View Full Version : Great idea from Rovers
Paddyfield
16/09/2007, 7:17 PM
Hats off to Shamrock Rovers who are promoting their televised game with Drogs with a poster in German as it will be the same weekend as Rep of Ireland V. Germany at Croker.
http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/pdfs/matchposters/irl-ger-fans-poster.pdf
I hope the German fans don't hear Scully's usual barrage of vulgar expletives :eek: that he usually shovels out from the dugout during games.
superfrank
16/09/2007, 7:19 PM
Very smart indeed.
HulaHoop
16/09/2007, 8:23 PM
This is being posted on German football forums accross the net. Hopefully we'll get a good few German fans attending that night.
CJTheGull
17/09/2007, 3:53 PM
Good idea - well done Rovers (haven't been heard to say that too many times to be honest!). :p
It's about time clubs started being a bit more 'pro-active' about things so bravo (or whatever it is in German).
dcfcsteve
17/09/2007, 4:27 PM
Great idea.
I hope it won't be seen as a soft target/'bit of fun' for the rougher edge of the German fanbase though.
JC_GUFC
17/09/2007, 4:35 PM
Yeah I remember some German neo-Nazis over for a game against Pat's in Richmond before.
Rovers presumably already have some sort of link with Greuther Furth anyway as they play in Green & White hoops.
Fair play though good idea to get more to the game.
Billy Lord
17/09/2007, 4:50 PM
Yeah I remember some German neo-Nazis over for a game against Pat's in Richmond before.
Rovers presumably already have some sort of link with Greuther Furth anyway as they play in Green & White hoops.
Fair play though good idea to get more to the game.
Ten minutes on TV and he turns into this? :rolleyes:
NY Hoop
17/09/2007, 4:52 PM
Yeah I remember some German neo-Nazis over for a game against Pat's in Richmond before.
Rovers presumably already have some sort of link with Greuther Furth anyway as they play in Green & White hoops.
Fair play though good idea to get more to the game.
Well you remember wrong. When we played Pats at Richmond in January 1999 a few Duisburg fans came over for the game as they have a few Hooped friends. Incredibly Dolan went to the media saying that we had neo nazi fans. He subsequently apologised but the damage was done.
There were a few hundred Germans in with us at dalymoan when they played at windsor a few years ago. St Pauli fans in with us at the League Cup semi there this season.
No trouble and anyone who suggests otherwise is a WUM.
KOH
is rovers game on tele tonight vs bohs. tg4 or setanta?
sligoman
17/09/2007, 7:55 PM
is rovers game on tele tonight vs bohs. tg4 or setanta?Nope.
Definitely a good idea. We've had tons of Germans at our games. Lads who just happen to be over on holiday. A few Feyernoord fans over 3 weeks ago too
blackholesun
17/09/2007, 9:43 PM
quicker than the pdf for anyone who wants to see the add
http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/images/irlgerfansql9.jpg
koh
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DmanDmythDledge
17/09/2007, 10:10 PM
Brilliant initiative by Rovers. We had something similar when people with tickets to the Welsh game got a concession to our game vs Cork, but I don't know if it had much of an effect on the crowd. This seems like it could get a good few Germans though.
Ten minutes on TV and he turns into this?
Good thinking by Rovers.
Sam_Heggy
18/09/2007, 10:31 AM
It will be a massive game either way. Should be one of the biggest crowds of the season.
Fair played Rovers, prob the most advertised team in the LOI.
Good idea indeed. They just showed the poster on TV and showed what seems to be a fair few German fans at the game. Nicely done!
Edit: And a nice few flares and smoke cannisters too to use up that extra revenue. Ah well, easy come easy go! :p :D
HulaHoop
13/10/2007, 11:51 AM
Good idea indeed. They just showed the poster on TV and showed what seems to be a fair few German fans at the game.
Well the attendance was 4041 of which an estimated 1000 were German. As well as the poster circulating around the internet we had people handing them out in Dublin Airport to all the Gemans coming in and we had people handing them out in Temple Bar too.
Message to the FAI - See what can be done with a little effort and initiative. You should be doing this kind of thing every week promoting the league.
Sam_Heggy
13/10/2007, 12:00 PM
Well the attendance was 4041 of which an estimated 1000 were German. As well as the poster circulating around the internet we had people handing them out in Dublin Airport to all the Gemans coming in and we had people handing them out in Temple Bar too.
Message to the FAI - See what can be done with a little effort and initiative. You should be doing this kind of thing every week promoting the league.
Very good crowd, what kind of game was it? I was at the Harps match so didnt see it on the box.
mypost
13/10/2007, 12:05 PM
The Harps match was better, trust me. :cool:
rebs23
13/10/2007, 1:25 PM
Thats a class idea in fairness. Christ this League is really run by muppets, imagine what we could achieve if it was actually run by people who gave a **** using iniative, brains, marketing and a bit of money!!
I have also downloaded clips that Rovers make available on some website of the highlights of their games, the quality is A1. A lot better quality than TV3 clips which says it all really.
Martinho II
13/10/2007, 1:37 PM
great idea from shamrock rovers. let the clubs govern themselves we dont need the fai dicating to us what to do... the atmosphere was class on telly last night what side of the ground were the germans on?
Raheny Red
13/10/2007, 1:57 PM
Well the attendance was 4041 of which an estimated 1000 were German. As well as the poster circulating around the internet we had people handing them out in Dublin Airport to all the Gemans coming in and we had people handing them out in Temple Bar too.
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1000? :eek: wow - fair play
sonofstan
13/10/2007, 3:40 PM
There were a fair few Germans at our game as well - can't imagine many of the Green and White Army go looking for local football* the night before the 'big' game
*though of course, in most countries there wouldn't be local premier games the night before an international.
BohDiddley
13/10/2007, 4:01 PM
can't imagine many of the Green and White Army go looking for local football* the night before the 'big' game
Too true. Most would die of fright if they found out about it and had go to a match.
Haven't used flares or smoke since the away game in Drogheda earlier in the season when we were fined. If the FAI fine the two clubs for making the league look good on national TV and to 1000 visiting supporters it will be a disgrace, but then again I'm well used to ridiculous decisions from the bumbling idiots in merrion square:mad:
Anto McC
14/10/2007, 8:06 AM
Haven't used flares or smoke since the away game in Drogheda earlier in the season when we were fined. If the FAI fine the two clubs for making the league look good on national TV and to 1000 visiting supporters it will be a disgrace, but then again I'm well used to ridiculous decisions from the bumbling idiots in merrion square:mad:
You can say that again, they're a f*cking bunch of idiots. They are tyring to attract people to games but yet they are stamping down on the one of the few unique elements we have over British football.
I thought it was the german supporters that had the flares !! ;) The FAI should fine the german FA for the unacceptable behaviour of their fans ! :)
CollegeTillIDie
14/10/2007, 9:15 AM
Fair play to Rovers on the German initiative. There is a small interest in the ELOI among genuine German football fans. We have had a few visitors in Belfield over the years from Germany. You tend to get a bit of interest in the summer during the Bundesliga close season, some people even coming to Ireland to see some football . Must be suffering from withdrawl symptoms, :D anyway whatever the reason we in UCD get a fair amount of Germans who want to see the only University in Western Europe playing in a Premier League , do it in person so to speak.
Speaking personally I like to check out local football when possible. I have been to two Romanian League games in the same weekend during one weekend for example.
exiled_gufc_fan
14/10/2007, 11:08 AM
There were a fair few Germans at our game as well - can't imagine many of the Green and White Army go looking for local football* the night before the 'big' game
*though of course, in most countries there wouldn't be local premier games the night before an international.
many of them with Galway United scarves :D
On the bus in from the Airp[ort myself, I was giving bus numbers to English visitors and German fans off to Dalymount.
Fair play to the random Bohs fan who stepped up to the plate and made the souvenir shop announcement in German :D
Cosmo
14/10/2007, 12:57 PM
Haven't used flares or smoke since the away game in Drogheda earlier in the season when we were fined. If the FAI fine the two clubs for making the league look good on national TV and to 1000 visiting supporters it will be a disgrace, but then again I'm well used to ridiculous decisions from the bumbling idiots in merrion square:mad:
I was talking to a few germans yesterday who were at teh drogs match and they raving abou the flags/smokes/atmosphere etc from both sets of supporters! Were well impressed with it!
pineapple stu
14/10/2007, 1:00 PM
There were a fair few Germans at our game as well - can't imagine many of the Green and White Army go looking for local football* the night before the 'big' game
*though of course, in most countries there wouldn't be local premier games the night before an international.
Heard there was a decent Irish crowd at the Stuttgart Kickers match last September, though don't know how decent "decent" is. So it does happen. But 1000 is very impressive alright.
A face
14/10/2007, 1:21 PM
I have also downloaded clips that Rovers make available on some website of the highlights of their games, the quality is A1. A lot better quality than TV3 clips which says it all really.
Is there a link to them?
DmanDmythDledge
14/10/2007, 1:26 PM
Is there a link to them?
You can see all of them here (http://youtube.com/user/ShamrockRovers). It would be great if all clubs could do something similar.
NavanBohs
14/10/2007, 1:31 PM
You can see all of them here (http://youtube.com/user/ShamrockRovers). It would be great if all clubs could do something similar.
http://youtube.com/user/BOHSTV
Thats ours, highlights/interviews usually up within a day or so, also has some other features and old footage of Bohs...
HulaHoop
14/10/2007, 4:35 PM
Heard there was a decent Irish crowd at the Stuttgart Kickers match last September, though don't know how decent "decent" is. So it does happen. But 1000 is very impressive alright.
There was only about 60 Irish fans at that Stuttgart match.
There was only about 60 Irish fans at that Stuttgart match.
I thought the athmosphere was excellant, flares and all, Rovers fans sang thru the whole game. Great colour with all the flags etc.
dcfcsteve
14/10/2007, 9:48 PM
Well the attendance was 4041 of which an estimated 1000 were German.
c. 1,000 Germans ?!?! :eek: That's a superb result. Well done Rovers.
You could see quite a few German flags around the ground - though I have to say, it didn't look like a 4,000 crowd on TV.
Any feedback form the Germans on what they thought of Friday night's match ? Was there no U21 international game on ?
Kildare Lad
14/10/2007, 9:50 PM
Fair play to Rovers for the idea, and fair play to both sets of fans for impressing them aswell.
There was about 30 Germans at our match on saturday too. A very friendly bunch of lads.
HulaHoop
14/10/2007, 10:16 PM
c. 1,000 Germans ?!?! :eek: That's a superb result. Well done Rovers.
You could see quite a few German flags around the ground - though I have to say, it didn't look like a 4,000 crowd on TV.
Any feedback form the Germans on what they thought of Friday night's match ? Was there no U21 international game on ?
It didn't look like 4000 on tv because we were in the Riverside (under the main camera). Feedback so far is that they enjoyed the flares/flags etc. and the atmosphere but they (understandably) thought the football was sh1te.
dcfcsteve
15/10/2007, 12:16 AM
It didn't look like 4000 on tv because we were in the Riverside (under the main camera). Feedback so far is that they enjoyed the flares/flags etc. and the atmosphere but they (understandably) thought the football was sh1te.
That makes sense - the stand opposite the camera looked about 95% empty.
Weird how we always seem to have camera at EL games in the very stand where all the fans are (though I guess on both counts it's because they're usually the best stands).
Was there no U21 international on Friday ?
Boh_So_Good
15/10/2007, 12:46 AM
Fair play Rovers on a fantastic idea. We need more of this kind of thing.
I also think that clubs should give away cheap sports bags with club colours and logos and give them to kids in nearby schools for free - inside include something like a colour booklet on the history of the club, stickers and perhaps a DVD with goals and crowds and so on. This stuff does not cost what it used to cost and is very do-able and would sow the seeds for the future.
GreenStar
15/10/2007, 7:40 AM
http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/videos.php
That's from the official website.
CollegeTillIDie
15/10/2007, 7:48 AM
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Was there no U21 international on Friday ?
I think it was in Cork and Germany weren't involved either way!
EDIT: Correction it was away to Sweden
Hitman
15/10/2007, 8:43 AM
The under-21 qualifiers aren't being run on the same groups as the seniors any more. Ireland are playing England at the Cross tomorrow night, they were playing a friendly in Sweden at the weekend.
Tenderloins
15/10/2007, 8:52 AM
The German Under 21s were playing in Israel.
One of the German Team, who is of Iranian background, refused to travel and it has been a major news considering the historical sensitivites involved.
Anyway brilliant stuff from Rovers.
galwayhoop
15/10/2007, 10:42 AM
The German Under 21s were playing in Israel.
One of the German Team, who is of Iranian background, refused to travel and it has been a major news considering the historical sensitivites involved.
a bit rich imo, I'm surprised that the Isrealies agreed to play the Germans in the first place :rolleyes:
paudie
15/10/2007, 12:41 PM
Great idea from Rovers. Good to see loads of German club flags at Tolka on Friday.
dcfcsteve
15/10/2007, 5:40 PM
The German Under 21s were playing in Israel.
One of the German Team, who is of Iranian background, refused to travel and it has been a major news considering the historical sensitivites involved.
In fairness - the German-Iranian player was between the provrebial rock and hard place.
Iran doesn't recognise Israel, and it's President has openly declared the country's aim of wiping it off the map. If the German player had travelled to Israel, he'd have been denied access to the country - meaning he would'nt have been able to visit relatives there ever again.
Other Iranian players around Europe have skipped games in Israel - usually by feining injury. The German fella's honesty by not doing likewise has bitten him on the arse here.
dcfcsteve
15/10/2007, 5:41 PM
a bit rich imo, I'm surprised that the Isrealies agreed to play the Germans in the first place :rolleyes:
What is a bit rich, and why the surprise?? :confused:
galwayhoop
16/10/2007, 9:10 AM
What is a bit rich, and why the surprise?? :confused:
it's a bit rich that a German refuses to play in Israel due to historical/political differences!
The surprise was sarcastic steve :rolleyes:
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