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Tue 05 May 2007All Laois eyes are on the ball"It's for the history books, really. Too much was made of it from your own comrades in the press. They hyped it up completely. Then comments by people who weren't even there saw it spiral out of control."Seán Dempsey was there. So were the TG4 cameras. July 31st, 2004 was the date the Laois minors drew with Cork in a game forever tarnished by the violence after the full-time whistle.