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Post by glengael on May 27, 2015 9:32:32 GMT
A question, as a child I remember Billy Morgan getting knocked out cold after a collision with the Bomber Liston in a munster final. I'm nearly sure it was PUC. What year I wonder? [/quote]
That was 1981 MF in Killarney as far as I recall.
I was reading a piece about the Heysel stadium tragedy recently (30 years ago this month). A man from Northern Ireland who attended that game was interviewed. He mentioned that many years later, he was attending a concert in PUC. While in the tunnel under the stand, he got a flashback to that awful night in Belgium.
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Post by G_S_J on May 27, 2015 13:32:00 GMT
A question, as a child I remember Billy Morgan getting knocked out cold after a collision with the Bomber Liston in a munster final. I'm nearly sure it was PUC. What year I wonder? I believe it's the 1980 final and I assume it's from this collision, the odds look stacked against Morgan anyway.
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Post by misteallaigh abú on May 27, 2015 18:33:38 GMT
Great pic. Thanks for that.
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Post by Mickmack on May 27, 2015 19:55:24 GMT
The years ending in 6 (1976, 1986 and 1996) were significant at this remove.
Cork won the All Ireland in 1973 and were too cocky v Dublin in the 1974 semi final and they expected to beat Kerry in 1975 but an early soft goal to Kerry set Kerry up. So 1976 in Cork was monumental. Opening of PUC, chaos with stewarding and a drawn game. The replay was back in Cork. The Kerry keeper did exactly what Durkin did in the 2014 AI final with a kickout and JBM slotted it. Cork went 7 up with about 15 to go. Sean Walshs goal when the umpire said the ball was over the line gave Kerry a lifeline. Mikeys winning point was disallowed as the ref blew full time as it sailed over. Extra time... Kerry won going away. Cork felt sore at that one. Cork hurlers were about to embarked on 3 in a row and JBM and Denny Allen opted for hurling after that.
1986... Two late Mikey Sheehy points into the wind saw Kerry beat Cork but there was no mistaking the fact that Cork were about to take over in the coming years as Kerry had an aging team and Cork had dominated at u21. The arrival of Tomkins and Fahy in 1987 tipped the scales dramatically.
1996... the pendulum swings back big time in Kerrys favour.
The arrival back door in 2001, has taken the edge off things but in those pre back door years, PUC was a forbidding place.
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Post by veteran on May 27, 2015 21:45:59 GMT
The years ending in 6 (1976, 1986 and 1996) were significant at this remove. Cork won the All Ireland in 1973 and were too cocky v Dublin in the 1974 semi final and they expected to beat Kerry in 1975 but an early soft goal to Kerry set Kerry up. So 1976 in Cork was monumental. Opening of PUC, chaos with stewarding and a drawn game. The replay was back in Cork. The Kerry keeper did exactly what Durkin did in the 2014 AI final with a kickout and JBM slotted it. Cork went 7 up with about 15 to go. Sean Walshs goal when the umpire said the ball was over the line gave Kerry a lifeline. Mikeys winning point was disallowed as the ref blew full time as it sailed over. Extra time... Kerry won going away. Cork felt sore at that one. Cork hurlers were about to embarked on 3 in a row and JBM and Denny Allen opted for hurling after that. 1986... Two late Mikey Sheehy points into the wind saw Kerry beat Cork but there was no mistaking the fact that Cork were about to take over in the coming years as Kerry had an aging team and Cork had dominated at u21. The arrival of Tomkins and Fahy in 1987 tipped the scales dramatically. 1996... the pendulum swings back big time in Kerrys favour. The arrival back door in 2001, has taken the edge off things but in those pre back door years, PUC was a forbidding place. I remember that Paudie O'Mahony mistake well. However, unlike Paul Durcan he apparently wasn't trying to take a short kick out. He was quoted subsequently that the front of his boot got stuck in the ground as he was about to connect with ball and it merely travelled into the grateful arms of JBM. Thar was a great occasion. Not just because it was a replay that went to extra time but also because it was very high quality football. Another noteworthy feature of that game was that it was probably the only time I saw Paidi struggle against his opponent. He was at wing back, marking Sean Murphy. Sean kicked four points of him during normal time. That was a huge score for a player like Paidi to concede. Years afterwards, I remember chatting with him and he agreed with my assessment. That was an aspect of his makeup- he was very honest in evaluating his own performances. Another characteristic of his was that he had a photographic memory about games. Most players of his profile would often get confused about games/incidents, with one game merging into another. Not so with Paidi. To quote from that famous American detective TV drama of decades ago, with Paidi was a case of "give me the facts, nothing but the facts". May God be good to him.
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Post by Mickmack on May 27, 2015 22:08:32 GMT
I was behind Paudie O'Mahony on the terrace as he took that kickout. Another memory is the display of Declan Barron of Bantry at midfield. He seemed to have a supernatural leap off the ground. An absolutely brilliant midfielder.
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Post by veteran on May 28, 2015 19:38:41 GMT
Mickmack,
I wonder are you correct about Declan Barron at midfield. I thought Cork's midfielders that day were Dinny Long and Dave McCarthy. Wasn't it Declan, playing at full forward. who got his fist to the high ball to the net that was disallowed, being regarded as a square ball apparently. Either way, it is true that he had a terrific leap for a ball.
It must be recorded that Pat McCarthy was the standout midfielder that day, invincible in extra time. It was his best game for Kerry, albeit with a short career.
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Post by Mickmack on May 28, 2015 20:09:58 GMT
Its entirely possible that you are right Veteran. Maybe I am mixing things up. That disallowed goal was another cause of Corks rage. I remember the Cork examiner the following day was very bitter towards the ref
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