This has been said many times during the Stephen Kenny period.
Dundalk had the identical number of points at this stage last season.
Time will tell
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Good luck with that. Most clubs have their share of teenagers who have yet to grow up and fancy themselves as the centre of attention.
However, Rovers are the only club with 50 year old who behave as utter scumbags. The club seem to tolerate them.
It is what sets Shamrock Rovers apart from everyone else.
Kenny Signed a lot of them and is also meant to be the one getting the most from all players. We are massively under performing and thats down to the spoofer Kenny. It was a bit move to give him the job, its time to correct it ASAP. Still plenty of points to play for if we can get a decent manager in.
Kenny is in way over his head and clueless.
Derry drew 2-2 in Oriel Park last year too, came from behind twice. They were 3-0 down here last season in the second game and came back to 3-2 when Dundalk fell asleep. It's a bit unfair on Perth to say it wouldn't have happened under Kenny.
Duffy was terrible for the first goal and cost us 2 points.
Bohs brought more to The Showgrounds this season and there’s never been any trouble with them when they come to town that I can recall
Dundalk have been very progressive on the banning of supporters.
A softly-softly approach was employed at 1st with so called banned fans allowed to sit in the main stand "under supervision" - didn't workout properly.After sometime,the supervision was relaxed and the same banned supporters were able to return the shed :( no photos of them were available to people at turnstiles/controlled entry points)
Not good enough.
Following a supporter breach incident v Cork Dundalk issued 3 & 2 year banning notices to 16 scumbags with the message -,do not come to Oriel or anywhere near or you'll be arrested.
The scumbag level here has dropped all of a sudden!
Be interesting to find out the last time Bohs,Shels,Pats,Rovers and UCD lost on the same weekend?!
Check out Keith Cowans pass for Harps first goal,Jack Byrne or Keith Ward played it they'd be creaming over it!
Think it's good for the League. We all want a competitive League where every match has an element of unpredictability.
Delighted to see Harps get a win (no offence to UCD). It has been a tough season for their fans and they deserve to enjoy this result.
All to play for.
The law is not sufficient to deter these type of idiots.All clubs should ban anyone charged with offences like this and photos etc supplied to clubs for 'away' games to ensure they do not gain admittance. I appreciate that clubs don't like 'turning away money' but in the longer term the game would be better for it. Nobody wants their kids looking at these clowns and they deter many times more than they encourage.
I dont think there is a specific laws to charge idiots that run on to a pitch for example? Im sure there are laws that could be made fit if Gardai were willing though. I vaguely remember a chap running across the pitch in Oriel from The Shed side to just in front of Drogheda fans. He was caught and chucked out but Gardaí stated after that it was an internal matter for the club to deal with, mentioning that it happened on 'private property' so not a civil issue. Didnt make a whole lot of sense to me - ok he was caught before he got close enough to try and thump someone but if he had managed to, being on private property wouldnt have meant he couldnt be charged! Drunk in a public place, incitement etc he surely could have been charged with!? Maybe laws have changed or Gardaí are not quite as lax in attitude but there should be something more than a club ban to discourage muppets from being muppets....
As far as I am aware there is no specific law that deals with invading a sporting pitch during an event. You would say trespassing maybe, but in Ireland I think that only applies to homes and farmland. The Public Order Act also covers public events, but it's more in terms of stopping people from entering them when intoxicated, etc.
The muppet who ran on the pitch in Tallaght against (i think Sligo) having taken his top off and enjoyed being chased by stewards was hauled in front of a judge, i read it in a newspaper which i can't find with a quick google now unfortunately.
I didnt see what his sentence was but the guards did prosecute so if they want to they can.