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Worst Senior County Football Final Ever ?? Mayo ? Cork? Laois?

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John Maughaun saying the Mayo County final last Sunday was the worst County Football final ever which seems to a common concesus reading match reports, equally the Cork football final got similar lambasting from reporters as well last sunday and the Laois Football final a couple of weeks ago was also quoted as terrible hard to watch. Sideways handpassing for long periods , 30 fit men on the field but very few footballers , negative tactics etc etc . Its amazing theres crowds still turning up for this stuff even if the crowds are down a bit ... OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 717 - 31/10/2023 15:16:55 2511068 Link
funny enough the Wexford Final and semi finals were three decent matches - the rest of the championship was fairly forgettable. and relatively speaking the standard in wexford would be poor. I think the better clubs- (More successful) are the clubs that can defend better. and therefore two teams of a weaker standard (poorer defending) produce more open games. hence the decent games in Wexford and the poor games in Mayo and Cork - but you'll find that the Cork and Mayo champs will go far into their provincial competitions. bystanderbill (Wexford) - Posts: 45 - 31/10/2023 16:13:12 2511079 Link
I remember Louth senior semi final in the 00's finished 2.00 to 0.5 and they got 2 goals in afew minutes......... Fkd12 (Louth) - Posts: 177 - 31/10/2023 16:20:36 2511080 Link
Replying To bystanderbill: "funny enough the Wexford Final and semi finals were three decent matches - the rest of the championship was fairly forgettable. and relatively speaking the standard in wexford would be poor. I think the better clubs- (More successful) are the clubs that can defend better. and therefore two teams of a weaker standard (poorer defending) produce more open games. hence the decent games in Wexford and the poor games in Mayo and Cork - but you'll find that the Cork and Mayo champs will go far into their provincial competitions." Funny enough in Cork, the Intermediate final and Junior finals, including the Carbery divisional final on Friday were superb games. The Senior final was far more cagey, which is unusual for Nemo v Castlehaven. That being said, Castlehaven deserved the win and had that bit more up top. Whilst it was disappointing largely, it was still entertaining with some good scores (20 in total). I would have connections in Ballina, so keenly watched that as well and I have to say, it was atrocious football. I think the quality in Mayo championship has been particularly bad all year in my opinion. The weather does have a baring here though. We've had terrible weather and that has not helped. It's a good job Ballina have home advantage in two weeks, because if they played like that in London, there could have been a massive shock. BaldyBadger (Cork) - Posts: 312 - 31/10/2023 20:30:11 2511108 Link
Replying To Fkd12: "I remember Louth senior semi final in the 00's finished 2.00 to 0.5 and they got 2 goals in afew minutes........." That was a semi final. The Pats beat Cooley. I was at the game in Dowdallshill. This year's final was a very good game. Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6144 - 01/11/2023 14:12:41 2511169 Link
Replying To OpenStand: "John Maughaun saying the Mayo County final last Sunday was the worst County Football final ever which seems to a common concesus reading match reports, equally the Cork football final got similar lambasting from reporters as well last sunday and the Laois Football final a couple of weeks ago was also quoted as terrible hard to watch. Sideways handpassing for long periods , 30 fit men on the field but very few footballers , negative tactics etc etc . Its amazing theres crowds still turning up for this stuff even if the crowds are down a bit ..." The Newcastle west Vs adare a couple of years was brutal,both teams played till one made a mistake but I suppose you will go to see your club no matter what. cityman73 (Limerick) - Posts: 783 - 01/11/2023 15:03:07 2511176 Link
Replying To BaldyBadger: "Funny enough in Cork, the Intermediate final and Junior finals, including the Carbery divisional final on Friday were superb games. The Senior final was far more cagey, which is unusual for Nemo v Castlehaven. That being said, Castlehaven deserved the win and had that bit more up top. Whilst it was disappointing largely, it was still entertaining with some good scores (20 in total). I would have connections in Ballina, so keenly watched that as well and I have to say, it was atrocious football. I think the quality in Mayo championship has been particularly bad all year in my opinion. The weather does have a baring here though. We've had terrible weather and that has not helped. It's a good job Ballina have home advantage in two weeks, because if they played like that in London, there could have been a massive shock." You find that,I have seen more enjoyable open scoring junior b matches then the boring senior championship games. cityman73 (Limerick) - Posts: 783 - 01/11/2023 15:04:56 2511177 Link
Mayo senior championship was poor all year. The intermediate and junior championships were much more open and entertaining. If the next year or two produce the same "quality" then I think we can press the panic button. One year does not tell a story though. I wouldn't be writing off Ballina going forward either as others seem to be on other threads laughing and mocking. They may spring a surprise or two. A special mention to Kilmeena who won the Mayo intermediate championship. Played in a relegation battle a few years ago which could have seen them go to junior b. In the last three years they won a junior championship and all Ireland junior club title and are now senior for next year. Some story. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11405 - 01/11/2023 19:49:28 2511223 Link
Joe brolly never needs a reason to make derogatory remarks about mayo football, so I'm looking forward to reading his take on this lol Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1942 - 01/11/2023 20:13:12 2511224 Link
This years Longford final was deplorable. So much so that a swat team is being assembled to hunt down and destroy any DVD's sold so there is no visual record for future generations. My own club won, i'm happy about it, but it was deplorable, from two decent sides. LongfordgaaAbú (Longford) - Posts: 573 - 02/11/2023 11:28:04 2511268 Link
The 1946 Longford Senior Football Championship Final went to a replay after finishing as enthralling 0-00 to 0-00 between Ballymahon & Dromard, Dromard went on to win the replay. While low scoring finals are not unusual, surely a very rare occurrence not to have a single score in a final, or any game, surely? LongfordSham (Longford) - Posts: 116 - 02/11/2023 12:27:09 2511281 Link
Replying To Galway9801: "Joe brolly never needs a reason to make derogatory remarks about mayo football, so I'm looking forward to reading his take on this lol" He didn't say anything we were all thinking watching it. He lives Mayo sure…building a house outside Knockmore. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11405 - 02/11/2023 17:12:50 2511330 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "He didn't say anything we were all thinking watching it. He lives Mayo sure…building a house outside Knockmore." What happened to his other family? BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3118 - 02/11/2023 17:48:22 2511334 Link
Replying To LongfordSham: "The 1946 Longford Senior Football Championship Final went to a replay after finishing as enthralling 0-00 to 0-00 between Ballymahon & Dromard, Dromard went on to win the replay. While low scoring finals are not unusual, surely a very rare occurrence not to have a single score in a final, or any game, surely?" Was not altogether unknown for early games to finish on very low scorelines, but that's the first scoreless draw i ever hear of! Mayo once famously held Dublin to a scoreless second half in Castlebar in early noughties. In first ever adult championship hurling match I played in we were beaten by something like 6 - 19 to a 0 -1. I scored the point after the rather unpleasant chap who was marking me had wandered off late on to have a chat with the umpire. I got roundly abused for not going for a goal. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3118 - 02/11/2023 17:54:29 2511335 Link
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Was not altogether unknown for early games to finish on very low scorelines, but that's the first scoreless draw i ever hear of! Mayo once famously held Dublin to a scoreless second half in Castlebar in early noughties. In first ever adult championship hurling match I played in we were beaten by something like 6 - 19 to a 0 -1. I scored the point after the rather unpleasant chap who was marking me had wandered off late on to have a chat with the umpire. I got roundly abused for not going for a goal." Great tale Barney.At least you were top scorer for your team.All jokes aside though i hate to see absolute hammering in games.Its totally demoralizing for the beaten teams.Imo it does not do much for the victors either . CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3844 - 04/11/2023 11:19:07 2511487 Link
The 1921/22 Sigerson Cup final finished UCG 0-1, UCC 0-0. Furthermore, UCG got a walkover in the semifinal when Queen's didn't make the trip to Galway, so they won the competition by scoring the grand total of one point! Tacaí Liatroma (Leitrim) - Posts: 1126 - 05/11/2023 14:52:14 2511575 Link