Barstool facepalm

[BonnieShels]

Sorry for bringing this up and all and I'm not a fan of bumping threads but who in the hell here changed Termonbarry's wiki page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarmonbarry)?


Foot.ie

The town has also been adopted by Foot.ie as its spiritual homeplace after an Irish football thread inexplicably became a shrine to the village

Only noticed there this evening when I was wondering how far foot.ie ranked.
It's number 1 btw.

:)

[Charlie Darwin]

Whoever it is is also a fan of WWE star Cody Rhodes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/109.77.95.102

[SkStu]

Whoever it is is also a fan of WWE star Cody Rhodes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/109.77.95.102

thats funny CD - the person who changed John Flanagan's (the youngster with Liverpool) wiki profile to say he was "English born Irishman" also had made a significant number of contributions to the profiles of WWE stars...

So we're looking for a foot.ie poster with a WWE fetish... the IP address traces to Cork. Hmmmm....

[Charlie Darwin]

Well that rules out Paul O'Shea...

[Real ale Madrid]

Termonbarry on the news this evening , protesting against the closure of the A&E in Roscommon hospital.

[BonnieShels]

Termonbarry on the news this evening , protesting against the closure of the A&E in Roscommon hospital.

I heard that earlier. I chuckled heartily. I don't think our presence would have been appreciated. But then again we could have been exactly the influential group they needed to help out.

[Charlie Darwin]

Termonbarry on the news this evening , protesting against the closure of the A&E in Roscommon hospital.
Must be where they treat all the sports injuries?

[BonnieShels]

Must be where they treat all the sports injuries?

One of the placards mentioned something about "No a+e. No sports" not that eloquent but that gist.

[TiocfaidhArmani]

In the last 2 meetings

Bohs only put Aberdeen out despite having 10 men for much of the return leg.

Derry did inflict a record home defeat for Scottish sides in European competition v Gretna.

Still when did the facts ever matter to the Sunday world.


They beat a team who managed the lowest number of SPL points in a season ever. Woo-de-do.

[SwanVsDalton]

They beat a team who managed the lowest number of SPL points in a season ever. Woo-de-do.

True. Would've been a mere 2-0/3-0 if we played an average SPL team.

[dahamsta]

Couple pages of SPL garbage binned. TiocfaidhArmani is already suspended for other nonsense.

SPL discussion is BANNED on Foot.ie except for the designated thread. If it comes up again off-thread, it'll be banned entirely, and I'll go utterly spare doling out bans for the rulebreaking. It's been a while since I went spare and I'm kinda bored waiting for my next babby to escape, so feel free to indulge me.

But if you do get banned for this, you won't be coming back. Don't say I didn't warn you.

[bullit]

Ha Bonnieshels look at me LOL !!! :)

[bullit]

Purple Onion regulars in uproar as Termonbarry stadium gets the go ahead!!

Locals finger other locals as blame game begins!!

http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Argos-20.jpg

[Eminence Grise]

Locals finger other locals as blame game begins!!

So when they call it a close-knit community, they mean really, really close....

Termonbarry FC to be sponsored by Durex Play next season?

[bluemovie]

Barstool Report: Over 5000 attended the RSC on Wednesday for Waterford United v Liverpool. The vast majority were from Waterford cheering against Waterford. Waterford won. In fairness to them, at least they can say they were at a real live game for once.

[DannyInvincible]

Looked distressing for a few in the crowd:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tetZ_Cz7jjc

[bullit]

Looked distressing for a few in the crowd:

[video

:mad: then :D LOL

[Charlie Darwin]

Nobody switch on RTE One now.

[BonnieShels]

It was rugby by the time I switched over. Phew.

[cornflakes]

Nobody switch on RTE One now.

What did I miss?

[shellyriver]

First time I heard that song was in Highbury in 1990 - Paul Davis testimonial. **** song then -- said to it all the Celtic supporters - **** song now. Best part of the gig was watching dope-smoking, Buckfast drinking fiends, lash into its chorus. Hilarious. As for it being a Munster Rugby song -- 'av it.

When did Celtic supporters first appropriate the song as their anthem?

[nigel-harps1954]

I see....

[Charlie Darwin]

What did I miss?
Fintan O'Toole saying something along the lines of "If you think about it, Celtic are more Irish than any Irish football team." Roy Keane talking about how The Fields of Athenry is so much more powerful when you're playing Celtic.

[mypost]

Any singers ever gone to Athenry?

[Acornvilla]

Heard some woman on Rte talking about Mick Wallace a while ago and mentioned his GAA team....

[peadar1987]

Fintan O'Toole saying something along the lines of "If you think about it, Celtic are more Irish than any Irish football team." Roy Keane talking about how The Fields of Athenry is so much more powerful when you're playing Celtic.

Is is on RTÉ player? I could use a bit of a rage!

[Charlie Darwin]

Is is on RTÉ player? I could use a bit of a rage!
http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1106096

About 10 minutes in. Some Liverpool stuff in the second half. Of course Liverpool are, in many ways, more Irish than Celtic themselves.

[peadar1987]

http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1106096 (http://www.rte.ie/player/#%21v=1106096)

About 10 minutes in. Some Liverpool stuff in the second half. Of course Liverpool are, in many ways, more Irish than Celtic themselves.

I've heard the actual quote, and it's hard to argue with him:

"In some ways, Celtic is more Irish than any sporting club in Ireland, because it represents and embodies this absolutely central Irish experience."

Supporting your local team instead of one in a foreign country is hardly a "central Irish experience"

Edit: Commentary removed for mentioning-the-war related reasons!

[Réiteoir]

Banner of the season spotted at the Chelsea vs. Kitchee game in the Barclays Asia Trophy on Sky Sports at the moment (it's hung next to the touchline on the top left hand side of the pitch as you watch it on TV):

"MONGOLIAN TRUE BLUES"

[cornflakes]

Banner of the season spotted at the Chelsea vs. Kitchee game in the Barclays Asia Trophy on Sky Sports at the moment (it's hung next to the touchline on the top left hand side of the pitch as you watch it on TV):

"MONGOLIAN TRUE BLUES"

You have to feel for the Erchim, Khangarid and Ulaanbaatar University fans

[pineapple stu]

You have to feel for the [...] Ulaanbaatar University fans
No sympathy for them. Shouldn't even be in the league. They don't have any fans, and they just take our tax money that'd be better spent subsidising yak butter and archery events.

[SkStu]

Banner of the season spotted at the Chelsea vs. Kitchee game in the Barclays Asia Trophy on Sky Sports at the moment (it's hung next to the touchline on the top left hand side of the pitch as you watch it on TV):

"MONGOLIAN TRUE BLUES"

sounds like something Lim Til I Die would say... ;)

[TiocfaidhArmani]

http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1106096

About 10 minutes in. Some Liverpool stuff in the second half. Of course Liverpool are, in many ways, more Irish than Celtic themselves.

Are they hell.


I've heard the actual quote, and it's hard to argue with him:

"In some ways, Celtic is more Irish than any sporting club in Ireland, because it represents and embodies this absolutely central Irish experience."

Supporting your local team instead of one in a foreign country is hardly a "central Irish experience"



You can have an Irish experience without actually being in Ireland. It's narrow minded to say otherwise.

[BonnieShels]

I thought that was having an Oirish experience?

In all seriousness, the problem is not that people support other teams in other countries its that they do it exclusively or don't acknowledge local soccer teams. Last nights Rovers game was last night was an example of the attitude.

Whilst you support Celtic, and while personally I can't understand it, at least you attend LOI games and understand the importance if that.

Same goes with the likes of Peadar and Stoke.

[TiocfaidhArmani]

I thought that was having an Oirish experience?

In all seriousness, the problem is not that people support other teams in other countries its that they do it exclusively or don't acknowledge local soccer teams. Last nights Rovers game was last night was an example of the attitude.


I agree but it's never going to change. It's engrained in the culture and one set of gob****es pass down their traditions to the next. It's just how folk are brought up, but it's up to good people like the folk on here to change attitudes, I just think people go the wrong way around it. This might sound dramatic but I think it should have been taken up at a political level like some sort of campaign to promote the league as a way of improving facilities and providing employment by supporting our own as well. That was obviously never gonna happen when good auld Bertie's office was a stone throw from Tolka and he never bothered his backside once to come along and support his local team.

[BonnieShels]

Well he did manage to sponsor us the game before the local elections in 2009 on behalf of his brother. The bloody Bowez head on them.

[ped_ped]

Avatar technology to let sofa fans into theatre of dreams (http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/avatar-technology-to-let-sofa-fans-into-theatre-of-dreams-2837762.html)


"There's been a step change from standard definition to high definition in terms of how people consume football," Scudamore said.>.<


"There's 'immersion technology' being developed where you can sit down with headphones and a screen, and reproduce the feel of being in a stadium," he said.>.<


"You can call in your mates to sit next to you and chat to them. If you turn your head one way you're looking at the left-hand goal and the other way you're looking at the right-hand goal. That's in testing.>.<

Jesus wept.

[marinobohs]

Avatar technology to let sofa fans into theatre of dreams (http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/avatar-technology-to-let-sofa-fans-into-theatre-of-dreams-2837762.html)

>.<

>.<

>.<

Jesus wept.

In Tiocfaidharmani world would this make your living room "more old trafford" than em... Old Trafford ? Or does that old guff only apply to Celtic ? :rolleyes:

[Charlie Darwin]

Oh my.


Nine well-known public locations in County Longford have been cited on a website as potential sites for ‘dogging’, an activity where people engage in sex acts in their cars, while being watched by others.

The website, Swing4Ireland.com lists the locations giving specific directions, times, dates and instructions to those seeking to partake in this activity. Including the neighbouring counties of Leitrim, Westmeath, Cavan and Roscommon, the total number of locations cited rises to 84.

According to Swing4Ireland.com, the nine locations in Co Longford include the Townspark Industrial Estate, Athlone Road, Longford; Corn Hill, Drumlish; the Edgeworthstown Road, Granard; the Sports Complex, Granard; a location on the Killoe /Ballinalee Road; a location in Lanesboro, The Mall Sports Complex Longford; Lough Naback and a location in Tarmonbarry. While these locations are listed on the website, there is no evidence that any such activity takes place there. Swing4Ireland.com boasts 522 registered users from County Longford.

http://www.longfordleader.ie/news/local/dogging_website_lists_nine_sites_in_co_longford_1_ 2927523

[SkStu]

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[BonnieShels]

That would be no use to our barstoolers though. It implies they might want to head to a match on a barstool.

On a side note, that looks like a lot of fun.

[Dunny]

Anyone see the ad for premier soccer Saturday with Dara Maloney wondering about like he's lost without it.... :o

[Guinney]

Anyone see the ad for premier soccer Saturday with Dara Maloney wondering about like he's lost without it.... :o

Yeap right after MNS.

[BonnieShels]

Ah yes. The football season Is back. oh yeah.

Suggested to a spurs fan what he'll do the weekend now their match (which I don't think was on tv and he lives in knocklyon) and others may be called off.

"There'll still be some Scottish Football on"

Arghdgredgrhcjgfjf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bluemovie]

Yeah football is back. Woooooooooohoooooooooooo! Three months with no football whatsoever comes to an end today. Yeehaa!

[BonnieShels]

The relief is something alright. No need to bother with Shels, Ireland tonight, Dublin tomorrow... god save our Sky.

[Mr Maroon]

"Football is back", according to RTE 2 just now.

[BonnieShels]

I can't tell ya what a joy it was to watch Newcastle v Arsenal this evening. The quality of that just shows you that the Premier League is the only game in town. Especially if you've never watched a Bundesliga game or been to Drom.

[RahenyBohs]

First sentence in this is worth a facepalm

http://weplayonfridays.com/liverpool-v-waterford-united-match-report/

[Poor Student]

First sentence in this is worth a facepalm

http://weplayonfridays.com/liverpool-v-waterford-united-match-report/

It's satire.