Irish Footballs Biggest Clichés

[Vitruvian Man]

I was in a taxi coming home from the Pixies gig on Tuesday and the taxi driver was bangin on about going over to see Liverpool with his mates. :rolleyes:

I was ignoring him until he mentioned he lived in Inchicore for "8 yee-or". Thinking he was a football man, I asked him if he went to see many Pats games.

His reply; "Nah, Pats are ****e. I support Rovers, I used to go to Milltown an all."

Trying to make conversation I said to him that the 400 club looked like they were really sorting the club out for Tallaght.

His response; "The who?"


Are there any taxi drivers posting on this board who can confirm that they aren't lapsed Rovers fans. Honestly, do you have to tick a Rovers box down at the Carriage Office before they give you a plate.


Anybody got any other Irish football clichés.

[Jerry The Saint]

In the aftermath of any half-decent game that's been televised live, or at least well-attended, some people (managers, players, pundits, journalists, fans) will always describe the game with the following words:


It was a great advertisement for the league
They just can't help themselves, it's a reflex action.

I know what they mean - fair play, it was a good game, should encourage more people to go to the next one - but it just sounds a little odd to me. The game IS the league - it's not a commercial.

To me, it's like someone saying


I really enjoyed that episode of 'The Sopranos'. It was a great advertisement for the televison series 'The Sopranos'. :)

[The Stars]

Why do so many Irish people pledge alligence to an English club in the first place.Everyone I know that 'supports' an English Club hates everything about England and the people in it.So why do they talk about Man utd and liverpool as if they own the club or played for them.That is the biggest cliche of them all.

[ThatGuy]

Why do so many Irish people pledge alligence to an English club in the first place.Everyone I know that 'supports' an English Club hates everything about England and the people in it.So why do they talk about Man utd and liverpool as if they own the club or played for them.That is the biggest cliche of them all.
What bugs me is people in Ireland who "support" an English club getting worked up over local derbies, like Liverpool v Everton. Makes no sense to me at all.

[CollegeTillIDie]

What bugs me is people in Ireland who "support" an English club getting worked up over local derbies, like Liverpool v Everton. Makes no sense to me at all.

As I said before it cause they are all West Brits! :D

[OneRedArmy]

Why do so many Irish people pledge alligence to an English club in the first place.Everyone I know that 'supports' an English Club hates everything about England and the people in it.So why do they talk about Man utd and liverpool as if they own the club or played for them.That is the biggest cliche of them all.
Its because we`re by & large a nation of gloryhunters & event junkies.

It takes the view of an outsider highlight this. I recently spoke to a Glasgow born Celtic fan now living in Ireland(before the abuse starts this fact is irrelevant to the main point).
He found the idea that Irish people "chose" an English team to support absolutely incomprehensible. He found it even stranger that they would abuse, even fight other Irishmen over their chosen team.
To reinforce why this is success driven, observe that Liverpool supporters are common in the 25+ age group, Man U fans more common in younger age group & most bizarrely given their rightwing links & moneyed domestic support, I walked into a Dublin pub to be met by hordes of Chelsea "fans" last season. Hop on the bandwagon guys.
The excuse of "Irish links" will usually be trotted out, but in that case, why are there so few Irish fans of clubs from the English midlands, where there is a huge Irish population.
Would it have anything to do with these clubs relative-lack of success?!

[Xlex]

Well what I find leaves me wondering the most is the fact that an Irishman would support Chelsea.

[RonnieB]

Indeed at least one who supports utd or liverpool can play the family lived there card as for chelski the mind boggles.

The biggest cliche/thign that ****es me off is seeing people at ireland internationals in celtic shirts. Not trying to get on the hate celteic bandwagon ( I couldnt care less whom people support it is at the end of the day no matter how silly in other peoples eyes their decisionis etc etc et nauseum)

Oh and the ****e atmosphear in landsdowne for the last forever. But that is for a different topic of choice ;)

"You cant shout in here this is a stadium!"

[drummerboy]

Its no great mystery why this has happened. Its starts when kids are 3 or 4 years old. They are bombarded with Premiership football on the TV. By the time they start going to school they have a favourite Premiership team. I'm deeply involved in my local club (LSL), but I even have a favourite Premiership team since I was 7 years old. My son aged 8, follows Shelbourne, we go to about 10 matches every year. However he too supports Arsenal, much to my dissappointment as I prefer Spurs. He has a Shels jersey, an Arsenal, Spurs, Ireland and yes Celtic jersey. I don't think die-hard EL followers can afford to alienate people who have an interest in other leagues. I'm going along to Croke Park tomorrow with my missus and 8-year old. Does that make me an event junkiel? I think most Irish people have a health interest in sport in general. Its up to the EL clubs to entice people back to the grounds. Look at what has beenn done to Greyhound racing, ten years ago it was dead on its feet. But money was invested in grounds, sponsorship was increased and the sport was promoted properly, and look at what has happened. Its a huge success, with great family-friendly facilites.

[the 12 th man]

Lets be honest,the biggest cliche out there is the attitude "ah sure what would go to an E/l game for,all the games are crap"

nights like last night might help disabuse people of that notion.

[EnDai]

I hate when people say that, and then they turn out to be fcuking SPurs fans or something. Thick gits! ;)

[Jerry The Saint]

In the aftermath of any half-decent game that's been televised live, or at least well-attended, some people (managers, players, pundits, journalists, fans) will always describe the game with the following words:

"It was a great advertisement for the league"

They just can't help themselves, it's a reflex action.

I know what they mean - fair play, it was a good game, should encourage more people to go to the next one - but it just sounds a little odd to me. The game IS the league - it's not a commercial.

To me, it's like someone saying

:)

Take a bow, Conor H! (http://foot.ie/showpost.php?p=339362&postcount=21) :D

He does have a point though. :)

[wws]

the biggest ones are the recurring headlines for match reports, constantly recycled

UCD games being the worst offenders


"Students teach Bohs a lesson"

"Saints and Scholars in boring lifeless 0-0 game in Belfield"

"Drog day afternoon" .........ok i made that one up

[Jerry The Saint]

the biggest ones are the recurring headlines for match reports, constantly recycled

UCD games being the worst offenders


"Students teach Bohs a lesson"

"Saints and Scholars in boring lifeless 0-0 game in Belfield"

"Drog day afternoon" .........ok i made that one up


"Saints Alive!"

"Bohemian Rhapsody at Dalymount"

"<insert team name> left Shel-Shocked" (less frequent this season)

"Finn Harps poor run continues" :p

[Krstic]

To reinforce why this is success driven, observe that Liverpool supporters are common in the 25+ age group, Man U fans more common in younger age group

Cannot really agree there 1RA, I'm a Manu supporter, as is my Da, My Father-in-law and my son. Quite a range of ages there.

[Dodge]

Cannot really agree there 1RA, I'm a Manu supporter, as is my Da, My Father-in-law and my son. Quite a range of ages there.
We'll call you the Cliché family so....

[bohsmug]

Don't forget the amount of times Bohs have been in the "Hunt" for things,
We always seemed to have "something to Crowe about" ( although strangely this season, no more ).

Anyway you never know we might miss them clichés if they were gone. Wouldn't want to take them for Grant-ed would we?

[manic da hoop]

"Win Leaves Rovers ****-a-Hoop"

"So-and-So Puts Rovers Through The Hoop"

"Hoops Roll Home"

[manic da hoop]

This message board is full of softies - the word c-o-c-k is blanked out ffs :rolleyes:

[Macy]

"The cup specialists Shamrock Rovers"

[bohsmug]

"Win Leaves Rovers ****-a-Hoop"

"So-and-So Puts Rovers Through The Hoop"

"Hoops Roll Home"


Hoops hit for six was one of my personal favourites. :D

[wws]

Irish Footballs Biggest Clichés

Pat Fenlon has used this so often and in so many contexts it makes the list

"Some people will have to take a good look at themselves"

"We're just trying to raise the standards, and do things right....and take it to the next level and we're getting slated for it" :D

Shelbournes fans being all teenagers

[WeAreRovers]

"The cup specialists Shamrock Rovers"

Can't believe it took 21 posts before this gem was brought up. Second only to the taxi driving Hoops in the realms of LOI cliches.

KOH

[trevy]

'I used to go the games years ago but its not the same now is it' or various other excuses:rolleyes:
You regularly hear this one from lapsed 'League of Ireland 'supporters,especially in Waterford.

[carrickharp]

Harps in tune (last season)
Harps off tune (this one) :(

[Troy.McClure]

Irish Footballs Biggest Clichés

Pat Fenlon ...

"Some people will have to take a good look at themselves"

"We're just trying to raise the standards, and do things right....and take it to the next level and we're getting slated for it"

LOL :D Thats very true about him (and ironic)

[Da Real Rover]

How about the GAA cliches, they are fookin desperate. 'Hungry for the ball' and 'the fifty, fifty balls'. Whatever ya say about LOI cliches the bogball ones are terrible, i cant stand bogball and i fu[kin hate the commentry.

[ollie]

the biggest cliche i hear is the name of a fanzine down here in cork(think its still being made anyway)
"I was out there once...."
another one was "Its ****e etc...." then i ask them when was the last time you were at a city game and they say it was years ago. :rolleyes:
a lot more people are sitting up and taking notice now since last thursday and last years run also.

[ollie]

How about the GAA cliches, they are fookin desperate. 'Hungry for the ball' and 'the fifty, fifty balls'. Whatever ya say about LOI cliches the bogball ones are terrible, i cant stand bogball and i fu[kin hate the commentry.

If you hate the commentary then turn the volume down on the TV and throw on the radio and listen to Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh.the man is in a league of his own.Or you can listen to the local radio station doing commentary.I love listening to 103fm or Radio Kerry commentary.its hilarious!

why is it always that a county has only 1 chant maybe 2 at a stretch for games? :o makes me cringe a little.

[KR's Post]

I hate when you are walking home or go to the pub after a game and so many people say '' How'd we get on''?? I mean for fck sake, probably never been to a game before and they refer to the club as we. I'd love to tell them all to fck off and get their arses to a game.

[CollegeTillIDie]

"The cup specialists Shamrock Rovers"

No wins since 1987 makes that one a bit outdated :D

[Troy.McClure]

"Rebel rising as Cork win puts them up the league"... :rolleyes:

[sonofstan]

'The old lad used to bring me to Dalymount/ Milltown when i was a young fella - he'd lift me over the turnstiles - haven't been for years of course'

[harpskid]

"Finntastic Harps back in tune..." ;) :ball:

[Anto McC]

"............Feels the burn,as shels win again"

I know it's not Irish football or a cliché(even though it was used twice) but when Selthick got knocked out by Inverness Caladonian Thistle in the cup a few years back,it finished 5-2 or something,the back page read

"Super Cally go ballistic,Seltic are atrocious" :D

[gustavo]

try to listen to any radio bulletin when they are talking about eL fixtures without them saying "meanwhile here at home" :mad: as if english/scottish football is default , they never say meanwhile in english football :rolleyes:

[LFC in Exile]

It is a bit local but in Limerick when you talk about eL you will always get one lad who says "They should never have left the Markets Field" or "I couldn't support them since they left the Markets Field". We left the MF ( :) ) in 1983. 22 years ago! Get over it. Why can't they just say - "I am a lazy bas tard and would much rather sit here on my stool shouting at a team through the telly and then tell everyone I am big into the football".

By the way I have nothing against watching (or supporting) foreign teams and leagues - I'll watch the Premiership, Serie A, SPL etc. A lot of people don't realise that going to games and watching games on TV are not mutually exclusive. (Unless they're on the same time in which case it is easy to spot the real fotball fan - he or she is the one outdoors shouting at someone that can actually hear them).

[pete]

When Dublin team travels outside the pale the away ground is always "hard place to get a result" but rarely are Dublin grounds mentioned in same way for visiting non-pale teams.

UCD will always be "thought a lesson" or teach someone else "a lesson" :eek:

[Roo69]

"The cup specialists Shamrock Rovers"

That dope Paul Collins from Today FM Sport said that this morning when reading the sports news :confused: in fairness does he not do any research into what he is saying ?

[Macy]

That dope Paul Collins from Today FM Sport said that this morning when reading the sports news :confused: in fairness does he not do any research into what he is saying ?
Well we've helped him by putting all the cliches in one place... :D

[gustavo]

paul collins is a dope anyway , playing up to the typical bogger stereotype

[Roo69]

He researched it by looking at our cup and seeing that the words Shamrock Rovers are engraved on it considerably more times than any other words.

And the last time you won it was..............

[Schumi]

'Students show their class' :rolleyes:

[Roo69]

Seagulls wings clipped :rolleyes:
Seagulss flying high - a very rare one mind you :D

Hears a new one from friday's match - Seagulls rob the Orchard

[Roverstillidie]

And the last time you won it was..............

This from a supporter of a team who have one it once?!?

how recent isnt the point, cup specalists means the team who have one it at nearly one in every three attempts. ie Rovers.

and how could bogford be the cup specialists, sure dont they have a big banner calling themselves 'cup champions' in flancare. lads, its league champions and cup winners ffs. no class :D

[Roo69]

This from a supporter of a team who have one it once?!?

how recent isnt the point, cup specalists means the team who have one it at nearly one in every three attempts. ie Rovers.

and how could bogford be the cup specialists, sure dont they have a big banner calling themselves 'cup champions' in flancare. lads, its league champions and cup winners ffs. no class :D

Twice actually - 90 and 99, it'll be 3 this season :D

Eh the phrase cup specalist is in terms of how recent a team has won it, how on earth can a team cup "Cup Specalist" if they have'nt won it for 18 or so years ?

[Supersaint3]

no it's not.
So for saying sake, if the current holders of the cup had won it once then they would be specialists.:rolleyes:

No to me the likes of Longford would be 'cup specialists'; it has to be in recent memory, and more than once within say the last 3-5 year period, and generally a 'cup specialist' is that because they have **** all chance of winning anything else!

[Roo69]

No to me the likes of Longford would be 'cup specialists'; it has to be in recent memory, and more than once within say the last 3-5 year period, and generally a 'cup specialist' is that because they have **** all chance of winning anything else!

Agreed. Cup specialists have to have a very good record in cups over say a 3-5 year period, winning it say twice and getting to the quarters or semis on a few occasions. Example = Longford, with the execption of europe that is :D

[Bald Student]

How many eL supporters consider UCDD to be their 'bogey team'. It's as though every time UCDD win a game it's considered a freak occourance.

[Gareth]

I hate having to think up article headlines. I am resorting to the teams and the score now to save people the cruelty of having to read anothr epun filled headline.