All-Irl Semi Final: Meath v Cork

[Mickmack]

there was 35000 at it........ about 15000 between Kerry, Galway and Cork.....that leaves about 20000 from Meath.........

[Owenabue]

It was hard to see groups of supporters cos we seemed to be all over the place making it difficult to actually see the colours, but there were definately a lot of Meath people there.

[MrRasherstoyou]

mickmack said:

there was 35000 at it........ about 15000 between Kerry, Galway and Cork.....that leaves about 20000 from Meath.........

So there were no neutrals then? At an All-I semi? Must have been at least 5-10,000 neutrals. Mind you, where were all the "neutrals" who will be there for "the show" on sunday

[tabbyie]

I was there and very much a neutral for the senior game. Clapped for every point scored. Actually started to laugh when Geraghty was bungled into the goals.

The upper Cusack was the only upper tier that was open. I thought that the Meath supporters out numbered Cork 2:1. They were the dominant force on the hill which was a bit unusual as Cork supporters would have flocked there. Plenty ofn bagpipes and drums to be heard from the Cork supporters though

[Mickmack]

O'Leary beats video rap as ref Crowe holds firm
By Colm Keys
Wednesday August 22 2007


CORK defender Noel O'Leary has been cleared to play in next month's All-Ireland football final after referee Brian Crowe backed his original decision to yellow card him against Meath. O'Leary was caught on camera striking Meath's Graham Geraghty in the face 10 minutes into Sunday's All-Ireland semi-final.


Under new guidelines, the Central Competition Controls Committee (CCCC) are entitled to review controversial incidents and contact referees to determine if they were satisfied with how they dealt with them.

The CCCC met yesterday and followed that procedure, sending Crowe a clip of the incident and asking him if he was satisfied that a yellow card was the appropriate punishment for O'Leary's off-the-ball punch. But Crowe, who was alerted to the incident by his linesman on the Hogan Stand side, held his ground and opted to allow the original decision to stand. The CCCC cannot now proceed with any potential charge against the player.

Had Crowe changed his mind, O'Leary would almost certainly be facing a four-week suspension, doubled to eight weeks because of an incident earlier this year, which would have excluded him from an All-Ireland final.

The news will be welcomed with relief on Leeside where O'Leary had been facing an anxious 48 hours. Crowe's decision could attract criticism but with an All-Ireland final at stake the policy of leaving such a huge call to one official will also be questioned.

- Colm Keys

[MrRasherstoyou]

Glad to hear he's in, the final needs players like him, warriors