Targetman
24/05/2012, 3:34 PM
This was in a local Limerick paper earlier this month, think it adequately sums up the Limerick sporting public.
I had never heard of Jackie Kyle,
Or even Willie John,
But when Munster became fashionable,
I put a red shirt on.
I thought that Shannon was a river,
And Garryowen an estate,
And as far as cookies go you ate them from a plate.
They say there's a rugby ground in Coonagh,
And one in Dooradoyle,
I've seen a couple out Rosbrien way,
Can't remember their names at all.
But I talk of Rog, Strings and Paulie,
And my friends are quite impressed,
Where in the distant past,
All I talked of was George Best.
There's achap down in our "local"
Who talks of Jackman Park,
And the thrill of watching Limerick FC
On a Friday after dark,
He talks of names like Behan,
Pat Purcell and Gaffney too, But then I do remind him
That their success is few,
But he says things are a changing
And promotion it is due,
And before very long they could be fashionable too.
Well if this were to happen,
Oh dear what would I do,
For as well as my red shirt
I'll need a blue one too.
So I took myself to Jackman Park
To see if this were true
And while Limerick did score one goal
Longford they scored two.
Basically there is a hell of a lot of band-wagoners in the city. We have the advantage of having a decent sized population as people have mentioned already. IF (and its a big if at the moment) all the pieces fall into place I think the tag would be just of sleeping giants. Obviously promotion this year, a return to the markets field soon and playing more attractive football are all requirements. If that happens I think there would be a decent increase in attendances and we could be competitive in the premier division.
I had never heard of Jackie Kyle,
Or even Willie John,
But when Munster became fashionable,
I put a red shirt on.
I thought that Shannon was a river,
And Garryowen an estate,
And as far as cookies go you ate them from a plate.
They say there's a rugby ground in Coonagh,
And one in Dooradoyle,
I've seen a couple out Rosbrien way,
Can't remember their names at all.
But I talk of Rog, Strings and Paulie,
And my friends are quite impressed,
Where in the distant past,
All I talked of was George Best.
There's achap down in our "local"
Who talks of Jackman Park,
And the thrill of watching Limerick FC
On a Friday after dark,
He talks of names like Behan,
Pat Purcell and Gaffney too, But then I do remind him
That their success is few,
But he says things are a changing
And promotion it is due,
And before very long they could be fashionable too.
Well if this were to happen,
Oh dear what would I do,
For as well as my red shirt
I'll need a blue one too.
So I took myself to Jackman Park
To see if this were true
And while Limerick did score one goal
Longford they scored two.
Basically there is a hell of a lot of band-wagoners in the city. We have the advantage of having a decent sized population as people have mentioned already. IF (and its a big if at the moment) all the pieces fall into place I think the tag would be just of sleeping giants. Obviously promotion this year, a return to the markets field soon and playing more attractive football are all requirements. If that happens I think there would be a decent increase in attendances and we could be competitive in the premier division.