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Granada are a (not bad) kids team based, I think, somewhere in Shankill, south Dublin.
Fair play if he has had that involvement, but he still needs to address Irish football's problems before issues to do with the game in another country.
I'm feeling left out at this stage, as I haven't got a response (sob!)
You are right, but it is an opportunity to bring the eL to the attention of a TD and that can't be bad.....Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
I wonder if be good to send him a mail thanking him for Man United ripoff to see if he takes the bait...
;)
In fairness, when you have kids in school demanding things, it's very eary to feel pressurised by the likes of United.Quote:
Originally Posted by patsh
In fairness, I think he has been pointed out to me a couple of times in Belfield Park. I think it's a fact that Manchester United are an aspect of Irish life, and you can't just turn away from it because you don't like it, especially if you're a politician - your focus has to be Irish life, not just "Made in Ireland". Think it's a very fair comment. However, having said that, your reply made some good points as well which would be great if they were acted upon. Very big "IF" though.Quote:
As it happens I am a follower of (though not a regular attender at) UCD, a former programme seller at Glenmalure Park for Shamrock Rovers, a former coach of Granada FC in the South Dublin Football league, a current player for Blackrock College over 35s in the AUL and a former player for Portobello in the UCL.
However I am at liberty to comment on all matters in public life including the expense and pressure that parents face arising from the corporatisation of English football.
:confused: Where do you draw that conclusion from?Quote:
Originally Posted by tiktok
Dean's Grange/Foxrock area.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bohdiddley
Incidentally, do you honestly think you drink less at an eL game than in the pub on your barstool?! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by patsh
You forgot to mention money going into our local economy as opposed to leaving the country as well. Still, some good points well made.
Well I'm talking about the people who go for the 4 o'clock Sunday "event" and the Monday night "football" "event" etc. in the pub.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I see a lot of families going down to watch the 4 o'clock Sunday game, and after half an hour, the kids are outside of the door of the pub, waiting around for the father/mother to stagger out around 7/8 o'clock.
I think I sort of mentioned the local economy in this point: "An injection of funds into a business which continues to gainfully employ many of our young boys so cruelly cast aside by the "corporate" entities of English football" ??
Ah yeah, fair enough. Just was down in Longford at the weekend - drinks in the pub before heading down, cans on the bus, cans during the match, cans on the way home...! Think a lot of people here can relate to that! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by patsh
True, but just to emphasise that going to eL games puts money into the Irish economy as well as stops it leaving the country. It also creates jobs, etc. Still, small points.Quote:
Originally Posted by patsh
For the record, Barry Andrews is a big supporter of UCD. I've often seen him in Belfield.
He doesn't know that ;) plus not likely to be drinking during the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Em...yeah - not drinking...! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
I suppose I would be a bad example, I don't drink too much, even on an away trip to Dublin, I'd only have 4 or 5 pints, absolute maximum, over the course of the whole day.... A LOT LESS than some of the lads on the Sheehan Express.....;)Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
"I fear that if ticket prices were to increase, this form of entertainment will once more be denied"Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
This form of entertainment clearly refers to football, if an increase in ticket prices at OT denies the Irish parent access to 'this form of entertainment' then IMO that says he doesn't consider football in Ireland as a 'formof entertainment'.
Yeah, see where you're coming from now...
Thius guy is talking out of his arse. If ticket prices go up it won't make a feckin' difference to 99.9% of the parents in Ireland, because they and their kids have never been near Old Trafford. The sad muppsets who spend a fortune travelling over and back tend not to do so as a family unit either, and should be taken for all they've got IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by tiktok
Hear hear. They're just an average side now-is he going to comment on Charlton in future?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cop on
LOL, probably the most honest, un spin-doctored, response from an Irish politician on the Eircom League or indeed any issue, ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by patsh
Fair play to you for a great response to which he had no other answer.
And fair play to him for admitting as much.
TG