Supporting two teams.

[Cortezuma]

Yes basically. I have been to quite a few over the years and always, apart from some individual performances - Joe Gamble a couple of years back springs to mind, the standard has been poor and I have not come away impressed. I'm not looking to put it down, I am just saying what I've seen. I haven't seen a match that has made me go back of my own volition soon after.

[Dodge]

I am not going to claim that any decision made at that age for supporting a team was a sound decision, it couldve been the colour of the shirt. The fact is it stuck with me because that is what most people do
Worldwide, most people don't pick their team. They certainly don't pick their team based on shirt colouor (and yeah, I know you were joking)



You are throwing this 'full experience' thing around as if too say we are all better than the rest, and of course it is irritating to people who otherwise spend most of their waking life immersed in football.
It irritates people because they have no answer to it. They know that I'm right. You, yourself have agreed with me.


There are plenty of Pats/Cork/Galway supporters who live abroad and can't see their teams or maybe never did get to see them regularly but you cannot say they are not supporters.
There's a world of difference from people from Dublin, Cork, Galway (or Liverpool or Barcelona) being abroad and continuing to suuport their team, and somebody from Dublin randomly picking a team in another country and claiming allegiance.


By your reasoning would you accept a supporter who starts supporting your team late at 20 or so and goes to games for say 6 years, but cannot go to all the games? Are they getting the full experience?
Fans with more experience of heartbreak within the club, are obviously going to get more satisfaction from the highs.


I admire your passion for your clubs guys, and your wish to see this league succeed, but lay off on the generalisation of people who support a team that you deem not to be suitable. Yes there are the worst example of people who have never seen their team play and only watch football on TV, but stop shouting down everyone who disagrees with you and sticking them in the same bracket. (and I don't mean you Dodge)

But thats not a LOI fan thing, thats a people thing. Most people generalise. I couldn't tell you how many times I've been called a weirdo for supporting an Irish side. I don't automatically assume that every Liverpool/man U fan thinsk the same.

[belfastred]

Yes basically. I have been to quite a few over the years and always, apart from some individual performances - Joe Gamble a couple of years back springs to mind, the standard has been poor and I have not come away impressed. I'm not looking to put it down, I am just saying what I've seen. I haven't seen a match that has made me go back of my own volition soon after.

Fair enough - However it's a chicken and egg situation if the crowds come back the standard will improve.

[Cortezuma]

''There's a world of difference from people from Dublin, Cork, Galway (or Liverpool or Barcelona) being abroad and continuing to suuport their team, and somebody from Dublin randomly picking a team in another country and claiming allegiance.''

You are kidding yourself if you think the only true supporters of clubs are the ones from that city who grew up there. There are so many different stories and reasons that people end up in the ground of any club, and to belittle many peoples enjoyment of the game because they weren't lucky enough to be born there is pointless.

I didn't grow up near an LOI club so why do you suggest I choose a club in a town somewhere I don't know over a club who I got to see on TV and eventually live. So as a kid, it's zero exposure versus lots of exposure, so your argument is still coming back to being lucky to be born near a club to get this 'full experience'.When I moved to Dublin, yes I was closer to LOI clubs, but by then I was already an Everton/Barca supporter and when I did try out the LOI I didn't take to it.

[belfastred]

''There's a world of difference from people from Dublin, Cork, Galway (or Liverpool or Barcelona) being abroad and continuing to suuport their team, and somebody from Dublin randomly picking a team in another country and claiming allegiance.''

You are kidding yourself if you think the only true supporters of clubs are the ones from that city who grew up there. There are so many different stories and reasons that people end up in the ground of any club, and to belittle many peoples enjoyment of the game because they weren't lucky enough to be born there is pointless.

I didn't grow up near an LOI club so why do you suggest I choose a club in a town somewhere I don't know over a club who I got to see on TV and eventually live. So as a kid, it's zero exposure versus lots of exposure, so your argument is still coming back to being lucky to be born near a club to get this 'full experience'.When I moved to Dublin, yes I was closer to LOI clubs, but by then I was already an Everton/Barca supporter and when I did try out the LOI I didn't take to it.


Where did you grow up?

[Cortezuma]

I dunno why, but I didn't really want to give my home town out or anything, but if you need this to continue your argument. I grew up in South Kildare, near enough to Carlow town. LOI was pretty much an unknown to me until i was in my late teens. Trips to Dublin were maybe twice a year for shopping and that would be about it. When I first moved away I was in Wexford, then a year in Limerick which I hated. Caught a couple of games there. Since then I have been in Dublin apart from a few spells abroad. Does this help complete my profile BR? ;)

[Dodge]

You are kidding yourself if you think the only true supporters of clubs are the ones from that city who grew up there.
I never said this. The true supporters of any team are people who go every week to watch them. Obviously local fans have more of an attachment


I didn't grow up near an LOI club so why do you suggest I choose a club in a town somewhere I don't know over a club who I got to see on TV and eventually live.
I never suggested you should pick a team. I just said you're can't get as much enjoyment about seeing Everton do well as an Everton fan from Liverpool who attends every week.

You don't "get" the whole Irish football fan thing, and you're happy with watching the games on TV and the odd trip away, so why do you care what I, or any other fan of an irish team, think about you? (and you obviously do, given the defensive manner of your last couple of posts)

[belfastred]

I dunno why, but I didn't really want to give my home town out or anything, but if you need this to continue your argument. I grew up in South Kildare, near enough to Carlow town. LOI was pretty much an unknown to me until i was in my late teens. Trips to Dublin were maybe twice a year for shopping and that would be about it. When I first moved away I was in Wexford, then a year in Limerick which I hated. Caught a couple of games there. Since then I have been in Dublin apart from a few spells abroad. Does this help complete my profile BR? ;)

Yes :)

Profile = Gloryhunter :D

[Cortezuma]

Yes :)

Profile = Gloryhunter :D


well if I was hunting for glory, I'm still bloody hunting with Everton! ;)

[belfastred]

well if I was hunting for glory, I'm still bloody hunting with Everton! ;)

Stuck with them more like!

No I was saying when you started supporting them they were one of the top teams

Fair play to you for sticking by them

[bennocelt]

I'm not from Dublin, I live in Dublin currently. And okay I take back my comment about Dodge, it was purely based on his attitude in here and of course I realise that I wouldn't, and haven't, experience this at LOI matches.

I did not grow up in Dublin, did not grow up near any LOI club so therefore had no reason to be attached to any of them.


Me too, there isnt even a leinster senior league team in my home town, which is a bloody disgrace (there used to be!!), but you wont see me going to the UK .
Why would I? I just grit my teeth and head over the border to see Longford now and again, and pray that i can make it safely home in time for last orders!:)

excuse after excuse - there is no good reason for your to support Everton

[Cortezuma]

''The true supporters of any team are people who go every week to watch them. ''

It is not possible for every supporter to be at every game, or even live in the same city or country forever. I mantain that it doesn't make someone less of a supporter in itself. We will probably have to leave it at that and agree to disagree. Thanks for the debate Dodge. :)

I was only looking to add my voice to the ongoing debate in forums like this which sees a lot of nonsense written on both sides. I find it an interesting argument, thats all, and appreciate most of your comments.
Dodge, Belfast Red and Boovidge in particular. I think myself a true and passionate football supporter, Dodge and others disagree. Fair enough.

Plus there is entertainment to be found in the views of the 'ultra' supporters on either side.

Now let's move on to Mick McCarthy vs Roy Keane............................................. ..........................just kidding...

[Cortezuma]

Me too, there isnt even a leinster senior league team in my home town, which is a bloody disgrace (there used to be!!), but you wont see me going to the UK .
Why would I? I just grit my teeth and head over the border to see Longford now and again, and pray that i can make it safely home in time for last orders!:)

excuse after excuse - there is no good reason for your to support Everton

you are obviously just picking at posts and not reading everything. I have been an Everton fan since I was a kid. The more I went to see them, and having spent a few months here and there in the city, I became more and more passionate. At what point, and for what reason, do you want me to discard something that has been part of me since very young?

You are clearly missing the point that it would have taken exposure, or close proximity to an LOI club to have gotten me supporting that young. I didn't have that, so what are you talking about? Were you me expecting me to go at 10yrs old up to Bray to support Wanderers, who I hadn't even heard of?

[boovidge]

fair play to you cortezuma. I hope you change your mind and at least give the LOI another go.

[the-blue-harp]

cortezuma makes a few good points about what kids are exposed to at an early age, that being the massive media coverage of the premier league.

its hard to compete with. all these massive liverpool fans etc are not gonna be taking their kids to eircom league games in the future either, its a vicious circle. this is the biggest task for the fai- can they change this? if they can the league will move on!

on the point of marketing, i notice in another thread people thought the eircom league advert at dalymount was lame. id have to agree with that. the line at the end about "i love it that the lights come on" is the most nonsensical cringeworthy line in advertising, sad!

[bennocelt]

you are obviously just picking at posts and not reading everything. I have been an Everton fan since I was a kid. The more I went to see them, and having spent a few months here and there in the city, I became more and more passionate. At what point, and for what reason, do you want me to discard something that has been part of me since very young?



that still doesn't make it right, that you support a team by chance, by luck

[Cortezuma]

that still doesn't make it right, that you support a team by chance, by luck

ridiculous. What made you go to Longford? You are not from Longford. If it was originally with someone you knew or a family member then again it is just chance that your dad or whatever supports Longford and brought you.

If not you just chose them. It's chance that some people are born beside Camp Nou, and bloody luck too I might add.

Anyway whether by chance or by choice(for whatever reason) I think you are a supporter.

Is the only reason I am not, because the team I support was by chance or choice, or both. Or are you only saying it because I support a team, due to chance or choice, which happens to be outside Ireland?

[bennocelt]

ridiculous. What made you go to Longford? You are not from Longford. If it was originally with someone you knew or a family member then again it is just chance that your dad or whatever supports Longford and brought you.

If not you just chose them. It's chance that some people are born beside Camp Nou, and bloody luck too I might add.

Anyway whether by chance or by choice(for whatever reason) I think you are a supporter.

Is the only reason I am not, because the team I support was by chance or choice, or both. Or are you only saying it because I support a team, due to chance or choice, which happens to be outside Ireland?

Yeah but I choose to support Irish football, not a foreign league.
By the way I m hoping to go to Kildare tomorrow, god willing!!!

[Bohemian1890]

I dont think this is a fair statement, there are historic and real links bewteen celtic fc and ireland, all of a sudden it appears to be trendy to hate celtic on this forum. As i said before, i support celtic as my 2nd team but hate the politics is there anything wrong with this ?
Why dont you have Hibs or Dundee United as your 2nd team???

Celtic links to Ireland are plastic.

They are a copy of Hibs the original Scottish club with Irish links even the kit was because Hibs had it.

Hibs didnt cash in on the real links with Ireland.If the Hibs fans pretended to know about Irish History and stared waving foreign flags at games they would sell thousands more jerseys in ireland and would make millions.

[TonyD]

I understand what you are saying, but Pats are your team because you grew up nearby and have been supporting them for a long time. Everton and Barca are my teams because I was attached to them at a very young age and kept it with through my life, and I can associate with the feelings you describe because I've been to plenty of their matches. I think they are MY teams because I have supported both for around 20 years.

I also couldn't start supporting a team here now just for the reason they are Irish, and are nearby. I have mentioned before that I have been to enough games down through the years here, and it is just a fact that I have not seen anything to keep me coming back.

However, I will say to you Tony D, that I envy you, having your club down the road from you and your ability to see the team you love regularlywith other fans, but you must understand that the passion and pride you feel for your team has mostly to do with the length of time you have supported them. It is not possible to walk in now to Pats and get into this straight away, it would take a long time and dedication which is not something I can do as I simply have not seen enough quality in the league to start me down this road. (and I have not been saying I support teams only because of the quality of their football, but in recent years, this has been my main reason for taking an interest in many different leagues and teams)


It may surprise you to learn that I haven't supported Pats from the cradle. Like you I grew up almost solely exposed to English football on TV. I chose Man City as "my" team for some obscure reasons which I couldn't even begin to remember now. Sound familiar ? My brother brought me to Richmond Park for the first time when I was about 8 or 9, and I went sporadically over the years but never really became hooked. I gradually came to realise that Man City didn't really mean anything to me. They were nothing to do with me and could never truly be "my" team. I was almost thirty when I went back to Pats and was completely hooked within a season. You make it sound like a chore going to local games, it's anything but. Sure, I've been to my fair share of rubbish games, I'm sure you have been too if you go to Goodison regularly. I'm also sure you'd agree that's not the point when it comes to Everton, so why do you want to apply different standards when it comes to Irish teams ? I'm sorry to hear you've been to Richmond and didn't enjoy it, but that doesn't mean it's not possible, even at this stage, to get into it.

[micls]

I understand what you are saying, but Pats are your team because you grew up nearby and have been supporting them for a long time.

Ive been supporting Cork City for only a short time. Since 2004. Before that I was basically unaware of LOI football.

I watched football on tele, followed Man Utd(was at Old trafford a few times) loved la Liga etc etc.

But none of it is in any way comparable to supporting City week in week out. I still watch football from all over, love the quality of La Liga etc, but that is simply entertainment, a tv choice.

Supporting City is a passion and until I experienced it I had no idea what I was missing. Not only the games/football, but the friendships you make with people similar to you, the camaraderie, away trips etc.

And the fact that in the scheme of your club you actually matter. What I do, and others like me, can ensure our club survives and gets stronger. You truly are part of it, and it becomes one of the most important thing in your life.

You may find it sad, but can you say that you spend every week waiting for Saturday? And that your mood for the following week is based on the result? Because Id imagine most LOI fans on here will.

Basically my whole life recently has been based around City intensively, trying to figure out ways for us to survive, going to fundraisers, organising fundraisers, talking to other fans about it. The focus of my life right now is to ensure we survive.

Now obviously Id prefer if this wasnt the case, but supporting City is more than entertainment, more than football. its an integral part of my life.

And this is someone who was exactly like you til a fe years ago. Pick one team, your local one if possible, give it a chance for a few months get to know people etc and Id be very very surprised if you regret it.

Most people just never give it a chance. Theres more to football that skill, otherwise it wouldnt be the passion it is for millions worldwide

[belfastred]

Ive been supporting Cork City for only a short time. Since 2004. Before that I was basically unaware of LOI football.

I watched football on tele, followed Man Utd(was at Old trafford a few times) loved la Liga etc etc.

But none of it is in any way comparable to supporting City week in week out. I still watch football from all over, love the quality of La Liga etc, but that is simply entertainment, a tv choice.

Supporting City is a passion and until I experienced it I had no idea what I was missing. Not only the games/football, but the friendships you make with people similar to you, the camaraderie, away trips etc.

And the fact that in the scheme of your club you actually matter. What I do, and others like me, can ensure our club survives and gets stronger. You truly are part of it, and it becomes one of the most important thing in your life.

You may find it sad, but can you say that you spend every week waiting for Saturday? And that your mood for the following week is based on the result? Because Id imagine most LOI fans on here will.

Basically my whole life recently has been based around City intensively, trying to figure out ways for us to survive, going to fundraisers, organising fundraisers, talking to other fans about it. The focus of my life right now is to ensure we survive.

Now obviously Id prefer if this wasnt the case, but supporting City is more than entertainment, more than football. its an integral part of my life.

And this is someone who was exactly like you til a fe years ago. Pick one team, your local one if possible, give it a chance for a few months get to know people etc and Id be very very surprised if you regret it.

Most people just never give it a chance. Theres more to football that skill, otherwise it wouldnt be the passion it is for millions worldwide

Got it in one!
I can't wait until Saturday for a wee trip down to Newry - it may not sound glamourous but you can't beat following your local team around the country

[paulie_walnuts]

Some of the posts in this thread, JW Hire will be going out of business getting ladders to get some of you lot down off your high horses.

Now its not good enough for people to go to LOI games, because they support another team.

Honestly, we talk about improving interest and attendances at games, is it any wonder some people stay away when they see the petty little us and them attitude from some fans. Catch a grip.

[OneRedArmy]

Honestly, we talk about improving interest and attendances at games, is it any wonder some people stay away when they see the petty little us and them attitude from some fans. Catch a grip.This is being discussed an internet forum.

Have you heard discussions like this at EL games?

Didn't think so.

Non-issue.

[belfastred]

Some of the posts in this thread, JW Hire will be going out of business getting ladders to get some of you lot down off your high horses.

Now its not good enough for people to go to LOI games, because they support another team.

Honestly, we talk about improving interest and attendances at games, is it any wonder some people stay away when they see the petty little us and them attitude from some fans. Catch a grip.

Where was this said?

I must have missed that.

[thedoyler]

Its a good point that im pretty sure i raised before friends i have from carlow, kerry and tipperary have no affinity for league clubs and therefore support english clubs as they get to see them more in the papers or on TV. Having been in England many times the locals find the majority of Irish fans who refer to English clubs as we or us cringeworthy, shown point in case by the poor fellow from Dublin who rang in to MUTV (much to the presenters amusement) when i was at my uncles last night saying with 'Birmatar Derbatov we are going to win the treble and the scousers will be afraid to play us in 2 weeks'. Another showcase of such clowns is live after 5 on today fm on a saturday. They all come out then....There are genuinely dedicated fans of english clubs who rarely miss a home game, they just get embarrassed by these knowledgable folk who ring in and vent their frustration from the darren fletcher isnt fit to wear our shirt.

[the-blue-harp]

its the "us" "we" "Our" that really gets my goat!

[belfastred]

its the "us" "we" "Our" that really gets my goat!

I lived in Liverpool for 8 years the fans who come over to Ireland with a few exceptions are seen as figures of fun.

They don’t understand the fan culture at these clubs and generally act like total ****s on a stag weekend.

[Youths4Ever]

up to last year i only really watched soccer on tv besides a few international games but now i love going to see the youths play.

it such a different feeling being involved with a local club rather than watching a team on tv.

it hard to explain but being involved with a local club gives more of a sense of belonging or something. after the Cork game walking around the streets in New Ross (a town in Wexford) where i normally hang up posters for games had people coming up to me the street saying what a great result it was really happy for us looking forward to final etc you just don't get that when you support a team abroad.

i do still follow soccer abroad but it just not the same as being at a live game and been able to speak to players after the games. also great to see younger lads able to shake the hands with players after games. one of the best things seen heard was at a party one evening and some kids playing football and then where not saying then were ronaldo, gerrard etc but sinnott, malone furlong etc

[micls]

Now its not good enough for people to go to LOI games, because they support another team.


You should try getting help with that 'ability to read' thing. Comprehension is a major aspect of it

[cheech]

Nothing wrong with supporting two teams.

I support Finn Harps and Finn Harps Reserves.

[back of the net]

Why dont you have Hibs or Dundee United as your 2nd team???

Celtic links to Ireland are plastic.

They are a copy of Hibs the original Scottish club with Irish links even the kit was because Hibs had it.

Hibs didnt cash in on the real links with Ireland.If the Hibs fans pretended to know about Irish History and stared waving foreign flags at games they would sell thousands more jerseys in ireland and would make millions.

it dosent make a difference who the 2nd team is - so ur point is worthless

[gufcfan]

Can't believe this argument is still raging on... :confused:

[sadloserkid]

My club are Limerick. Even if I was 18 before I got to a game. I support Limerick and while I keep an eye out, to varying degrees, for a number of other clubs it doesn't measure up on the same scale. At all.

My English team were, and remain, Aston Villa because when I was a kid they and Norwich had the nicest shirts IMO and Villa had more Irish players. My interest in Villa now is fairly moderate, it's basically something to make MOTD more interesting. I've watched out for Forest Green Rovers since the year before they reached the Conference because I've family over there and my cousin used to send me clippings when the likes of Tony Daly and Nigel Spink passed through. My cousin passed away just before the season started this year and I find that I think of him more often when I'm looking through the results on a Saturday.

I like Dundee United. Mostly for not being Celtic.

My girlfriend is from South Saint Paul in the US and I've gone to watch Minnesota Thunder over there a few times. I'd probably go as far as to call them my 'second team'. They played LA Galaxy on my last visit and I was one of a handful of people in the ground in a Thunder shirt. There were whole families in their Beckham kit and I felt, perhaps perversely, outraged on behalf of the real Thunder fans. Bandwagon, barstool fans are not exclusively an Irish phenomenon.

If you're a football fan you should have an interest in the game outside of your own bubble regardless of whether or not that goes as far as following another team. If not it's pretty parochial.

When that bubble doesn't extend to your own locality or national league though... I find that sad (more of the boo hoo variety than the pathetic version). The LOI experience dwarfs any other football experience I've had because it's my club, I'm not borrowing the sheen and lustre from anybody else, I am an integral part of the whole thing. Wherever I live I will always follow my local club without ever leaving behind the fact that Limerick are and always will be the sole player in my footballing affections. I may flirt and bat my eyes at others from time to time but I know where I belong and where I came from.

[Bohemian1890]

it dosent make a difference who the 2nd team is - so ur point is worthless
:rolleyes:text speak.


He said he followed Celtic because of the clubs links to Ireland.

Dundee united and Hibs have links to Ireland so does he follow them as well??His main reason for following them was because of the Oirish thing.

[brianw82]

My club are Limerick. Even if I was 18 before I got to a game. I support Limerick and while I keep an eye out, to varying degrees, for a number of other clubs it doesn't measure up on the same scale. At all.

My English team were, and remain, Aston Villa because when I was a kid they and Norwich had the nicest shirts IMO and Villa had more Irish players. My interest in Villa now is fairly moderate, it's basically something to make MOTD more interesting. I've watched out for Forest Green Rovers since the year before they reached the Conference because I've family over there and my cousin used to send me clippings when the likes of Tony Daly and Nigel Spink passed through. My cousin passed away just before the season started this year and I find that I think of him more often when I'm looking through the results on a Saturday.

I like Dundee United. Mostly for not being Celtic.

My girlfriend is from South Saint Paul in the US and I've gone to watch Minnesota Thunder over there a few times. I'd probably go as far as to call them my 'second team'. They played LA Galaxy on my last visit and I was one of a handful of people in the ground in a Thunder shirt. There were whole families in their Beckham kit and I felt, perhaps perversely, outraged on behalf of the real Thunder fans. Bandwagon, barstool fans are not exclusively an Irish phenomenon.

If you're a football fan you should have an interest in the game outside of your own bubble regardless of whether or not that goes as far as following another team. If not it's pretty parochial.

When that bubble doesn't extend to your own locality or national league though... I find that sad (more of the boo hoo variety than the pathetic version). The LOI experience dwarfs any other football experience I've had because it's my club, I'm not borrowing the sheen and lustre from anybody else, I am an integral part of the whole thing. Wherever I live I will always follow my local club without ever leaving behind the fact that Limerick are and always will be the sole player in my footballing affections. I may flirt and bat my eyes at others from time to time but I know where I belong and where I came from.


This post basically says it all. I'd just like to end by saying this:

Enjoy football everywhere. Support your local team.

[sadloserkid]

This post basically says it all. I'd just like to end by saying this:

Enjoy football everywhere. Support your local team.

Aww thanks brianw82. :)

[lofty9]

Was trying to find a suitable thread for this.....

Cop a load of this!

http://kerrydalestreet.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=73901&st=20

Poor critters!

[sligoman]

Was trying to find a suitable thread for this.....

Cop a load of this!

http://kerrydalestreet.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=73901&st=20

Poor critters!Oh christ, why did I read that? I am so angry reading that muck, complete idiots:mad:

[gufcfan]

Nothing wrong with supporting two teams.

I support Finn Harps and Finn Harps Reserves.

Bloody armchair supporter.

I support Galway United, the Galway United A Team and the Galway United U20 team. :D

[irishultra]

oh jesus, that celtic forum was like reading **********...only worse.

[holidaysong]

Was trying to find a suitable thread for this.....

Cop a load of this!

http://kerrydalestreet.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=73901&st=20

Poor critters!

That's the most ironic thread ever! :eek:

"You support an English club? You West Brit.. I'm a real Irish man, I only support Celtic!"

:cool: :D

[gspain]

Brilliant. You couldn't make that stuff up could you. :D

I can recount again a story I've told a before on this board.

Drinking in O'Reillys in Basle the night before one of the Switzerland games (2003 i think). One of our group was in an Ireland rugby jersey. I was in aLimerick jersey and the rest of our group (incl a Limerick man but that's a different story) were in Cork City jerseys.

Other Irish fan - "You shouldn't be wearing a rugby jersey o na football trip. Shower of snobs, don't play the national anthem ....rant on rugby......."

Now I might have let it go except for what he was wearing. Also the fact that he had been there all night and we'd just got back from the U21 game a couple of hours away.

Me "An Irish rugby jersey is a lot better than a BRITISH football jersey".

Other Irish fan "Celtic are not British. they are an Irish club founded by adonegal man."

me "Brother Walfrid was a Sligo man but they are still a British club playing in a British league paying taxes to a British queen"

[brianw82]

Oh please, please let this thread die!

Haven't we argued about this enough?

[Dodge]

Oh please, please let this thread die!

Haven't we argued about this enough?

I suggest you stop posting on it if you want it to die...

[Sam_Heggy]

Oh please, please let this thread die!

Haven't we argued about this enough?

No!

:D

[sadloserkid]

Brilliant. You couldn't make that stuff up could you. :D

I can recount again a story I've told a before on this board.

Drinking in O'Reillys in Basle the night before one of the Switzerland games (2003 i think). One of our group was in an Ireland rugby jersey. I was in aLimerick jersey and the rest of our group (incl a Limerick man but that's a different story) were in Cork City jerseys.

Other Irish fan - "You shouldn't be wearing a rugby jersey o na football trip. Shower of snobs, don't play the national anthem ....rant on rugby......."

Now I might have let it go except for what he was wearing. Also the fact that he had been there all night and we'd just got back from the U21 game a couple of hours away.

Me "An Irish rugby jersey is a lot better than a BRITISH football jersey".

Other Irish fan "Celtic are not British. they are an Irish club founded by adonegal man."

me "Brother Walfrid was a Sligo man but they are still a British club playing in a British league paying taxes to a British queen"

Troublemaker. :D

[gustavo]

http://forum.football365.com/index.php?t=msg&th=133471&prevloaded=1&&start=0

On a British football forum , the Irish fans on the British teams are getting a slagging for their support :D

[gspain]

http://forum.football365.com/index.php?t=msg&th=133471&prevloaded=1&&start=0

On a British football forum , the Irish fans on the British teams are getting a slagging for their support :D


I like the closest club to Dublin comment being Manyoo and Liverpool.

[bennocelt]

Was trying to find a suitable thread for this.....

Cop a load of this!

http://kerrydalestreet.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=73901&st=20

Poor critters!

To be fair i would rather watch an EPL game over a ga game any day
No in fact i would rather watch a Leinster legate game over a ga game anyday as well