Its a nice piece, a little bit smug maybe, but I like it.
Its a nice piece, a little bit smug maybe, but I like it.
Well said, there's nothing compares to going to your local club and shouting your head off at both teams for a couple of hours.
The smell of cut grass, the waft of burgers, the floodlights switching on, picking your favourite spot in the ground, the noise of the crowds, the drums beating, the giant flags waving, reading the programme, the chants, kick off, the banter, when your team scores - YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!.
You dont just watch the match, you're part of the match.
No comparison to sitting in a pub watching a television showing an English Premier League match on Sky, pretending you're there.
Last edited by wedwood; 20/09/2009 at 11:56 PM.
Beautifully put Wedwood. Was watching Steve Bruce on Soccer AM yesterday and he said that what he loved most about the game was the hotdogs, I wonder if we could entice him to KCP with the lure of the Mondogs?
It is the little things that combine to make it magic, the smells, the familiar faces, the sounds, people getting in your way at a crucial bit, the pure joy when you win and the gutwrenching feeling when your team have been useless.
I have long said my favourite smells are the mixture of fresh cut grass, deep heat & fresh sweat, they scream match day for me. A wiff of any of them and I am in KCP greedily swallowing every sensation that matchday brings.
Bliss. I'm gutted I am working Friday night and wont get my fix this week.
Delighted to have a home game on Friday, even though it's against Galway, I can't wait..
Cumann Peile Dún Dealgan - Champions 2015 (too many accolades to be typing)
Termonbarry Athletic TID!
i wrote an article in this years one!
It was going great until it had to mention those 3 dreaded words in a LOI context.
"English"
"GAA"
"barstooler"
I thought it was a great article by Sweeney, so refreshing to read this on Sunday with what looked like no escape from most other media's bandwagon jumping on to 'super sunday'
That book he wrote 'only one red army' was superb.
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), first Irish club to win points in a group stage in Europe (2016).
Had'nt seen Mr.Sweeny write about the LOI or his beloved Rovers in a long time..seemed to be an authority on another sport these days..then we beat the Double Winners and get to a cup semi and he's back all of a sudden!!!
Jeeeeeeeez at Dalymount we claim "Bohs - born to moan" but we have NOTHING on Sligo fans
Seem to recall that Mr Sweeney referred to Bohs pessimistic outlook in his excellent/ very good / awful (delete as appropriate) book on following Sligo. For my tuppence worth it was an excellent read by the way.
The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.
Muhammad Ali
Roy Keane is still a pri*k!
From the Article......
It's not enough for the League of Ireland merely to be ignored, there also seems to be a desire to serially deride it, to sneer at its fans, to recommend that it be liquidated altogether, perhaps so it can be replaced by some newly minted plutocrat-owned franchise which could enter the hallowed world of English soccer. In the Tiger era, this chorus of disapproval reached a crescendo. The League of Ireland was an embarrassment, perhaps because it's hard to imagine anything less Nouveau Riche. Though, in truth, it wasn't very Oldveau Riche either.
A philosophy that The Sunday Independent is a leading exponent of.
Last edited by Redie; 24/09/2009 at 4:25 PM.
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