What foreign clubs do you support?

[Jim Smith]

The Honest Men of Ayr United. Why? Because I'm from Heaven which is 12 miles from Hell...

[OwlsFan]

Then why not Hibs? Just curious.

I thought that Hibs no longer cherish their Irish roots like Celtic ? Is this correct ?

Was it also true that Dundee United used to be called Dundee Hibernian ?

[Hibs4Ever]

I thought that Hibs no longer cherish their Irish roots like Celtic ? Is this correct ?

Was it also true that Dundee United used to be called Dundee Hibernian ?

Hibernian still do believe in their Irish roots. Very strongly.

It is hoped the upcoming tour will help promote that.

Dundee United were called Dundee Harps before changing to United

[OwlsFan]

Hibernian still do believe in their Irish roots. Very strongly.
It is hoped the upcoming tour will help promote that.

Are they touring over here ? Didn't they take an Irish symbol off their badge and replace it with a crown or something (just relying on hearsay here).

At least they play in green jerseys :D

[Hibs4Ever]

Are they touring over here ? Didn't they take an Irish symbol off their badge and replace it with a crown or something (just relying on hearsay here).

At least they play in green jerseys :D


They are touring here, check my sig.

Of course we wear green, the first team to do so in Scotland. The first team to do so in Parkhead. The first team to wear green and white hoops in Scotland. ;)

[OwlsFan]

Hibernian - The Homecoming

:D

Might try and make the Rovers game. Are there many Irish Hibs fans or have Celtic cornered the market there ? Can't believe it's been so long since Hibs won the Scottish Cup. Decades as far as I remember.

[Hibs4Ever]

:D

Might try and make the Rovers game. Are there many Irish Hibs fans or have Celtic cornered the market there ? Can't believe it's been so long since Hibs won the Scottish Cup. Decades as far as I remember.


There are 2 supporters clubs in Dublin, total of around 100 members. But there are also a lot of Hibs fans all over the country. Celtic have definitely cornered the market due to the Glory hunting attitude, if people really knew the history of the 2 clubs maybe it would change their minds. Hopefully the tour will help gaining the support the club deserves from Ireland

[superfrank]

I don't get why every Irish person feels they have to support Celtic?
1.They're a foreign club.
2.Hibernian are 13 years older. (Hibs4ever=Are they 1875?)
3.If you want to support an "Irish" club in another country why not KAA Gent or O'Higgins (Chile)?
4.There are much more Irish players at clubs here and there equally as much Irish players at Celtic as there are in most English clubs.
5.If you support them because you're a Republican, then you oughta remember they are a British club.

I am a Republican/Sinn Fein supporter but I don't feel the need to support them. I do own a Celtic jersey but I also own Real Madrid, Porto and Basque jerseys. I do not support any of these clubs, I merely collect jerseys.

RO :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Hibs4Ever]

I don't get why every Irish person feels they have to support Celtic?
1.They're a foreign club.
2.Hibernian are 13 years older. (Hibs4ever=Are they 1875?)
3.If you want to support an "Irish" club in another country why not Panathinaikos or O'Higgins (Chile)?
4.There are much more Irish players at clubs here and there equally as much Irish players at Celtic as there are in most English clubs.
5.If you support them because you're a Republican, then you oughta remember they are a British club.

I am a Republican/Sinn Fein supporter but I don't feel the need to support them. I do own a Celtic jersey but I also own Real Madrid, Porto and Basque jerseys. I do not support any of these clubs, I merely collect jerseys.

RO :mad: :mad: :mad:



Yes Hibs are 1875, thirteen years before celtic. We also helped greatly in the forming of celtic and dundee harps (now united)
(without Hibernian neither of these clubs would exist now)

[DolansWaistcoat]

I support Liverpool and Crewe Alexander and any foreign club that is lucky enough to get a Cork City player to play for them. :D

[Pat O' Banton]

3.If you want to support an "Irish" club in another country why not Panathinaikos

:confused: :confused:
Could you explain Panas Irish links. Also the Celtic subject has been done to death on here already.

[liam88]

Celtic fan because i'm an Irish Catholic.


:D snap-fair play!!

I support Vatican City Rovers and will support Burma when Aung Sung Suu Kyi is in power and changes the name back.

Think the Pnai link is the Shamrock on their badge though I always thought that was to do with a Greek Monk :D

[superfrank]

:confused: :confused:
Could you explain Panas Irish links. Also the Celtic subject has been done to death on here already.
Panathinaikos were founded by Irish monks who were football fanatics, that's why they have a shamrock as part of their crest.

KAA Gent are an "Irish" club too, in a sense. KAA Gent (http://www.eleven-a-side.com/euroclub/irish_soccer_detail.asp?newsid=17799)

I brought this up cos I assume some dumbass will be on here putting Hibs down. And it's sticking to the topic.

[Pat O' Banton]

Panathinaikos were founded by Irish monks who were football fanatics, that's why they have a shamrock as part of their crest.



'Fraid not the shamrock is a lucky symbol in Greece that is why they have it as their symbol. For further history on this http://www.pao.gr/index.php?category_id=33&language_id=3

[superfrank]

'Fraid not the shamrock is a lucky symbol in Greece that is why they have it as their symbol. For further history on this http://www.pao.gr/index.php?category_id=33&language_id=3
Ok, I'll edit that post. Thank you for clearing that up. I was told that the club was founded by Irish monks. :o

[Pat O' Banton]

I thought that they may have some Irish conections until someone on here came up with the full story. :o

[gaf1983]

Leyton Orient, just because I managed them in Championship Manager 97/98 and brought them to the European Cup Final. I've looked out for their results ever since.

Sparta Prague in the Czech Republic, and Racing Club Besancon in France.

I liked Velez Sarsfield cos I remember seeing them on Eurosport years ago when they played Milan in the Intercontinental Cup Final and they had José Luis Chilavert. I thought they had a Limerick connection but then I did a bit of research on their name in google and it turns out they got their name this way:

In 1909, torrential rain brought an end to a game of football in a field near Velez Sarsfield station - now Floresta station - in Buenos Aires. Three men, soaked to the skin, took refuge in a nearby railway tunnel and were soon lost in reverie about proper pitches to play on, with proper kit to play in. And so on New Year's Day 1910, a lovely new club was founded, named after the place of its spiritual birth.

On to the Irish bit. The station (and therefore the club) was named after a famous Argentine judge called Dalmacio Velez Sarsfield (1801-1875). Sarsfield, who reformed Argentina's constitution and its civil code, was descended from Irish immigrants who were employed in the military in Argentina during the mid-18th century. But whether this means he was of the exact same lineage as Jacobite military man Patrick is unknown.

[EnDai]

Aston Villa :eek:

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