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Football Championship 2026 - 5 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Dublin scored a legitimate goal. Kerry got one that was not.
That's the way.
Leanfaimid ar aghaidh" Without wanting to cause a stir here and I genuinely mean this but two weeks ago Galway were very hard done by with the Dublin penalty and John Maher not receiving a penalty at the other end. Thats a possible 6 point swing and these calls happen a lot but there was no noise in the media about it, the Analysts on Sunday game didnt go to town on it, it didnt make radio 1 the next day...Why?
Dothesimplethingswell (National) - 14/07/2026 07:15:21
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
GAA have marketed the life out of Clifford, RTE also heavily invested.
In these days of generating commercial revenue, clicks and content, the GAA failed the sport yesterday with very blatant weighted decisions.
The Championship this year just lacks any credibility now, pity, was some great games this year - but it ended yesterday.
Congratulations to the Dublin team, heads held high, always Guardians of the game.
TheUsername (National) - 13/07/2026 22:04:57
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To DelaneyCup2026: "Westmeath GAA has been largely Mullingar orientated for a long time, maybe to their detriment. So the idea of the county board putting a COE anywhere but Mullingar just won't happen.
Every man on the street knows the location should be out towards Loughnavalley or Killbeggan but then we are told it has to be Mullingar" One of the major factors in setting up a COE is accessibility for all infrastructures which are in place. So mullingar has all services easily connected eg sewerage, traffic management, electricity, mains water and so on.
A greenfield site out the country is cheaper to buy but more expensive to get out of the ground. The council more or less would turn down a greenfield site out the country so it's easier get planning for the COE in mullingar or Athlone or any of the big towns that have all services already in place. Offaly faithful fields is right beside kilcormac so all services in place.
So we can all crib about the CB doing very little or each club can get behind the COE right away and do what's best for Westmeath Gaa. It leads to the question how to you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
Are we expecting this to be build all bells and whistles in three to five yrs and have every pitch changing room and planter boxes all out on display in 5 yrs and let the president of the gaa come down and cut the tape.
Why not start getting access road in and lay out 4 pitches(3 grass 1 Astro)and 4 dressing rooms (so all Westmeath teams can use over winter, spring months)and an office area as target one for three yrs time then start adding to that yearly until it's exactly where it should be.
Get the ball rolling now for improvements otherwise if we're waiting to get it done in one big swipe we will be still here arguing in 10yrs time and nothing done.
2maroonjerseys (National) - 14/07/2026 11:04:40
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Louth GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Brilliant season for us Louth fans. Wins against Offaly, Kildare, and Wexford who would typically be amongst our peer competition might have been the sum total of a typical OK year for most seasons past. Between league and championship, we had brilliant wins against Tyrone, Derry, Cavan, Armagh, and Monaghan and that makes for some record against strong Ulster teams. Losing in the league to the two teams that got promoted, and only by a single point against Meath (which, unbelievably, felt like a rare Meath win against us).
The Dublin win was immense psychologically. 2023 it was 5-21 to 0-15, 2024 it was 1-19 to 2-12. For the 2026 first game to finish 0-20 to 0-10 felt like a step backwards so the 4-18 to 1-24 win was a new high and continued the march of progress.
First half against Mayo was a new experience -- Croker at capacity and the feeling, the belief that this was going to go the distance. We've become used to Louth teams finding a way to win as they come down the home straight. Didn't happen on Saturday but we haven't had days out like these in our lifetime. This doesn't feel like the setback years of 1993 when Laois took us down a notch, 2002 vs Meath Geraghty goal, and the 2010 loss vs Dublin (which honestly did more damage that the Meath game IMO). Those days felt like we met insurmountable barriers. This feels like we're knocking on the door and we can figure it out.
It's some sacrifice these folks all make and we're grateful. This is a panel that has a lot further to go and, as long as they want more days like Saturday and want to be competing at the top table, it's there for them and we'll be fully behind them. Meath was our ceiling for a long time. Then it was Dublin. We haven't seen the ceiling for this panel yet and they're young. We'll figure out how to get past the current hurdle and come back again. The alternative -- putting in 90% as much effort for 20% of the results -- sucks.
So thanks to the team, panel, and management. Couldn't be more grateful.
level (National) - 13/07/2026 20:05:32
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Dublin scored a legitimate goal. Kerry got one that was not.
That's the way.
Leanfaimid ar aghaidh
BarneyGrant (National) - 13/07/2026 20:41:28
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To gaelsboy: "I thought the same, Wicklow not much ahead of us and with a few small improvements we can be competing for the TC next year if we have as many as possible available. Also hoping Down stay the hell up in div 2, they are better than the TC despite Saturday's result.
Get promoted to division 3 and worry about it then" The Leitrim panel is definitely talented, but Division 4 is very strong ,with Fermanagh Antrim Limerick Wicklow and London no pus overs.Waterford also gave Leitrim a mini scare in 2026.
On a separate matter great credit to Andy Moran for bringing Mayo to be real contenders against Kerry in the All Ireland final
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I hope Square B can acknowledge Andy's achievement.
joeman123 (National) - 13/07/2026 21:52:34
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To MunsterFan: "They weren't all incorrect though. The square ball obviously was but the penalty call was correct (it's a stupid foul by O Cofaigh Byrne but it's definitely a foul) and the disallowed goal isn't clearly wrong either. I've seen a bunch of angles in it and I think you can squint a d imagine the compressed ball is fractionally over the line, but even then I'm not sure. You're saying it as if it's obvious and it most certainly is not. If those two calls had gone against Kerry I'd be fairly annoyed. That says they were marginal ones. Not clearly wrong" For the penalty, Joe O'Connor led with the shoulder into POCB, not the other way round. Free out if a free at all
Eddie the Exile (National) - 13/07/2026 22:48:30
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Split Wicklow In 2 ????? - 1 Like(s)
Having watched Dublin vs Kerry, I have come up with a possible solution.
Why not have 2 men stationed on either post. Give them white coats as well.
These people would be best positioned to call if a ball was over the line, or a square ball ?
Might work.
sponger (National) - 14/07/2026 11:02:34
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Split Wicklow In 2 ????? - 1 Like(s)
Sponger, I must say you've a wicked sense of humour. At last, I've seen a Wicklow captain walk up the steps of the Hogan stand and accept a cup on behalf of a Wicklow team who won a national title. I know Tommy Gill walked up those same steps to accept the Tommy Murphy cup but it was a competition confined to division four team. And Leighton Glynn did the same when Wicklow won the division four title but this was different - this was a competition with division 3 and 4 teams plus Down who will be playing in Division 2 next February. What really pleased me on Saturday was watching a Wicklow team who had their backs to the wall at half-time but instead of shrinking and fading away - they came roaring back and see out the game. It gave me a great sense of pride to see a Wicklow team playing as a team including the substitutes who came on. This wasn't the way in the past when we had good footballers but they weren't playing as a team. Long may the spirit and resilience be displayed by Wicklow team.
wicklowsupport (National) - 14/07/2026 14:58:53
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To 2maroonjerseys: "Well considering the size of mayo it's probably the most central location in that county." It's South Mayo. But it's not a Mayo facility - it's a Connacht facility, and it is very central to the province.
jamsie (National) - 14/07/2026 15:54:36
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