Originally posted by cypher:
Aload of smelly auld fellahs sitting around watching young fellahs run around in their togs.   (oneills togs rammed up their crack  )  

Originally posted by redlead:


Why are GAA shorts so much shorter than normal shorts?

Originally posted by thegoalpost:
What does the GAA mean to you?

This message has been edited - 09-mar-2010 @ 13:32

Originally posted by 4 All Irelands:
What are "normal shorts" anyway.

Originally posted by thegoalpost:
With all the current unrest in Limerick at present and in Cork last year, I wonder as posters on this site what does the GAA mean to you.

In no particular order I would say for myself.

That sense of pride in an association whose games still retain the ethos of what sport should be about, in these days of overpaid primadonnas in other sports.

It`s playing handball on Sundays after mass at a time when you had to queue to get a game, before the game suddenly lost it`s popularity for no apparent reason.

It`s being able to tell Yanks as they watch Hurling   (and are blown away by the speed and skill involved  )   that this is an amateur sport and that I had marked   (not very sucessfully  )  a few of those players on the TV screen.

It`s John Connolly playing a blinder in the 1975 all ireland semi final,my first sporting hero long before maradona, ronaldo etc..........

It`s having a grudging admiration for that Dublin team of the 1970`s for what they achieved and what they did for the GAA in Dublin at the time.

It`s the two commentators named "Micheal"

It`s participating in Feile Na Gael for my club in 1980 a wonderful boyhood memory.

It`s the sense of excitement in the 30 seconds before the throw in of a championship match, particularly a hurling match.

It`s your Club, your County and then to a lesser degree your Province.

It`s the friendships made throughout my travels and involvement with GAA clubs in Ireland, The US and The UK.

As someone who grew up exposed to and able to appreciate other sports particularly Soccer and Rugby, It says something that even now I would always choose to attend/watch a hurling match first, then a good football match second over and above a rugby or soccer match.

Originally posted by thegoalpost:
What does the GAA mean to you?

Originally posted by Anelka:
Sites like this are also a credit to the gaa.

Originally posted by redlead:


Why are GAA shorts so much shorter than normal shorts?

Originally posted by The Beautiful Game:

Because the GAA are usually a decade behind in the fashion stakes.

In soccer, the speedo shorts went out of vogue at the start of the 90s.
A decade later, GAA players were still wearing their shorts rammed onto them like their first communion underpants.

This message has been edited - 09-mar-2010 @ 16:10

Originally posted by prewtna:

its all about the visiting teams WAGS and saying `theres nothing like that round our club`.

its about another mans obsession with stealing the footballs from visitng teams and denying all knowledge

Originally posted by The Beautiful Game:

Because the GAA are usually a decade behind in the fashion stakes.

In soccer, the speedo shorts went out of vogue at the start of the 90s.
A decade later, GAA players were still wearing their shorts rammed onto them like their first communion underpants.

But surely it is soccer that is about 50 years behind in the fashion stakes as the shorts now look exactly like the ones in the Stanley Mathews /Tom Finney era. Surprised at you TBG. The Aussies like em short as well. Wouldnt insult one of them to his face regarding the placement of the material in his `crack`. Would you???

Originally posted by scelp:
How do you put your response in black type when posting quote as well? Shocking ignorance I know

Originally posted by scelp:
How do you put your response in black type when posting quote as well? Shocking ignorance I know

Originally posted by RoyalGirl:
GAA shorts are the best. End of.

It`s about the 5 miles of black tape you go through every year taping your hurl. It`s about the feeling of belonging every time you go to a match or to the club. It`s about auld fellas ya don`t know taking you aside after a match and showing you how to improve your style of play. It`s about how those same lads said the exact same thing to your dad. It`s about the farmers tan you get from wearing the jerseys with the colars. It`s about the friends you make going to away matches that you see every weekend from Janruary to September   (hopefully  )  . It`s about the feeling you get in the pit of your stomach before every match you play in/watch. It`s about getting a perfect first touch on a sliotar and having your confidence high for the rest of the match. It`s about knowing how terrible running laps when you`re up to your ankles in much isn`t fun now but it`ll be worth it to get that extra stride on the person your marking. It`s about the pride of watching sports that are unique to Ireland alone and that will never go away. It`s about the pride of pulling on a club jersey.

GAA Abu!