GAA Gaelic Football
FINAL - CORK v DOWN
GAA Football National League
Match scheduled: 19-09-2010 from 14:30 until 17:00-GMT
ALL IRELAND SENIOR FOOTBALL, Sept 19th, FINAL - CORK v DOWN, Croke Park, 1530, Live RTE, BBC NI
GAA Gaelic football :: Gaelic Football can be described as a mixture of soccer and rugby, although it predates both of those games. It is a field game which has developed as a distinct game similar to the progression of Australian Rules. Indeed it is thought that Australian Rules evolved from Gaelic Football through the many thousands who were either deported or emigrated to Australia from the middle of the nineteenth century. Gaelic Football is played on a pitch approximately 137m long and 82m wide. The goalposts are the same shape as on a rugby pitch, with the crossbar lower than a rugby one and slightly higher than a soccer one.
