DUBLIN FOOTBALL legend Dessie Farrell has been announced as Jim Gavin’s successor as next year’s winning All Ireland Football Championship manager, in a decision welcomed by Dubs everywhere. Farrell’s role as 2020’s All Ireland winning manager will involve relaxing walks up and down Croke Park’s touchline with much time focused on practising his trophy lifting… Read more »
SUPPORTERS who complained of football becoming predictably boring and boringly predictable could always rely on the one saving grace the sport had, Dublin manager Jim Gavin’s electrifying persona in media interviews, but now GAA is set to truly become a joyless and dull charisma free zone in his absence. While some counties are celebrating the… Read more »
FERMATTEN Celts Under-21 corner forward Michael Sheeling has been advised to ‘start making them scoring opportunities count’ if he expects to reach the level of adoration required to make serious allegations about him go away, WWN can report. Sheeling, 20, had hoped that his standing as a GAA player would enable him to avail of… Read more »
AS THE REALITY of being axed from RTÉ’s All-Ireland football final replay coverage sets in, experts on the experts of the game suggest Joe Brolly will take to standing outside Croke Park with a megaphone shouting pithy one-liners, analogies and controversial talking points into the stadium during the build up, half-time and full-time. “Don’t think… Read more »
TENS of thousands of ticket holders for the GAA All Ireland Championships are said to be outraged today after the organisation announced it is cancelling both the hurling and football finals due to insurmountable insurance costs, WWN can confirm. Citing increased instances of ‘shoulders’, ‘fighting’ and ‘pitch invasions’ as the reasons for the new elevated… Read more »
MAYO, DUBLIN, Tyrone and Kerry fans were treated yesterday to the warm familiar feeling of the GAA making a mess of the ticketing for a highly anticipated All Ireland championship game. Supporters took to social media to vent their frustration about queues in shops and virtual queues online, with many people left queuing on online… Read more »
WWN SPORT reluctantly reports on Waterford man Denis Cahey’s decision to officially put to bed his dream of somehow togging out for his county. Despite being heavily challenged in the fitness, talent and work ethic departments Cahey, 32, had always maintained the far-fetched notion of being called up to the senior panel to represent his… Read more »
SURGEONS in Westmeath are battling to save the spine of a Mullingar postman who was crushed under the weight of Valentine’s Day cards on their way to local GAA hotshot Fintan O’Lough. Postmand Derek Kinghan reportedly suffered a compound fracture of the L1-L5 area of his spine after attempting to lift his postal bag while doing… Read more »
DEFENDING THEIR decision to hike prices for the Allianz League games by as much as 33%, the GAA have stated that anyone opposed to the rises are sleeper agents for the Premier League and staunch soccer hooligans. “This is an Irish, culturally nationalist organisation, which means a 33% increase in price is actually a 33%… Read more »
AFTER the GAA’S Standing Committee on the Playing Rules issued a list of proposed experimental rule changes for Gaelic Football in early October, the GAA has revealed 15 new changes after a considerable period of consultation with referees, players and officials. The SCPR revealed the 15 new rules this morning in a press conference at… Read more »