QuoteJust Finn Harps. Fu*kers tried to vote us out of the league back in the day. A few years after we had voted them.
b2bw was a Sporting Fingal fan so he may have missed the fun and games.Originally Posted by Dodge
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
Just Finn Harps. Fu*kers tried to vote us out of the league back in the day. A few years after we had voted them.
Manager: Fergal, have you your boots with ya?
Fergal: Ya, I have them here.
Manager: Ah good stuff, well give them to this man so, he forgot his!
I never went to a Fingal - Shels match. I started going to LoI matches (after thinking about doing it for ages) one night late in 2009 (Fingal-Bray playoff).b2bw was a Sporting Fingal fan so he may have missed the fun and games.
You have to start somewhere.
I remember one of the 2 regular Fingal posters on here took real offence when I started following Shels - the other didn't care.
The only thing that sometimes puts me off is the scumbag element that you get following the bigger clubs - I haven't really noticed that one lot is any worse than the next.
I posed the very same question on JW's old message board back in the early days of my LOI fandom. People practically fell over themselves to tell me, in great, often rambling, diatribes exactly why.
Personally, I was going to stay out of this one but since I'm here...
I detested Galway United. I didn't always, I actually quite liked them back in my early days following the league back around Y2K and met some nice people following them. I can't even remember what started this reversal of opinion but I definitely remember a startling lack of any kind of humility when they got 'promoted' and a number of their fans at the time (especially on here) were empty vessels at their most empty, smug, arrogant and not particularly clued in. Interestingly, all of those that bugged me the most have long since disappeared, both from here and even their own GUST site (where I've taken to occasionally lurking and chuckling to myself at the bile they pour upon all who have scorned them). Most of those left posting here are actually alright (even Olander, who I'd say thinks I loathe him as much as I think he loathes me, often strikes me as somebody that I'd get on with quite well in the real world). When the plug was pulled on their participation in the league this year I tried to write a message expressing some sympathy to them but just couldn't find it in me. I will always regret that the day we DESTROYED them 5-0 up in Pike came before I came to view them as pampered, self-entitled yuppies (inevitably the day they destroyed us 5-1 at home came after...).
I have (much) lesser aversions to Shamrock Rovers and Shels as they're the only clubs whose fans have ever been involved in any kind of semi-serious aggro that I've been witness to personally. Knowing decent fans of both clubs personally dilutes my dislike.
Cobh were my original Galway but I got over that one for some reason that I can't put my finger on... meeting Dave Hill in the street in Cork one day and finding out that he was a decent guy probably played a part though.
I was at both those games, I didn't feel the need to follow Fingal (or Shels).
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The ball is round and has many surprises.
You grew up in Ballyer and went to the dark side ? Shame on you
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
You travelled up from Limerick to Dublin on the wettest night of the millennium to watch a play off? Is that you, Tom?I was at both those games, I didn't feel the need to follow Fingal (or Shels).
I can't say I hate any club really but I hate going to Belfield to watch football.
It's not him but he did come to the Carlisle game alright (and wore my Fingal scarf too!).
The ball is round and has many surprises.
Shamrock Rovers, Dundalk and Galway Utd. Hate is a strong word so I'd say I dislike them.
Don't ask. I always hated the Pats fans in school. They got on my wick with their self-righteousness (don't ask). So any time I went to Richmond, be it for cup or League games I didn't enjoy myself.You grew up in Ballyer and went to the dark side ? Shame on you
I remember my Pats supporting uncle bringing me to Lansdowne for the Cup Final in 1996 on an official Pats bus and I supported Shels when I got to the game! Quietly of course.
My true love of Shels didn't kick in for years afterwards until I moved to Harold's Cross and I could get the 16 direct.
You know how ya need a direct bus to support a team.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
Have hated Rovers since the mid 90s
Dislike Monaghan and Bohs.
Drogheda are a bit meh. They were so insignificant over the years it was hard to build up any hatred for them. Hate the town and people though!
finally someones mentioned us!Have hated Rovers since the mid 90s
Dislike Monaghan and Bohs.Drogheda are a bit meh. They were so insignificant over the years it was hard to build up any hatred for them. Hate the town and people though!
the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
even with the direct bus route it was a hard sell to start :P
My true love of Shels didn't kick in for years afterwards until I moved to Harold's Cross and I could get the 16 direct.
You know how ya need a direct bus to support a team.
Weaseling out of things is important to learn, it's what seperates us from the animals!! Well... except for the weasel.
overall i think its pretty hard to 'hate' any one team in the league - as a Shels fan I'm not hugely keen on the Shams or Bohs, but when it comes to an Irish team in Europe I'll get behind them - for the good of the profile of the league - regardless of who they are
Weaseling out of things is important to learn, it's what seperates us from the animals!! Well... except for the weasel.
I wouldn't call it hard. More a cynical sell. I mean you got your way.
Even the fungus?
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
That was me.
In my defence someone had set fire to your back unbeknowst to you and I was trying to put it out.
Teams I have taken dislikes to at some stage or other for percieved wrongs:
Shamrock/Bohs: Actually have genuine, mockney, arm waving, 20 on 20 fairy fighting, granny bashing, casual elements that they tolerate. Whatever about Bohs who probably need the money no matter what corner it comes from, it baffles me that Shamrock put up with it.
Derry: That drum. Stewards are arseholes. Northern.
Waterford: Generally hockey us. Hate the RSC.
Cork: At times baffling arrogance. Have a few of their own arm wavers. Causing Eanna Buckley undue stress by being pish in the Premier. The Poznan.
Shels: Too many angsty teenagers following them. Stewards are clowns.
Monaghan: Unseemly scenes.
UCD: Always getting relegated and winning the First Division.
Bray: Too cold.
Wexford: Fans are far too polite and friendly. Never finished their ground. Doesn't feel like a real football club.
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dafuq is a "tween"?
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Tween
Which means I've used the wrong word.
Edited.
I've hated Bohs for years, mainly down to carry on by their players/fans at games through the years.
I detest Cork mainly due to the obnoxious arrogance of a lot of their fans circa 2005 and into 2008/2009 and the fact that they keep giving that tool George O'Callaghan a chance. Some of them seem to have been humbled by their trip to the First but others don't.
Sligo are the new Cork on the fan front, though it's not so bad now that most of their idiot fans got banned from here.
Can't think of any problems I have with other clubs.
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