I'm more intrigued as to why Termonbarry wiki page and 'Monkey knife fight' are two of the open tabs there.
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I'm more intrigued as to why Termonbarry wiki page and 'Monkey knife fight' are two of the open tabs there.
You missed Xano and the Purple Onion :)Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
I'm more intrigued as to why you didn't link the two.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
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Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Maybe they're all linked. Maybe there's something big going down in Termonbarry. Maybe there's some sort of monkey named Xano being trained for monkey knife fights in the Purple Onion Art Gallery.
Everyone knows, after all, there's not a huge amount of money to be made in running an art gallery.
The normal rules of economics don't apply in Termonbarry - you know that.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Economics? What's that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Don't worry, it's never been used in the League of Ireland.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B76k-9fIIAAZqpi.jpg
Greater percentage of Manchester United shirts are sold in Dublin than in Manchester.
I found the 4.55% in Liverpool more disturbing!!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
Seems it's not just Manchester United where this applies..
http://balls.ie/football/several-pre...d-home-cities/
That seems to just be sports direct sales. It's not taking into account amount of Clubs shirts bought in the clubs own shops. I'm sure if they were added it it would make a huge difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bosco
For example the Man U Meagastore at the stadium I would image sells hundreds of jerseys at nearly every match.
Yeah I only copped that after I posted it. Would make sense given the general availability of Villa shirts. Another fascinating bit of journalism from Balls.
TBH those stats look well silly, wouldnt trust them. Fijnaart in holland, a town of 5,500 people , 3rd for Man city jerseys?? yeah right
I the warehouse where gear for that region is shipped from is in Fijnaart.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
With the premiership coming to Friday nights, is it possible for the FAI to ban the showing of football from another association on Irish T.V, just like the rule that the english F.A have on La liga Football, when its not allowed to be shown between 2.15 and 5.15 on a Saturday
Have you got more info on this English "rule"? Is it in law or what?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiki Balboa
Anyway, banning certain content from being beemed onto people's televisions isn't the solution. Depriving people of choice would only breed discontent. It's about convincing them; not coercing them.
Its do-able, but not actually workable. The games would still be shown on Sky Sports in the UK and the workaround would be so easy that it'd be pointless.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiki Balboa
Not to mention the bad PR the FAI would get for denying Irish fans choice (and they would get bad PR). Best the LOI could hope for is a bit of compensation like the Original early 90s sky deal. Even that is unlikely seeing as Sky has shown plenty of live games on Friday nights in the past
Bit of info here in an article last October about why coverage of Real v Barca on Sky Sports started at 5:15 - 15 minutes after kick off (by which time the score was already 1-0)Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Ah, yes, that one. That broadcasting law prohibits the showing of any live football (including English football) between 2:45 and 5:15 on a Saturday; it doesn't apply specifically to La Liga or foreign football.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I think such a law/provision/whatever would be a spectacular own goal for the LOI's reputation. Not that it really matters anyway.
I don't think this will have any significant impact. With the length of our off season we won't be affected for 4 months of their season. Add that to the fact that most of the Friday games will involve middle to lower teams as the better teams will be playing European games on Tues/Weds/Thurs and won't be playing games on a Friday.
It will just be another excuse for the people who really aren't bothered about attending LoI games anyway.
Slightly more info can be found in the wiki article 'English Football on Television'Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
I remember seeing something, possibly from uefa, listing the various 'closed times' by association. As the quote in the article indicates that 10 of 22 associations used them. If memory serves Northern Ireland were on that list, having the same times as England, Scotland and Wales (makes sense otherwise Sky would be able to broadcast live 3pm in parts of the uk), but this is contrary to the quote.
I've tried various search terms but have been unable to anything like that list.
Of course that ruling is from the 2011 case. So it's possible that these 'closed times' no longer have a mandate from uefa, or some such guff.
Interesting article here, on the outcome of that case - claims that among other things the 'blackout' is now de facto across europe
And the EPL TV rights from 2016-17 have increased by an incredible 70%. Whoever finishes bottom of the EPL in 2017 will trouser in the region of GBP90-100m in television money alone, before selling a single ticket or jersey. Realistically Barca and Real are the only clubs who'll be able to compete (financially) with the likes of Hull.
If that was ever attempted, an army of Maxi type characters would descend upon Abbottstown.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiki Balboa
Let's have a whip around for petrol....Quote:
Originally Posted by gufcfan
Petrol wasnt the problem last time, it was having too short a ladder....Quote:
Originally Posted by seand
There's a tweet doing the rounds (sorry, I don't know how to link to such thing!).... you've probably seen the image at some stage, the text is "Don't Let Your Kids Grow Up Thinking Football is a Television Show". Healthy sentiments all League of Ireland and match-going fans would agree with. The originator of the tweet? The Dublin Arsenal Supporters Club. Sometimes you couldn't make this sh1t up.
Saw that yeah. Here's a link: https://twitter.com/brianheneghan/st...54030101823489
PS you can get to an individual tweet and its link if you click on the time/date to the right of the username.
I think the funniest thing is they got so embarrassed they changed their name to Dublin Arsenal on twitter and deleted the tweet.
Got better tonight with the Editor of "World Soccer" trying to sound informed while informing Drivetime that Ireland had "recently" changed to a Summer season. This while reading the nonsense on RTE under Dunphy!
The tweet I saw (cheers dodge!) had also attached a tweet where they gave the upcoming TV matches.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Bizarrely, Bertie Ahern contributed this to a St. Pat's programme in 1994, shortly before he became leader of Fianna Fáil:
http://balls.ie/wp-content/uploads/2...supersaint.jpghttp://balls.ie/wp-content/uploads/2...upersaint2.jpg
Why on earth was Bertie Ahern allowed (asked?) to write two pages on his love for Manchester United in a St. Pat's programme?
Ah now. Bertie did a hell of a lot worse things then that that people should have pulled him up over.
The use of caps is quite funny; it's like he's trying to introduce us to a little known team that he discovered!
UNITED blah blah blah UNITED blah blah blah
Ad nauseam.
Irish people criticising England fans for being boring sh!tes and not doing a mexican wave at their away fixture vs Italy, before launching into a defensive about how it's okay to support English club football because "It may be an English league, but how many English players play in it?".
Logic.
The league lacks a national vibrancy despite all the main cities being in the Premier Division. People in predominantly gaelic football counties will know more about what's going on in the hurling leagues than in the league of ireland.
In hurling, Kerry can play away at their level in Division 2A and the Christy Ring Cup. The LoI family throw out the GAA county mentality comment but if a club hasn't a connection with an area, they are unlikely to gain any support.
I haven't read the whole thread but I must do. Seems interesting.
Anyway, I was having a chat with a mate of my about the EPL. It was about this new TV deal. I was saying how sad it is that we won't see another Notts. Forest rise up through from the Div.2 to win a European Cup or a club like Ajax because of the money in the game. He response was 'True, but don't you want to see the best players staying in our and the best coming over?' It took me a second to realize he meant the EPL. This was from a man who is a so-called die hard Ireland fan.:mad:
My sister-in-law is always have a go at my brother and me for going to see Bohs or our local team Glebe North play. She doesn't understand how people can watch that rubbish. It's the same when Jordan Henderson and Darren Bent were with Sunderland and I'd cheer for England because I'm happy for them and I cheer for them every week so why not now. I even said I'd cheer for a Bohs player (or any LoI player) who made it in to an England team. But then I got the standard response.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Just for the record, I've no problem with people following English football, it's the Sky generation I have a problem with.
Good to see we're finally on the way to a United Ireland.
United behind Liverpool I mean, not United behind United.