Ya but your only gonna fit so any people up against that wall before the view gets obscured ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ceirtlis
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Ya but your only gonna fit so any people up against that wall before the view gets obscured ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ceirtlis
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Originally Posted by PAURO 7
It's a common misconception that Schalke 04 were founded in 1904 - in fact 0-4 was the result of their first match!
Nice one the Lim lads, a cool and innovative name [by Irish standards] that already has people talking about the team.
Is there an official website for Limerick 37 yet??
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Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Def like the quirkiness of Limerick 37. They couldn't go down the road of calling the club Limerick United or Limerick City again.
When a previous regime took over at Galway United a few years ago, they considered changing the name of the club but met with massive opposition.
I actually liked the idea of the club changing it's name to Gaillimh Aointaithe (that's Irish for Galway United) but they settled for including the word Gaillimh in the new crest and retaining the name. :)
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Really - because they were also formed in 1904. What a coincidence.Quote:
Originally Posted by JC_GUFC
This is from the club website. No mention of a 0-4 defeat anywhere.:rolleyes:
On 4 May 1904 a group of 14 and 15-year-old boys founded a football club they called Westfalia Schalke. To gain admission to organised club competition, the club merged with a gymnastics club known as Turnverein 1877 Schalke eight years later. But in 1924 the footballers parted company with the gymnasts and adopted the name FC Schalke 04, changing the club colors from red and yellow to blue and white in the process.
By the way - they also wear blue and white. They have got to be our new German sister club. Our uber-right wing supporters will be more than happy. :)
You got a bite JC! Reel him in quick!!Quote:
Originally Posted by LFC in Exile
Will Limerick37 definitely wear blue and white?Quote:
Originally Posted by LFC in Exile
Yes we will.Quote:
Originally Posted by BohsPartisan
I dunno, lot of left wing tradirion in Gelsenkirchen, might not go down too well ;) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by LFC in Exile
As pro-Gaeilge as I am, that's a daft idea really !Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddyfield
Firstly - you might have received a warmer reception had you spelt it properly. There's only one 'i' in Aonthaithe... :o :D
Secondly - as much as I hate to say it, you'd actually alienate people with a name like that formally in Irish, and you wouldn't really gain any fans for doing it (Gaelgors tend to be much more GAA than football). Can you imagine anyone really going around and saying in English "yeah - I support Aointaithe Gaillimhe FC' !?! Even less likely - can you imagone anyone chanting it ?? It's just be the usual token gesture - name as Gaeilge, everyone referring to them still as Galway United. Even the GAA don't push the county names in Irish as much as they could - just the usual token measures, such as scoreboards and programme cover.
Though in fairness - Galway are the most pro-Irish of our clubs (not that the competition is particularly stiff though...!).
its we now? christ the rats jump ship pretty quicklyQuote:
Originally Posted by LFC in Exile
we always sing "cathar chorcaí" when on Tg4 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
More tokenism...... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
And more unforgivable school-boy spelling errors. It's 'Cathair Corcaigh' or 'Chorcai'.... :o
The irony of it all......
actually i should have said "i sing cathar chorcai", as i just make the noises with the crowd, i have no intrest in knowing a backwards dead language for the sake of perpetuating some sort of patriotic myth.Quote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
Well that'll teach you not to talk big about the Gaelic credentials of Cork fans then..... :pQuote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
Thank God for that ! I suspect the language is all the better without the tokenistic faux-patronage of narrow-minded bafoons...Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
As for your wharped notion of "perpetuating some sort of patricotic myth" - how's about learning it for it's own intrinsic cultural and historical value, and for the key it gives to the way the Irish describe, view and encapture the world around them - even to this day ? A discussion for another thread, I suspect. Meanwhile - you may want to point out to the EU that the Irish language is dead... :rolleyes:
i wish we were allowed to do it democratically, im sure people wouldnt be pleased €3,000,000 a year goes to translation every EU document for the sake of a couple of thousand people availing of housing grants.Quote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
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Originally Posted by GavinZac
Sigh.
Another one of the gigantic Rebel Army talking about something he hasn't a clue about
well in fairness the club that he has in his avatar and username is still in existance and he's going about calling some featureless, storyless, charmless consortium "we"Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Tis a good thing for your lot that all the rats jumped off the sinking Cork Alberts/United and Cork Hibs ships.Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
I'll grant you though it took ye a few years to get the act together down there :rolleyes:
they're still about are they? :confused: even if city were stuck in the **** ploughing along in div1 and someone set up another club here, i wouldnt instantly be calling them "us".Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Jaysus pedantic, twas a slip of the tongue manQuote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
Limerick F.C will never be allowed play in the first division with Danny Drew at the helm and no one else wants the gig.........FACT as people around here are so fond of saying
What would you have football fans in Limerick do??
Do you suggest we take a break from league football ala Cork for a couple of years just to make sure Limerick F.C are well and truly killed off??
No, you'd wait a couple of weeks before switching to the shiny premier team. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
Get a life Gavin, its a figure of speech. And by the way, Limerick FC don't exist anymore. Unless there is such a thing as a football club that isn't part of any league. As for the avatar - jaysus wept.....
the truth of the matter is that Limerick FC are still Limerick's football club and if people got their acts together they wouldnt need to jump from club to club
How so??Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
Where do they play??
What league are they in??
Whats the squad like this season??
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Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Dont be so quick to dance on their grave.
I think Gavin Zac has a point, as I for one, while I will support the new team as they will (presumably) be the Limerick representative, I do feel that the old team are "our" team, in a way Limerick 37 are not.
they are homeless, like a few eircom league teams.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
the currently have not been awarded an eircom league license; but apparantly there is support in the city from the people and business to get one*, if things were done right that license would go to LFC rather than some piece of paper team.
i have no idea what the squad is like but i bet its as good as the premier division champion's.
"til i die"
*this is the main difference between the deaths of Hibs/Celtic in cork and limerick here - the reason for the lay off with no club is that there wasnt people or business willing to support a club in cork at the time.
If were going to turn this thread into spelling class....theres only one h in aontaithe :oQuote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
I didnt like the idea of changing name at the time and i still dont like it but I dont think it was daft. Terryland park is the only LOI ground in the Gaeltacht. Most junior clubs in the Connemara Gaeltacht have Irish names (Mac Dara, Na Forbacha etc.)
Galway United have a large following from the Gaeltacht and its not unusual to hear the referee being referred to as an amadán or worse. Galway United have always tried to promote the use of Irish. This should be applauded not sneered at and referred to as tokenism.
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Originally Posted by osarusan
I said it to one of the lads just this morning if Limerick F.C. were by some miracle to make it into the league, it's them I'd follow not the new crowd
But..........
Anyone got any answers for my questions above??
Thought not.
Also the plan was (and AFAIK still is) to amalgamate Limerick F.C. into the new group but imho the problem is the FAI won't allow a club in the league where Danny Drew has a seat on the board
Don't know what you are talking about and you've just proved it there mateQuote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
which part? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
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Originally Posted by GavinZac
That part ;)Quote:
but apparantly there is support in the city from the people and business to get one
well Limerick 37 seem to be doing an alright job of itQuote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Because they are not Limerick FC, with D. Drew at the helm. There may be support in the city for a club, which Limerick 37 have tapped into, but there isn't much support for Limerick FC.Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
Apologies for the extra 'h' in Aontaithe...! :oQuote:
Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon
I'm sorry - but giving GUFC a name in Irish, when everyone would still refer to them as Galway United FC, would be tokenism. No better that the 'cupla focal' tokenism that governments, the GAA and the nation as a whole have repeatedly served-up to ease their conscience. Pointing that out is being realistic, not sneering.
I'd love to see a team 'as Gaeilge' in the league. But if the fans etc were just going to ignore it, what would be the point ? The Irish language has suffered with those sort of sops for far too long, and they do nothing to genuinely benefit the language's position within the country.
so why isnt there a concerted effort to remove him? or to at least create some sort of compromise?Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
Because he owns the company that owns the club. Easier to start afresh.Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
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Originally Posted by GavinZac
you are right, but it is pretty obvious from his actions over the season that he is not one to compromise. When you are somebody like Malcolm X, that is a good thing, but for Danny Drew, not so much......
I would question loyalty when at the time of most trouble, people take the path of least resistance.Quote:
Originally Posted by LFC in Exile
Sure, maybe he's impossible to work with. Buy him out - how much good can he get from owning a club without a league. The FAI are in the position of power here, and therefore so are people wanting to take control of the club. I really hope thats all that Limerick 37 ever amount to - the threat of viability that forced your owner to face reality.
Thats effectively whats happening.Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
Gavin, your really starting to get on people's wicks now - particularly calling into question the loyalty of fans of a club that has been struggling for well over a decade and has retained a very loyal, hard core support. It is easy to be so black and white from your vantage point at the Cross. Of course loyalty is not an issue with Cork supporters - amazing how success creates so much instant loyalty. :ball:
Limerick FC - Football entity owned by one man who has managed to alienate the support base, junior football, the national football federation and the freeholder of a potential football ground. He has no licence to enter his football team into the league, has little prospect of getting one and instead of appointing a coach with UEFA badges to manage the side he has decided to do himself.
Limerick 37 - Football entity made up of various stakeholders of Limerick football. Junior Football, schoolboy football, ladies football etc. They have a ground, are actively seeking a recognised manager, have promised to put a representive of the supporters club on the board, are seeking a licence in order to enter the league and have good prospects of getting one.
I know where my loyalties lie. If that makes me a jumping rat then I am one with a smile on my face. FFS there are millions of Irish people who support clubs in a foreign country and don't give a damn about Irish domestic football. Anyone questioning people's loyalty with regard to keeping a side involved in the League of Ireland from their city or region has some complex issues going on in their head.