Some recreational GAA inter-county football stat-mongering by John Hughes ex-Gaelic Lifer and Fermanagh Herald. https://nitter.cf/t.co/jtxvqtUm6U
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Some @TyroneGAALive 2026 factoids
All numbers from 2010 start of dataset
🔴 Lowest away win success - 25%
🔴 Highest avg score - 21.43pts 🤩
🔴 Highest avg concession - 21.00pts 😭
🔴 Highest avg goal concession - 1.21/game
🔴 Lowest share of scores from dead ball - 20.00%
Some @monaghangaa 2026 factoids
All numbers from 2010 start of dataset
🔵 Highest total scorers in a season - 33
🔵 Lowest share of scores from dead ball - 19.62%
🔵 Highest avg concession - 24.06 pts/game
🔵 Highest avg losing margin - 8.36 pts
Some @FermanaghGAA 2026 factoids
All numbers from 2010 start of dataset
🟢 Highest avg score 21.47, but also highest avg concession 20.87
🟢 Highest avg 1st half goal concession - 0.87
🟢 Lowest share of scores from dead ball - 9.63%
🟢 No away wins for 3rd time in 17 seasons
Some @officialdowngaa 2026 factoids
All numbers from 2010 start of dataset
🔴 Lowest ever proportion of scores coming from placed ball, with just 18.10% of points from this source
⚫️ Big drop off on average two pointer return from 2025, down from 3.54 per game to 2.06 this year
Some @officialdonegal 2026 factoids
All numbers from 2010 start of dataset
🟡 Highest avg 1st half score - 10.93 pts 🤩
🟡 Highest avg 2nd half concession - 10.67pts 😭
🟡 Highest away win return - 80%
🟡 Highest avg goals scored - 1.4/game
🟡 Highest avg NFL scorers - 9.25/game
Some @Doiregaa 2026 factoids
All numbers from start of dataset in 2010
🔴Highest ever average score at 23.46 pts/game
🔴Biggest ever spread of scorers with average of 8.62 scorers/game
🔴Lowest reliance on placed ball, with just 12.46% of scores from that source
Just one factoid for @CavanCoBoardGaa
🔵 The Breffni men had their worst second half average concession since my records began back in 2010. On average they shipped 11.67 points per game in the second half over 2026. Time to work on the cardio, lads.
Some 2026 @Armagh_GAA factoids.
🟠 At 25.13 pts/game Armagh had their highest ever average score per game since my records begin in 2010.
🟠 They also had their highest ever avg 2nd half score (14.06), but that was countered by their highest ever avg 1st half concession (10.31)
Some 2026 @AontroimGAA factoids
🟡 At 61.54% Antrim had their highest 1st half win rate on record since 2010
🟡 Unfortunately that was offset by their worst 2nd half win rate in that period, just 7.69%
🟡 The Saffs had their highest goals per game return on record at 1.92/game
Doing my aggregation exercise where I migrate season stats on to county aggregate sheets, so I'll be dropping a few factoids as I go along.
What else is there to be at a day like that other than sorting out debut years for your entire dataset. Here's the debut year spread for the listed 26s for @MayoGAA and @Kerry_Official in the All-Ireland final. Was expecting more of a telling pattern to jump out, if I'm honest.
As Ultan Harney hangs up the boots, here's my player profile for the @RoscommonGAA and @ClannGAA star. Injury unfortunately restricted his appearances, but he packed some fine football into the games he did feature in over the course of his career.
Hey @MaryKenny4. You'll recall I pulled you on your allegation Protestants weren't allowed to play GAA?Following your Garvaghey output. You know there is an organisation which explicitly excludes Catholics and women, party to this dispute, right? It ain't the Garvaghey Residents
It's the end of an era for @MagheryGAC's Aidan Forker as he calls time on a medal strewn career with @Armagh_GAA. Here's the player profile for a man who played right across the pitch over the course of his time with the Orchard.
As @Ethan_Raff steps away to spend more time with the bullets, here's the @GrangeGFC man's career number with @Armagh_GAA. Is #Armagh the only county seeing players leaving in this volume?
Orchard and @crossrangers legend James Morgan has exited stage left. Injury hampered Morgan's @Armagh_GAA career, but he did manage to run up a respectable caps tally for his county, with 68 appearances since making his debut as a 25th minute sub against Longford in the 2013 NFL.
As @Ballymacnab_GAA's @Grugs_91 hangs up the boots, here is his player profile. Made his debut v Down in the 2011 McKenna Cup. By the time he made his last appearance against Kerry this year the @Armagh_GAA legend had won it all.#Armagh #Ballymacnab.
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Niall Gartland shines on the light on the best two-point shooters in the game, with stats courtesy of @TheNumbersGael
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A thread 🧵. I can't help sticking an oar in this integration debate. I have three daughters who all played. My eldest plays for our seniors. I train our under 8 girls. None of them are my children. I do it for the love of the game and the desire to share it with a new generation
The GAA should have had the strategic understanding to see what a potential timebomb this issue was, rolled up its sleeves and got the job done. Instead it kicked the can down the road, with all too predictable results. Their intentions were benign, their judgement all too poor.