Weird and wonderful facts regarding Armagh football

[Influx]

What are your unique facts regarding Armagh football, strange occurrences on field and off?

 

[Big Jim]

Armagh are the only team to have been beaten three times in the same championship.

 

[Big Jim]

Armagh appeared in the first ever All Ireland Football Final involving two counties from the same province.

 

[Big Jim]

Total official attendance at All Ireland Senior Football Finals that Armagh have appeared in is 311591

 

[h754136]

Armagh are the only team to have been beaten three times in the same championship.

First team, but no longer the only since the intro of the stupid 8s.

Some teams have now lost four times in the same year.

 

[Influx]

Are we the only county to score six goals v kerry in an nfl game?

 

[Big Jim]

First team, but no longer the only since the intro of the stupid 8s.

Some teams have now lost four times in the same year.

Oh yeah, I'd forgot about that, although I thought you had to win all games to get to super 8's

 

[Big Jim]

There was also something about Armagh having twins and brothers on the same team but I can't remember the actual fact. I know it was the time of the McEntee's, McNulty's, O'Rourke's...... who am I missing and what was the fact? Was it something like the first team with so many sets of brothers and a set of twins at the same time? And NO, Andy And Brian Mallon were not brothers no matter what RTE pundits may have said!!

 

[PatMustard]

Ach you ruined it. I was about to say the Mallon brothers

 

[PatMustard]

Are we the only county to score six goals v kerry in an nfl game?

When was that?

 

[PatMustard]

Armagh have won the last 7 Ulster finals they’ve been involved in.

 

[PatMustard]

Armagh haven’t played Antrim in the Ulster championship in donkeys years.

At least since the early to mid 1980’s at least.

 

[Influx]

When was that?

80's 6-7 to 4-8 at Davitt Park, eight goals in second half!

 

[Influx]

Armagh haven’t played Antrim in the Ulster championship in donkeys years.

At least since the early to mid 1980’s at least.

0-20 to 1-4 in an Ulster Semi if I recall

 

[PatMustard]

0-20 to 1-4 in an Ulster Semi if I recall

What year was that?

 

[Pat Cully]

When was that?

82-83 league think it was after they lost to Offaly in the all Ireland

 

[Big Jim]

The official Armagh colours [according to the 1953 programme] is saffron and white. Like wha????? Must dig that out again and double check I'm getting that right! (if not, it's a great talking point - "here he goes again.................!")

 

[PatMustard]

The official Armagh colours [according to the 1953 programme] is saffron and white. Like wha????? Must dig that out again and double check I'm getting that right! (if not, it's a great talking point - "here he goes again.................!")

Aye, that’s right. Apparently we started out black and amber though.

Then there was something about the nuns in Omeath making a new set of orange jersies though, that caught on.

 

[ragingbull]

Armagh play 6 ulster championship games & still didn't make it to the final in 1993

 

[ragingbull]

Armagh appeared in the first ever All Ireland Football Final involving two counties from the same province.

What happened?