90 Minutes 90 Emotions

[Theskinloyal]

Got this off another forum who got it off another forum who got it off another forum etc....

It was originally about the Australian A - League but I have altered slightly

90 Minutes, 90 Emotions

How a fan of a traditional football club feels about the League of Ireland

1. Abandonment – feels that their club has been abandoned by the governing body that is supposed to support them
2. Acceptance – has accepted the fact that their club’s days in the top flight are gone
3. Aggravated – feels angry that the cohorts of ‘modern football’ have not acknowledged the clubs that carried the game for 50 years
4. Anticipating – feels but doesn’t hope that in the near future if some wholesale changes are not made, the LOI will seize to exist
5. Awkward – feel awkward sitting on seats as a neutral at Bohaz v Rovaz
6. Alienated – feel that because they are a supporter of the LOI dubbed 'second class' by snobbish Premiership 'supporters'
7. Amused – by the Premiership 'supporters' who think that Roy O'Donovan, Kevin Doyle and the rest of the LOI ex - pats just appeared out of thin air
8. Annoyed – by the glory hunters who sell out grounds around the country when their club are on the verge of success but are nowhere to be seen 1 year later
9. Apathy – what the typical Irish person displays towards their national league
10. Ashamed – ashamed when you have to explain the offside rule to you're wife/girlfriend
11. Astonished – find it astonishing that many of the old cohorts whose careers were made by the LOI who refuse to acknoweledge that it ever existed
12. Bemused – by the fact there are so many teams in Dublin
13. Bewildered – by the fact that so many more people attend Ireland national team games, when they are merely a group of ex - pats back in Dublin for a nostalgia trip
14. Bored – with the lack of opposition support at 1st Division games bar 1 or 2
15. Bothered – by the constantly being referred to as a hooligan for attending my local football team games on a regular basis
16. Cautious – about the real intentions of John Delaney and co with regards to the development of Irish football
17. Careless – feels that deciding on which beer to buy is much more important than whether their local LOI team won or lose on the weekend
18. Compassion – for the retards in the grounds around the country who think that because they have now been to in excess of 10 football games and blow a whistle that they are suddenly hardcore ultras
19. Concerned – with the small number of top flight players are leaving to play in England and Jockland
20. Confidence – that no matter what happens to the Eircom League in it's current form, the traditional clubs that they have followed will survive long into the future
21. Considerate – understand that changes were required to improve the status of Irish football, but think that some of the changes have fallen well short of the mark
22. Confused – find it strange that people who previously referred to the sport as Brit ball are now jumping on the bandwagon in their droves just because their team are about to win a trophy and acting in a condescending manner towards those that always supported the game
23. Constrained – their fans feel that their freedom of expression has been constrained with chant, banner and flag restrictions imposed which exist in the LOI
24. Contemptuous – for disrespectuful Johnny-come-latelies
25. Crucified – feel that the FAI and the modern football fraternity constantly crucify them because of a lack of organization, riots and poor crowds in the past which supposedly kept the game back
26. Cut Down – are made to feel like 3rd class citizens in a footballing landscape which they helped to build for most of the 20th century
27. Cynical – realize that despite the healthy crowds, the quality of the Scottish football is far from special
28. Defiant – because they refuse to forget their clubs which they have supported since childhood and join the masses following a 2-year old club with a generic jersey and marketing plan
29. Disbelieving – of the statement made by Bohemians P.R.O that Bohs will 'be looking to compete in the UEFA Cup group stages in the next 2/3 years'....(DCU Future of Irish Domestic Football November 2006)
30. Discouraged – for all of their hard work and commitment to player development which produced many of the Ireland's World Cup squads, they are not acknowledged, and are consequently discouraged
31. Discontent – not content sitting on a plastic seat in a plastic stadium, watching a plastic team whilst drinking light beer
32. Dispassionate – display no passion for their local LOI, often finding out results by word of mouth or football forums
33. Disgust – are disgusted by shoddy merchandise sold at national team games such as inflatable batons, far from what the game is about
34. Displeased – By the Ireland u - 23 team, a shop window for English and Scottish clubs
35. Disregarded – despite the fact that their clubs helped to produce so many talents in the England and Scotland, any media reports on overseas transfers ignore any mention of the club that developed the player for over in many cases over 10 years
36. Disrespect – administrators feel disrespected what with the hours of voluntary time that they put in for years to be completely ignored for the sake of modern football
37. Distance – Elland Road is a long way from Turners Cross, despite the fact that the quality in football is virtually the same
38. Distrustful – of the various state federation’s plans for the traditional clubs and their allegiances to the FAI’s final solution
39. Disassociated – Ultras and passionate fans simply don’t fit into the mantra of modern football now do they?
40. Dumbfounded – by the fact that 1,000 filled up Tolka Park in 2007 to watch the Rovaz
41. Embarrassed – by so many grounds around the 1st Division
42. Enmity – hate for the football band-wagoners which make up the core following of most Premiership
43. Exultant – news stories of Eircom League fans rioting make them feel exultant because it proves that the problem was not unique to ethnic branded clubs
44. Familiarity – a feeling we will all be getting used to when many LOI exiles return home with their tails between their legs
45. Frustration – by the constant and growing supporter repression in the state leagues

[Theskinloyal]

46. Hilarious – how the youths are decking themselves out in Burberry and Nautica after watching the Football Factory, when two years ago they were probably branding Fubu, Damon Dada and Stone Cold Steve Austin shirts
47. Honored – despite the lack of acknowledgement, constant praising of certain LOI players is nothing more than a testament to the hard work that the now state league clubs put in
48. Hopeful – that despite its shortcomings, the LOI is a real league, one with a prominent youth setup, a decent number of teams and a league that can help inspire the next generation of World Cup heroes
49. Humoured – by the robot advertising campaign
50. Inattentive – the typical fan often displays a lack of attention for all things LOI, preferring to change the channel to Hogan Knows Best on MTV
51. Independent – because they feel so distant from the LOI, they also feel independent and representative of real football, despite the unjust sanctions that governing bodies place on them
52. Indifference – The feeling of too many Irish people
53. Indignation – Anger towards the repeated lack of respect shown for the very clubs which in essence are the lifeblood of each and every LOI club
54. Intimidated – by the Gardai's bully tactics
55. Isolation – why can't I talk LOI with more of my college mates?
56. Liberated – can no longer be scape-goated and blamed for the downfall of Irish football at top flight level
57. Loathsome – loathe for many administrators of the LOI
58. Loyal – above all of the 90 emotions, loyalty to their clubs is the most important so much so that the FAI allow LOI games to go on at the same time as Irish national team games, Rugby World Cup games etc.
59. Misunderstood – feel misunderstood and pigeonholed, they do not want the LOI to fail because they love the game
60. Moderate – display a moderate interest in the LOI, perhaps catching highlights on Eircom League Weekly, but not making a ritual of it
61. Nostalgic – Remeber Rovaz were in Milltown?
62. Offended – by RTE's worship of the Premiership
63. Pessimistic – that adding a team from North County Dublin is a good idea
64. Pity – for the many people who go to LOI games and expect to see an instant replay after each controversial decision
65. Phony – the league smells a bit phoney to them, but that’s to be expected when you consider the robots, the generic kits, the sh*t media coverage.
66. Preocuppied – whilst attending a Shels game, typical fans can be found spending most of their time in the bar drinking
67. Pride – in knowing that the A-League can’t exist without them but they can exist without the A-League
68. Questioning – the Celtic Cup? Hmmmmm....
69. Refusal – in many cases to get fully behind the LOI
70. Rejected – by modern football
71. Relaxed – feel relaxed by knowing that any given friday they can head out to watch their team, eat some chips, have a pint and not be branded a hooligan
72. Resentful – for initially showing support for the LOI, before it shunned them
73. Resignation – feel resigned to the fact that they will always be considered third class citizens as far as modern football is concerned but don’t really care anymore
74. Shamelessness – feel no shame for bringing atmosphere to games
75. Sick – Pat Dolan
76. Stereotyped – hooligan, scumbag, ****ball
77. Stunned – by the quality of some displays given by Irish ultras
78. Suspicious – A new Fingal club could bring an end to one of the traditional Dublin clubs, why not just bring a Dublin club out to Fingal?
79. Tarnished – rather than being considered clubs with a history who carried the game, they are considered demons of old soccer and should be forgotten lest ye be struck down from above!
80. Threatened – despite being confident of their team’s future, they can’t help but feel somewhat threatened by the modern football hierarchy
81. Tolerance – for all things LOI, but that comes with being indifferent
82. Troubled – for the traditional fan that wrote this!
83. Unimpressed – by large crowds when 90% of them aren’t genuine football fans and often struggle to produce an atmosphere that can be found at a regular game with one tenth the number of people in attendance
84. Unappreciated - The players who left for England/Scotland
85. Unconvinced – Pat Fenlon's ability as a manager
86. Unfamiliarity – with Wexford Youths, Limerick 37, Kildare County
87. Unforgiving – of Kilcoyne family
88. Unnoticed – so I heard that Drogs won the league for the first time in their history by running away with the league, the rest of the country were reading about Cristiano Ronaldo riding some girl off Hollyoaks
89. Vindicated – the more LOI fans fight, the less burdened our re****tion becomes
90. Violated – Refer to 1 - 89

That took ages to edit...zzzzz!

[hogey]

Great article and great rant.

[Philly]

Jesus, what a melodramatic moan. :eek: Cheer up!

[Jerry The Saint]

Jesus, what a melodramatic moan. :eek: Cheer up!

Didn't read it but given the club he supports I think he's entitled :D

[centre mid]

Great post theskinloyal, sore hands after that, agree with no.16

[Mr A]

sore hands after that

:eek::confused:;)

[centre mid]

:rolleyes:
Thats should have been in the form of a question, not my own reaction to reading the post...:p

[holidaysong]

Got lazy with number 67? ;) Good post though.. :)

[Theskinloyal]

I knew I'd miss one

[Anto McC]

Brilliant

[Dave77]

agree with 15 totally, hate the way people who look down on you because you go to football in Ireland.

[Joey Killester]

Brillaint, fair play.

[Snoop Drog]

"90 Minutes 90 Emotions" is the theme of this years ALeague in Ox. Check out the TV ad- very cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zCtuqY6yPY