I think the original idea was to have numerous sporting clubs from the area: ie basketball, hockey, ect all called Sporting Fingal with the amenities build in Swords for the other sports. Haven't heard much more about it though.
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I think the original idea was to have numerous sporting clubs from the area: ie basketball, hockey, ect all called Sporting Fingal with the amenities build in Swords for the other sports. Haven't heard much more about it though.
JP McManus also has a "Sporting Limerick" slogan/brand(?) which is on the Limerick FC jersey, Limerick GAA jerseys and i'm pretty sure its on another sporting code played in Limerick. Sporting doesn't have to be taken as a copy of Sporting Lisbon which seems to be what is annoying you. Sporting Fingal could cover the whole idea of being Sporting like the Sporting Limerick idea.
What a silly thread. Sporting is a great name for a club. And like others have said, it's different from the usual United's, City's and Rovers.
I also don't understand why people are so hostile towards Sporting Fingal. They are a new club set up in an area that had no LOI representation. They are hardly like Dublin City who set up a new club in an area that already had a LOI club. If Tralee or Carlow manage to get into the Premier, will people have the same attitude?
Or is all this hostility to do with money? Ok, they are being heavily backed financially, which probably gives them a false position, but they are hardly going to win new fans when they are rooted to the bottom of division 1.
I for one, hope they get a decent support base together, and are around for a long time.
Oh God the shame, the shame! Why can't we have clubs with proper names like they do in Austria? SK Puntigamer Sturm Graz, KSV Superfund, Cashpoint SCR Altach, SV Josko Fenster Reid. Think how much better it would be if the big Dublin derby was played between Des Kelly Interiors FC and Woodies DIY Shamrock Rovers...
Wait, no, those names are worse, much worse than any we have in the league. There's nothing wrong with Sporting Fingal as a club name. If we reach a point where sponsors start renaming clubs or putting their logos on the club crest like they do in Austria then I'll be embarrased for the league, until then I'll concern myself with more important things.
If you think Sporting is bad then what's your opinion on Cork City FRIENDS OF THE REBEL ARMY SOCIETY CO-OPERATIVE
I notice Tony has gone quiet, the parents must have him down in Dollymount for the day! :-) (kidding)
No matter how silly the thread began, I thank him for raising a genuinely good issue. How strong would some of our clubs be if they embraced other local sports clubs in their area? A multi-sport club would always generate more community spirit and through that funds, and of course like in some big clubs the bigger the section (ie basketball, football) the more funds they would justify in getting. Also most I've dealt with in Europe are well run as businesses as there is a great connection with the people. Then again, if that happened in Ireland there'd be precious few biscuit tins lying in the ticket office to "help" players.
for the people who don't realise the problem with this name - over the next few days try to ask some of your barstooler or neutral mates what they think of the name, and come back to this thread and post waht they said
ask them if it reinforces a mickey mouse, amateurish perception of the LOI, or whether they agree with some of the posters on here that the name is fine, "perfect" even.
I talk about the League of Ireland all the time with lads who have minimal interest and are far more concerned with the goings on in the Premiership and I've never once heard a remark about the name Sporting Fingal. Personally I like it and I agree with the concept of multi-sport community clubs, they certainly have the potential to attract more investment and interest from the public.
As others have pointed out there's plenty of embarrassing things about the league and using "Sporting" as part of the clubs name is right down at the bottom of the list.
ask them specifically about the name and see what they sayQuote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
sporting fingal is a lot more interesting than fingal united or fingal county and i think it's great to have a different sounding name in the league.
a lot of young fellas would hear it and compare them to sporting lisbon instead of man utd so they instantly get the idea they are a good attacking team.
i think the name is great and I've no idea why someone would not like it when it is so original in comparison to almost every other team name in the league.
Are you Glen Crowe in disguise? If so, you used to play for a team that means someone who wanders about with no real ambition or goal, and your nickname is endorsed by Pavee Point - far worse things than being called a Sporting Club to worry about :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony Soprano
Love how threads like this just meander along!
Can't believe this got this far without anyone bringing up the op's username.
Still seeing the shrink tony? You seem to have a few issues.
Most people refer to them as Fingal anyway. I work with umpteen bar stoolers who all commmented on what a good result 'Fingal' got in Europe last week. None had a snigger at the 'Sporting' bit. And BTW, lets dismiss the Swiss league as a joke shall we, because of Young Boys or Grasshoppers!!! Come to think of it.....Young Boys Fingal maybe ??
PartySaint mentioned one barstooler from last week and Tony Soprano's just whining for the sake of it with nothing to back himself up, so . . .
Spoke to two barstoolers about it, asking specifically what they thought of the name and they said it was a normal name.
Obviously I'm not claiming my specific examples prove anything, nor am I conceited enough to think that my opinion is somehow unquestionably correct - perhaps Tony could follow my lead?
And how are you gonna hide the embarassment when the sporting project actually succeeds?Quote:
Originally Posted by superjohnny
if Sporting Fingal had been established 50 years ago, i doubt we'd be having this conversation. Tradition and history would have rendered the name acceptable. Sporting have neither, yet. They can call themselves whatever they like in my opinion and i dont give a toss if barstoolers think its mickey mouse or a joke. The barstoolers are the jokes actually.
It was The Verve, by the way.Quote:
Originally Posted by bullit
does anyone remember the club home farm fingal playing in the lower divisions ten years ago? I think Sporting is a great name for a club instead of eg in Germany 1860 Munich now how crap is that name?
In France they regularly name the clubs after the number of the Département, so you gets names like Grenoble Foot 38, and Le Mans Union Club 72.
Fingal's name is fine. The sort of people who'd be turned off the league by the name of one of the clubs, a club the odds are isn't even going to be their local one, are the same sort of people who'd be turned off because they didn't like the left back's haircut.
Hilarious
Why would you cringe, just because it doesn't sound the same as what the barstooles watch on Sky Sports, sheep like you make me cringe :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony Soprano
Sheep alone make me cringe !Quote:
Originally Posted by blueblood
""except it does sound weird. like calling it Athletic Fingal or Racing Fingal would sound weird.
Now he doesn't like ATHLETIC either, whats wrong with Fingal Athletic
Fingal Athletic sounds cool.
but I asked closet thing to a barstooler for their views on the name and they weren't sure but did agree fingal county would sound stupid
Maybe its the Fingal bit that sounds stupid to them Sporting County it should be:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kieran Burke
In no way should 'barstoolers' be the barometer we measure ourselves against
Why does it bother you so much ? I dont care what you think of it as this was raised 3 years ago so why didnt you mention it then ? SPORT IN FINGAL.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony Soprano
Fingal Athletic would be perfect
would cover the multisport angle too
as for barstoolers attracting more of them to games is crucial to the league's development. we should be trying to present neutrals and barstoolers with a product that looks professional, credible and well run, not mickey mouse, small time and amateurish. Sponsors like Pat Grace's Famous Fried Chicken and Hunky Dorys and names like Sporting Fingal harm the image of the league
going back to my original post I would be interested if anyone has any info regarding how this name was chosen, what other names (if any) were considered
1. There are far worse sponsors names in the world - like Beate Uhse, as one Regionalliga Sud team foound out - silly point altogether.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony Soprano
2. Maybe it's that you're wumming so much or it's too late in the evening, but it's already been explained why it was chosen, go back to the 2nd page and please ask your folks to up the dosage of calpol :)
Remind me which aspect of sponsorship you consider amateurish? God forbid a club would attempt to develop itself by, I don't know, adopting a distinctive name and attracting sponsorship money.
Your idea of "professional, credible and well run" appears to be slavish imitation of England.
I understand this is why the English premier League conspired to relegate Leicester and their "awful" walkers arena. Pat Grace hasn't sponsored the league in 25 years, so no new fan could use that excuseQuote:
Originally Posted by Tony Soprano
Seriously, your arguments are pathetic
Obviously Home Farm should be banned from the league on account of their agricultural imagery - surely not the kind of thing we should be trying to promote in a professional league? St. Patrick's Athletic will need to be dissolved on account of the religious element, however they will be able to continue as "Inchicore Athletic" as that is an approved term. Bohemians will need to make some changes as we don't allow any of that "European" nonsense in our league.
This would be so much easier if the clubs would just embrace the change and name themselves things like Stoke City and Manchester United.
Here now, Stoke are the second oldest professional club in the world! The other teams are the cheap imitations, Leicester and Cardiff and the like!Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
The only problem is that we don't have a Stoke in Ireland. Perhaps we could persuade Galway to "rebrand" as Stoke - I mean what tourist is going to take it seriously as a professional city with a name like "Galway"? Best just give a nice snappy name that we know has worked in the past.
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Monaghan have it spot on!! Great way to promote the league!! Now what to do with the rest of us!! I suppose we could change to Watford! It looks similar. Cork..hmm York.. etc etc . it's to late to go on taking the **** out of this thread.
"Join the winning team"
Does that mean they'll be Chelsea next season?
Maybe Pats can find a way around it - Inchicore S.P. Athletic, er, actually, drop the S.P.
i dont like the name fingal, think thats the problem.....dont see any problem calling the team sporting. maybe FC Sporting Fingal sounds better.
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Originally Posted by Tony Soprano
I agree , DUFC should have told hunky dory to stick there money and all the publicity that came with it .How dare they sponsor a loi club . Good lord the comments on here get more weird by the week .
Never liked the idea of just startin up a new team in the league of ireland especially in dublin. The name is fine in itself its just that the club has no history to call apon and therefore will never build a large following. It just all seems pointless and a waste of time to be honest. Cant see the club lasting for much longer ala.. dublin city.
If there was a need for a new dublin club (which i would question) why wasn't a team such as drumcondra fc revived? Good history, ready made ground (tolka), and a finacial backer and supporter in bertie.
After tonight its more popular than Bohemian fc