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Replying To OpenStand: "Kilkenny v Galway had the lowest crowd ever( by a long way ) at a senior hurling championship match between them today 8,243 .
Fermanagh v Down had a dismal attendance as well . Does anybody in GAA head office care ??
Cork v Kerry also looks like a historical low attendance . Be able to play championship matchs in club grounds soon the way it's going" Shishhh…. Be quiet.. The deluded here don't want to hear anything like that… They are still of the delusional opinion that the game is properly run and that attendance figures have never been higher… God help them..!
ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3732 - 21/04/2025 10:42:54
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Replying To Claretandblue: "Yes, watched it, cracking match, extremely competitive," Went to bed as was late here, I have to say I was amazed to see Clare got a draw.
StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1817 - 21/04/2025 12:10:47
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Hurling
Clare v cork 20,778
Tipp v limerick 32,295
Kilkenny v Galway 8,243
Football
Monaghan v Donegal 16,118
Galway v rosscommon 10,573
Cork v Kerry 14,358
103,000 at the 6 best attended matchs the weekend but it would be a good bit higher later in the summer without such a crammed amount of fixtures on weekends in April especially Saturdays , Munster hurling is providing the strongest numbers
OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 735 - 21/04/2025 18:57:49
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Hurling
5,394 Dublin Offaly
4,774 Wexford Antrim
Football
2,893 Clare Tipp
4,157 Fermanagh Down
dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 365 - 22/04/2025 11:22:32
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I'd expect Leinster hurling crowds to be fairly poor this year. I don't think any county bar Kilkenny see themselves as AI contenders. Galway have taken some heavy defeats in League and Championship, plus the footballers are going well.
Offaly only bursting to have a competitive team to support. Had they beaten the Dubs they would have fancied their chances of giving Wexford and Galway a right rattle. A brave effort but an up hill battle to get top 3 now. Pity they didn't get over the line, it would have been a great and badly needed boost for the Leinster Championship.
dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 365 - 22/04/2025 11:30:16
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Replying To dahayeser: "Hurling
5,394 Dublin Offaly
4,774 Wexford Antrim
Football
2,893 Clare Tipp
4,157 Fermanagh Down" Didn't see any figure for Leitrim/Mayo.
Heard 4,500 tickets sold but loads of Mayos stayed in pubs in Carrick and watched on TV.!!!!
Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 2260 - 22/04/2025 15:38:42
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Replying To dahayeser: "Hurling
5,394 Dublin Offaly
4,774 Wexford Antrim
Football
2,893 Clare Tipp
4,157 Fermanagh Down" I dont know where they would have put the other 4,000 in Parnell!
BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3442 - 22/04/2025 17:21:30
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Replying To dahayeser: "Hurling
5,394 Dublin Offaly
4,774 Wexford Antrim
Football
2,893 Clare Tipp
4,157 Fermanagh Down" On the topic of Dublin, I definitely feel a ground on the South Side e.g. at Spawell where they bought land would serve Dublin GAA better and sell The Nell, its prime land for housing being on the DART line and they could have a nice 20-25k stadium there which is accessible for these matches.
It would be heresy to say that where I am originally from but the fact is that south Dublin is now the more prominent hurling part of the county. Parnell is a bit of a pain in the hoop to get to and I know people from Boden, Jude's etc who don't bother because of it.
Plus I would be much keener to spin up to matches from my base in Wexford!
ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1322 - 22/04/2025 18:18:04
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Replying To ExiledInWex: " Replying To dahayeser: "Hurling
5,394 Dublin Offaly
4,774 Wexford Antrim
Football
2,893 Clare Tipp
4,157 Fermanagh Down" On the topic of Dublin, I definitely feel a ground on the South Side e.g. at Spawell where they bought land would serve Dublin GAA better and sell The Nell, its prime land for housing being on the DART line and they could have a nice 20-25k stadium there which is accessible for these matches. It would be heresy to say that where I am originally from but the fact is that south Dublin is now the more prominent hurling part of the county. Parnell is a bit of a pain in the hoop to get to and I know people from Boden, Jude's etc who don't bother because of it. Plus I would be much keener to spin up to matches from my base in Wexford!"
Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1266 - 23/04/2025 18:12:13
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Another load of matchs on the coming weekend , 2 Ulster football semis and Munster hurling round robins likely to see big attendances , Cork hurlers v Tipp probably be the first 40k plus attendance of the year .
OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 735 - 24/04/2025 12:18:48
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This whole calendar is absolute MADNESS and somebody has to shout STOP at some stage.
We are shoehorning the best championships of the year into weekends which are absolutely packed already when people have no focus on GAA.
The championship should start the week after the Premier League is finished, by that stage the winter sports are all largely done. They have given up their prime months where they were the only show in town for a rushed championship which nobody really likes.
There should be club championships in April and May finishing in mid-May to give the county teams prep time.
Then June and July can be inter county matches culminating with the provincial finals at the middle of July. Then August can be more club matches and in September the All-Ireland series starts for the lucky few, with the finals being played in October.
I have a long haul flight coming up soon and I would bet that within the 14 hours I would bet I would be able to come up with a calendar for both hurling and football which would serve everybody well.
It cannot be that hard and if the inter county managers have to suck it up, well suck it up they can.
StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1817 - 24/04/2025 13:37:24
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Replying To StoreysTash: "This whole calendar is absolute MADNESS and somebody has to shout STOP at some stage.
We are shoehorning the best championships of the year into weekends which are absolutely packed already when people have no focus on GAA.
The championship should start the week after the Premier League is finished, by that stage the winter sports are all largely done. They have given up their prime months where they were the only show in town for a rushed championship which nobody really likes.
There should be club championships in April and May finishing in mid-May to give the county teams prep time.
Then June and July can be inter county matches culminating with the provincial finals at the middle of July. Then August can be more club matches and in September the All-Ireland series starts for the lucky few, with the finals being played in October.
I have a long haul flight coming up soon and I would bet that within the 14 hours I would bet I would be able to come up with a calendar for both hurling and football which would serve everybody well.
It cannot be that hard and if the inter county managers have to suck it up, well suck it up they can." We can't run our club championship off in that time. Several of us have tried to change this the last couple of years. But failed. Because players want more games.
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Replying To Viking66: "We can't run our club championship off in that time. Several of us have tried to change this the last couple of years. But failed. Because players want more games." That lads proposals would mean the average club player having a 3 month season split between Spring and Autumn...
Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 2260 - 24/04/2025 15:10:33
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Replying To StoreysTash: "This whole calendar is absolute MADNESS and somebody has to shout STOP at some stage.
We are shoehorning the best championships of the year into weekends which are absolutely packed already when people have no focus on GAA.
The championship should start the week after the Premier League is finished, by that stage the winter sports are all largely done. They have given up their prime months where they were the only show in town for a rushed championship which nobody really likes.
There should be club championships in April and May finishing in mid-May to give the county teams prep time.
Then June and July can be inter county matches culminating with the provincial finals at the middle of July. Then August can be more club matches and in September the All-Ireland series starts for the lucky few, with the finals being played in October.
I have a long haul flight coming up soon and I would bet that within the 14 hours I would bet I would be able to come up with a calendar for both hurling and football which would serve everybody well.
It cannot be that hard and if the inter county managers have to suck it up, well suck it up they can." Oh, I'd love to see that calendar you promise us. I wait with baited breath.
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The split season has been a disaster for publicity and attendances ( Munster hurling / Ulster football apart ) . The amount of important matchs on last weekend and this weekend is ludicrous that no GAA person can keep track of whilst any non gaa person sees a chaotic heap of matchs on morning noon and night these weekends that their thankful they don't have be trying to follow
OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 735 - 24/04/2025 15:53:37
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Replying To StoreysTash: "This whole calendar is absolute MADNESS and somebody has to shout STOP at some stage.
We are shoehorning the best championships of the year into weekends which are absolutely packed already when people have no focus on GAA.
The championship should start the week after the Premier League is finished, by that stage the winter sports are all largely done. They have given up their prime months where they were the only show in town for a rushed championship which nobody really likes.
There should be club championships in April and May finishing in mid-May to give the county teams prep time.
Then June and July can be inter county matches culminating with the provincial finals at the middle of July. Then August can be more club matches and in September the All-Ireland series starts for the lucky few, with the finals being played in October.
I have a long haul flight coming up soon and I would bet that within the 14 hours I would bet I would be able to come up with a calendar for both hurling and football which would serve everybody well.
It cannot be that hard and if the inter county managers have to suck it up, well suck it up they can." Nail on head.The season is too cramped for certain.
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There is a simple solution
Jan - off season
Feb - club leagues (Hurling and football), Sigerson & Fitzgibbon cups
March & April - Hurling league, provincial football championships - and club leagues
May & June - Provincial Hurling Championships, Football national leagues and club leagues
July & August - All Ireland Hurling championships, County Club football championships and club hurling leagues
September & October - All Ireland football championships, county Club hurling championships and club football leagues
November - Provincial club championships
December - All Ireland club finals
Each county would then have to keep its Football and hurling championship to 8 weeks so some formats would have to change (max six matches including final)
The football national league would have to fit into 8 weeks so the format would have to change (5-6 matches per county)
The all Ireland club championships format would have to change (UK champions enter Connacht/Munster rather than having an all Ireland q final)
tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1316 - 24/04/2025 16:38:30
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I don't believe all the matches can become any less crammed. Something has to give.
Either the club game needs to do its own thing, and by which I mean clubs go it alone without the county players. Or the number of inter county games is reduced again. Either the league goes or the two live together and there are club weeks as Storeytash says.
But I do not envy GAA here because nobody is happy, and they have come up with the least unhappy situation.
The biggest plus to having "club breaks" is it gives supporters a chance to get to the next pay check rather than paying for 5-6 matches in a month. At the moment, I think most people pick and choose.
ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1322 - 24/04/2025 16:51:49
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Replying To OpenStand: "The split season has been a disaster for publicity and attendances ( Munster hurling / Ulster football apart ) . The amount of important matchs on last weekend and this weekend is ludicrous that no GAA person can keep track of whilst any non gaa person sees a chaotic heap of matchs on morning noon and night these weekends that their thankful they don't have be trying to follow" So it's a disaster apart from the 2 competitions that are competitive? So in reality it's not the calendar at all is it?
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8354 - 24/04/2025 17:55:04
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Replying To brayballer: "Nail on head.The season is too cramped for certain." Look. There's no doubt that there are a lot of games crammed into a short space of time.
But you can't make more weeks in the year. So the alternative is to have fewer games.
For instance, if we took the nuclear option of going back to straight knock-out championships (for both club & county), there'd be few if any such problems. But I don't think anybody wants that.
Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2825 - 24/04/2025 18:13:30
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