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    Quote Originally Posted by Acornvilla View Post
    i love the loi because its ours not anybody elses and its real football you can watch without paying disgusting amounts of money!!
    You've obviously never been in the Jodi Stand.

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    Its a nice piece, a little bit smug maybe, but I like it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Acornvilla View Post
    i love the loi because its ours not anybody elses and its real football you can watch without paying disgusting amounts of money!!
    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.

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magicme View Post
    I'm gutted I am working Friday night and wont get my fix this week.
    I'm in the same boat... damm the neccesity to work, to earn money, to live

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    Delighted to have a home game on Friday, even though it's against Galway, I can't wait..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hairy Bowsie View Post
    I'm sorry what do you want me to do, say it's the best article i've ever read, rush out and buy 5 copies of his book and get a subscription to the Sunday Indo?

    It's just bloody ok. What it is, is a welcome change from all the LOI bashing thats been in the papers recently (and rightly as the league is a shambles at the moment) but just because it is a positive article doesn't mean it's a good one. Nobody told me i had to leave my senses behind when i became a LOI fan
    then I am afraid you were sadly misinformed leaving your senses behind is a basic tenet of the beautiful game (Irish style)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Acornvilla View Post
    you want a good football article read one f in longford!
    good call .. ifs one f in longford part of your past its also part of your future.. eleven issues so far and counting!
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    i wrote an article in this years one!

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    It was going great until it had to mention those 3 dreaded words in a LOI context.

    "English"
    "GAA"
    "barstooler"


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    Quote Originally Posted by wedwood View Post
    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.
    haha!!

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Murfinator View Post
    It was going great until it had to mention those 3 dreaded words in a LOI context.

    "English"
    "GAA"
    "barstooler"

    You're the only one who mentioned "GAA".

    LoI fans' attitudes towards barstoolers are well documented, and you certainly won't be convincing anyone that they're wrong.

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    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!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by CarrickFan View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by marinobohs View Post
    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.
    Ha ha...not moaning at all!!...just making an observation..anytime i saw an article in the Indo he had written lately it was about G football or Hurling....his book was indeed a great read.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CarrickFan View Post
    Ha ha...not moaning at all!!...just making an observation..anytime i saw an article in the Indo he had written lately it was about G football or Hurling....his book was indeed a great read.
    Ya I noticed that aswell, he seemed to have gone over to the dark side in recent years, even writing several books on the Gaaah!! A shame after the excellent There's Only One Red Army!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by CarrickFan View Post
    Ha ha...not moaning at all!!...just making an observation..anytime i saw an article in the Indo he had written lately it was about G football or Hurling....his book was indeed a great read.
    If I needed to make a living from sports writing so that I could indulge in a LoI article once in a blue moon, I also would cultivate a keen interest in Gaelic, rugby, racing, and of course ploughing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BohDiddley View Post
    If I needed to make a living from sports writing so that I could indulge in a LoI article once in a blue moon, I also would cultivate a keen interest in Gaelic, rugby, racing, and of course ploughing.
    ...... kissing babies, bailing out banks, picking up brown envelopes ooooops wrong profession (although sports "writing" for the News of the World does fit in).

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    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.
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