Cork City FC - Biggest Club in the Country

[Dodge]

One-upmanship is part and parcel of football - over shirt sales

He hee he. Always makes me laugh. He hee he.

[Larry 'da' Wyse]

Cork City have a new shop opening on Sullivan's Quay ... this is impressive.
Not too many LOI teams (if any?) have a city/town centre shop.

[micls]

Cork City have a new shop opening on Sullivan's Quay ... this is impressive.
Not too many LOI teams (if any?) have a city/town centre shop.

its been open a few weeks. But its just our old shop moving into a premises owned by Coughlan.

Afaik Drogehda had a shop in town too as well as one or 2 other clubs

[brianw82]

:D Yeah, cos I follow football for the oneupmanship....

If thats the reason you follow the game then your missing some of the better stuff.

There are plenty of things people claim 'are just the way things' but you dont have to accept them or like them to enjoy the game

Couldn't agree more with this point. I don't understand the constant need of football fans to gloat and slag off the opposition, whoever they are.

[Dodge]

Oh and I meant say, top post micls

[rebs23]

:One upmanship is fine, when there is something to celebrate about. But forgive me for not celebrating the fact that in a county of over 200k people we get just over 1% of them in our gates.



I know I'm being picky but the population of the county is around 500,000 of which around 300,000 live in the city and suburbs so it makes our % going to games worse.

[micls]

I know I'm being picky but the population of the county is around 500,000 of which around 300,000 live in the city and suburbs so it makes our % going to games worse.

Meant to type city rather than county, but you're right given that a large proportion of our support comes from outside the City

[dcfcsteve]

Until then I'll feel free to say that ALL our attendances are ****e and noone from any club has anything to gloat about given how little is being done to change that in comparison to what should be done.

And most in Ireland would argue that, just like our attendances, all our stadiums are sh!te and all our football is sh!te.

Which is my point. If you want to go down the cancer analogy - our league is riddled with the stuff. Yet it's only attendances that it's apparently beneath people to compare....:confused:

[razor]

And most in Ireland would argue that, just like our attendances, all our stadiums are sh!te and all our football is sh!te. The stadium in which we play is quite good actually ;):D

[micls]

And most in Ireland would argue that, just like our attendances, all our stadiums are sh!te and all our football is sh!te.

Which is my point. If you want to go down the cancer analogy - our league is riddled with the stuff. Yet it's only attendances that it's apparently beneath people to compare....:confused:

You've seemed to miss the point of my argument.

I DONT CARE WHAT 'MOST IN IRELAND' THINK!

Im talking about LOI fans.

[dcfcsteve]

You've seemed to miss the point of my argument.

I DONT CARE WHAT 'MOST IN IRELAND' THINK!

Im talking about LOI fans.

I don't think I'm the one missing the point.

Our attendances are only sh!t in relative terms. 2,000 at a hockey or handball game would be considered excellent in Ireland. So why is it considered sh!it by LOI fans ? Primarily because of attendances in leagues elsewhere and the level of interest in football, and the fact so many Irish contribute to those attendances rather than our own. If the English Premiership wass getting a 2,000 average, our attendances wouldn't be considered sh!t any more. It's all relative.

Likewise our standard is sh!t when you look at in relative terms. Yet we can't slate the standard, though it's alright to knock the attendances. That's the point - cancer everywhere, yet we're only allowed to point out that it exists in certain areas.

We'll just have to agree to differ, as I can't be arsed trying to explain to you any more. :D

[corkboy360]

its been open a few weeks. But its just our old shop moving into a premises owned by Coughlan.

Afaik Drogehda had a shop in town too as well as one or 2 other clubs
Limerick have one around the corner from Jackmans park but the train station.May not be in the city centre but it is a seperate premises

[tiktok]

Our attendances are only sh!t in relative terms. 2,000 at a hockey or handball game would be considered excellent in Ireland. So why is it considered sh!it by LOI fans ? Primarily because of attendances in leagues elsewhere ....

They're sh!t full stop.

More people play football in this country than any other sport, the interest in hockey and handball is relatively small, in terms of participation GAA and especially Rugby have far better returns.

Our national side attracts more people in an average game than the combined attendance of an entire series of league games [both divisions] so we know that while there are people who play the game in huge numbers and people who will go out and sit through a live game, that doesn;t translate into decent attendances week in week out. Add in the kicker that thousands travel to Scotland and England every week to watch live games and it adds up to a completely disillusioned public.

Nothing to do with the fact that 70,000odd will turn up in Old Trafford on a Saturday.

[micls]

Thanks Tiktok. I posted a big reply earlier and then the internet crashed, couldnt be bothered doing it again.

[shefellover93]

Basketball?!?!?!?! :D :D :D

You left out hockey, tiddlywinks and curling.

Actually Basketball has quite a large following down here, with both Neptune and Demons having much success in recent years the attendances are quite high with Demons v Neptune matches often drawing sell out crowds.

The thing about the Cork sporting public is that if a team is successful, loads will flock. If the Hurlers and Footballers finally came out of their strike and were useless for years and years attendances would be quite poor, but the fact is both Cork Hurling and Football is strong and so people will go. City do have the biggest hardcore support though, may sound biased but I've been to games all around the country and I haven't seen a bigger hardcore support