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GuisaSaigon
20/04/2009, 10:40 AM
Sligo get crap crowds because housewives go to beach in the summer!
pineapple stu
20/04/2009, 11:22 AM
Sligo's figures on the attendances thread.

(Though you could repeat for a few other clubs too).

A close second is the notion that my first choice is caused by jealousy/bitterness/being obsessed.

Edit - also "The stand was full"
randomcomment
20/04/2009, 11:39 AM
Joseph N'do

What a man, what a player
stamullendrog
20/04/2009, 12:27 PM
sporting fingal draw big crowds
pineapple stu
20/04/2009, 12:28 PM
Who said that?
stamullendrog
20/04/2009, 12:34 PM
thats the impression your given in the fingal independent plus a work mate does civil defence at games and either him or the fingal independent guy is rubbish at estimating crowds
pineapple stu
20/04/2009, 12:40 PM
Sure they give official (or "official") figures, so there's no need for him to estimate anyway.
Salmon Coloured
20/04/2009, 12:42 PM
Roddy Collins "I had him at Bohs".
Random Barstoolers "You know what that league needs? Investment so they can get great players, then id start going along".

oh yeah whenever Pat Fenlon says this in an interview,
"I dont really care what Pat Scully, Sean O'Connor, Roddy Collins thinks". Just insert whomevers appropriate at the time.
pineapple stu
20/04/2009, 12:44 PM
Roddy Collins "I had him at Bohs".
Good call. Also the ever funny "I recommended him to <insert lower level GB club here>"
stamullendrog
20/04/2009, 12:56 PM
Sure they give official (or "official") figures, so there's no need for him to estimate anyway.


i think the "" one is the right official
fergalr
20/04/2009, 12:57 PM
Shamrock Rovers are cup specialists

Number of cups (88; runners-up finishes between square brackets):

24 [ 8] Shamrock Rovers

9 [ 5] Dundalk

7 [10] Shelbourne
7 [ 7] Bohemians

5 [ 4] Drumcondra

4 [ 5] Cork Athletic (includes Cork United)
4 [ 4] Derry City

2 [ 7] St. Patrick's Athletic
2 [ 7] Waterford United (includes Waterford)
2 [ 5] Sligo Rovers
2 [ 3] Cork City
2 [ 3] Limerick (includes Limerick United)
2 [ 2] Cork Hibernians
2 [ 2] Longford Town
2 [ 2] St. James' Gate
2 Bray Wanderers

1 [ 2] Drogheda United (includes Drogheda)
1 [ 1] Cork
1 [ 1] Finn Harps
1 [ 1] Fordsons
1 [ 1] Galway United
1 Alton United
1 Athlone Town
1 Home Farm
1 Transport
1 UCD

http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iercuphist.html
fergalr
20/04/2009, 1:01 PM
Tallaght is sold-out for every game.

v Cork http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/35-news/606-cork-game-sold-out
V Derry http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/35-news/579-derry-city-match-sold-out
v Sligo http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/35-news/542-first-match-sold-out
JackeenRebel
20/04/2009, 1:11 PM
Stokes was the leagues top ref.
Réiteoir
20/04/2009, 1:19 PM
Dublin City was the way forward for all clubs in this League
pineapple stu
20/04/2009, 1:41 PM
Sporting Fignal is the way forward for all clubs in this league.

Particularly enjoy those who say we should go down the Australian A League rote of new, broad appeal clubs with extra money at their disposal and who spend lots of extra money.
SkStu
20/04/2009, 7:18 PM
Xano.
dcfcsteve
20/04/2009, 9:11 PM
Number of cups (88; runners-up finishes between square brackets):

24 [ 8] Shamrock Rovers

9 [ 5] Dundalk

7 [10] Shelbourne
7 [ 7] Bohemians

5 [ 4] Drumcondra

4 [ 5] Cork Athletic (includes Cork United)
4 [ 4] Derry City

2 [ 7] St. Patrick's Athletic
2 [ 7] Waterford United (includes Waterford)
2 [ 5] Sligo Rovers
2 [ 3] Cork City
2 [ 3] Limerick (includes Limerick United)
2 [ 2] Cork Hibernians
2 [ 2] Longford Town
2 [ 2] St. James' Gate
2 Bray Wanderers

1 [ 2] Drogheda United (includes Drogheda)
1 [ 1] Cork
1 [ 1] Finn Harps
1 [ 1] Fordsons
1 [ 1] Galway United
1 Alton United
1 Athlone Town
1 Home Farm
1 Transport
1 UCD

http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iercuphist.html

Ferglr - that's called history. You know - stuff that happened in the past.

As they say in financial ads 'Past results do not give any indication as to future performance'.

If Rovers were cup specialists, you might have actually won one at some point in the last 22 years....... :o
John83
20/04/2009, 9:42 PM
Socrates at UCD is my favorite, seductively plausible, but utterly ridiculous when you know it's not true.

As PS mentioned, "The stand was full," is a persistent one among attendance estimates; it always makes me chuckle.
SkStu
20/04/2009, 9:56 PM
As they say in financial ads 'Past results do not give any indication as to future performance'.


actually read that as "Pats results do not give any indication as to future performance" which gave me a chuckle.

BTW, when the draw is being made on 6-1 News it should be "... will play Shamrock Rovers, former cup-specialists"
MariborKev
20/04/2009, 10:03 PM
The one about Scully leaving Shels.....
monzo
20/04/2009, 10:13 PM
Last season and several years before it: "UCD shouldn't be in the Premier."
Paddyfield
20/04/2009, 10:17 PM
Shamrock Rovers are the Manchester United of Irish football
monutdfc
21/04/2009, 8:18 AM
Osam is doubtful
Larry 'da' Wyse
21/04/2009, 12:02 PM
Any European opposition from the dregs of Eastern Europe are a crack outfit.
Salmon Coloured
21/04/2009, 12:12 PM
Any score at any stage on Aertel. Never ever to be trusted.
pineapple stu
21/04/2009, 12:13 PM
"I never got a team relegated".

(c) both Roddy and Doolin.
SunderlandBohs
21/04/2009, 12:35 PM
Cork team lasting longer than 25years before going out of business.
Weatherman
21/04/2009, 12:48 PM
The ref robbed us!!
pineapple stu
21/04/2009, 12:48 PM
Cork team lasting longer than 25years before going out of business.
Don't think that's an urban legend (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_myth) either...
Réiteoir
21/04/2009, 12:52 PM
Moldova is a powerhouse of European football
Terry-Lander
21/04/2009, 12:57 PM
Mark Leech is good for 15 goals a season
Jersey Cow
21/04/2009, 1:06 PM
Drogheda Utd are "THE Template".....:D
SunderlandBohs
21/04/2009, 1:11 PM
This is (Shamrock) Rovers year for the cup!!!
Partizan
21/04/2009, 1:24 PM
Cáwkie City are a model of sound financial prudence.
irishultra
21/04/2009, 1:58 PM
the idea that when some english has been joins a loi side that he swans away with relative ease, effortlessly performing zidane-esque skills while dribbling past hapless irish amatures as if they weren't there.
GuisaSaigon
21/04/2009, 2:46 PM
Luther Blissett scored a hat-trick against Galway United on his LOI debut, a game which Derry won 3-1 :o (At least that was what he told the London Evening Standard after we beat Derry 3-1 in Crowley park in the mid nineties) :o
ShnaeGuevara715
21/04/2009, 3:09 PM
"Bohs were started by Brits"
CMcC
21/04/2009, 3:44 PM
Osam is doubtful

Thats gotta be up there with the best of them. Classic LoI myth.
pineapple stu
21/04/2009, 4:22 PM
The Doc and Theo Dunne used to spend an hour each week making up fake injury updates just so we'd get a longer match preview in the paper. Tony McDonnell was once doubtful cos of a dead leg six weeks in a row. He recovered each time though.
Olander
21/04/2009, 4:23 PM
Pat Fenlon bankrupts clubs.
Tis-smeee
22/04/2009, 12:01 AM
Georgie is going cross channel to further his career as LOI is no longer a challenge for his precocious talent
Sheridan
22/04/2009, 12:19 AM
Kilkenny City had a "great little set-up down there."
mrtndvn
22/04/2009, 12:42 AM
Derek Glynn is a quality player.
Celdrog
22/04/2009, 8:03 AM
Derry will be hammered by Gretna
Salmon Coloured
22/04/2009, 8:09 AM
There were goals in the half time fans game between UCD & Longford Town.
Demoshield
22/04/2009, 12:21 PM
Derry City always pay transfer fees owed to other clubs in a timley manner.
SunderlandBohs
22/04/2009, 12:51 PM
Sunderland and Niall Quinn will destory the LOI with the greening of SundIreland!
passerrby
22/04/2009, 12:54 PM
Derry will be hammered by Gretna
dont ya just miss super gretna .. word is he went to work for the financial sector as a futures analist
Martinho II
22/04/2009, 12:54 PM
Derek Glynn is a quality player.

true he has proved himself with us.:rolleyes:
Mr A
22/04/2009, 1:12 PM
Derry City always pay transfer fees owed to other clubs in a timley manner.

Shouldn't this read:

That Derry City ever pay transfer fees owed to other clubs in a timely manner.