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When do tickets go on sale do ye know? Wife is from Kiltegan so will call down and support ye

thebronze14 (Donegal) - Posts: 62 - 25/06/2026 16:13:22    2681896

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Replying To Hoggie10:  "Winning a trophy in Croke Park for the first time was back in 2007, the Tommy Murphy cup was a momentous day. Tommy Gill was captain and scored a late goal. It did bring great belief to players in the county, unfortunately Mick didn't stay after that, who knows what would have continued for that team if he stayed. Age was not on his side. Delighted for the current team and management. Great game to watch and Delighted to witness it with my young family in Croke Park"
I agree, it was my favourite day as a Wicklow supporter, but we improved after that under Micko. Getting to the last round of qualifiers was tougher than winning the Tommy Murphy.

Bowl (Wicklow) - Posts: 15 - 25/06/2026 18:31:22    2681930

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Replying To Hoggie10:  "Winning a trophy in Croke Park for the first time was back in 2007, the Tommy Murphy cup was a momentous day. Tommy Gill was captain and scored a late goal. It did bring great belief to players in the county, unfortunately Mick didn't stay after that, who knows what would have continued for that team if he stayed. Age was not on his side. Delighted for the current team and management. Great game to watch and Delighted to witness it with my young family in Croke Park"
I think Micko stayed a year or two after that. Micko declined to train or manage the team for the Tommy Murphy. He said that ""( Tommy Murphy Cup) wasn't a name he was familiar with. His segundo, Arthur French took over for that successful campaign. At least these are my recollections of those times. And, no, Micko never won promotion for us, his successor Harry Murphy did but we got demoted the following year having lost a few matches by the minimum score.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2288 - 25/06/2026 19:29:06    2681934

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Replying To Freethinker:  "I think Micko stayed a year or two after that. Micko declined to train or manage the team for the Tommy Murphy. He said that ""( Tommy Murphy Cup) wasn't a name he was familiar with. His segundo, Arthur French took over for that successful campaign. At least these are my recollections of those times. And, no, Micko never won promotion for us, his successor Harry Murphy did but we got demoted the following year having lost a few matches by the minimum score."
You are correct, Arthur French managed the team during the Tommy Murphy cup winning campaign. I think I'm correct in saying that team won the cup in 2008 and Micko remained manager until defeat by Armagh in Aughrim (replay) at end of 2011 championship. Micko's philosophy was that everything was about the championship, he used the league campaigns to prepare team for championship especially when Wicklow were allowed back into the qualifiers. There is no doubt in my mind that winning the Tommy Murphy cup gave that team confidence. We beat Kildare in Croke Park in 2009 and reached the last twelve (final round of the qualifiers before quarter final) of the All Ireland series the following year, losing to Kildare who qualified for the All Ireland semi-final. It is different now in that Wicklow aren't in the All Ireland series. This will change next season if we manage to win the Tailteann cup in a couple of weeks time. I think promotion out of division four should be a priority but I'm not as sure as I was before. The number of teams who performed well in the league but are out of the championship suggests the championship is most team's priority now. Donegal won division one, Meath won division two; both didn't win quarter finals of All Ireland along with Armagh who performed well in the league.

wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 2241 - 26/06/2026 14:01:56    2682068

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