Like they did last year? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lep
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Like they did last year? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lep
Well done sligo...delighted for you. Also as one of our fans said on facebook they were the only team to beat mons in cup games and they won them both.
Was watching it when my aunt and uncle from Holland arrived and they watched penos with me. Was a great ad for the league seeing a great crowd in a great stadium.
Our league and clubs may be the nesissary inconvienience but it was clear today that international football hasnt a patch on league of ireland clubs when it comes to support, passion and bringing atmosphere to the aviva. The FAI are backing the wrong horse as will be seen on Tuesday night? against norway. Anthem was ****e, pa was non existant at times and bar staff need a good root up the hole and work. Nice ground, if the shed wasnt at the end of it and it didnt cost so much for being so small.
Not a chance. They played well today and deserved it over the 90 minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dunny
Sligo played some great football at times. Gary McCabe is a smashing player
Taking credit! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by robbieos88
He did the same thing at Bray, waited out on the touchline until everyone forgot about him, then suddenly picks the ball up in acres of space and starts being a menace.
And Magicme, spreegt u Nederlands?
Geen want ik ben dik.
I think they infiltrated all sections..including my bus home..:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Ah nee, ik ben zeker dat is niet waar!Quote:
Originally Posted by Magicme
Well done Sligo. Deserved the win.
How great too see two LOI teams play a game in a fine stadium with a brilliant crowd. Oh, if we could only have this more often! Hope future Cup Finals can continue like this. Sligo well deserving of win. I've rarely seen a LOI team retain possession of the ball so well.
great game, one of the best i seen in a long time. to win the league we need 2 strikers IMO, only shams can stand in our way now of total domination...........no world domination!
Indeed, I hope the FAI remember how well the ticket promotion worked out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Straightstory
In terms of league development, maybe the clubs would be well served by cutting ticket prices and wages in order to build up the attendances over the course of a few seasons. I'm sure plenty of people would sacrifice the excellent bar service at Bohemians if the tickets were under €10.
If you come near Jake Kelly... :shout:Quote:
Originally Posted by Duggie
nobody is safe now from us....even twiggy.haQuote:
Originally Posted by peadar1987
The crowd was high for threee reasons:
(a) Many people (and I know a number) went to see the Aviva Stadium for the first time.
(b) Shamrock Rovers were playing in the final and the ground was awash with old Hoops fans (like myself) there to see the renaissance of the club.
(c) The relative low cost of the tickets.
I am not sure there will be a crowd like that again as it was a unique occasion but it was also great to see the Sligo fans travel in such large numbers.
As for the Final itself, Sligo, other than for two fifteen minute spells in each half, bossed the game and played some lovely football. The Hoops were always second best. SLigo players also seemed much fitter - didn't see any going down with cramp and I wonder did this affect the penalties.
The trouble about the low ticket cost of course is that it won't have generated much money for either club or the FAI. That said it is better to have 36k at the game at €10 a head than 16k at €20k a head.
A great occasion though
I would be a lot more positive than you.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
A large FAI cup final like this tells lapsed fans that it is OK to go to a LOI game. They are not going to be ridiculed by the pro-English football media.
Several people I spoke to this morning are regretting that they didn't go. That fact that the game meant something and wasn't the usual non-competitive friendly with 22 disinterested players added to the excitement.
As to the crowd I thought there were more Sligo fans than Shams fans. When one considers that there are about 30,000 people (men, women and chidren) in Sligo town, that is some achievement.
I actually understood that without cheating! Am ashamed to say my dutch uncle has been a family member for 25 years and I have learned very little dutch.Quote:
Originally Posted by peadar1987
Great crowd yesterday but lets not get carried away with the effect it will have . Both teams have decent crowds by loi standards and should be praised for this but i cant help but remember our cup final in lansdowne v cork , over 25 ,000 at that game which was one of the biggest in years . It had little of no effect on league attendances the next year . Its big day out syndrome and unless other issues are sorted out attendances at league matches will continue to be crap .
Terrible way to lose a cup final and i felt sorry for Shams. Credit to the shams supporters who stayed behind and the rovers fans where i was standing applauded shams off the pitch.
Great day for us and my personal greatest as a Rovers fan.
Alot of ****e is written on these boards between Rovers and Shams fans but truth is there is a healthy respect for Shams in Sligo. We are the same supporters that went out on the pitch at Milltown in 87.
This league needs clubs like Rovers and Shams, the large attendance was a credit to both clubs. Its a reality of an Irish supporting public that its unlikely to affect league attendances, we are event junkies.
At least let me get my umbrella before you start raining on our parade! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ndrog
im a firm believer that if the facilities are there the crowds would be up. now im not saying you have 10 aviva's but when its a day out at the carlisle grounds its not the quite the same. some people might not agree but im convinced of it.
Great day at the Aviva -excellent crowd, decent game good performances all round. Thought Sligo were the better team without really having the edge up front which always left the possibility shams might nick it. credit to both teams for 120 minutes of decent football.
Would hope that the spectacle of the day might encourage more to sample the delights of LOI but suspect many wont darken our turnstiles until "cup final 2011"
Oh, and congrats to all involved at Sligo on completing a cup double
As the cup was presented at 3hr 19min and about 50secs…what happened the guy in the blue jacket at the front?
http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1084796
Attendance at league matches can only be improved if the LOI gets better media coverage.Quote:
Originally Posted by ndrog
At the moment, the coverage is abyssmal on general sports programmes. Newstalk have 15 hours of sports programming during the week. That is 900 minutes. The amount devoted to LOI football is a paltry 10 minutes, 1%!
Showpiece events like the FAI cup final give the game better media coverage.
I understand that some people cannot rise above their negativity. However, we shouldn't be so quick to dismiss the importance of yesterday's 36,000 attendance.
Went to the match, good atmosphere and good attendance.
But the Sligo cow mascot was a disgrace.
ahh come on hooperman had about 6 cans in him he was way more active......joke!Quote:
Originally Posted by dantheman
Well done to Sligo Rovers. The better team won on the day. Enjoyed the atmosphere, great stadium.
Well done to Sligo, they gave a beautiful display of technically excellent football and it would be hard to argue that they didn't deserve it on the day. A lot of people have questioned if Shamrock Rovers are part time only in name, but it showed very clearly in the fitness levels that Sligo were the full time team. The Aviva looks great from the outside but there's some serious issues with the food stalls, the PA and even the poor enough view. The stmosphere was a credit to the two sets of supporters and it made it feel like a very special day, it would be great if that could be repeated every year.
Looking forward to next season already.
One would think Sligo certainly will benefit from increased attendances next season. For their first home match for 2011 surely the Showgrounds will be a sell out of 5/6000.
I thought this was very obvious as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
If Shamrock Rovers are paying wages as high (or even higher than) Sligo, why are the players not as well conditioned?
i went witha few friends , good fun, stadium great, big crowd alright but i think all the excitment getting one up on irfc is not right , we only got that cos of 10euro i think if rugby charged that they wouldve sold out.. 36k is great tho...but rugby got 37k at full whack, went for a coffee at 90 mins, 3 18 year old serving a lot of people , shouldve been more staff... food looked cr*p...
Big sign up in Sligo Town yesterday on the road out, it read: "LAST ONE OUT TURN OFF THE LIGHTS"Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
The rugby was an international game featuring a 32 county team in a country of 5 million people.Quote:
Originally Posted by mandrake
The FAI cup final featured a team from a town with 30,000 inhabitants.
The scales are not comparable which is why the attendance is excellent despite the low addmission price.
By the way, I'm not sure if you are a Dub but it takes a lot more money to go to the Avivva from Sligo than it does for Dublin yuppies to go to a rugby match. The ticket is only part of the overall cost.
Was I the only one who was impressed with the state of the pitch considering what had occurred just 24 hours before?
No, no you weren't!
Funny out!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dublin Red
Agreed I was very surprised that the pitch was in such good nic!Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
He's a BULL!Quote:
Originally Posted by dantheman
Do you have inside information that the 2011 final is to be Sporting Fingal v Salthill?Quote:
Originally Posted by marinobohs
And, of course, congratulations to Sligo on the cup coup and to both teams an excellent spectacle.