How does the scoring work in this game? ............1st......2nd......Total Dublin 1.4 7 1.7 10 2.12 18 Mayo 0.8 8 1.4 7 1.13 15
I don't know what that maelstrom of numbers you just threw up there means Killy! Its far simpler than that. A goal is worth three and a point is worth one. So for example, if a team scored two goals and seven points (2-07) they'd have a score of 13. Today's game finished Dublin 2-12 (18) Mayo 1-14 (17).
Those numbers were the Bet365 presented score format - thanks for the Coles Notes version! So the final score was actually very close? Looks like Mayo made a bit of comeback in the last 15 mins? Who was expected to win?
Yep, couldn't be any closer - only one point in it. The bookies couldn't separate the teams before the game so it was the toss of a coin really. But poor old Mayo haven't won it since 1951 and they've now been in the final, I think its 7 times since then, and they've lost them all!
I was reading up on the history of Croke Park and now understand the significance of the Hogan Stand and The Hill, and also the "always the bridesmaid, never the bride" Mayo quote. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13431331 In 1913, Croke Park had only two stands on what is now known as the Hogan stand side and grassy banks all round. In 1917, the rubble from the Easter Rising in 1916 was used to construct a grassy hill on the railway end of Croke Park to afford patrons a better view of the pitch, which hosted all major Gaelic football and hurling matches in the latter stages of the All-Ireland championships. This terrace is known as Hill 16. In the 1920s, the GAA set out to create a high capacity stadium at Croke Park. Following the Hogan Stand, the Cusack Stand, named after Michael Cusack from Clare (who founded the GAA and served as its first secretary), was built in 1927. 1936 saw the first double-deck Cusack Stand open with 5,000 seats, and concrete terracing being constructed on Hill 16. In 1952 the Nally Stand was built in memorial of Pat Nally, another of the GAA founders. Seven years later, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the GAA, the first cantilevered "New Hogan Stand" was opened. The highest attendance ever recorded at an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was 90,556 for Offaly v Down in 1961. Since the introduction of seating to the Cusack stand in 1966, the largest crowd recorded has been 84,516. Bloody Sunday (1920) During the Irish War of Independence on 21 November 1920 Croke Park was the scene of a massacre by the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC). The Police, supported by the British Auxiliary Division entered the ground, shooting indiscriminately into the crowd killing or fatally wounding 14 during a Dublin-Tipperary Gaelic football match. The dead included 13 spectators and Tipperary's captain, Michael Hogan. Posthumously, the Hogan stand built in 1924 was named in his honour. These shootings, on the day which became known as Bloody Sunday, were a reprisal for the assassination of 15 people associated with the Cairo Gang, a group of British Intelligence officers, by Michael Collins's 'squad' earlier that day.
Congrats to the Dubs, but my God, did Mayo shoot themselves in the foot or wha'? Dublin were going for their fancy goals again when they should have been picking off their points. Great goalkeeping on the Mayo side. All in all, the best side this year won the Championship, and in anyone's books (even the other 31 counties' books), that's justice. Well done Dublin and hard luck (again) Mayo.
My mother is Mayo and Father is from Clare, so was hoping for an All Ireland double this year! As with Clare 2 weeks ago, I thought Mayo were the better team, but didn't hammer home their dominance in the 1st half. Why they were kicking points in injury time when a goal was needed I will neve understand! Roll on Saturday and the hurling replay - An Clar Abu!
Bloody hell mate, you must've been watching a different game! I thought Dublin were easily the better team.
Mayo were the better team in the first half and should have been more than a point ahead at half time. However over the full 70 minutes Dublin deserved to win and Mayo can have no complaints. Dublin had the better forwards on the day.
That's the way I saw it too Ciarrai. Mayo lost it in the first half. Dublin's second half performance was good and they deserved to win it. There is no way over the 70 minutes Mayo deserved to win. Once again, they bottled it. It is 63 years and counting for them. For their supporters sake, I would like to see them win one and I think they will win one soon. Hard luck Mayo and chin up. It is a question of when not if. Thanks for the good wishes. I have two sporting passions in my life. QPR is number one and number two is GAA in general and Dublin GAA in particular. With one on top of the league and the other the All Ireland Champions, I am a happy man today. Somebody up above is smiling down on me. Thanks for the little articles on the history of Croke Park Kilburn. Now you know why Hill 16 is sacred ground to the people of Dublin.
I only watched the highlights last night but I am puzzled by one thing......With a minute or so to go in added time Mayo had a free (kick) 30 meters from goal, the lad taking it must have known they needed at least 2 points to draw or a goal to win, yet he almost wastes the whole minute going through his kicking routine only to chip the ball over the bar for a point......if he was going for a point why didn't he just grab the ball and belt it over the bar and force Dublin to restart the game quicker..... or simply get all his team mates to crowd the goal and lob the ball in to the goal area and take a chance that a goal might be scored with a lucky bounce of someones head/elbow/arse/knee etc..... Perhapes someone who understands the game better than me can explain....
Dens, the semi-final was an epic game. It was bad luck on Kerry to lose it. I was there and will never forget the performance of the Gooch. He tore us apart in the first half. He deserves an all star for that performance alone. Having not won the all-Ireland for 16 barren years, I would never take any all-Ireland for granted and I have the utmost respect for Kerry. All Dubs respect Kerry. Between us, we have won 60 all-Ireland football titles. One thing I would say though is, this Dublin team are young enough to be in contention the next few years. If they retain the hunger, they might nick another one or two. I would dearly love to see Mayo win one and soon. I felt for their supporters last night.
Do you know how many pints I had yesterday Tramore? A big fat ZERO. I was working. The poor Mayo fans were distraught. They have lost 7 finals in a row. I really hope they win one soon.
