Originally posted by absent:
Listening to a documentary on rte radio on monday evening reminded me of the goings on in the hurling championship of 1998,we had the Clare/Wat game and the replay where there was some premature pulling before the ball was thrown in.Colin Lynch getting 3months suspension.Then we had the AI s/f between Offaly and Clare and the match blown up early and the Offaly supporters staging a sit down on the croke Park pitch seeking a replay.The game was replayed in Thurles and Offaly won and went on to beat KK in the AI final.All the stuff about the referees and threats to burn their houses etc,unreal.By the way,was this site going then,it would be interesting to see a few posts on it.

Originally posted by kavvie:
i did im glad to say.an unfinished match is something to sit on a pitch for..

Originally posted by squareba11:
Joke of a championship really can you imagine if that happened today.

This message has been edited - 09-may-2012 @ 16:37

Originally posted by blaamain:
Favorite summer of hurling for me and many a waterford fan I would think....My lasting memory is from the league final. Brought the girlfriend, a Melbourne girl and die hard Aussie rules fane, to her first hurling game. A Waterford lad, Tony I think, went to block down a ball and the sliotar hit him square in the eye and rebounded about 30 yards into the stand right next to us. Girfriend, a nurse, thought he was dead. Took him a minute or so to get back up and into position in fairness...After that she was hooked on hurling but, unfortunately for her, she was by that stage a Waterford fan.Later on, via an epic couple of Munster finals and a dream first trip to Croker (her and me) against Galway, she cried after the semi. Never mind, I told her. Thats a great young team. There's an all-ireland in them for sure....

Originally posted by BeTimberin:
Its not a year any Clare fan looks back on fondly. Im still very bitter about it. I feel we were the best team in Ireland that year but were screwed beyond belief.The best championship i remember for entertainment was 2001. Easily the most exciting, lots of close games and nearly every team that played in it could have won it. We had a royal battle with Tipp in Cork and if we had got over that we'd probably have went the whole way. As it happened a young Eoin Kelly was the difference that day and Tipp went on to win Liam, deservedly so!

This message has been edited - 09-may-2012 @ 18:51

Originally posted by Faugh a Ballagh:
If there are any Laois or Kilkenny fans out there they might remember this or tell me if my memory is playing tricks with me.I seem to remember though listening to the car radio and Laois a goal up on Kilkenny in the Leinster championship and the match going into injury time when as usual the Cats get a late goal to draw it.I knew Waterford were going to be decent that year under Gerald and having that sinking feeling that it might come back to haunt us that Kilkenny were still in the championship.Of course Kilkenny won the replay and the rest as they say is history!!

Originally posted by absent:
I didn't realize that was 1998,I was at that match and Laois were very unlucky not to have beaten KK.I used to go to an awful lot of hurling games back then,was that the same day that Meath put Offaly to the pin of their collar to win,still talking hurling.I was at the Clare/Offaly games and I can still see the Offaly hordes coming on to the pitch to stage their sit in,you would have to admire them,lesser supporters might just have let it be and then there would be no replay and no AI for them that year.It was a big deal for me getting tickets for the Clare/Offaly game in Thurles.I had to ring the Meath Co Sec and he arranged for me to collect the tickets in Croke Park as Meath were not getting involved in tickets for the replay,many tel calls.

This message has been edited - 09-may-2012 @ 20:23

Originally posted by frasiercrane:

Meath played Offaly in the first round of the Leinster hurling championship in 98 as the curtauin raiser to the Meath Offaly football match.In the hurling Offaly hammered Meath scored about 4-28.Meath hammered Offaly in the football match later 3-10 to 0-7

Originally posted by Faugh a Ballagh:
If there are any Laois or Kilkenny fans out there they might remember this or tell me if my memory is playing tricks with me.I seem to remember though listening to the car radio and Laois a goal up on Kilkenny in the Leinster championship and the match going into injury time when as usual the Cats get a late goal to draw it.I knew Waterford were going to be decent that year under Gerald and having that sinking feeling that it might come back to haunt us that Kilkenny were still in the championship.Of course Kilkenny won the replay and the rest as they say is history!!

This message has been edited - 09-may-2012 @ 21:40