OneRedArmy
16/04/2007, 12:52 PM
http://www.rte.ie/sport/2007/0416/tyroneclub.html
Can you imagine what the reaction of Mick McCaffrey's and the other gutter hacks would be if something like this happened at an EL match. Do you think Tom Humphries will be giving it some space in his column in the coming weeks?
This is the latest in a long line of similar incidents across the country, many of which go unreported, yet if you believe the meedja, us soccer fans are at best only one step away from being Chelsea Headhunters, whilst the brawling Gahheads are simply committed amateurs involved in heated parish rivalries which are blown out of all proportion etc. etc..
There's been a lot on here about a perceived anti-GAA bias amongst many posters and by and large its probably true. But until the fourth estate in this country start applying some objectivity to their reporting, who can blame football fans for pushing back?
Can you imagine what the reaction of Mick McCaffrey's and the other gutter hacks would be if something like this happened at an EL match. Do you think Tom Humphries will be giving it some space in his column in the coming weeks?
This is the latest in a long line of similar incidents across the country, many of which go unreported, yet if you believe the meedja, us soccer fans are at best only one step away from being Chelsea Headhunters, whilst the brawling Gahheads are simply committed amateurs involved in heated parish rivalries which are blown out of all proportion etc. etc..
There's been a lot on here about a perceived anti-GAA bias amongst many posters and by and large its probably true. But until the fourth estate in this country start applying some objectivity to their reporting, who can blame football fans for pushing back?