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what does the eircom league mean to you and what does it mean to you to support the club you love and how come you havent jumped on the bandwagon of following premiership clubs. not meant in an exclusive way but what makes you feel stronger about the eircom league
only stared following Dublin City about two years ago. My first season they one the first division title. Last year they got relegated.i was there on both occassions. If your honest , you pick your team & stick with them. You really feel part of Dublin City.
Saints are my local team, been watching them 23 years now, since I was 6
I didn't know they were mutually exclusive.Quote:
Originally Posted by stranded
But anyway, no eL club near me, so I really only got into it when I went to college. Started going to Belfield Park when we were in the First Division and we got promoted that year (1994/1995). Excellent footy that season, about 10 of us used to go to most of the games, which probably increased the crowd by about 20% :D Players got to know us cos we were the only ones making noise at the time.
Haven't gone to all the games since I left college but try to go to as many as I can when I am up in the "big smoke"!
Nearest Team to be by miles so started supporting them when i was in 6th class i think. Still remember my first time watching them like it was yesterday. Its was against Shamrock Rovers and i thought the atmosphere was brilliant. UCD won 1-0 and Jason Sherlock scored the winner :D
Started supporting Bray at the age of 7 when the uncle signed for them. And it has caught on ever since. I am ever present at home and away games and i just love the LIVE eircom league atmosphere and meeting other fans and getting ideas from them( thanks fourfiveone by the way for all your help). Hav been with the club through thick and thin. My Best memory was that rollercoaster FAI cup final in 1999 when we overcame a very good Harps side after 3 games. My worst memory refers back to 2003 season when Home Farm pipped us to the first division title in whitehall, still a magnificent game and one that was a credit to the el first division. Thanks TV3 for not having it on tv. 2500 away bray fans at an el first division game. Will we ever see this again???? :eek: Eircom League no1
funny i dont remember that... i used to support a premier$hit team, (liverpool), until i went to my first rovers game when i was 11.. ahh...Quote:
Originally Posted by lefty
Was swallowed up by the premiership fever during primary school, despite my dad taking me to the big city games. Started to get into City in 2nd year of secondary school when a guy I used to hang out with brought me along to games on a snuday afternoon. Fell in love with the atmosphere, started going to away games and eventually european games,
By the way, it's not mutually exclusive to follow an EL club. I support West Ham too, just not in the same way.
Something EL fans don't appreciate enough is that this league has a great history and tradition going back over 80 years.
We really should be proud to carry on this tradition,support our team and not be afraid to say it.
Every club has had its glory days (Athlone V Milan, Dundalk v Spurs Porto etc) and most are planning for the future to do their best to bring them back again (new stadiums for Athlone, Finn Harps).
I think Dolan once said that EL is the top level of senior soccer in this country and should be recognised as such.
Every fan should look forward to the new season optimistically (until the matches start anyway)
Keep the faith.
Finn Harps are my team, the only senior team in the county and I take immense pride in following them.
Started going around '94 as an innocent wee 8 year old and haven't looked back since, just fell in love with the felling of watching a 'live' game unfold before me.
Watching the near misses, the last minute goals, the travelling to away games, singing songs with people I hardly even met before.
Some call me mad, I wouldn't have it any other way!
I would be a Spurs fan but I don't think it means as much to me as being a Cork City fan. I've been to White Hart Lane about 5 times, but I think the atmosphere at the cross is better. You can't beat live football, and it's much easier to get behind a local team than it is to get behind a team from accross the water. Having said that, being a Spurs fan is handy between November and March when there is no EL on :D
Started going to Shel's in '92 took about another 3-4 years before i really got into it around the time of Shero's goal against pats in the FAI cup (What a goal). Anyway i think it was more the buzz around the stadium as more than the silky skill's of John o'Rouke or Brian Flood always a good laugh with a load of mates
Started going to Finn Park in 1993/94 season at the age of 13(well nearly 14), went regulary untill the middle of the 95/96 season when I got hooked and been going to most home games ever since. Before this I was a big Man U and Celtic fan, but really got Addcited to following my home town team ment a lot more to me than following teams from another country.
Started going to Ramblers games in the early 80's when they were a non league team who would regularly beat league opposition. Supported them ever since thru thick or thin (mostly thin) but there's nothing to beat a live game.
Went to first Town game when I was 4 (10 years ago now). I didnt really know what was going on but got into it about 3 or 4 years later when I started to understand the game.
I remember the highs and lows well. Lows being 2-0 up at home to St.Francis with 9 minutes to go and losing 3-2 :( and highs coming in the last few years.
My favourite moment though was probably that night down in Cobh.........
It means...
...when my boss is on at me about when I plan to take my holidays, telling him "Wait til the fixture list comes out"
...it's harder to find / keep a girlfriend, cos not all women can accept the fact that I'm only available to see them six nights a week
...a quiet smile of recognition when you see someone wearing a Pats, Rovers or Bohs jersey
...walking along a street in Havana, Cuba two years ago, minding my own business, and this total stranger walking towards me stopping, pointing and going "Here, that's a Pats jersey - are you Irish?"
...sitting at a bar in Athens and Dodge texts me to say we got a free In the 92nd minute against Bohs and Robbie Doyle steps up... and texting him back "And then what fúcking happened you bástárd?" and him texting me back and me dancing around the table
...not getting dragged into interminable conversations about whether Liverpool are good enough to finish fourth - "Sorry pal, I don't follow English football"
...not having to fly to home games
...sitting on a bus for four hours is NOT a waste of time
...walking into McDowells before a match and it's like Cheers, everybody knows your name
...being at a do in the Gresham a few weeks back and discovering that one of the barmen was a Pats fan. You wouldn't believe how much vodka a good barman can squeeze into a glass :cool:
...being in Kilkenny on 1st May 1998
...being in the Riverside the night we played Shels after getting the nine points back
...getting to see Keith Fahey, Paul Osam, Eddie Gormley, Martin Russell play
...getting to scream abuse at people that are much bigger than me and not end up in hospital
...learning to love the smell of flare smoke
...walking along Emmet Road towards Richmond on match nights and feeling the tingle
Great post Doctor!
Indeed i'd like to echo one of your points - sitting on a bus for hours is NOT a waste of time. Away games are class in the eL :cool:
has dr nightdub managed to rival the "bad flight" post for post of the month :eek: ..,. i think so!
superb post Doc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr.Nightdub
As for me, I was a one-time Leeds fan, went to the cross first when Gareth Cronin signed for City (my mother was teaching him at the time) and caught the bug. Got steadily more obsessed by the year, to the point where missing a game is to be avoided at all costs.
great post doc
i always loved football growing up but was never into watching unless it was a world cup or euro cup
started watching english football a little from 97 and changing 'my' teams like the weather. then looked on ireland as my 'kind of' club team but then i met more and more lower league fans who followed their team regardless and realised i had a team all along, back home
for the last 2 years now ive been following the eLeague and i wish i'd done it earlier. got to see cork play last year against waterford when i was back on holiday and it was class. even brought a man u fan with me (just doing my bit :) ) and he enjoyed it
this website and others have helped me a lot in getting into it. thanks adam, the mods and the regulars
being an internet fan for now will do. moving home in the summer and im looking forward to enjoying it properly, live, home and away as often as i can
go on city