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holidaysong
15/03/2007, 6:35 PM
Dermot Ahern is a Dundalk fan, though I wouldn't really call him a celebrity. Then of course there is Stan but I've only ever seen him at one Dundalk game.
Buile Shuibhne
15/03/2007, 6:55 PM
Apologies for going off-topic but how come Fintan Cassidy never got his buddy Finian McGrath to bring up Shels in the Dail? Why is the Chair of the Sports Council trying to kill one of our leading clubs? Who owns the lease on Tolka? What if anything does the Government intend to do about Shels? etc etc.
Charlie O'Connor TD (one of many celeb Hoops) has done great work in the Dail for us simply by asking questions.
KOH
He asked a number of questions of the Minister for Finance, as to the equality where one eL club had their tax bill written off, while others were being pursued to pay up promptly.
Pushing it a bit now but actor Adrian Dunbar is seemingly a Waterford fan. He was supposed to be getting his mate Neil Morrissey to put a few bob into the club a few years ago but AFAIK nothing came of it.
dcfcsteve
15/03/2007, 9:11 PM
Wasn't he the chairman for a while?
Coulter was President - an Honorary post. Current President is John Hume.
dcfcsteve
15/03/2007, 9:12 PM
He has also taken a knighthood from a British Monarch, not much of an Irishman in my eyes, let alone a Limerick man.
Out of curiousity Krstic - if he acepted the 'Legion d'Honour' from the French, would that make him any less an Irish man.......?
CollegeTillIDie
15/03/2007, 9:25 PM
Out of curiousity Krstic - if he acepted the 'Legion d'Honour' from the French, would that make him any less an Irish man.......?
No because even 800 years of eating Escargot would not be as bad as British Rule was :D
sligoman
15/03/2007, 9:47 PM
well known politican, radio personality (well... impersionated on radio) and patron of the arts Michael D. Higgins is a GUFC supporter
More than that! Michael D. is President of GUFC and recently did an hilarious routine with Gift Grub's Mario Rosenstock at a club fund raiser.You sure about that (http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f102/sligoman/CIMG0629.jpg)?:D
Matty Verdon is also a well known diehard.In fairness, he's not "well known" outside of Sligo.
SligoBrewer
15/03/2007, 9:50 PM
weve got Ainé ;)
lol
Frankfurt Hoop
15/03/2007, 10:20 PM
Meanwhile here at Rovers, we have a well-known deceased religious luminary as a fully paid up member.
I'll bet none of you can top that!
thedoyler
15/03/2007, 10:32 PM
Phil Coulter is definitely a Derry city fan, i know his sons well who funnily enough support bray!
Celdrog
15/03/2007, 10:44 PM
Meanwhile here at Rovers, we have a well-known deceased religious luminary as a fully paid up member.
I'll bet none of you can top that!
Well Oliver Plunkett has been known to head to United Park occasionally.
monutdfc
15/03/2007, 10:58 PM
Well Oliver Plunkett has been known to head to United Park occasionally.
I like it!
pineapple stu
15/03/2007, 11:07 PM
Isn't Ardal O'Hanlon a Shels fan?
No he's not. He's a Leeds fan, I think. If he were an eL fan, it'd be Monaghan United (his home county team). Unless his days in 'Rock have gotten to him...
Jimmy Magee lives in Kilmacud and is a regular at Belfield Park.
Damien Duff's agent is Pat Devlin, which probably explains why he's at so many Bray games. He was at UCD games on occasion to watch Robbie Doyle, one of his best mates from his time at Blackburn, and presumably watched him at Bohs, Bray, Pat's, etc.
Frankfurt Hoop
15/03/2007, 11:07 PM
Well Oliver Plunkett has been known to head to United Park occasionally.
Does he use his neck to blag his way in or does he pay?
Celdrog
16/03/2007, 1:09 AM
Does he use his neck to blag his way in or does he pay?
Ah no he pays, he's not renowned for having a hard neck
MariborKev
16/03/2007, 1:47 AM
Phil Coulter is definitely a Derry city fan, i know his sons well who funnily enough support bray!
Yeah,
He lives out Bray way
We love fans who organise fundraising ventures which cost the club money!:mad:
Coulter is just above Felix on the disliked list round the Brandywell.
Shelsman
16/03/2007, 8:01 AM
Well Oliver Plunkett has been known to head to United Park occasionally.
POTM ! :D
Calcio Jack
16/03/2007, 8:04 AM
Meanwhile here at Rovers, we have a well-known deceased religious luminary as a fully paid up member.
I'll bet none of you can top that!
IMO... more like how low can you go !!
Schumi
16/03/2007, 9:20 AM
Meanwhile here at Rovers, we have a well-known deceased religious luminary as a fully paid up member.
I'll bet none of you can top that!Not another team claiming Jesus. :rolleyes:
WeAreRovers
16/03/2007, 10:19 AM
Jimmy Magee lives in Kilmacud and is a regular at Belfield Park.
He's Hoop though. Like Dermot Morgan who also attended Milltown on a regular basis and moved to Belfield for his live football fix.
Fintan - You should get someone to outline the basics of company law to you. Maybe Finian McGrath could ask the Minister of Finance to explain it to you. :D
KOH
Red&White
16/03/2007, 4:03 PM
Meanwhile here at Rovers, we have a well-known deceased religious luminary as a fully paid up member.
Mother Teresa's more of a GAA person, for your information.
London-Irish
16/03/2007, 4:24 PM
Robert de Niro is a Wexford Youths fan and has been to every home and away game for 17 and a half seasons
eekers
16/03/2007, 5:44 PM
From Ardal O'Hanlon's wikipedia page:
"He is a massive football fan, and is a proud supporter of the 2006 European champions F.C. Barcelona, as well as English side Leeds United and Scottish champions Celtic FC as well as the Irish national side."
LeixlipRed
16/03/2007, 10:36 PM
From Ardal O'Hanlon's wikipedia page:
"He is a massive football fan, and is a proud supporter of the 2006 European champions F.C. Barcelona, as well as English side Leeds United and Scottish champions Celtic FC as well as the Irish national side."
:eek:
That's the sort of thing a five year old says when you ask them what team they support. No suprise though from the man who brought us My Hero
ccfcgirl
16/03/2007, 10:59 PM
Seen Des Bishop in the Cork city seaction in Dalymount and also George(from your a star) at Dalymount.
Dave drummerboy
16/03/2007, 11:33 PM
The guy who won the box is a big dundalk fan .
Réiteoir
16/03/2007, 11:59 PM
Con Murphy is a Shamrock Rovers fan - and used to operate the PA at the RDS many years ago
Willie Walsh (CEO of British Airways) is a Bohs fan
Premiership referee Dermot Gallagher is also a Shamrock Rovers fan
dcfcsteve
18/03/2007, 4:54 PM
This thread comes up like clock-workevery 6mths or so now, and always seems to descend to hear-say (no - not the banned) and the usual 'so-and-so was once seen at our ground or is from our town, so therefore must be a supporter of Team X....'
Besides - we all know there's only 2 types of famous football fans in the world anyway. Those who support Derry City, and those who wish they did...... :D
pineapple stu
18/03/2007, 4:59 PM
He's Hoop though. Like Dermot Morgan who also attended Milltown on a regular basis and moved to Belfield for his live football fix.
I'll ask Magee next time I'm talking to him so. Helping out at the KRAM stuff doesn't make you a hoop necessarily. CTID here had Morgan lined up for a regular programme piece shortly before he died, I think. Would have loved to see what he thought of the fanzine!
bholg
20/03/2007, 12:20 AM
maxi mc allister - Drogheda united.
CollegeTillIDie
20/03/2007, 5:53 AM
Mother Teresa's (RIP) more of a GAA person, for your information. Yes she was a Waterford supporter, couldn't you tell by her habit?
CollegeTillIDie
20/03/2007, 5:56 AM
I'll ask Magee next time I'm talking to him so. Helping out at the KRAM stuff doesn't make you a hoop necessarily. CTID here had Morgan lined up for a regular programme piece shortly before he died, I think. Would have loved to see what he thought of the fanzine!
Dermot Morgan went to the Hoops in Milltown, before he went to UCD as a student. When we joined the League he was beginning his career as a comedian and he was involved in a lot of fund-raising and half-time entertainment activities. A few years after he died his family sponsored a UCD fixture, in his memory, it was a home game against Shamrock Rovers. Some of his friends from his time at UCD still occasionally attend games here. And he was going to do a column for the UCD programme in the 1998/99 season, had he lived. The format would have been a regular news letter from the London Branch of the UCD Supporter's Club, only with Dermot it would have been a whole lot more. :D He was planning on trying to sign up his celebrity friends over there to the Club . A pity he didn't long enough live to write one . :(
Block G Raptor
20/03/2007, 10:30 AM
Bob Marley must have been a bohs fan, sure wasn't he seen by thousands in dalymount
not to mention U2 in richmond Park
Da Real Rover
20/03/2007, 1:19 PM
In fairness, he's not "well known" outside of Sligo.
Well the bohs fans might know him as superman.
BrayUnknowns
20/03/2007, 5:58 PM
Damien Duff was in Tolka on Friday and supposedly was geting excited anytime Shels were on attack.
Duffer and Ryaner (Shels left full) are best mates from there time at Blackburn together. He used to come to the Carlisle aswell when Ryaner was with us.
sligoman
20/03/2007, 6:29 PM
Well the bohs fans might know him as superman.Eh, twas Dublin City fans, not Bohs;)
pineapple stu
20/03/2007, 8:07 PM
Dermot Morgan went to the Hoops in Milltown, before he went to UCD as a student.
So what you're saying is he's no more of a Hoop than I am? ;)
Jerry The Saint
20/03/2007, 9:23 PM
Brad Pitt is a Pats fan - FACT!
He fell in love with the club while filming gritty 'RA film The Devil's Own in Inchicore (on TG4 at the moment but you've missed the gunfight on Emmet Road so there's not much point tuning in now). That Harrison Ford just can't catch a break, can he:confused:
dcfcsteve
21/03/2007, 12:49 AM
James Connolly once took a wrong turn in Phibsboro and walked past Dalymount. He was therefore clearly a Bohs fan.
Michael Collins once hid in a hedge that later was redeveloped into Turner's Cross. That guarantees that he was a fan of a number of the Cork clubs, including Cork City.
Erik the Red was a viking. He was therefore self-evidently a Dublin City fan.
Yawn....
CollegeTillIDie
21/03/2007, 6:24 AM
So what you're saying is he's no more of a Hoop than I am? ;)
pineapple stu
Dermot went to Shamrock Rovers BEFORE UCD were in the League :D
Da Real Rover
21/03/2007, 1:32 PM
Eh, twas Dublin City fans, not Bohs;)
I stand corrected, it was dalymount though, wasnt it??
sligoman
21/03/2007, 6:06 PM
I stand corrected, it was dalymount though, wasnt it??Yes. Boring 0-0 game, you should have known Dublin City were involved somewhere:D.
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