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I must say as a Cork City fan there is no other club in the country that generates such a buzz amongst City fans as when Rovers come to play...Is it right and saying that Rovers are easily the biggest draw for all our clubs when they come to visit?...they were missed big-time last year in the Premier and i for one am delighted to see them back...looking forward to seeing City stick a few past them tomorrow night...
Its gonna be good to hear the new shed in full swing alright.
It's probably the best for getting the punters out alright given Shelbournes absence/demise/ whatever.
I'd look forward to Derry City coming to the Cross more but the Rovers fans generally bring a good crowd which makes it a better experience than playing some of the better teams such as Drogheda.
Hopefully get 5,000 at the Cross tonight for a City victory.
The Derby of Ireland! Rovers' fans love going to Cork: always a decent home crowd, the Cross is now a fine stadium, everyone hates us; a real away game. Perfect!
Even the coppers are grand cos they just want to get us out of the place rather than crack skulls.
Plus we love Damien Richardson. A Hoop through and through. He's taking your money but we own his heart.
Self-fulfilling propaganda.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Lord
Even when you're liked (in Derry for example) you have to fight with each other to cause some bother......:D
Rovers not a big draw in Derry.
Way down the pecking order after Shels, Harps, Cork, Linfield. Probably less of a draw than Drogheda as well these days....
Seriously Steve, I'm worried about you.....Quote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
Have you thought about treatment?
Rovers are Rovers. They bring the biggest away crowd apart from Harps (and the Blues if you want to be pedantic) and its usually a good game.
Rovers are without shadow of a doubt the biggest draw for any club regarding gate receipts are , when they come to oriel you are always looking at 3500-4000 + crowd which is always good , the gate receipts that dundalkfc have been getting this year in the first division on average there is only 3 or 4 premiership teams getting higher gates and the away crowds we bring must nearly match any brought by rovers , now I know there is a long way to go and I hope I’m not jinxing myself here when saying that when dundalk are in the premiership next season they will bring the biggest away support in Ireland to any game.
An emotional week for most of us Hoops. Having remembered the 20th anniversary of Milltown's demise, it's ironic that our next game is in the 'new' cross. Looking forward to it
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Originally Posted by hoopy
I think the biggest potential crowd in Ireland as a whole would be Linfield vs Shamrock Rovers.
The biggest club from Northern Ireland against the biggest in the Republic. Unfortunately it will be a while before that fixture will be played in the Setanta unless Rovers get themselves a good team.
Always the biggest draw in Limerick too. No love lost and the team we want to beat more than anybody else.
Re Linfield v Rovers, I was at the European tie at Glenmalure Park and even with a severely restricted crowd there was a fantastic atmosphere. Cracking game too.
In case you havent noticed Me Bruce those 2 teams are not particularly well supported. Sure They have a good hardcore but thats it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Bruce
As for Rovers being a draw for the crowds, its undoubtedly true. A 3 point banker always gets the crowds out :D
What a wanky thread :rolleyes:
I'm not sure if you're trying to be sarcastic here or not ORA :)Quote:
Originally Posted by OneRedArmy
The question was who is the biggest draw - not the quality of the game or who brings 10 or 20 more away fans than the next-best supported visitors (who, apart from Linfield and Harps, all bring small numbers to games anyway)
Ask any Derry fan the below question for your answer :
Q. If you could only physically make a single Premier Division City game at the Brandywell in any hypothetical year, which of the following opponents would you want that game to be against.
1) Finn Harps
2) Shelbourne
3) Shamrock Rovers
4) Cork City
5) Bohemians
6) Drogheda United.
7) Longford Town
And that doesn't give them the Linfield option either.
Knowing Derry City fans - there is no way Rovers would be the Number 1 choice from that list. If they were lucky, they'd scrape Number 3.
[QUOTE= when dundalk are in the premiership next season .[/QUOTE]
Premier Division please !
This thread is a complete waste of time TBH, we all know you only come out to see the Rovers anyway! :D
'Only here to see the Rovers, here to see the Rooovers' ;)
On a more serious note, really looking forward to the game today, our first proper away trip of the season, especially looking forward to seeing the new stand in Turners Cross, hopefully there'll be a decent crowd & the game will be tight enough to get both sets of supporters animated!!
Reckon it'll be a tough game for us given City's recent form and our record at the cross, though wouldnt be suprised (or disappointed ) if it finished level!
Hope the weathers as nice down there as it is up here!!
Koh
Agreed, seems like there will be a nice cosy love in at Turners Cross tonight :rolleyes: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Jaime
Nice and sunny at the moment anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by DvB
Why would I notice you:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pablo
What two teams are you refering to:confused:
And also I find it rather amusing Cork City fan giving stick to othe teams and there support when Cork has struggled to keep a team in existance for long enough. How many reincarnations did Cork actually have in there history??
And going by your attendances, your attendances are certainly no better than Linfields. If anything I think our attendances are on average considerably higher.:rolleyes: