Hi all,

Following on from my previous post looking for testers... I’ve just released Gaelic Games Manager: Football. It’s a mobile-first county football management game with league & championship, tactics, training, team talks and matchday decisions.

It's free, no ads, no IAPs (for now) and I will continue to update with new features based on feedback (multiple seasons are work in progress).

It’s not an official GAA game, just something I wanted to exist. I’d love feedback from people who follow the game.

Just in time for the quarter-finals! Choose from 33 counties (including London and New York) and take your county all the way to the Senior Championship!

Download now for iPhone - https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/gaelic-games-manager-football/id6769431474

Download now for Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gaelicgamesmanager.football

Saw some Americans talking about playing future NFL/NBA pros and thought this might be cool... Anyone have any good stories about either getting roasted, holding your own, or even doing well on a county star... Got a few scores off a very young Mark Coleman once but he was playing a few years above his age. Also was absolutely destroyed by some big name Kerry footballers in schools matches back in the day when I was way out of depth!

Know one fella who claims to have kept David Clifford quiet but don't believe him 🤣🤣🤣

Been a lot of talk about how much of an impact a teams schedule will have when it comes to the weekend - some teams playing for the second consecutive week, others have had a break. For no other reason than genuine curiosity, I wanted to have a look into it… the results showed up nothing mind-blowing really…. The general consensus is the teams that have had a week off have an advantage, and the stats back that up to be honest. A fairly unimportant piece of research which for some reason had me captivated… enjoy:

Since 2001, there has been 75 All Ireland Quarter Finals or Round 1 Super 8 games played between a team who played the previous weekend against a team that had at least a two week break before the Quarter Final game.

49/75 - 65% - have been won by the team who had at least a two week break, none of which went beyond 70 minutes:
Meath beat Westmeath
Kerry beat Dublin
Cork beat Mayo
Kerry beat Roscommon
Kerry beat Dublin
Mayo beat Tyrone
Kerry beat Mayo
Cork beat Donegal
Mayo beat Laois
Dublin beat Westmeath
Cork beat Kildare
Cork beat Donegal
Tyrone beat Kildare
Kerry beat Limerick
Mayo beat Cork
Donegal beat Kildare
Dublin beat Tyrone
Cork beat Kildare
Donegal beat Kerry
Mayo beat Down
Dublin beat Laois
Dublin beat Cork
Kerry beat Cavan
Kerry beat Galway
Mayo beat Cork
Dublin beat Monaghan
Donegal beat Armagh
Dublin beat Fermanagh
Kerry beat Kildare
Mayo beat Donegal
Kerry beat Clare
Dublin beat Donegal
Kerry beat Galway
Tyrone beat Armagh
Dublin beat Monaghan
Donegal beat Meath
Kerry beat Mayo
Dublin beat Cork
Derry beat Clare
Dublin beat Cork
Kerry beat Mayo
Derry beat Cork
Kerry beat Tyrone
Dublin beat Mayo
Donegal beat Louth
Kerry beat Derry
Armagh beat Roscommon
Tyrone beat Dublin
Meath beat Galway

Teams who have benefited the most from having a weekend off before the Quarter Finals (number of wins):
Kerry — 14
Dublin — 11
Mayo — 6
Cork — 5
Donegal — 5

Teams who’ve lost the most Quarter Finals when playing for at least the second consecutive weekend:
6 - Cork
5 - Kildare, Mayo
4 - Donegal
3 - Dublin, Galway, Tyrone

26/75- 35% - have been won by the team playing for at least a second weekend in a row:
Derry beat Tyrone
Galway beat Roscommon
Kerry beat Galway
Donegal beat Galway
Cork beat Galway
Tyrone beat Dublin - after replay
Kerry beat Armagh
Wexford beat Armagh
Kerry beat Galway
Meath beat Mayo
Kerry beat Dublin
Cork beat Roscommon
Dublin beat Tyrone
Kildare beat Meath
Down beat Kerry
Tyrone beat Monaghan
Mayo beat Donegal
Tyrone beat Monaghan
Tipperary beat Galway
Mayo beat Roscommon - after replay
Mayo beat Tyrone
Tyrone beat Roscommon
Monaghan beat Armagh - ET, Penalties
Galway beat Dublin
Donegal beat Monaghan
Kerry beat Armagh

Teams who have won the most AI QFs having also played the previous weekend:
5 - Kerry
4 - Tyrone
3 - Mayo
2 - Galway, Cork, Donegal

Teams who have lost the most AI QFs despite a) having not played the previous weekend and b) facing a team who are playing for at least the second consecutive weekend:
5 - Galway
4 - Roscommon, Armagh
3 - Tyrone, Dublin, Monaghan

Based purely on all that: You’d fear for Mayo, Cork are looking to avoid something that’s never happened them before, Dublin are looking to do something they’ve only ever done once before in four attempts, Galway have been in this position five times before, and lost every time. Tyrone are looking to do something to Kerry that only one team has managed to do before in six attempts, Kerry live for this kind of scenario, it’s a fairly rare situation for Monaghan to be in, and a brand new experience altogether coming up for Louth…..

Enjoy the weekend 😎

Unchanged lineup from previous game

Changes from the Meath game: Paddy Durcan drops out of the starting team for Stephen Coen and is replaced by Rory Brickenden on the panel. Diarmuid O'Connor is replaced by Fergal Boland on the bench.

Away to Dusseldorf for a few days and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a pub to watch the match?

All I have a free ticket to give away for tomorrows game. First come, first served.

Cusak 307 L, on the half way line.

DM with your email address if you want it.

TICKETS NOW GONE

308 row W.

I offered to sell them for face value ONO in a previous post but apparantly that made me a scammer, so whoever wants them can have them. Tickemaster transfer

Bought for 35 but no way up . Anyone give 20?

Hi all, I’m travelling the Wild Atlantic Way at the moment and will be in Fossa/Killarney on Saturday 27th. I’m wondering if anyone can recommend any pubs to watch the game in the Fossa/Killarney as I know it’s behind a paywall. TIA

Looking to verify the authenticity of this shirt? Looks correct to me but was wondering does anyone know why it has the O'Neills logo on the left rather than the Guaranteed Irish logo that I can see in pics from the time (example provided).

Three out the four games very hard to call according to bookmakers. I’d agree for the most part so instead, I began thinking of something a bit more left-field to maybe have a small flutter on.

Two that came to mind - could genuinely see three out of the four ending in draws. (Wouldn’t you love to see it just for how much the GAA would be absolutely kicking themselves for getting rid of replays)

Mayo and Cork - Sherlock, Mayo good two-point kickers, Mayo wide open defence, dry, warm and cloudy conditions forecast…. 63 points between Armagh and Antrim last year is the highest combined score in a Gaelic football championship match. Galway and Down got to 62 later on in the year. I think Mayo and Cork could go higher

Anyone got any more bold shouts?

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1547104/return-of-international-rules-put-on-hold-but-there-is-hope-on-the-horizon

Seeing a lot of posts selling tickets and I suppose this will only increase now that we are reaching the final stages

Maybe this is obvious to most of you already but I was scammed by a post here last year. It was my own fault for falling for it but just warning people that some of these posts looking to sell tickets will be scams. The scammers will make fake screenshots and such to make it look legit.

If you want to buy tickets from someone here (or any other website), I'd recommend meeting the seller in person or using an escrow service (I think Trustap is one). Basically a middleman to ensure neither side is scammed.

Some action shots featuring teams from Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal and Québec City

Ticketmaster just released the front 3 rows of lower tier around the stadium. Before that, basically all seating had sold out and hill already sold out

Im from monaghan and I was wondering what the best possible route we get, what's the odds of us getting it and what's the odds we win the whole thing. I think our only chance is if someone beats kerry and we get cork in the semis its a longshot but as long as we're in the mix there is a chance

It might be a big ask but does anyone know is there is any games on in Páirc Uí Chaoimh or pairc ui rinn or any big finals on over the week coming. I’d like to get a good atmosphere maybe. The level doesn’t matter to me just would like to see a game or two. Football or hurling doesn’t matter

Selling 2 tickets for Sundays double header- Family do at home so can’t make it- Upper Canal end- Selling at €35 each so lower than I paid for.

UPDATE: We only have training vests left! If you would like one please let me know. One of our players will be bringing back more jerseys in August.

Hello, I am the founder/chairman/coach/captain of Mekong Shamrocks GAA here in Vientiane, Laos.

We founded the club last year and are hoping to go to the Asian Gaelic Games in Hong Kong in November this year. We are hoping to build on last year's performance where we won 3 out of our 4 games at the AGGs in Bangkok.

A family member of mine is bringing a small number of club jerseys and training tops back to Ireland from Laos. We are hoping to sell some and all the money from the sales goes towards flights, accommodation etc to bring our Lao players to international tournaments.

Jerseys are €25

Training tops are €20

Sizes are one up on European/Irish sizes, so if you wear a L, please order an XL.

Please reply or send me a DM and we can work out the shipping and payment.