WITNESS the MADNESS of the IRISH CUP FINAL! 🤯

[@BlairMcNally]

Help me reach 20k and hit that SUBSCRIBE button!! 🫡

[@Beanbag777]

There’s a number of reasons Irish club football is going from strength to strength. One of them is the vloggers like yourself Blair so thank you for all you are doing !!!

[@BlairMcNally]

Hero ❤️

[@manicmonday2468]

9th highest attendance for a cup final across Europe...That is incredible for our country...Just shows how the game is being held back here by funding and facilities...

[@Dutchology]

Also one of the cheapest tickets for a final, but its still cool that its such a high attendance indeed.

[@aidancotter6772]

@@Dutchologyrealistically the price for a cup final doesn’t matter unless it’s stupidly expensive. If it’s a cup final people are going to pay.

[@Z33-t6d]

Bro irish football is sooo underrated. Went to a rovers match while passing through Dublin and the passion was great, especially from the away support (st pats). Bohs rovers derby is on my bucket list when I come back to your beautiful country. Cheers from the states 🍀👊

[@Kad84]

Most of the Irish fans are glory hunters and support Premier League Clubs.

[@ryandonahue9784]

As a fellow non-Irish person (American here) who flew out to Dublin for the final fair play to you for continuing to cover and support this league.

[@BlairMcNally]

No way! Whereabouts in America. That is amazing 👏🏻

[@ryandonahue9784]

I'm born and raised in California@@BlairMcNally

[@tmcg5471]

Huge respect from a Drogheda United fan 💪

[@tonydalton459]

Great stuff. Hope you enjoyed the day. As a Pats fan, I certainly did 😎

[@Beanbag777]

That’s amazing dude what got you into the league of Ireland and what team do you follow ???

[@stephencarter3191]

A fantastic video. I'm an Irish man and a Drogheda United fan who lives in Ayrshire and your recent content about Irish football is very welcome. Thank You from the bottom of my heart Blair.

[@tmcg5471]

Good news for the Drogs last week - let's hope it's not a false dawn 💜💙💜

[@robbysfootyfocus]

Simply an Amazing final , attendance and display by all supporters, it was a spectacle the loi can be proud of 🙌👏 , such a shame the tifos were taken away last minute by the authorities.

[@1Pkor]

You have done more for Irish soccer in 1 year than the fai as done in decades. Brilliant videos!

[@whoneedsposers]

May I ask what role Blair had in developing the venue this game was played in? The FAI are far from perfect but hyperbolic nonsense like your comment makes no sense.

[@aidancotter6772]

@@whoneedsposers the rugby and the government contributed a lot more to the Aviva than the FAI did

[@stephengriffith7066]

Too right he has. So refreshing for someone to cover Irish football without the pathetic cynicism we usually have to deal with. Thank you @BlairMcNally

[@stephengriffith7066]

@@whoneedsposers It's coverage without the cynicism ... basically not someone like you.

[@adl9685]

Looks class never seen crowds like this in Irish football.. long may it continue! 🙌🏻

[@pburnzzz9260]

🔥Great to see all the young people there with such enthusiasm. League of Ireland has really capitalised on new media in last few years, whether its youtube, tiktok, twitter etc. clubs have used humour and passion to make a big breakthrough in Irish sporting landscape. Great to see.

[@niceonemikey]

Irish football is different gravy as a shelbourne fan and the pyro I see there this is unreal!

[@Ru95M]

Legend for covering Irish football. Doing a great job aswell love the enthusiasm , up the saints 🔴🔴🔴

[@YourManNugget]

Class video man. Fair play for all the support you give to Irish football. Have been hoping you cover a Pats game for a while. Should get down to Richmond for a game next season 🔴⚪️

[@raymonddixon7603]

If he can get a ticket. 😀😀😀😀

[@jkvlogs1651]

Brillant vid as usual Blair ❤

[@kieranfitz2804]

Well done, great video, appreciate you supporting Irish Football 👍

[@ciaranwalsh4897]

Thank you for promoting Irish football, hopefully you'll get the chance to visit Tolka Park next season

[@raymonddixon7603]

Two year ago when Motherwell drew Sligo Rover in Europe Scots people where calling Irish football the Highland League. They were duly stuffed by Sligo over the two legs. I hope those Scots fans see this.❤❤🤍🤍

[@ArcadiaJunctionHobbies]

Same when Bohs knocked out Aberdeen about 20 years ago 'pub league' etc. Remember when Derry obliterated Gretna? Same crap.

[@raymonddixon7603]

@@ArcadiaJunctionHobbies Ye I have said that numerous occasions as well. Aside from the Proclaimers most of the teams is Scotland would struggle in the Irish Premiership.

[@jamesbuckley7763]

Great Vlog mate and very much appreciated in Australia .I’m a Shels fans so good result but omg that was electric and great credit to fans of both sides for making it such a spectacle. So many young people at the game can only mean onwards and upwards for the LOI. Thank you

[@Dubliner-un9lw]

The reason there was so much pyro on the pitch was because both the Notorious Boo Boys (Bohs ultras) and the Shed End Invincibles (Pats ultras) had agreed to not throw pyro on the pitch with the FAI. The fire warden, stadium security and FAI then decided to stop the fan displays just before gates opening led to both sides throwing more ordinance than what fell on Vietnam on to the pitch basically as a "Fuck You" to the authorities. Those displays are always amazing. The best being the "Legends are born in RIngsend" one for Shamrock Rovers in the 2019 cup final. The League of Ireland is growing in spite of the FAI, not because of it.

[@BlairMcNally]

Thanks for this info! Makes sense now 👀

[@oliver69cork46]

Probably the best ever atmosphere at an irish football cup final if not an irish club game,wonderful and up there with anything anywhere in the world football

[@michaelrichards4648]

Fair play lad,you do more to promote our league than the FAI do,was a real shame the tifos were binned..Bohs tifo was very special..Will post a picture of how it should have looked.. keep up the great work ..up the Bohs❤

[@dthedddtheddd803]

disgrace that the fai took the fan displays

[@Coolcol44]

What displays did they take away and why ?

[@AMRPK]

​@@Coolcol44displays from both ultras groups. On the grounds that they were fire hazards.

[@AMRPK]

@@Coolcol44 literally hours before the match started

[@Support-your-local-team]

Would love to see Irish football kick on. Ireland is too proud a country for their people to all be Man United, Liverpool and Celtic fans.

[@gallowglass2630]

Irish people have always supported their local sports teams,in Gaelic football ,hurling and Rugby,it was only the soccer supporters that didn't some reason

[@AnnesleyPlaceDub70]

Nothing worse than seeing Irish lads walking about with English soccer tops on. Fkn CRINGE!

[@davidpryle3935]

@@gallowglass2630It’s because there are too many field sports in Ireland. There wasn’t enough people to go around, and football was the loser. I think the rising support for the League of Ireland is down to the rising population of recent years.

[@gallowglass2630]

@designatedproductions746 You have missed my point GAA may be only played here,but carlow GAA fans support carlow they don't support the most successful team which is at the moment dublin.Impossible to tell whether soccer is the most popular definitively the participation figures are a nonsense whereas GAA figures are based on insurance paid so there is a better picture of the participation however they are other variables that make it hard to say definitively whether gaelic football is more popular either.I don't think its really a matter of which is more popular because irish people are sports mad generally which means that on a given saturday or sunday people have a choice which sporting event to go to.

[@gallowglass2630]

@@davidpryle3935 Yes .Also soccer generally have fairly small hinterlands to draw support from even in dublin,whereas GAA and rugby are organised on a county or province basis giving them access to bigger fanbases.

[@conormurphy9877]

A word on the tifos. Both clubs were given guidelines regarding fire safety which were followed. Then earlier in the week told that that was no longer the case and could bring whatever they wanted. On the day Pats had set up and Bohs were in the process of doing so when 1 yes 1 person stopped everything. Fans tried to come to some form of compromise with him but were given no options. Pats were allowed keep a small number of their 3000+ flags and Bohs told to have dropped some of the main components of the display. Working together both groups just said no together.

[@tmcg5471]

Another own goal by the hapless FAI.....FFS.

[@davidhowe6023]

Fair play Blair for covering our league. I was there in the opposite stand with my son as neutrals. We always go to the cup final, even if our team (Rovers) are not in the final. It's a great occasion and in fairness to Bohs and St. Pats, it was a really entertaining game. The attendance shows a huge appetite in Ireland for football and your coverage helps promote our game. Hopefully our dumb-ass politicians will stump up some cash for real investment in the games infrastructure here! Cheers!

[@Leojw10]

Hello from England ive never watched a Irish football match till this video what a crazy game tho and great set of fans i wouldn't mind visiting Dublin one day and Aviva stadium is awsome

[@tmcg5471]

Welcome over any time 👍

[@tonydalton459]

Sadly our league grounds are not up to this standard. I’d recommend coming over to see Pats at Richmond Park 5hough. Small ground, but can generate a great athmosphere.

[@oliverbakker8381]

It is brilliant atmosphere in Ireland been 3 times including that final drogheda and bohs

[@BGREIGZ]

Absolute scenes great vlog Keep them coming 💪

[@dhealy7890]

You sir have done more to market Irish football in the last couple of years than our FAI. A big thank you from a CCFC fan.

[@coloneldecker]

Looks amazing... and yet it was pretty much ignored by the media.

[@Cloce]

Was in the ultra stand with pats and probably my favourite match to be at all time but want to thank you for helping support our league and get it out their as we are too underrated ❤❤

[@BGREIGZ]

Also what a tune for the players to walk out on. born slippys a banger lol

[@ToastBlox]

Thank you for promoting the loi more then the fai does blair

[@DarraghC]

Fair play, great vlog, glad you enjoyed the spectacle.

[@coniston3106]

good one blair, irish football on the rise

[@Anthony-wy5tm]

Brilliant content mate

[@MikeyVlogsFootball]

great video fair play to pats on winning the cup i also did a vlog on my channel and the atmosphere was brilliant from both sets of fans

[@seanoleary5757]

Come on you saints🔴⚪️

[@Tafuh4510]

I live in Northern Ireland and the only time I go to the Aviva Stadium is for the rugby

[@derekkearns3377]

Was great match up the saints. Odds were desdly for pats 9/4 bookies got it wrong

[@glenmacleod208]

Crazy i went from Inverness to the game, one of the best ive been to in my life

[@davoman1231]

Just an FYI.. penultimate means 2nd last

[@briantimoney5419]

Need to get sky into irish football for outside Republic of Ireland they are good football players in that league

[@LIONELMESSIFAN801]

I was a bohs fan at the match left at the third goal I had enough

[@jackheffernan5671]

Drogs vs Dundalk cup final next year

[@Cloce]

We (pats) winning it again 😂😂😂

[@Seanieblue22]

Blair is definitely BTID you can hear the disappointment in his voice!

[@dublinsfaircity]

Glad you enjoyed the cup final lad.

[@anonymousinternetaddict]

Why can't we have this in England ffs

[@ThePeakys]

Good work 🔥

[@Manchestercity271fan]

I was there

[@lehanedermot]

Ruling bodies never want people to enjoy themselves.

[@itsmartin6120]

I love the tall guy that said 10 nil

[@grantelliot9803]

Never thought that was possible when I think of Irish football. Surely this means the possibility of most teams in the top flight getting much bigger crowds and bigger stadia? Is the league still part time? Or is it a bit of both now?

[@AMRPK]

Mix of amateur, part time and full time.

[@manicmonday2468]

​@@AMRPKAll top tier professional bar Drogheda who are semi pro

[@franoloughlin3495]

You can bring your pint to the seat 😊

[@derekkearns3377]

Go on the saints

[@dylanshortt1656]

Hearing that around 420 flares were let off during the match, absolutely mental

[@franoloughlin3495]

We are the patrick's, the one and only, inchicore ,inchicore, inchicore

[@dubsskyline]

Great vid. Nice one 🔴⚫️

[@davidpryle3935]

Could anyone answer me this question. How is the Aviva stadium sold out with a 44 thousand crowd, when the Stadium holds 52 thousand ? Genuine question.

[@BlairMcNally]

The front rows of seats were all cut off at the front to stop pitch invasions from the fans. That took a fair chunk off of it. There were also a lot of tickets given away to some people who evidently didn’t go 🤝

[@davidpryle3935]

@@BlairMcNallyCheers for that Blair. Two of us traveled into Dublin with the intention of buying tickets for the cup final from the ticket master van at the top of Landsdowne road, as we have done for many years. This facility no longer exists, and you cannot purchase a ticket on the day, regardless. Everything has to be done online now. A ticket master bloke told us the match was sold out. So basically the match was sold out, but the stadium wasn’t, which is a strange state of affairs. We ended up watching the match in a pub on Baggot street. Anyway, that’s why I asked the question. Thanks again.

[@BlairMcNally]

@@davidpryle3935 yeah mate sorry to hear that! Nowadays if you’re ever looking for a ticket for a match Twitter (now called X) is what I always use if it’s sold out to find one off someone 🙌🏻

[@raymonddixon7603]

A lot of now shows and capacity was reduced for security purposes.

[@michaeltougher3501]

Bohs goal scorer celebrating in front of the pats fans spurred us on to destroy them.

[@2010MConnolly]

OH SAINT PATRICKS

[@Alex-mh1be]

6:37

[@michaelrichards4648]

1:50

[@samuelyates2435]

Come on pats

[@ajmurraydelaney]

I was at the match 😂

[@danielholmes5823]

Ye would need to shut your mouth and mind ye lanquage during the national anthem young fella😂 Great video.

[@jacklynch6694]

I was watch the game I am from Ireland I wanted bois to win

[@steve-bk1qd]

The FAI have gone woke...muppets... let the fans have their displays... keep up the old traditions...

[@dyl4np4g4n5]

Hi when’s the next queen match

[@dyl4np4g4n5]

Ur going to

[@mikebarton]

The knee slide to the corner flag needs banning. 🙈🙈

[@alancully2190]

Well done excellent work by you sir glad you enjoyed it

[@michaelmcloughlin3127]

Shouting into your phone during the national anthem...not cool

[@Irish_Bhoy]

I Was at the match huge dissapointment for bohs But ya lose some and win some (THE REFS AND THE FAI HATE US!) :Edit I am enraged i saw a shankill player as a cabo player (there our rivals)

[@michaeltougher3501]

Your spelling is nearly as atrocious as your team

[@eileenmolyneaux1043]

yet dept of Sport and certain clubs here doing nothing repeat nothing about ground redevelopment absolute joke Blair yet brill crowds in archaic and non developed grounds

[@donalsrfc]

A small correction. The attendance at the 2023 cup final was NOT the biggest attendance at a final although it was for Landsdowne Road. The biggest attednace was 45k at Dalymount in 1945 when Bohs were also beaten . They are nothing if not consistant !

[@cillianwhelton5963]

You are incorrect, The biggest attendance before this years was 41000 so the record was broken this year

[@donalsrfc]

41,238 in 1945 as I now know @@cillianwhelton5963

[@YushaKozaki]

Shut up during your national anthem.. Also - fake ultras. FORZA LAZIO. (And come on, Pats)