The first paragraph is for the benefit of those who might not be familiar with the bizzarre world of Gaelic football which places a team like London in the Western division despite the fact that London, by virtue of being in England, is clearly a little further to the East. Things get even weirder when you realise they have to go North for hurling. Either way its just to put their calibre of team in context. Also, even if this is in Italics, I can’t help but feel its become the new first paragraph.
London are shit at Gaelic-fact. Indeed, they’re so shit that certain people within the GAA and Media have called for their removal from the Connaght Championship(where they haven’t won a game since 1977). Last time out they lost by 16 points to Sligo(0-7 to 2-17). To reiterate my point: London are shite. There, context given.
The fact that London are so shit is one of the reasons why a Seán Moran interview with their manager Noel Dunning(Irish Times, May 27th 2008 ) is so funny. Everyone loves a trier, and this man is a serious trier. For optimism alone he deserves a medal.
Noel Dunning defends Londons participation in the Connaght Championship:
“Not once did I hear any manager complain about having to play us”-guess why
Noel Dunning on the death of the Celtic Tiger:
“Obviously if the tide of emigration turns with the way things are going (our) player base will get stronger”
In fairness to the man though, he’s yet to say anything untrue and they did come within a point of Roscommon four years ago which is a damn side better than anything New York have achieved….ever. He’s also right when he says teams like New York and London have to be kept on, give them time to grow indigenous talent and things could get really interesting. Fuck it, they want to play-let them play, let them fight, let them be underdogs and let them cause an upset!! Why? Because thats what sport is all about.
What was the highpoint of last years championship? It wasn’t Kerry lifting the All-Ireland title (again). No, it was a certain silver haired Sligo man running half the pitch and putting a goal past the ‘clear favourites’ Galway to lift the Connaght title after years of consistant underachievment. So let London throw their hat into the ring, worst case scenario is that they win and the GAA have to pay for their flights(which aint gonna happen, the GAA are tighter than a fat mans underwear at christmas)
Also, Dublin really are gonna do it this year. I know because there are no omens, which is an omen. Gerrup te fuck!
