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Post by kerrystar on Jun 8, 2004 14:37:55 GMT
John Cronin's Goal v Cork 1991, along with Fitz's point against Dublin 2001 and his goal against Cork 1998 has to be one of the best moments as a Kerry supporter. The wins in 97 and 2000 were great but there weren't that many amazing moments where Kerry got great points or goals to turn the tide
Cronins goal and that win was unbelievable because I don't think a single Kerry person expected them to win
The eternal question remains however, did Pa Dennehy mean to pass it?
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Post by FatTom on Jun 8, 2004 14:53:49 GMT
classic moment all right but fitzy's point was the greatest moment i've ever seen at a match - especially since that muppet tommy carr was shouting and roaring abuse at him as he was going to kick it - as the story goes he just turned around after it leaving his boot and said "watch that" and walked off! i also thought the one point the gooch got off anthony lynch the best corner back in the country was unreal - you know the one where he kicks with his left and it goes up fair high and he catches it and turns lynch like a fool and puts it over with his right pure class
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Post by Jo90 on Jun 8, 2004 16:31:28 GMT
That 91 game also included the worst ever individual performance in an intercounty match i.e. Tony Nation on Pa Dennehy. Those goals were fine but I wouldn't put them near the top of the list for magical Kerry goals. Fitzy's goal v Armagh in 2000 would beat both of those goals as far as both importance and quality is concerned. For the best moment I doubt if there'd be too many arguments about Din Joe Crowley scoring a goal in the last minute of the 1970 All-Ireland final against after a 50 yard solo run to win the game that looked lost.
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Post by FatTom on Jun 8, 2004 17:04:12 GMT
no argument here anyway id say - although i always enjoyed that cheeky one sheehy got against the dubs wasnt it? Classic
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Post by Attacking Wing Back on Jun 8, 2004 22:10:12 GMT
What about Mike Franks goal against Armagh in the replay in 2000...That was not only of top drawer quality but it turned the game that was slippin away on its head..Fitz against dublin was good as wll
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Post by kerryman on Jun 8, 2004 22:55:55 GMT
Jaysus we´ll have to realease a "golden moments during not so golden years video since 97!"
just to immortalise Fitz, Seamo, MFR, Daragh amongst others.
Moynihan shouldering Vinnie murphy over the line in the Dublin replay in Thurles was classic. It may not have required much skill but by god it needed sheer momentum.
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Post by FatTom on Jun 9, 2004 12:38:42 GMT
class you could see it coming a mile away it was legendary stuff - some class act up there with all the greats we've ever had
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Post by Alan on Jun 10, 2004 11:59:40 GMT
No mention of Maurice Fitzs point against Cavan in the '97 semi-final. Will never forget it - under the Cusack on the sideline, on the run with the left - sweet. Also, his pass to MFR for the goal in 2000 was out of this world.
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Post by kerrystar on Jun 10, 2004 12:29:58 GMT
He played a beautiful pass to MFR in that game against Cavan too. Must start up some top 10 moments of the last 15 years
something like this 1.Cronin's goal v Cork (still the best) 2.Fitz point v Dublin 2001 3.Fitz goal v Armagh 2000 4.Fitz goal v Cork 1998 5.Moynihan shouldring Vinnie Murphy as mentioned earlier 6.Breen knocking over Maurice Sheridan after Sheridan was admiring his kick over the bar 7.Breen got a great punched goal against Cork 1995 too 8.Mikey Sheehy equalising goal 1987 ye'll have to help me out with a few more 'moments'
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Post by Alan on Jun 10, 2004 12:44:02 GMT
From the Cavan game in '97 - Brian Clarke wins a free with his back to goal, Eamonn Breen makes a run towards the goal and Clarke gives an overhead kick pass right into Breens arms. The ref called it back for taking the free too quickly but it was a beauty
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Post by kerrystar on Jun 10, 2004 12:53:08 GMT
Yeah i remember that.
Mike Frank has got a few magical points over the years think he got one beauty from near the sideline with his left at Lewis Rd end against Cork in 2000(?) it was the same game that Crowley kicked about five from play off either Corcoran or O hAilpin
I think Breen clattered somebody with a great shoulder in league final 97- Ollie O'Sullivan? ;D
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Post by Walter Mitty on Jun 10, 2004 13:03:49 GMT
That game where Cronin scored was actually the first ever championship game that I was ever at. But I remember the goal very well. Even after it went in it seemed to me that everyone around still expected Cork to pull sonthing out of the fire. My top 5 moments watching Kerry since that day are: Maurice Fitzgearlds goal vs Armagh (00) MAurice Fitzgeards point vs Dublin (01) Mike Franks goal vs CAvan (97) Cork missing 2 penalties (92) Killian Burns point (95) ...great memories!!
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Post by Jo90 on Jun 10, 2004 13:09:35 GMT
Killian Burns point was in 1996. It was our first Munster Title in 5 years. Definitely the most enjoyable Kerry win over Cork I've ever experienced. Those last 3 points were celebrated like All-Ireland winning goals on the Kerry terrace (Blackrock end?). The thing about that Kerry team, is that 5 of them were young enough to still be playing now i.e. Killian Burns, Charlie McCarthy, Mike Hassett, Barry O Shea and Gene Farrell.
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Post by Walter Mitty on Jun 10, 2004 16:07:01 GMT
Yeah Joe Sorry bout that Killian Burns point was in 96. Its amazing how times have changed since then . Its the city end that we go into. The Blackrock is where all the Cork supporters go. I must admit, the atmosphere that day in 96 was electric. In those days beating Cork was the highlight of the year.
Cork had a cracking team in the early 90's. Is it that Cork were so good or we just didnt have the players??
Does anyone think that if we had beaten Cork in the early ninties reguralily, would we have been good enough to win 1/2 all irelands with the team we had.
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Post by Original KYFan on Jun 10, 2004 18:05:24 GMT
Not a game altering score like some of the others, but Eoin Brosnan's goal against Kildare in 2002 was a beauty. He appeared to be parting the Red Sea as he tore through the defense.
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Post by FatTom on Jun 10, 2004 18:18:04 GMT
what about the goochs lob against fermanagh!!!
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Post by Boris on Jun 10, 2004 22:25:09 GMT
My pick of great Kerry performances is Seamus Moynihans displays at full back in 2000 in the draw and replay epic with Armagh.He was unbelievable,one of the best individual exibitions ever some of those block downs......pure class. Then he went on to destroy Joyce twice in the final and final replay.Ní bheidh a leithead ann arís.
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Post by kerrystar on Jun 11, 2004 7:46:47 GMT
I'd say you were one of a privileged few to see Gooch's goal v Fermanagh Fat Tom!
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Post by KevinT on Jun 11, 2004 10:02:31 GMT
I was in portlaoise that day and there was nothing memorable about it. Shooting fish in a barrell would have been harder. A very weak Fermanagh were destroyed. The only good thing was it was good for Kerry egos after our loss to Cork. My favourite score is definitely Maurice Fitz's sideline score against Dublin in Thurles
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Post by Attacking Wing Back on Jun 11, 2004 10:28:00 GMT
Was in portlaoise that day for gooch's goal..Lovely lob..But if were goin down the road of mickey mouse matches...What bout Tomáa O Sé's cracker against wicklow inthe qualifiers the same yr..He ran the length of the field and stuck it.
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Post by FatTom on Jun 11, 2004 12:51:45 GMT
yeah agreed but they were great goals! i think goochs performance against cork in the all ireland semi is one of the best displays of forward playing well see in croke park for a long time he was absolute class
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Post by kerryman on Jun 11, 2004 17:39:18 GMT
Had forgotten about the Brosnan and Tomas O Se goals. Unreal.
That goal that Macgearailt scored against Galway in 2002. It wasn´t the goal, its the way Cinneide managed to lay it off to Aodhain while he was underneath a Galway defender (I think it was a Fahy)
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Post by FatTom on Jun 11, 2004 17:53:45 GMT
class all right - you've a thing for cinneide id say! are you him?
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Post by kerryman on Jun 11, 2004 17:55:21 GMT
Nope and nope. Was on the hill that day within 20 yards of the pass. Superb
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Post by FatTom on Jun 11, 2004 17:58:44 GMT
it was fairly good all right - still everything the gooch did against cork - especially since it was cork at 19 years of age was just unbelievable
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Post by Jo90 on Jun 14, 2004 9:46:23 GMT
The best Kerry performance I've seen is Seamus Moynihan's against Meath in 2001. While everyone around him was having nightmares of games he just kept trying and trying. Its scary to think what we'd have lost by without him - possibly 30 points plus.
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Post by Other_KYFan_in_Dublin on Jun 14, 2004 12:44:58 GMT
If Declan Sullivan's lob against Cork yesterday had gone in it would have rated along with Spillane's lob in Killarney back in the good aul days (can't rememebr if it was 84 or 85)!!
Still think Fitzy's point against Dublin was the best score i've ever seen
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Post by **kerryfan** on Jun 14, 2004 13:56:07 GMT
Alot of great memories fitz's sideline kick against the dubs was prob the best ever remember it was only he's first touch of the ball under some pressure from that gob*e carr outside of the boot over the black spot pure class. I was behind the goal that day and seeing the ball curl over was unbelievable. Also remember a free he had in the 97 final hogan stand side on the touchline on the 14 yard line and he struck it sweetly with his left foot from the ground some score from a tough angle.
Can ne1 remember the point fitzy scored in that dreadful league match in 97 against cavan out in new york. The ball was played in it looked like it was going out over the endline fitzy chased it down and back healed it to Mike frank he then turned and received the pass from him and from a tight angle slotted it over the bar pure class. The man's a genius.
Sheehy's goal against the dubs goes down as won of the greatest aswell. Pure class.
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Post by Original KYFan on Jun 14, 2004 15:51:00 GMT
I remember it well... Maurice chased down a ball that was sure to go over the sideline - tapped it back into play with his heel - another player collected it (can't remember who - but I'll take your word that it was MFR) and fed it back to Maurice who kicked with the right over his left shoulder. He didn't even turn around to look at the posts, he just knew....pure class is right!
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Post by falveyb2k on Jun 14, 2004 20:27:48 GMT
Yeah I remember that as well. The back heel went through the Cavan defender's legs as far as I remember! What nobody has mentioned though is his amazing pointed free in 96 against Cork. It was level with minutes to go and in the pouring rain he drove the ball over the bar from well over the 45 metre range. I think that was the end of the bad old days and the start of the great football to come.
There's some great memories there. I seriously think the county board should consider releasing a video/dvd of great Kerry football moments. At the very least they should release one like the history of Galway football video. Think of all the footage and great moments,interviews with great players etc. you'd have. I guarentee that it'd be a big seller in the kingdom at the very least(wouldn't it be a great christmas present?). I mean it's an awful pity that the only video of Kerry football is the golden years tape(well worn in my house at this stage) when if you walk into any video store you find a million videos on the likes of man utd where you wouldn't have half the entertainment(and I'm a united fan!). Perhaps we could get the admin to hop this off a county board official. What do ye think? Anybody have any connections? ;D ;D ;D ;D
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