FAO Derry City Fans

[redgav]

lads - just back from the game - really enjoyed meself and only the result dissapointed
Have to say tho , that 10 min after the game ended when both sets of us sang along together and applauded each other was very moving - Think both sets of fans tonite showed how special we really are and are a credit to our clubs
I always had a soft spot for derry and tonite has just re-inforced that ...wonder if any journo's bothered to notice two sets of fans behaving in that manner

[coislaoi]

lads - just back from the game - really enjoyed meself and only the result dissapointed
Have to say tho , that 10 min after the game ended when both sets of us sang along together and applauded each other was very moving - Think both sets of fans tonite showed how special we really are and are a credit to our clubs
I always had a soft spot for derry and tonite has just re-inforced that ...wonder if any journo's bothered to notice two sets of fans behaving in that manner

Just back now after dropping you home!! I have to second what you said about the Derry fans. To see two sets of fans applauding each other for 10 minutes after the game was something special.

Pity about the result. :mad:

[Anto McC]

and they all lived happily ever after,The End

[Slash/ED]

The atmosphere came across well on the TV too, a good advert for the league.

[coislaoi]

and they all lived happily ever after,The End
Yeah and you'll be happy to hear that the lowest common denominator was Shels. We were singing your praises throughout the game.

[Slash/ED]

Yeah and you'll be happy to hear that the lowest common denominator was Shels. We were singing your praises throughout the game.

Fantastic.

However you'll be a long time waiting before you ever hear us sing about Cork or Derry in a match not involving either one of you. Tells it's own story :)

[MariborKev]

Fantastic.

However you'll be a long time waiting before you ever hear us sing about Cork or Derry in a match not involving either one of you. Tells it's own story :)


Yeah, its Longford and St Pats you lot are reduced to singing about these days.

[Supersaint3]

Yeah, its Longford and St Pats you lot are reduced to singing about these days.

He who sits by the river long enough........

[MariborKev]

Don't I know it.

But hey :D

[daniel]

The Cork fans were super last nite fair play to them, but i think we'll now see how good they after they have been beat, hopefully the finish 2nd behind Derry, obvi it wont be shels top any ways!!

[BohsFans]

lads - just back from the game - really enjoyed meself and only the result dissapointed
Have to say tho , that 10 min after the game ended when both sets of us sang along together and applauded each other was very moving - Think both sets of fans tonite showed how special we really are and are a credit to our clubs
I always had a soft spot for derry and tonite has just re-inforced that ...wonder if any journo's bothered to notice two sets of fans behaving in that manner

Almost brings a tear to my eye!
Whatever happened to rivalry in football, you're meant to hate the opposition!

[B-Stand]

lads - just back from the game - really enjoyed meself and only the result dissapointed
Have to say tho , that 10 min after the game ended when both sets of us sang along together and applauded each other was very moving - Think both sets of fans tonite showed how special we really are and are a credit to our clubs
I always had a soft spot for derry and tonite has just re-inforced that ...wonder if any journo's bothered to notice two sets of fans behaving in that manner

Almost identical to what was happening at Tolka last night too... :eek:

[BohsFans]

Almost identical to what was happening at Tolka last night too... :eek:


:D :D :D

[Slash/ED]

Almost identical to what was happening at Tolka last night too... :eek:

Yeah the mutual respect and love between us is incredible :D

[dcfcsteve]

Almost brings a tear to my eye!
Whatever happened to rivalry in football, you're meant to hate the opposition!

Says who - English fans... ? Old Firm attendees... ?

Hate the Opposition ? Catch yerself on, hi.....

[joeraki]

Love in's. :rolleyes:

Another farcical thing unique to the EL

[Speranza]

Yeah because a pitched terrace battle involving the 200 odd cork fans and the derry fans are exactly what our league needs? Idiot!

[Anto McC]

Yeah because a pitched terrace battle involving the 200 odd cork fans and the derry fans are exactly what our league needs? Idiot!

So i take it we(shels fans) will be welcomed in the Brandywell in a few weeks with a rendition of "The town i love so well" and we'll join in and when thats finished we'll both sing "Dublin in the rare oul times" together

[BohsFans]

Says who - English fans... ? Old Firm attendees... ?

Hate the Opposition ? Catch yerself on, hi.....

Cop yourself on will ya!
Where did I mention; violence, English fans or the old firm??? well??

Idiot :rolleyes:

[Anto McC]

Kumbya,Kumbya

Did you both sing that :D

[dcfcsteve]

Cop yourself on will ya!
Where did I mention; violence, English fans or the old firm??? well??

Idiot :rolleyes:

And where did I mention violence.....?

Who's the idiot now..... ? :D

[Drumcondra Red]

Yeah because a pitched terrace battle involving the 200 odd cork fans and the derry fans are exactly what our league needs? Idiot!

Suggests violance to me

[A face]

Have to say it was my first time in the Brandywell ..... and what a visit. I second everything said about the two sets of fans ..... one of the better memories that i'll have have the eL without doubt. If football was like that all the time, we wouldn't have a problem with the league. Definitely encouraged to visit the Brandy again after that.

[BohsFans]

Suggests violance to me


haha you are dcfc steve :D

[ccfcgirl]

Sounds like both set of fans had a great night friday night ,ive never been to the brandywell,looking forward to next season to go there .

[MariborKev]

Kumbya,Kumbya

Did you both sing that :D


No but then endless rounds of "No Dubs in Europe, there'll be no Dubs in Europe" did the job just as well :D

[ollie]

Whatever happened to rivalry in football, you're meant to hate the opposition!...

...For 90 Minutes

[joeraki]

"Priest chatback. If your a priest and like to chat, Are you looking to talk to priest your own age ? call priest chatback on 0898 23201, and speak to priests you want to know"

This thread reminds me of that episode from Father Ted.... with BohsFans, Anto McC etc.. been the teenagers that cut across them on the phone ruining their buzz

[Anto McC]

"Priest chatback. If your a priest and like to chat, Are you looking to talk to priest your own age ? call priest chatback on 0898 23201, and speak to priests you want to know"

This thread reminds me of that episode from Father Ted.... with BohsFans, Anto McC etc.. been the teenagers that cut across them on the phone ruining their buzz

:D :D :D Post of the Month :D

[dcfcsteve]

Suggests violance to me

Errrr - I'm not Speranza.... :rolleyes:

And violence is spelt with an 'e', not an 'a'....



haha you are dcfc steve :D

Nice try BohsFans - though you seem to be suffering form the same rudimentary reading problem that DR is...... :D And so it continues.....

Try to keep-up with the subtleties of this inter-web thing, will ya fellas....

[pete]

Great night in Derry had by all. Definitely going to the top of the eL overnighter list. The mutual respect between both sets of fans was great to see.

Only downside was kinda getting lost on Belfast-Dublin road - signs for Dublin just disappeared. No sign to say when to turnoff the motorway :eek:

[Troy.McClure]

Only downside was kinda getting lost on Belfast-Dublin road - signs for Dublin just disappeared. No sign to say when to turnoff the motorway :eek:

Think we should have taken the Hillsborough (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ovi=1&mqmap.x=199&mqmap.y=228&mapdata=CJZd%252bTAabu0nl2tbO87nMnwjfuWvci9TiFPMc3 hj8Ok9vHK5EStytSZgikprH2naNsCQjqu5i5ByrV%252fB5pV% 252b0JtJF1GveeS03cbzIH01yx02I5LA4EGm%252fb2Ve8ltWz 2ZORkDHDeSsF4dRDA8f9U0%252fNRTtNJy8XZ6odpvN4GGMDs0 2gMmqNBinoNXiPoCzuVud%252bMrrI7OVdrlB2AXHH0TZ%252f FL4rfJ2GBRk6RONZxFi2TiwBz1O4ohbl3PG8KAzd%252fUUeWH gFFQs8SePURvDwEFYtUtjFtGQr96ggkL15ogEZOQjNCjhf3pTI AMYuQFU34HW0jDHkolq8C3c3khAprPCe%252ffmanNrbtMl9Jp zf1xY%252bYaj1FKl4EXJW3QuSXkL3DAIUvqXpdr5zlOvzSd8n RBnAmjE3UJ5VieIKMPHb0gPInNqGYaElLT8s6L05mZ%252fDWt Re0DHKvNFZTJpu42YCg1i5ygNR7famBgtaJgC8P%252bTKE%25 3d) road :o

[BohsFans]

Errrr - I'm not Speranza.... :rolleyes:

And violence is spelt with an 'e', not an 'a'....




Nice try BohsFans - though you seem to be suffering form the same rudimentary reading problem that DR is...... :D And so it continues.....

Try to keep-up with the subtleties of this inter-web thing, will ya fellas....

yeah well done dcfcsteve, now go back to abusing your players, or is 3 pts off the lead not good enough any more?? :D

[dcfcsteve]

yeah well done dcfcsteve, now go back to abusing your players, or is 3 pts off the lead not good enough any more?? :D

Jeez Bohsfan - is that the best retort you can come up with...? :o

Anyways - it's a bit difficult to abuse your players when you're based in London (as it says in all my postings. Again - please try and keep up BohsFan...)

Shouldn't you be out gardening somewhere with a spray can, or creating 'more X marks the spot' for Glen Crowe to score from....? :D

[wws]

Anyways - it's a bit difficult to abuse your players when you're based in London......

Derry people always find away, never stop moaning about their team - i feel sorry for Kenny, an ordinary decent dub just trying to win them the league - ungrateful gits

[dcfcsteve]

Derry people always find away, never stop moaning about their team - i feel sorry for Kenny, an ordinary decent dub just trying to win them the league - ungrateful gits

Nice try WWS..... :D

You might get a reaction out of Shels fans that easily.....

[BohDiddley]

Great night in Derry had by all. Definitely going to the top of the eL overnighter list. The mutual respect between both sets of fans was great to see.

Only downside was kinda getting lost on Belfast-Dublin road - signs for Dublin just disappeared. No sign to say when to turnoff the motorway :eek:
Top-of-the-table love-in in the wee North and you're still obsessed with Dublin!
Were there any signs to Cork? :D

[Pablo]

i think both sets of fans were united in the hatred of the Evil brittish City of Dublin ;)

[tiktok]

Both sets of fans were in good voice right through the game, at the end the City fans stayed on singing and a lot of the Derry fans came by, few handshakes and a bit of applause exchanged. A quick 20 second redition of 'we fcuking hate Shelbourne' and that was it.

I think Derry and City have a mutual respect that's based on knowing that if you do make the round trip, the opposition can appreciate that journey. In my experience, it's not something that Dublin teams (some of whom can't drag a couple of hundred fans across a river, or to their own stadium for an 'away' game) really have a grasp on IMO.

We mingled after the game, were able to have a pint without worrying that a bunch of casuals with hoods up and scarves over their faces were waiting to have a go off us. Definitely more enjoyable than the away trip in Pat's, where I felt I had to take colours off before heading into McDowells for a pint.

A thoroughly enjoyable trip and stay. Hating opponents takes too much energy, it's easier just to get drunk with them.

Great to see the Brandywell hopping too, RTE got to visit two full stadiums in a week, great atmosphere in both, good advertisement for the league on the whole.

[wws]

Definitely more enjoyable than the away trip in Pat's, where I felt I had to take colours off before heading into McDowells for a pint.

not a problem for any of the other cark fans who were in with full colours, horses for courses i suppose

[tiktok]

not a problem for any of the other cark fans who were in with full colours, horses for courses i suppose

What i said was I felt I had to take off my colours going in.

For the record though, being eye-balled by the pr!ck that started the hassle didn't actually make me feel as comfortable as I have on previous visits to Inchicore and McDowells, and it caused a few of the people I was with to leave early too, so it was a fcuking problem.

But sure I'm sure you know exactly how we felt :rolleyes:

.....and it's Cork, it makes a joke of what few points you have to make when you resort to schoolyard name-calling in the middle of your posts

[Vitruvian Man]

Lads I am a total neutral here so don’t take too much offence. But I think all this anti-dub love-in between Cork and Derry is completely artificial.

The reason is this, the expectation on Derry at the start of the season was low and a top two finish represents a great achievement considering recent years. That’s why you Derry folk are happy and contented and going along with whatever the vibe is – if you finish second great, if you finish first even better. The expectation on Cork is huge, but so far they are living up to it, so the Corkonians are mellow and feeling all philanthropic towards their fellow man.

Wait a few weeks until Derry are 3 points “ahead” of Cork and you will notice the Summer of Love feeling will have mysteriously evaporated.

When Dublin clubs are in the top two (which is often the case) the fans don’t slap each others backs and sing songs together about how great Dublin is because they are both focused on their team winning.

In my ideal season Bohs win the league and Rovers, Pats and Shels finish in the bottom three AND the rules of the game are changed so they can all be relegated. I don’t care where anybody else finishes and I expect the very same sentiment from the other Dubs.

[Krstic]

Vitruvian Man, that is the post of the day my man.
You're right on almost all points.
But you can be assured that there is no Anti Dublin feeling in Derry, it's anti Shelbourne and only because of their success.
That's football, in England Everyone hated Manu and loved to see thme beaten.........why???????? because of their success but that feeling will soon turn to Chelsea if they have similar success.

It's football!!!

[Slash/ED]

Exactly.

But you don't seem to realise that singing "We fcuking hate Shelbourne" is far from offencive to us, there's nothing I'd love to hear more. What a compliment that as we have our worst season in years and both Citys have their best we're all you can sing about.

When it happens in reverse, that we ever sing a song about Cork or Derry at any game not involving them, I'd be worried.

[Krstic]

Exactly.

But you don't seem to realise that singing "We fcuking hate Shelbourne" is far from offencive to us, there's nothing I'd love to hear more.

I do realise it, and the point i'm making is that this happens in every league in the world, the successful team are the team everyone loves to hate but at the same time aspire to be on a par with or better than.

I say again............it's football :ball:

[coislaoi]

Lads I am a total neutral here so don’t take too much offence. But I think all this anti-dub love-in between Cork and Derry is completely artificial.



I think you may be missing the point here. Having been at the game (and subsequent love-in), the anti-Shels singing (and it was anti-shels rather than anti-Dublin) engaged in by both sets of supporters was incidental to the fact that both sets of fans applauded each other. The was one anti-shels chant + one Oily Byrne chant - the rest were common DCFC + CCFC chants.

The essence of what happened for me was this was something positive in relation to fans at a match as distinct from some of the bad press the league has got recently.

[Slash/ED]

I do realise it, and the point i'm making is that this happens in every league in the world, the successful team are the team everyone loves to hate but at the same time aspire to be on a par with or better than.

I say again............it's football :ball:

Yeah absolutley, I agree with you there :)

[Vitruvian Man]

I think you may be missing the point here. Having been at the game (and subsequent love-in), the anti-Shels singing (and it was anti-shels rather than anti-Dublin) engaged in by both sets of supporters was incidental to the fact that both sets of fans applauded each other. The was one anti-shels chant + one Oily Byrne chant - the rest were common DCFC + CCFC chants.

The essence of what happened for me was this was something positive in relation to fans at a match as distinct from some of the bad press the league has got recently.


The sentence you are quoting is the lead-in to the actual point I wanted to make.

I don't think I have missed the general point at all.

The great advertisement for the league you speak about was only possible because Cork are top and Derry are second. It doesn't represent any break with tradition or emerging new paradigm that demonstrates that a League dominated by provincial sides is somehow better than one dominated by Dublin sides.

[pete]

I seem to remember a Bohs-Cork City love-in a few years ago when we won in Tolka to get the title for Bohs. Was that not right either? :confused:

[Vitruvian Man]

That was differant. ;) :D

Ollie Cahil, a league winner for Shels and Bohs.


And don't get me wrong, much as I enjoyed the hate-fest of our match against Shels it's fairly normal to be able to get along with the fans of other clubs. And that's the way I like it.