the teams when all goes wrong. I'm not sure if it unique to Ireland but professional rugby in Ireland seems to be controlled by the governing body with only four teams to manage where producing players for the national team is the main objective. Fair play to them but I feel absolutely no affinity with Connacht rugby. Following the GAA is an antidote to aloof nature of professional sport that lacks the community feel which the GAA has. I think going pro will eliminate that.
FullOfPorter (National) - 14/08/2026 14:35:45
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Farney: "I would be sorry to see a change, GB was able to turn around several matches this year from losing positions. we had a seriously good year considering the injuries that we had. And as for the Louth match.. we just didn't have the midfielders to challenge them on their kickout and they were guaranteed possession in our half of the pitch. Karl Gallagher was a serious loss along with Beggan." Totally agree
Farneyblueandwhite (National) - 14/08/2026 12:32:48
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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ulsterrules: "One is a professional sport that takes in millions from gate receipts and sponsors etc and pays players millions a year
the other is a volunteer led organisation that takes in millions from gate receipts and sponsors and pay the players nothing." All Ireland final our pinnacle sporting event.....Man Utd v Leeds in a meaningless friendly. Bruno Fernandez, like all of the pro soccer players, plays for a soulless multi million sporting investment franchise with no real ties to their clubs bar the lucrative contract...you can't actually put a price on what the GAA has with the club and county scene when it comes to local loyalties and players being ordinary local lads. That 100 euro gets redistributed back to the clubs and allows our game to avoid all the grubbiness that comes with professionalism.
Look at League of Ireland for a window into how things can go when it comes to professional sport in Ireland. No doubt it is entertaining and the quality has dramatically improved, but you have Derry shambolically run. Dundalk huge fall from grace and nearly ran into the ground. The successes and failures of a club determined by the competency of their owners, many of who are just looking at it from an investment point of view. Is that what we really want in the GAA?
FullOfPorter (National) - 14/08/2026 11:58:25
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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 1 Like(s)
Replying To CastleBravo: "The 2nd Wednesday in August used to be all about the All Ireland final. Now they're playing soccer in Croke Park instead.
Is this what the men of 1916 died for?" embarrasing going on about 1916 in relation to this.
this game, the katie taylor fight and the concerts bring in huge revenue to the GAA.
The more condensed inter county season is better for inter county players, and club players.
club players have better structure to their season. get to play more top level championship games in the better months of the year and can plan their year and lives better.
KillingFields (National) - 14/08/2026 00:29:38
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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Ive a feeling hes talking about the hurling final." Good man Viking66. You're one of our own.
Saynothing (National) - 14/08/2026 11:05:50
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Iarmhisamhi: "Have to agree wholeheartedly here. It beggars belief that this format made it through and that it is actually underway. Did nobody shout stop? How on earth could any delegate vote for this structure?
Every structure has its flaws of course but this is the most ridiculous of any of the possible options. Farcical is indeed the best word for it. Obviously this will change for next years championship as it simply cannot continue.
I think we will end up with the best teams in the final but because of this madness anything can happen." There reality is that this change was passed following a vote - there were objections from the floor on the evening of the planning meeting. However, there wasn't enough support to retain the structure when it came to voting. The county board management have quite a lot of votes but not enough to get a majority by themselves. Many hurling clubs abstained from voting which is understandable; they had no skin in the game. Some football clubs didn't vote surprisingly and others voted in favour of change. All that meant that the proposed change was ratified and 2026 has a new qualification structure for Senior and Intermediate championships. The CCC is tasked with planning competitions. These plans need to be accepted at a management meeting and then proposed to clubs for acceptance. All due process was carried out. I agree it's flawed but there is nobody at fault except perhaps club delegates not representing their clubs and members better.
fizzygravy (National) - 14/08/2026 09:55:46
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
I see Conor Raleigh is moving to Mullingar CBS, they have a great chance of going one better and making a Leinster final this coming year.
Dheen (National) - 14/08/2026 09:25:11
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "I don't buy this theory that falling to Junior impedes the route back to Senior. Why should it set a team back years? That's just cliche really. If your talent capacity for a spell drops you to Junior, it won't greatly delay the route back to senior, once a senior calibre roster emerges from underage at some point. Portumna are enthusiastic enough about their u13/u14 groups at the moment, according to a GBFM report I heard recently. That's not to say they'll be senior in 10 years time, but it's not to say they won't be either. Either way, if they come with a senior calibre bunch at some point, they'll likely emerge from junior just as quickly as intermediate imo." Exactly. A team will generally end up at a level where their talent at the time determines they should be.
If they develop some strong groups from underage, then they have a chance to progress again.
It often actually helps a young group coming through to graduate into Junior or Intermediate initially at adult level, rather than being thrown into senior.
Portumna were junior in the past for many years and intermediate for around a decade, before finally getting to senior in the early 90s. That's where their level was at the time. They're competing very well at U14 A, so if they keep that team together and a few more to add to it, they'll build again.
WanPintWin (National) - 14/08/2026 09:16:35
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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 1 Like(s)
Replying To eoinog: "200 for 2 tickets for the Pinnacle of the Gaelic football season was great value.
Yesterday evening you gave over half that to see basically 2 junior teams playing. Neither side was at full strength and there was nothing at stake" Here is another way of looking at it.
Professional Football pays its players , Bruno Fernandez gets £300,000 per week alone, yet they charged less than €100 for a ticket to Croke park
GAA NOT professional , David Clifford get paid €0.00 per week, yet Croke Park charge €100 a ticket for the all Ireland
ulsterrules (National) - 14/08/2026 08:32:47
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Man Utd V Leeds Utd - Croke Park - 1 Like(s)
Replying To CastleBravo: "The 2nd Wednesday in August used to be all about the All Ireland final. Now they're playing soccer in Croke Park instead.
Is this what the men of 1916 died for?" They didnt die for any sports ground. Sadly we still dont all have what they died for.
Viking66 (National) - 14/08/2026 07:07:45
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