Armagh take on Galway in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, seeking to bring the Sam Maguire trophy home for the first time in 22 years.
The Newry Reporter's Michael Scott spoke to fans at Newry Bus Station as they headed off to the big game at Croke Park in Dublin.
The Newry Reporter's Michael Scott spoke to fans at Newry Bus Station as they headed off to the big game at Croke Park in Dublin.
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00:00And then I'm going to say, 1, 2, 3, yeah!
00:02Woohoo!
00:04Oh, wait a minute, you're blocking me.
00:05So, just tell us your names.
00:06Yeah, Aidan Byrne.
00:08How you doing?
00:09And I believe you guys were the first people here today?
00:11We are, yeah.
00:12First here.
00:13Very keen to get down the road?
00:15Very keen. Buzzing. Buzzing.
00:16Because you've got your tickets and all?
00:17We've got the tickets. Got the tickets and all, yeah.
00:19Very good. Where have yous come from?
00:20Blake.
00:21Not too far, then?
00:22Not too far. Just up the road, yeah.
00:23Oh, no.
00:24Well, what do you reckon today?
00:25Oh, we're definitely going to do it.
00:26Definitely going to go to Gregor Home, eh?
00:28What do you think? Score predictions?
00:30Eh...
00:31Do you do score predictions?
00:32I don't know. It'll be tight.
00:33I think it'll be a tight game, but I think we'll do it.
00:35I think we're confident in the ways, and we'll definitely do it.
00:38What has the build-up been like all week for yous?
00:40Oh, it's been buzzing. It was classic.
00:42We were doing Camelot, Camelot everywhere,
00:43and so far, man, it's just orange and white,
00:45and it's just gone mental, so it's buzzing.
00:47This is your first tour, Aaron.
00:49You looking forward to it?
00:50Seeing the big day?
00:51Big day, eh?
00:52Yeah.
00:53Who do you think's going to win?
00:54Or is that a silly question?
00:55RMI.
00:56RMI?
00:57Very good.
00:58You folks are from Cullyhanna, is that right?
01:00Yeah.
01:01Very good.
01:02Yous looking forward to your day out?
01:03Yeah.
01:04Buzzing.
01:05How do you think it's going to go today?
01:06RMI by one.
01:07By one.
01:08It's going to be tight, like, isn't it?
01:09It's going to go to extra time in RMI.
01:11I have a funny feeling you could be right on that one.
01:14Who do you think's going to be the key men today?
01:17I think...
01:19We'll go for Cullyhanna, coming off the bench.
01:22Ross McCollum.
01:23Coming off the bench.
01:26He's got the tickets all right then?
01:29Yeah.
01:30Very good.
01:31So it'll be a good day out for yous then?
01:33Yeah.
01:34Thank you very much.
01:35Yous are well hydrated anyway as well.
01:38Very good.
01:40Any score predictions, lads?
01:43Three goals, 11 to 7 points.
01:45That's a big one.
01:47That's a big one.
01:48I'll find you tucked up in my bed again in three months.
01:51And what way, or who do you think's going to win?
01:54In what way, or who do you think's going to be the key men today?
01:57Jim Morgan.
01:59He's going to come on to go for it.
02:02What's your name?
02:03Gary McConnell.
02:04Gary, you've come all the way from America this time.
02:06You must be all getting tickets or something like that?
02:09As soon as we won, it was right on the computer.
02:12Booking the place?
02:13Scrambling.
02:14Very good.
02:15Buses, planes, trains, automobiles.
02:16What's the thoughts going into the game today?
02:18RMI will be two.
02:20You're confident then?
02:21I'm confident, aye.
02:22We've got 16 men there today.
02:24Very good.
02:2516 men.
02:26Glad to be home?
02:28Brilliant, brilliant.
02:29How long are you home for?
02:31I'm flying back Tuesday morning.
02:32Very good.
02:33You'll make the most of it then?
02:34Make the most of it.
02:35Tonight I will, innit?
02:36We're down, and we'll have a down man with us as well.
02:39He's on his way to the All-Ireland Final.
02:40He'll be about the only one that's down at it.
02:42We always go every year when our man's at the All-Ireland Final.
02:44Very good.
02:45Looking forward to the day, no matter what.
02:47Aye, big day.
02:48Big day.
02:49What way do you reckon it's going to go?
02:51RMI will be difficult to beat today.
02:53Do you think it'll be tight?
02:55I reckon it'll be tight, yeah.
02:57You still have tickets anyway, have you?
03:00We've won so far, and we're the promise of it all.
03:03Right, very good.
03:04So we're nearly in.
03:06He's getting the buses down there with everybody else?
03:08Airport bus.
03:09On the airport bus?
03:10Very good, very good.
03:11I think we're going into City Centre.
03:12Yes.
03:13So it'll be a good day out anyway?
03:14Great day out.
03:15Looking forward to it.
03:16Not too bad, how are you?
03:17Not too bad.
03:18How's the nerves?
03:19Oh, shattered, yeah.
03:21Whereabouts are you from?
03:22We're from outside Canberra.
03:23Canberra, very good.
03:24And I hear you're over from America?
03:25Yeah, we've just come in the other morning.
03:27From North Carolina.
03:28Very good.
03:29We've got a man over here from, what was it, Pennsylvania?
03:31Philadelphia.
03:32Philadelphia as well.
03:33So it seems to be a few boys coming home for the match.
03:35Yeah, good to be home for the match.
03:36It's hard to miss it.
03:37How long are you home for?
03:38Just goes for us for three days.
03:40Very good.
03:41And then back tomorrow, yeah.
03:42Oh, very good, right.
03:43So it'll be a quiet night for you then, it'll all be all well.
03:46Yeah.
03:47So what do you reckon today then?
03:48We're quietly confident.
03:49Yeah.
03:50Quietly confident.
03:51What do you reckon the score's going to be?
03:53One point a day, probably.
03:55One point a day.
03:56As long as the wind comes in, that's the main thing.
03:58That's all we're worried about.
03:59All right, good.
04:00And you'll enjoy yourselves tonight then?
04:01We're going to do.
04:02It's going to be hard.
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04:04Yeah.
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