The Madness of Football, Episode 8: Donegal and Dublin change the game in 2011

Jim McGuinness tore up the rules of engagement in a memorable last-four clash at HQ.
The Madness of Football, Episode 8: Donegal and Dublin change the game in 2011

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A 'game from hell', the match that spawned a raft of imitators or an All-Ireland semi-final that redefined how we think about Gaelic football?

Or was the meeting of Dublin and Donegal in the last four of the 2011 championship all of the above and more?

We hear from Eamon McGee on what it was like to execute phase one of Jim McGuinness's evolving masterplan and James Horan, Paul Rouse and Maurice Brosnan put the focus on a hugely influential inflection point in the game's history.

This is Episode 8 in a 10-part series which was initially produced for Irish Examiner subscribers earlier this year, in which we explore the development of Gaelic football over the decades. 

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Check out the entire podcast series HERE.

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