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Non-Gaa Forum - 4 Like(s)
Replying To peiledoir20: "Scotland had a similar frantic finish in their game last night - great to see them qualify after 28 years. If we don't qualify I'll be rowing in behind them given our close ties and mutual glee in seeing the English beat!" Probably just pettiness on my part but I've no time for the Scots fans at all. Booing everyone and everything (especially celtic players but that's another story) and the "look at us in our tartan, aren't we mad crack altogether". Final straw for me was the rousing boos and jeers Amhran na bhfiann received in Hampden a few years back.
WeGoAgain (National) - 19/11/2025 11:57:19
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Non-Gaa Forum - 3 Like(s)
Replying To WeGoAgain: "Probably just pettiness on my part but I've no time for the Scots fans at all. Booing everyone and everything (especially celtic players but that's another story) and the "look at us in our tartan, aren't we mad crack altogether". Final straw for me was the rousing boos and jeers Amhran na bhfiann received in Hampden a few years back." Aye and the biggest bluffers going about how much they hate the English and all.
They literally had a vote for their own independence but their own tightness wouldn't allow them to do it!
Lockjaw (National) - 19/11/2025 13:51:36
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Anti GAA Agenda - 2 Like(s)
Replying To KillingFields: "Ridiculous to say no need for alcohol to be sold in the ground. it would be loss of hundreds of jobs as well both kids part time and some full time jobs as well which isnt a good thing" Jobs for local GAA people or foreign people? Ridiculous comment about loss of jobs. As the man says, no need for drink inside grounds. But I suppose the D4 people are different.
Saynothing (National) - 19/11/2025 17:25:08
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Anti GAA Agenda - 2 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Not talking about fans so much - we all have our clowns - but there is huge and long standing hatred between Dublin FAI and ourselves. No idea if that is case elsewhere.
They deliberately refused to use Hill 16 on tickets when we foolishly let them in. "Northern Terrace"!!
Some may mock me, but you don't sneer at our history and expect us to be overjoyed with your occasional success!" There are about 10% of idiots on either side that feel a massive antipathy from the soccer side to the GAA and vice versa in Dublin.
There are clearly in the minority on either side though.
In fact there is a huge crossover in support for the 4 Dublin LoI sides and the Dubs. The vast majority of attendees at Dalymount, Richmond, Tolka Pk and Tallaght Stadium are regular attendees to support the Dubs in Croker from my experience.
A lot of GAA clubs work well enough with their soccer counterparts locally. There are some cases where they don't of course, but seeing as soccer and GAA are so linked in Dublin both need to work with one another, particularly in more disadvantaged areas.
MesAmis (National) - 19/11/2025 10:42:56
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Anti GAA Agenda - 2 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "I hope i am not being presumptious but i guess he might be referring to fact rugby supporters allowed bring alcohol to seats?
Personally i think that is terrible idea. If you can't last a short time without a drink, stay in pub.
Still, it tells its own tale does it not of how both fans are regarded!" No need for alcohol to be sold at all in Croke Park. It survived long enough without any bars. I wonder too if and how much it affected trade for pubs in the vicinity of Croke Park?
GreenandRed (National) - 19/11/2025 11:22:10
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To streaker: "As a fella said to me- "They're all Braveheart until they see a polling station"." Isn't that their entire history in a sentence? Even going back to before they had a vote? They very rarely stood together against the English.
Viking66 (National) - 19/11/2025 15:52:37
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WeGoAgain: "Probably just pettiness on my part but I've no time for the Scots fans at all. Booing everyone and everything (especially celtic players but that's another story) and the "look at us in our tartan, aren't we mad crack altogether". Final straw for me was the rousing boos and jeers Amhran na bhfiann received in Hampden a few years back." "look at us in our tartan, aren't we mad crack altogether"
Brilliant! That gave me a good auld chuckle.
GreenandRed (National) - 19/11/2025 14:33:47
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Anti GAA Agenda - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pikeman96: "FWIW, you're not actually allowed to bring alcohol to your seat in Croke Park during rugby matches.
Was there myself earlier this year for one of the Leinster matches played there. Had a seat just above one of the tunnel areas that people would be walking through after going out the back of the stand to go to the bar. Was actually amused by the number of people with pints in hand who were stopped there by stewards to be told they couldn't bring drink to their seats, and would have to skull them back there instead.
I even remember one woman carrying one of those cardboard trays that hold four pint glasses. She made the steward hold it while she went off to get the four lads she'd been buying the pints for! All four came up and drank the pints quickly, while she necked back one of those mixer cans of gin & tonic (or similar) that she'd produced from her pocket." Is that the time the doctor/ radio presenter raised a hullabaloo because the " rugger toffs" who obviously are much more cultured than the rest of us weren't allowed to bring drinks back to their seats?
tireoghainabu (National) - 19/11/2025 14:51:41
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Anti GAA Agenda - 1 Like(s)
Replying To tireoghainabu: "Is that the time the doctor/ radio presenter raised a hullabaloo because the " rugger toffs" who obviously are much more cultured than the rest of us weren't allowed to bring drinks back to their seats?" Well, you're not allowed to bring drink to the seat there at any rugby match, so can't say if the one I'm referring to was the exact one where that happened.
Beer in the seats was allowed at the recent NFL American Football match, and that was newsworthy enough to get a mention in The Irish Times and several other places too:
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2025/09/26/it-may-be-a-flying-visit-but-the-steelers-have-transformed-croke-park-into-a-second-home/
Pikeman96 (National) - 19/11/2025 15:06:54
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WeGoAgain: "Probably just pettiness on my part but I've no time for the Scots fans at all. Booing everyone and everything (especially celtic players but that's another story) and the "look at us in our tartan, aren't we mad crack altogether". Final straw for me was the rousing boos and jeers Amhran na bhfiann received in Hampden a few years back." For all the Scots talk about hating the English when they had a chance to vote for their independence enough of them wouldn't take it, they thought they might be a few bob worse off and they were too scared to break the umbilical cord to London, I know big Celtic fans over there who wouldn't vote for Scottish independence yet they go around with tricolours and sing Ra songs and profess to hate all things English, total hypocrites imo.
Tirchonaill1 (National) - 19/11/2025 15:11:08
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Lockjaw: "Aye and the biggest bluffers going about how much they hate the English and all.
They literally had a vote for their own independence but their own tightness wouldn't allow them to do it!" As a fella said to me- "They're all Braveheart until they see a polling station".
streaker (National) - 19/11/2025 15:42:38
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Anti GAA Agenda - 1 Like(s)
FWIW, you're not actually allowed to bring alcohol to your seat in Croke Park during rugby matches.
Was there myself earlier this year for one of the Leinster matches played there. Had a seat just above one of the tunnel areas that people would be walking through after going out the back of the stand to go to the bar. Was actually amused by the number of people with pints in hand who were stopped there by stewards to be told they couldn't bring drink to their seats, and would have to skull them back there instead.
I even remember one woman carrying one of those cardboard trays that hold four pint glasses. She made the steward hold it while she went off to get the four lads she'd been buying the pints for! All four came up and drank the pints quickly, while she necked back one of those mixer cans of gin & tonic (or similar) that she'd produced from her pocket.
Pikeman96 (National) - 19/11/2025 13:42:53
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Just a wild guess at tomorrow's World Cup Play Off Draw...
Italy v North Macedonia
Denmark v Sweden
Turkey v Romania
Ukraine v Northern Ireland
Wales v Republic of Ireland
Poland v Albania
Slovakia v Kosovo
Czech Republic v Bosnia Herzegovina.
katser (National) - 19/11/2025 16:06:05
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Sorry Bon predictive text again! Some of our lads play for a soccer club called the Corach Ramblers, named after the local river :-D" Im only winding you up Viking! :)
Bon (National) - 19/11/2025 16:35:28
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Anti GAA Agenda - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "I can see the point in having proper bars as there is in Premium and Corporate but that's probably my age talking as I find nothing attractive about standing cheek by jowl clutching a plastic pint!
Bars definitely took a hit but the older ones still do reasonably well. Gills still a great spot especially when the club games and league are on when its not too mad." Going to county matches a couple of hours early, going to local bars, having the craic looking forward to the match, yes. As you say, standing clutching a plastic pint with the wind howling around you in Croke Park, no.
Saynothing (National) - 19/11/2025 17:42:45
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Anti GAA Agenda - 1 Like(s)
Replying To GreenandRed: "Is Gills open all year round Barney? Lovely pint in there." Only for matches still. Great pint. Love being there for league games and club as you get a seat! And short walk. Well run so doesn't get too jammed except on biggest days.
Hasnt changed much at all if you look at old footage of Behans filmed in there. Brendan books on display.
BarneyGrant (National) - 19/11/2025 18:04:43
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "That's a pattern we're familiar with though.
While Galway and Tipp were staging three 1pt margin semis 2015-2017, Tipp we're beating KK by 9pts at the 2016 final, while Galway we're losing the 2015 and 2016 Leinster Finals comprehensively, by margins of 6 and 7pts to Kilkenny.
Even when Galway we're clearly at the top of the pecking order in 2017 and 2018, they still needed two days out to see off KK at the '18 Leinster Finals." I remember chatting to former galway hurler his read was galway needed to be 8 to 10 points better than kilkenny to win scrape a win by one or two
minor77 (National) - 19/11/2025 18:40:07
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WeGoAgain: "Probably just pettiness on my part but I've no time for the Scots fans at all. Booing everyone and everything (especially celtic players but that's another story) and the "look at us in our tartan, aren't we mad crack altogether". Final straw for me was the rousing boos and jeers Amhran na bhfiann received in Hampden a few years back." I'd agree with that. Hard to believe we beat them 3 0 a few years ago
alalalalalum (National) - 19/11/2025 13:43:02
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Being born here at a minimum! Unless of Irish descent obviously." So a lad who has an Irish grandmother and never set foot in the country, never contributed to Irish society here or elsewhere, or paid taxes here, and maybe even plays soccer for England is more Irish than a fella spent most of his life here since he was in his teens or early 20s? Plays for Ireland, pays his taxes here, and is rearing his family here?
Viking66 (National) - 18/11/2025 21:39:05
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To REDANDBLACK30: "It's a real farce that the North even have a shot of going to the World Cup by virtue of winning a group in Nations League 3. It is very unfair system that teams in League 2 will miss out on a play off because they didn't win a group containing much better teams. San Marino were next in line for a play off because they won a league in Nations League 4. It's definitely not a fair system.
In the same campaign the Republic of Ireland would have to have won a group containing England to get a play off via this method. The Republic of Ireland stayed in League 2 but they would almost be better off getting relegated to League 3 to boost their chances of a play off going forward. Crazy system." Fully agree with you, imagine a 3rd Division team in the GAA qualifying for the final stages of the All Ireland football group stages by winning the Tailteann Cup. Poor.
Saynothing (National) - 19/11/2025 13:39:55
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