Do you follow a foreign club?

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20/08/2009, 12:51 PM
steno

Liverpool they were the first team I saw on the tv as a kid
20/08/2009, 12:56 PM
Da Real Rover

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Originally Posted by steno

Liverpool they were the first team I saw on the tv as a kid

Were they not playing someone else on telly?
20/08/2009, 12:59 PM
PartySaint

Teams i look out for- Fiorentina, Barcelona,Athletic Bilbao, NAC Breda,Hertha Berlin and Banfield(Argentina)

Dont really mind what score their matches finish just like to see how they are all doing
20/08/2009, 1:07 PM
dcfcsteve

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Originally Posted by steno

Liverpool they were the first team I saw on the tv as a kid

I do love the intricate sense of identity, passion and heritage that goes into Irish people's choice of which foreign football club to follow.

Did they happen to have a nicer jersey than the other team they were playing that day.....? :)

What was the first international football team you saw on TV by the way ? I'd be fairtly confident it wasn't Ireland.
20/08/2009, 1:07 PM
R�iteoir

Bilbao vs. Troms� is being streamed live online by Basque TV tonight:

http://www.eitb.com/reproductores/po...cios&idioma=es
20/08/2009, 1:15 PM
fionnsci

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

What was the first international football team you saw on TV by the way ? I'd be fairtly confident it wasn't Ireland.

Ireland.

My brother told me that my dad was there to which i replied "which colour is he playing in?"
20/08/2009, 1:41 PM
dcfcsteve

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Originally Posted by fionnsci

Ireland.

My brother told me that my dad was there to which i replied "which colour is he playing in?"

Are you Steno.....? :confused:
20/08/2009, 2:58 PM
SkStu

the randomness of some of these second teams just shows what a weird bunch we are...

"Im a die-hard Liverpool fan through and through. Been to Anfield once too in 91. You follow Bohs? Thats weird man..."

"Yeah, i folly Bohs alright but i look out for FC Katmandu, 1.FC Wiggles and Hergeeflurgee from Norway"
20/08/2009, 3:03 PM
GalwayRed

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Originally Posted by SkStu

the randomness of some of these second teams just shows what a weird bunch we are...

"Im a die-hard Liverpool fan through and through. Been to Anfield once too in 91. You follow Bohs? Thats weird man..."

"Yeah, i folly Bohs alright but i look out for FC Katmandu, 1.FC Wiggles and Hergeeflurgee from Norway"

At this point i should also mention i keep an eye out for Kidderminster Harriers results:) Went to see them a few times when I was younger including seeing them throw away a 4-0 half time lead once.
20/08/2009, 3:11 PM
peterc1992

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Originally Posted by fionnsci

ARGH! MOTD spoiler!

Soft spot for Tottenham Hotspur.

Glory hunter!!:p:p:p:

ONly joking,they looking very good this season,Will ifnish ahead of man city and will prob sneak 4th if the top 4 hav a bad season..

Im a liverpool fan,more a liverpool fan than a league of ireland supporter.JUst the wya i feel,father brought me up as a liverpool fan rather than being hardcre athlone and i started to go dwn to town matches and had a interest.Go down everyweek though hoping we do well.But if be more upset if liverpool lost than if Athlone lost to longford! IL probably get stick for this,ah well
20/08/2009, 3:18 PM
A face

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Originally Posted by peadar1987

Time to be honest! Is there a foreign club you follow?

No, just City .... and thats enough in itself ;)
20/08/2009, 3:29 PM
steno

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Originally Posted by Da Real Rover

Were they not playing someone else on telly?

:o

well they won most of the time as well and I was three.
20/08/2009, 3:30 PM
fionnsci

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Are you Steno.....? :confused:

Don't really understand, sorry.....

I would have thought that my username would give my name away!
20/08/2009, 3:34 PM
steno

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

I do love the intricate sense of identity, passion and heritage that goes into Irish people's choice of which foreign football club to follow.

Did they happen to have a nicer jersey than the other team they were playing that day.....? :)

What was the first international football team you saw on TV by the way ? I'd be fairtly confident it wasn't Ireland.

well I was three they were on the Tv and they won. I can't remember who they were playing, hows that?

calm down
20/08/2009, 3:37 PM
steno

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Are you Steno.....? :confused:

Have I got a pick on me sign around my neck steve or have I missed the point, should I get my coat and hail a taxi? :confused:

Some one started a thread on which foreign football team do you follow and I said Liverpool saw them on tv when I was three, get over it.
20/08/2009, 3:37 PM
First

Sligo Rovers, they are far enough from me to be classed as foreign.

Across the water, Everton.
In mainland Europe, Barcelona
20/08/2009, 4:11 PM
ger121

Liverpool but certainly wasn't cheering for them the other night when we played them.
20/08/2009, 4:12 PM
ped_ped

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Originally Posted by ger121

Liverpool but certainly wasn't cheering for them the other night when we played them.

Oh come on, that wasn't Liverpool! ;)
20/08/2009, 4:20 PM
dcfcsteve

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Originally Posted by steno

Have I got a pick on me sign around my neck steve or have I missed the point, should I get my coat and hail a taxi? :confused:

Are you Fionnsci......? :p

What is it with people answering posts addressed to other people.... ? :)
20/08/2009, 4:20 PM
SkStu

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Originally Posted by ped_ped

Oh come on, that wasn't Liverpool! ;)

agreed but try telling that to the 6-7000 or so Irish people in Liverpool jerseys who were there... Happy days! :D

(it wasnt really Bohemians either!)
20/08/2009, 4:28 PM
bluewhitearmy

Big leeds fan make it to a lot games but only when loi season is over. Dont come anywhere near limerick though.
20/08/2009, 4:33 PM
ped_ped

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Originally Posted by SkStu

(it wasnt really Bohemians either!)

Was about to include that too :D

The Irish Independent got it right when they said anyone cheering the schoolboys in Liverpool jerseys was supporting a brand, not a team.

At least the Bohs reserves have the same hook that's supposed to bring in crowds to the first team games - they're local.
20/08/2009, 5:45 PM
Poor Student

I support Celtic. Also like Olimpija Ljubljana.
20/08/2009, 6:02 PM
stann

Liverpool as well, like many on here they were my first love from way back, have very, very vague memories of the 1974 Cup final.
Also kind of follow Inter (from a good way back, not so much now) and New England, and have a gr� for a couple more teams from here and abroad for various reasons.
20/08/2009, 6:08 PM
exiled_gufc_fan

Now being in the UK for 8 years, I have been attending games at some of the clubs near where I have lived - so I suppose you could say I 'follow' them to a degree.

Previously: Bournemouth, Colchester United

Current: Daggenham & Redbridge, Leyton Orient.

Apart from the O's all are having pretty decent starts to the season!

Also been to see Southend, QPR and Arsenal although the former I can honestly say I only look out for the results to slag off a colleague :D
20/08/2009, 6:08 PM
GlasnevinRed

Steaua Bucharest...
20/08/2009, 6:27 PM
Mental Man

As i now have moved to Seattle,USA i am hooked on the MLS so i have been following the Seattle Sounders FC.
They have the highest attendance in the whole MLS, they are getting over 30,000 for every home game and Fredy Ljunberg is a hit with the locals. Keep an eye out for a young columbian by the name of Fredy Montero, he will be playing somewhere in Europe next year, top class.
20/08/2009, 6:41 PM
sullanefc

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Originally Posted by Magicme

Ha ha! As if! They won the Premiership the day of her 90th birthday party and she had us tortured running from the hotel ballroom to the bar to check how the matches were going and was the happiest woman alive when Man Utd could only draw.

JCL!!! :rolleyes: :D

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Originally Posted by passinginterest

I'd also have a soft spot for AC Milan, Marco Van Basten take a bow, I was a sucker for a good volleyed goal as an impressioanble 4 or 5 year old.

My favourite player of all time. Loved watching him and Milan on the Monday night highlights on Network 2. But as soon as he retired I lost interest in Milan.

Just to add something to my post above. My passion for Spurs really took a nose dive when I travelled from Cork to Dalymount to watch them play Bohs 6-7 years ago. They put out a strong team, but put in one of the most inept and gutless displays ever, and got hammered 3-0.

I was already a massive CCFC fan at the time, but that performance reinforced my belief in the quality of LOI football.
20/08/2009, 6:42 PM
pixiehead

In a word...............NO
20/08/2009, 6:42 PM
pixiehead

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Originally Posted by GlasnevinRed

Steaua Bucharest...

Jealous :rolleyes:
20/08/2009, 6:45 PM
LondonRover

QPR. When I moved to London aged 10 they were my local team so I've followed them ever since (in 30s now). Sligo Rovers since birth though due to birthplace and family (at least 4 generations of Rovers fans now).
One good thing about summer LOI is that I can get home to more Rovers games nowadays!
20/08/2009, 6:49 PM
GlasnevinRed

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Originally Posted by pixiehead

Jealous :rolleyes:

Nope, just don't like seeing rival teams win. Unlike most people.:rolleyes:
20/08/2009, 6:53 PM
GlasnevinRed

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Originally Posted by Dunny

2-0.....

Think you're in the wrong thread there Dunny:D
20/08/2009, 6:58 PM
KianD

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., although after Tuesdays result, I'd prefer if I didn't!
21/08/2009, 7:32 AM
Fivesilver

Big fan of Peruvian side Deportivo Wanka, SMEG FC in the Chinese Superleague, and of course perennial South African also-rans Dangerous Darkies.
21/08/2009, 8:44 AM
steno

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Are you Fionnsci......? :p

What is it with people answering posts addressed to other people.... ? :)

Wouldn't a pm be more appropiate if thats the case then?:)

probably should have pmed you instead of posting....
21/08/2009, 11:02 AM
marinobohs

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Originally Posted by ped_ped

Oh come on, that wasn't Liverpool! ;)

Actually it wasn't bohs either as we had a certain game on Tuesday night (eh, I don't think it has been mentioned anywhere on Foot.ie :)) one of the biggest crowds of the season to see Liverpool Youths V Bohs U21 side ! What a "soccer" loving nation we are....
21/08/2009, 11:08 AM
HammerNThongs

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Originally Posted by Mental Man

As i now have moved to Seattle,USA i am hooked on the MLS so i have been following the Seattle Sounders FC.
They have the highest attendance in the whole MLS, they are getting over 30,000 for every home game and Fredy Ljunberg is a hit with the locals. Keep an eye out for a young columbian by the name of Fredy Montero, he will be playing somewhere in Europe next year, top class.

I'm an Aston Villa fan so have been following that with one eye seeing how Juan Pablo Angel has been getting on. Last season was class...this season, not so much. The Sounders look good though. Montero is a quality player. Jaque and Le Toux are impressive as well.

Also like AC Milan
21/08/2009, 11:35 AM
dcfcsteve

I like Young Boys.......!
21/08/2009, 11:39 AM
Terry-Lander

Celta Vigo

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