friseal
29/11/2004, 7:14 PM
greetings and salutations.
i'm starting at UCD in January, and i intend to go to as many FAI and IFA (and Celtic) games as is humanly and economically possible.
the eL fascinates me, because it's essentially the fifth spectator sport in the country after the EPL and Celtic, Hurling, Gaelic Footy, and Rugby (well i'm sure there's some other crap in there like horse racing or golf but i don't consider them real sports). now for a country with a population of less than 4 million to have even a semi-profressional 5th-preference sport is astounding - and must be down to a small, loyal hardcore lot who annually fork out the dough.
in Australia (pop. 20 million), i think the 5th preference spectator sport would probably be...... netball. or field hockey. and no, they don't have semi-professional players.
but i'm going to go into my Irish soccer journey with a reasonably open mind, with a view to falling head-over-heals in love with one club or another.
now i fancy myself as a bit of a journalist, so i'll be hoping to get my tale published (somewhere) and i'll probably take a camera amongst the crowd and take a veritable ****load of photos of drunken Irishmen, and might even put up a website with my findings.
so, what the **** do you care? well, aside from the fact that one day i'll be rich and famous and you'll curse yourself for not wooing me to your beloved but indebted club, i'm offering you cash. no more than two people per club, but cash all the same. why you may ask? what has brought on this profound display of genorisity? because as a couple of you might recall, i did some editing work for EA SPORTS for the eircome League (and some people on here helped me out), and they payed me a cheque of course, so i thought i might as well make my eL discovery interesting, and pay back some of the people who make Irish football so great. i'll pay you in person and buy you a pint or ten if the circumstances permit.
but as i said, no more than 2 people, and you can only choose ONE club, so get it quick and choose wisely (and give [a] reason/s for why you picked the club).
keep in mind that the odds are obviously not objective under any criteria and somewhat reflect my expectations....
Shamrock Rovers - €20
Bohemians - €20
Shelbourne - €20
St Patrick's Athletic - €20
Cork City - €20
UCD - €25
Derry City - €25
Cliftonville - €30
Finn Harps - €30
Galway United - €30
Waterford United - €35
Longford Town - €40
Drogheda United - €40
Glentoran - €50
Portadown - €65
Coleraine - €75
Ards - €85
Linfield - €1,000,000 and i'll shoot myself in the head.
:)
i'm starting at UCD in January, and i intend to go to as many FAI and IFA (and Celtic) games as is humanly and economically possible.
the eL fascinates me, because it's essentially the fifth spectator sport in the country after the EPL and Celtic, Hurling, Gaelic Footy, and Rugby (well i'm sure there's some other crap in there like horse racing or golf but i don't consider them real sports). now for a country with a population of less than 4 million to have even a semi-profressional 5th-preference sport is astounding - and must be down to a small, loyal hardcore lot who annually fork out the dough.
in Australia (pop. 20 million), i think the 5th preference spectator sport would probably be...... netball. or field hockey. and no, they don't have semi-professional players.
but i'm going to go into my Irish soccer journey with a reasonably open mind, with a view to falling head-over-heals in love with one club or another.
now i fancy myself as a bit of a journalist, so i'll be hoping to get my tale published (somewhere) and i'll probably take a camera amongst the crowd and take a veritable ****load of photos of drunken Irishmen, and might even put up a website with my findings.
so, what the **** do you care? well, aside from the fact that one day i'll be rich and famous and you'll curse yourself for not wooing me to your beloved but indebted club, i'm offering you cash. no more than two people per club, but cash all the same. why you may ask? what has brought on this profound display of genorisity? because as a couple of you might recall, i did some editing work for EA SPORTS for the eircome League (and some people on here helped me out), and they payed me a cheque of course, so i thought i might as well make my eL discovery interesting, and pay back some of the people who make Irish football so great. i'll pay you in person and buy you a pint or ten if the circumstances permit.
but as i said, no more than 2 people, and you can only choose ONE club, so get it quick and choose wisely (and give [a] reason/s for why you picked the club).
keep in mind that the odds are obviously not objective under any criteria and somewhat reflect my expectations....
Shamrock Rovers - €20
Bohemians - €20
Shelbourne - €20
St Patrick's Athletic - €20
Cork City - €20
UCD - €25
Derry City - €25
Cliftonville - €30
Finn Harps - €30
Galway United - €30
Waterford United - €35
Longford Town - €40
Drogheda United - €40
Glentoran - €50
Portadown - €65
Coleraine - €75
Ards - €85
Linfield - €1,000,000 and i'll shoot myself in the head.
:)