Where do I start
My brother managed to knock my Dad's glasses off him from the Top Tier of the Hogan Stand to the seating on the Lower Hogan at the end of the qualifier match against Dublin in 2003 (he was fairly happy that we'd won & understandably there were flailing arms
) Unbelievably they were actually handed in & he eventually got them back before leaving for home.
At one of our regularly visited grounds of late, Cusack Park in the town that just loves us Armagh folk
Mullingar, after our Qualifier in 2018 I was very close to being locked in the toilets (yes of course I'm normally 1 of the last out of a ground after a win). I could hear the iron gate being pulled over & started shouting that I was still in the toilets, so thankfully for me & to the disappointment of many an Armagh supporter I did not end up spending any longer than entirely necessary in that most welcoming of grounds to our lot.
Back in the day before the new road from Newry joining the motorway to Dublin when we were making regular trips to Croker we travelled via Carrickmacross & if we won (which we did on many on occasion back then) we stopped at the big garage/supermarket in Carrickmacross on the way home to celebrate by getting ice cream. On 1 occasion my Dad somehow managed to lock the keys in the car. My brother ended up having to get a lift home (from another Armagh supprter) to collect the spare key & came back to Carrick so we could get access to the car to drive home. For ages after that my Dad took the spare key for the car with him to matches, just in case.
There are other stories which are very specific to our family, my poor Dad is still reminded on a regular basis of the time he was on bun buying duty for our after match dining & bought trifle sponges by mistake. In his defence he did think he was treating us to something a bit different & I suppose in a way he was right. Needless to say it was a while before he was on bun buying duty again
Going to Armagh matches has always been very family orientated for us & we've had many a laugh throughout our years following Armagh & also many a very quiet journey home after a defeat. Like everyone I am missing the football in a huge way but I also really miss getting together with my Dad & brother to head off to some part of Ireland discussing all things GAA on the journey including our regular discussion on how to improve the Championship format & also the opportunity to create more memories, both happy & sad along the way but always creating these memories together.