LoI clubs you hate

**TonyD** · 25/04/2012, 10:50 PM

Despise Shelbourne. For obvious reasons. You definitely need someone to hate. Much more fun that way. Nothing like beating a team you genuinely despise. Makes losing to them all the more painful of course (last seasons semi final for instance)but that's part of it too. The defeats just make the victories sweeter.

**PartySaint** · 25/04/2012, 11:51 PM

Originally Posted by Olander

A few clubs have scummy fans I would dislike, Pats/Sligo fans broke windows in our supporters buses before. (Pats after we hammered them 3-0 on the opening day of the season a few years ago,

Really? That's the first time I have heard about that. Disgraceful stuff. You would wonder why they did it to a Galway supporters bus, there is absolutely no hard feelings between the clubs

**Olander** · 26/04/2012, 12:13 AM

Originally Posted by PartySaint

Really? That's the first time I have heard about that. Disgraceful stuff. You would wonder why they did it to a Galway supporters bus, there is absolutely no hard feelings between the clubs

Yeah, literally right outside Richmond Park on the road. They were 16-17 year olds I would say. They started pelting stones at the windows of our supporters bus in the middle of the street and broke one of the windows. Was a chilly drive home but worth it, 3-0

**dfx-** · 26/04/2012, 12:46 AM

Pats

Being a Clondalkin native and the closest ground to me, all wins and losses are felt that bit better/worse.

**White Horse** · 26/04/2012, 2:06 AM

As other have said, hate is too strong of a word.

There isn't a club who don't have some decent fans and where I have had enjoyed away games.

The one club I have grown to dislike in recent years is Shamrock Rovers. It's not the sucess, the media bias, or the "model cub" arrogance. Once you and your young sons have been spat at by middle aged "fans" while queuing to buy tickets in Tallaght it is difficult to have positive feelings. I used to enjoy going to games in Milltown in the past. Rovers are not the same club anymore. I don't know what or who they are now.

Drogheda fans think we hate them, but I don't. I enjoy the rivalry and am glad they have survived their recent meltdown. I don't like going to Monaghan but that is because we can't win there.

I did dislike Galway for a while after they cheated their way into the premier league. However, I think they've paid enough for that so I've let that one go and hope they can come back in some form.

**SkStu** · 26/04/2012, 3:12 AM

I don't hate clubs, I just hate certain foot.ie posters...

**ped_ped** · 26/04/2012, 12:22 PM

Gonna take it as granted the 'hate is a strong word' and the fact that I have huge respect for practically every single fan of a LOI club, but that said I'm not particularly fond of Shels, Dundalk or UCD.

Throw them into the Europa League / Champions League qualifiers, though, and I'll be as hopeful as anyone that they'd progress!

**sullanefc** · 26/04/2012, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by SkStu

I don't hate clubs, I just hate certain foot.ie posters...

Funny that you say that. 2 out of my 4 disliked clubs are based on the posts of their fans on here. The other 2 are based on real life experiences.

**Dodge** · 26/04/2012, 12:53 PM

Looking at the 4, I'm taking credit for that.

**marinobohs** · 26/04/2012, 1:46 PM

Originally Posted by sullanefc

Funny that you say that. 2 out of my 4 disliked clubs are based on the posts of their fans on here. The other 2 are based on real life experiences.

Really ? i'd guessed it was an "S" thing - Shels, Shams, St pats and sodding UCD

**White Horse** · 26/04/2012, 1:56 PM

How can anyone "hate" UCD (unless you failed first year and ended up stacking shelves, of course)?

**Macy** · 26/04/2012, 2:01 PM

There is a theory that the club you support is defined as much by who you hate as much as who you love, and that's one of the reasons neutrals are so annoying. However, in a LoI context, I think the hate is saved more for external factors than internal ones. Having said all that rubbish, I do actually hate Shels.

**Shannonsider** · 26/04/2012, 2:03 PM

Originally Posted by Olander

I've always disliked Limerick. Not a fan of their supporters. I've been to too many of their horrible "grounds" over the years, rats would not inhabit those shítpipes. Been spat at by locals inside their stadium in the o-so-charming Hogan Park.

Still, miles better than Galway United's home ground this season

**adamd164** · 26/04/2012, 2:06 PM

Originally Posted by Macy

However, in a LoI context, I think the hate is saved more for external factors than internal ones.

Have to agree with that, I'd support any LoI team in Europe, I've cheered for Drogs, Shams, Derry, Bohs, Pats et al. Unfortunately, the league isn't big enough for the kind of genuine hatred you'd find in the bigger leagues.

**nigel-harps1954** · 26/04/2012, 2:10 PM

Originally Posted by Shannonsider

Still, miles better than Galway United's home ground this season

That's arguable.

**Dalymountrower** · 26/04/2012, 4:10 PM

Boo Hoo, we are Bohs, no one hates us, and we care!

**BonnieShels** · 26/04/2012, 4:37 PM

Sporting Fingal were the only team I ever truly hated with every sinew of my being.
They remain the only Irish club I wished would lose in Europe. God bless you Maretimo.
I now have a serious amount of energy to go round.

Currently I dislike Sligo, Cork and Drogheda.

I used to passionately despise Lims but now I kinda like them.

I also have feelings of ambivalence towards Pats. But that's just from hating my trips to Richmond as a schoolboy growing up in Ballyfermot.

**Martinho II** · 26/04/2012, 7:22 PM

Shamrock Rovers and Bohs for me are the clubs I dont like cos of hooligan element in both clubs.. Dundalk I wouldnt have much fondness for either...

**born2bwild** · 26/04/2012, 7:24 PM

Originally Posted by Macy

There is a theory that the club you support is defined as much by who you hate as much as who you love, and that's one of the reasons neutrals are so annoying. However, in a LoI context, I think the hate is saved more for external factors than internal ones. Having said all that rubbish, I do actually hate Shels.

Why do people hate Shels????