Weekend Latest (w/e 11 March)

[MeathDrog]

Well that was a waste of 10 minutes of life scrolling through that last few pages of rubbish...

[Sam_Heggy]

I agree, Sam, but if Oman had been sent off, it would have been different:party:

But who would want to wear Roddy's suit?

[passerrby]

Get that man a beer :D

this is not a laughing matter now if you want funny look at us now thats funny

[Ezeikial]

Yep - was surprised to see ye struggle against Galway (going purely on the score, mind). Are they any good?

Although Dundalk deserved to win it certainly was a struggle. While the performance was disappointing compared to the matches against Linfield, 2nd half in Glentoran, and against Rovers for the first half, there is no doubt that Seannie has this Galway team well drilled. I don't see them winning many games (especially away) but on their day will make life very difficult for most teams

[colinf]

some people saying davoran shold have been sent off for the challenge in the last minute...the ball was dead when he fouled kilduff. when kilduff knocked the ball by him, and onto the other shams player, the offside flag went up, so when Davoran fouled him the offside was already given so there was no foul.

twigg dived for the penalty too. quite clear to see.

[mypost]

We always bring more than ye do to the Showgrounds(presuming you're a Bray fan?) so you're hardly far from a 'disgrace' yourselves. However, think of it from our point of view, we have a massive amount of games around the Dublin area. So with the number of games we play around Dublin, Bray wouldn't be high on the list for a lot of fans to go to (poor standard of game) so people will pick and choose which Dublin area game to go to as more than likely they cant make them all and Bray wouldn't be highly rated as I said.

There are 10 teams in the league, 4 of them are in Dublin. So you have just 8 league games in Dublin from 18 to pick and choose from.

The "standard" of game shouldn't come into it. 15,000 Sligo fans came to Lansdowne last year to watch a 0-0 draw with barely a shot on target. Bray games are the same as Galway games or Derry games, they're all 3 points to play for.

[SkStu]

The "standard" of game shouldn't come into it..

of course it should.

If you have a limited budget, which it seems most fans would have, you are obviously going to pick the games that you think will be the most attractive.

[poster]

There are 10 teams in the league, 4 of them are in Dublin. So you have just 8 league games in Dublin from 18 to pick and choose from.

It's not about what city the games are in, it's about the distance. Dundalk, Drogs, Bray, Pat's, UCD, Bohs and Shams are all around 2 and 1/2-3 hours drive from Sligo.
Also your point about the Lansdowne game, that was a cup final, all the sunshiners were out for that one no matter where it was the country and obviously the €10 to the new stadium was gonna be an attraction too.

[Longfordian]

LTFC 1 Athlone 0 at HT. Craig Walsh with a nice free kick, should really be three or four up.

[sligoman]

There are 10 teams in the league, 4 of them are in Dublin. So you have just 8 league games in Dublin from 18 to pick and choose from.'Dublin area' not Dublin city, please try and read the post before you answer it incorrectly. There is not much of a difference for a Dublin based fan going from Tallaght to Bray/Dundalk as opposed to a Sligo based fan going to Tallaght, Bray or Dundalk.

And if you think the standard of game doesn't matter to some fans then you're deluded.

[howsyourtouch]

town match finished 2-1, don cowan and craig walshe scored for us im hearing. cowan is starting to get into his stride now, from seeing him in pre season aswell, bodes well for us. ucd in next round i think, in flancare!

[sligoman]

Salthill 2-0 Fanad FT

[bingoballs]

There are 10 teams in the league, 4 of them are in Dublin. So you have just 8 league games in Dublin from 18 to pick and choose from.

The "standard" of game shouldn't come into it. 15,000 Sligo fans came to Lansdowne last year to watch a 0-0 draw with barely a shot on target. Bray games are the same as Galway games or Derry games, they're all 3 points to play for.
Seriously? There are 7 clubs around the pale ffs. Thats 14 trips across the country on a friday evening trying to make a 745 kick off, 14 friday afternoons that you have to try and take off early from work, 14 fills of juice for your car you can ill afford......... I'm neither self employed nor flush with cash, I have to pick and choose any away game I go to carefully

[Longfordian]

town match finished 2-1, don cowan and craig walshe scored for us im hearing. cowan is starting to get into his stride now, from seeing him in pre season aswell, bodes well for us. ucd in next round i think, in flancare!

Yep, should have been three or four up at HT but we dropped a gear or two and let them back into it. Athlone couldn't handle Cowan at all, resorting to fouling him most of the time, excellent strike for his goal and a nice free kick from Walsh for the first. Coffey got Athlone's goal.

[Sam_Heggy]

Seriously? There are 7 clubs around the pale ffs. Thats 14 trips across the country on a friday evening trying to make a 745 kick off, 14 friday afternoons that you have to try and take off early from work, 14 fills of juice for your car you can ill afford......... I'm neither self employed nor flush with cash, I have to pick and choose any away game I go to carefully

Come back to me when you try out the discover Ireland division. We'd be pretty delighted with only having to travel to the pale.

[El-Pietro]

Come back to me when you try out the discover Ireland division. We'd be pretty delighted with only having to travel to the pale.
you get bored of it pretty quickly trust me.

at least in this division its somewhere new each week. though they are almost all pretty far for the likes of us

[EAFC_rdfl]

salthill 2 fanad 0, salthill had a penalty saved by paul given in the first half but went ahead soon after, quick counter attack of a fanad free kick. second half fanad battered them but couldnt score, salthill got the 2nd in injury time with given (and everyone else) up for a corner the forward lobbed him as he tried to make it back to his own net. very young fanad team, if they get a couple of older heads back involved they might do ok in the A champ

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

There are 10 teams in the league, 4 of them are in Dublin. So you have just 8 league games in Dublin from 18 to pick and choose from.

The "standard" of game shouldn't come into it. 15,000 Sligo fans came to Lansdowne last year to watch a 0-0 draw with barely a shot on target. Bray games are the same as Galway games or Derry games, they're all 3 points to play for.

Ye brought 15,00 to the cup final as well. Where were they all for the Dundalk game?

[Dunny]

Where were they all for the Dundalk game?

Tallaght Garda station.:D

[PartySaint]

Bray 0-2 Saints

Should have been more, We dominated most of the game, Had a strong-ish side out, Stand out performances for me were Daryl Kavanagh and Jordon Keegan

[mypost]

Seriously? There are 7 clubs around the pale ffs. Thats 14 trips across the country on a friday evening trying to make a 745 kick off, 14 friday afternoons that you have to try and take off early from work, 14 fills of juice for your car you can ill afford......... I'm neither self employed nor flush with cash, I have to pick and choose any away game I go to carefully

Dublin is half an hour from Sligo with Aer Arann on a Friday evening. For the price of a 3 hour car/bus/train journey. Most of the Dublin based grounds are within 30 minutes of the airport. Drogheda is another half hour away, Dundalk a few minutes more. You can be in Sligo at 6pm and still make ko in Bray. You also have an extra 15 minutes to get to Tallaght. And you don't need taxis from the airport either.

I hate playing Fridays as well, but if you're resourceful, there's lots of ways and means of getting to games that save time and money.


Where were they all for the Dundalk game?

They were all squeezed in to the biggest attendance at any game that weekend.

[osarusan]

Dublin is half an hour from Sligo with Aer Arann on a Friday evening.And it's only 90 quid round trip, with the return flight the next day! Those lazy Sligo barstooling losers.

[mypost]

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[bullit]

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[mypost]

And it's only 90 quid round trip, with the return flight the next day! Those lazy Sligo barstooling losers.

Who needs a return flight? The deadline is the ko, not getting home.

Roughly 30 Euro flight, 2-5 Euro for a bus, 15 Euro Game, 15 Euro for bus back. Free if getting a "lift". You don't have to pay it all on the spot either.

As I say, there's ways and means of getting there and saving money, even if you're on a budget. It's difficult certainly, but not impossible.

[osarusan]

45 euro one way according to their website. You may say that there are ways of saving money, but a flight clearly isn't one.

[poster]

Dublin is half an hour from Sligo with Aer Arann on a Friday evening. For the price of a 3 hour car/bus/train journey. Most of the Dublin based grounds are within 30 minutes of the airport. Drogheda is another half hour away, Dundalk a few minutes more. You can be in Sligo at 6pm and still make ko in Bray. You also have an extra 15 minutes to get to Tallaght. And you don't need taxis from the airport either.


Oh.My.God.

It costs €92 to go to Dublin this Friday and back the next day. The flight leaves at 6.15, in Dublin at 7. Takes at least an hour to get through airport and to a Dart station, that's 8pm. Then depending on what time you get the Dart at it could be 8.45 before you arrive in Bray. You see one half of the match and have to stay in a hotel for the night in Bray/ Dublin costing about €50. Food, tickets etc.

So you pay about €150 to see one half of a game in Bray.

As for your half an hour to Drogheda from Dublin and just over a half hour to Dundalk on a Friday night... :doh:

[harleyleeds]

A good crowd went to Derry probably alot on the back of the final . Still contributed to a good atmosphere and so might encourage some to return . When new or not so often fans go the idea would be to give them a reason to return so imo facilities would be a big plus . entertainment on the field but also off the field . Maybe back to Sunday afternoon or Saturday night . Hotels in the area could put on football specials with entertainment after game or something . bus trips can be fun (not dooley at final but proper buses ) for parents and kids , songs etc . Shams crowd at Showgies would have contributed to great atmosphere and these are the chances to convince the odd timers too return . A lot of people are (from what I read ) putting a huge voluntary effort in so hopefully it will pay off and crowds return . I'm sure its not easy for a lot of people these days what with low funds and/or worry about job so big away support from anyone should be appreciated but smaller efforts count too .

[Charlie Darwin]

Would having more Saturday night games not make sense? The only thing they'd clash with would be Spanish football on Sky and far more convenient for travelling fans. Certainly among the bigger teams like last week's Sligo-Rovers clash. Perhaps it's not great for TV but we don't get much of that anyway.

[colinf]

if sligo rovers fans had to travel only between 30-60 minutes to the majority of away games we'd take hundreds every week. takes at least 3 hours to get to any ground apart from derry and galway for us.

loved the post about the aer arann flight. brilliant

[mypost]

Oh.My.God.

It costs €92 to go to Dublin this Friday and back the next day. The flight leaves at 6.15, in Dublin at 7. Takes at least an hour to get through airport and to a Dart station, that's 8pm. Then depending on what time you get the Dart at it could be 8.45 before you arrive in Bray. You see one half of the match and have to stay in a hotel for the night in Bray/ Dublin costing about €50. Food, tickets etc.

So you pay about €150 to see one half of a game in Bray.

As for your half an hour to Drogheda from Dublin and just over a half hour to Dundalk on a Friday night... :doh:

And if you're prepared to leave booking to the last minute, it will cost you 150 quid. If not, there are ways and means of keeping costs down.

Book early for 6.15pm flight + 30 minutes = 6.45. Get your skates on, bypass baggage reclaim, 6.50 out of airport. Bus to Dublin 7 = 20 minutes, Tolka 15 minutes, couple of Euros. Bray via Aircoach. Rovers via flybus direct to Tallaght, or DublinCoach to Red Cow, 10 minutes on Luas. In stadium for ko. Aircoach/Bus Eireann buses from airport 34 kilometres to Drogheda/60 to Dundalk, 10 Euro.

Arrange transport back after the game. Home for 1am. 90 minutes of a game for barely 50 Euro on the night. Repeat 4 times in Dublin every 4 months. No luggage, no hotels, no return flights, no 150 quid. Bit of inconvenience alright, but that's what you have to do if you're prepared to be resourceful, instead of looking for obstacles.

[SkStu]

you're missing one very important element mypost - not everyone is as clinically insane as you ;)

[mypost]

Forgot nothing. Sligo fans looking to justify why they cherry pick games.

You want to go to a game, you use every option available. Don't want to go, you'll find lots of road blocks in your way.

[SkStu]

Superfan!

[pineapple stu]

Book early for 6.15pm flight + 30 minutes = 6.45.
You've to be at the airport at least half an hour before the flight, and it's what - 20 minutes outside of Sligo? So you've to be leaving Sligo about 5pm at the very latest, which you've ignored and which isn't always doable with work. But the best is yet to come...


Get your skates on, bypass baggage reclaim, 6.50 out of airport.
From the tarmac on the plane to outside the airport in five minutes?! :D


Bray via Aircoach.
The Aircoach to Bray takes over an hour and leaves you a good ten minutes' walk from the ground, and that's if you manage to catch the 7pm one. So the best you can do is be about half an hour late for the game. And it costs you E12 or so.


Rovers via flybus direct to Tallaght, or DublinCoach to Red Cow, 10 minutes on Luas. In stadium for ko.
Flybus departs at a quarter past the hour, and takes 50 minutes to get to Tallaght. DublinCoach also leaves on the half hour, so you'd have to get the 7:30 one, which leaves you in Red Cow for 7:50. Either way, you're going to miss at least half an hour.


Aircoach/Bus Eireann buses from airport 34 kilometres to Drogheda/60 to Dundalk, 10 Euro.
Bus Eireann buses leave the airport at 8:20, and arrive at Drogheda bus station - a couple of miles from the ground - at 9pm, and at Dundalk bus station at 9:35. The previous bus, the 7:20 from the airport, bypasses Drogheda and Dundalk.


Arrange transport back after the game.
Ah, the infamous "Scene missing". And this is to be arranged for free too, it seems.

So for a Sligo fan looking to travel out for the UCD game next month, you're looking at E35 for the flight at the moment, E8 for the Aircoach (which leaves every 15 minutes, would take an hour to get to the flyover and then leave you a 15 minute walk to the ground - so you'd miss the first half-hour), pay in at the gate (E15) and then you're stuck in Dublin with only your mystical "arrange transport back after the game" to rely on. So E58 all told spent - E8 over your budget - and you've only gotten a one-way trip.

Truly you are a complete and utter space cadet of the highest order.

[redobit]

Truly you are a complete and utter space cadet of the highest order.

I nearly fell of the chair with laughing when I read that line.

[hoops1]

Not only could mypost do it. He could then travel back in time to watch the second half of the Rovers match.

[hoopy]

Personally im dreading Friday but living in the hope the team surprises me again and get a result out of the game

To be fair the Rovers/Pats games in Tallaght have been very enjoyable imop. When you have a big away crowd there it adds to the whole thing. Looking forward to what has become a proper derby.

[passerrby]

mypost that tardus is fryingh your brain

[Eminence Grise]

This thread is fast becoming nerd heaven for trainspotters and people who collect bus timetables....

[pineapple stu]

Rather that than a Rovers v Rovers bitchfest.

[mypost]

From the tarmac on the plane to outside the airport in five minutes?! :D

Precisely. They're going to Dublin for a couple of hours, not coming back off a 2 week family package holiday from Lanzarote.


The Aircoach to Bray takes over an hour and leaves you a good ten minutes' walk from the ground, and that's if you manage to catch the 7pm one. So the best you can do is be about half an hour late for the game. And it costs you E12 or so. Flybus departs at a quarter past the hour, and takes 50 minutes to get to Tallaght. DublinCoach also leaves on the half hour, so you'd have to get the 7:30 one, which leaves you in Red Cow for 7:50. Either way, you're going to miss at least half an hour.

You'll miss 5 minutes as our home games start later than everyone else's. What's 5 minutes missed in 2 hours? Would you prefer to stay at home and miss the game?


Ah, the infamous "Scene missing". And this is to be arranged for free too, it seems.

So for a Sligo fan looking to travel out for the UCD game next month, you're looking at E35 for the flight at the moment, E8 for the Aircoach (which leaves every 15 minutes, would take an hour to get to the flyover and then leave you a 15 minute walk to the ground - so you'd miss the first half-hour), pay in at the gate (E15) and then you're stuck in Dublin with only your mystical "arrange transport back after the game" to rely on. So E58 all told spent - E8 over your budget - and you've only gotten a one-way trip.

Truly you are a complete and utter space cadet of the highest order.

More excuses, together with the traditional parting jibe.

€58 is a hell of a lot cheaper than the €150 earlier quoted. If you want to go, you'll go.

[pineapple stu]

What difference does it make where you've arrived from? You won't get through Dublin Airport in five minutes.

E58 is one-way. You've still to get back, or failing that (which you probably will at that time of night), stay over in a hotel (more cost) and head back the following day (more cost) - you're getting close enough to the E150 quoted.

Not having a lift back can't be dismissed as an "excuse" - it's a major, major factor in going to a game.

You'll miss far more than 5 minutes of a Rovers game given the LUAS doesn't drop you at the gate of the ground, or that the LUAS doesn't arrive immediately, or that there are no other delays en route (whoever heard of a bus being late?)

Seriously, attempting to defend such drivel is probably one of the silliest things you have ever, ever posted.

[poster]

This thread is great. Long live ignorance.

Well for this Friday's game V Bray in Carlisle the Dooley Express will bring us for €20, leaving The Showgrounds at 3.30pm. Very handy if you're not in a 9-5 job or working evenings, which the majority of people who go to Rovers games are.

[mypost]

What difference does it make where you've arrived from? You won't get through Dublin Airport in five minutes.

It makes a big difference. No bags needed to get, no long passport queues. Buses available 2 minutes outside the door.


E58 is one-way. You've still to get back, or failing that (which you probably will at that time of night), stay over in a hotel (more cost) and head back the following day (more cost) - you're getting close enough to the E150 quoted.

Not having a lift back can't be dismissed as an "excuse" - it's a major, major factor in going to a game.

You'll miss far more than 5 minutes of a Rovers game given the LUAS doesn't drop you at the gate of the ground, or that the LUAS doesn't arrive immediately, or that there are no other delays en route (whoever heard of a bus being late?

All excuses.

The ground is within 3-5 minutes walking distance of the Luas and the flybus. The Main Street in Bray is 5 minutes from Bray's ground. Dublin Bus drops you at the other Dublin grounds at the gates.

I accept it's not convenient, I know it's awkward, but you can either gamble to watch games, or sit in front of the PC watching a ticker, complaining about poor crowds.

[pineapple stu]

Explain to me how you're going to get back after the game?

Explain to me how not having a lift back after a game is merely a trifle not to be considered?

Explain to me how the fact that buses are sometimes late isn't an issue?

And you still can't get from the plane to the front of Dublin Airport in five minutes even without waiting for baggage reclaim.

[Mr A]

And explain to me what a federal case is, I'm mixing the barley with the grape again.

:bulgy:

[superjohnny]

This thread is great. Long live ignorance.

Well for this Friday's game V Bray in Carlisle the Dooley Express will bring us for €20, leaving The Showgrounds at 3.30pm. Very handy if you're not in a 9-5 job or working evenings, which the majority of people who go to Rovers games are.

I expect to see a big crowd so poster :-)

[horton]

Moaning about travelling times? at least ye's don't have to go to the bureau de change anytime you try to get to an away game:p

[harleyleeds]

This thread has turned out to be fun reading . To be fair Poster SJ has you there.