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Don't give me the 'you had to be there to know what happened' line.... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Man
If you think the unfortunate incidents that befell Leeds supporters in Istanbul had nothing to do with the fact they were either a) Leeds fans, or b) English football fans, then you may as well not have been there for all you understood of it. Reputations preceeded, and all that...
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by sullanefc
Used to be a Manchester United fan until I was about 12, fell and smacked my head off the ground during PE in school. Knocked some sense into me.
Sligo Rovers are first and always will be. Hamburg SV second.
Always a Spurs fan but I try to watch live football where ever I am, I used to go to Mels when I was at the RTC (neither today nor yesterday) when I moved to London became a proper Spurs fan, season ticket and all that but left London in 2002 so have only been occasional since, also occasional to regular at Kettering Town for a couple of years while I lived close to them. Seeing them winning the Conference North was a great day in my football watching memory;
I'm fortunate to have lived in a few different places, so I've seen and mildly supported South Melbourne when I lived in Oz & Ajax Cape Town since I've lived here.
Used to be a Manchester United fan as much as a Sligo Rovers fan but it just kinda faded over the last decade , now I don't really care how they do.
I like to see Sampdoria and Atletico do well but that's about it
I'd be a big Liverpool fan aswell since I was a kid and have been over to see them a few times but Sligo Rovers would always be first. I once had a bit of a row about this with a friends cousin who supports Arsenal and would not really follow the LOI. He could not understand how I could be serious when I said that if I had to trade I'd rather Rovers to win the League or FAI Cup than Liverpool winning the Champions League!!
I'd also have a soft spot for Barcelona and believe it or not Melbourne Victory!
Hibernian F.C.
I have followed Man United in the premiership since i was very small,mainly just my tv team really.
I would never follow them with the same love and dedication that i support Cork City.
Like most people on here that live outside league of Ireland strong holds I supported an English team growing up, it was Liverpool for me, I blame Ronnie Whelan. As I've taken more of an interest in League of Ireland and realised how ridiculous it is to say you support a team you have no intention of ever seeing live their results have come to mean less and less to me. 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.
As we're also naming the teams we look out for the results of - I also look out for results of Kickers Offenbach in Germany, Djurgårdens in Sweden, FC København in Denmark, Athletic Bilbao and HibsQuote:
Originally Posted by Réiteoir
1.FC Nürnberg (german league has the best atmosphere in europe - bring back terracing) & Athletic Bilbao.
A noble sentiment alright. Though it might be leaning a bit toward the tired tradition of viewing support for your local club as a charitable work and obligatory undertaking. These days it's more about entertainment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrufil
Well you're into a much broader social hangover there that has manifested itself in many ways in the past and in ways that go far beyond supporting cross channel football clubs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrufil
For example -we traditionally don't celebrate our artists, actors, musicians and bands UNLESS they've been embraced first by the outside world -and let's face it that means Britain primarily. Long before Glen Hansard won a gong I used say that while I wasn't a fan of the Frames as such -their popularity here in Ireland was a good thing in itself as it represented a rarely seen maturity that allowed Irish people embrace a band that weren't especially successful anywhere else but Ireland. Same can actually be said for the likes of Aslan (spits) and Jerry Fish.
I agree with you we're not much of a Republic. We have a deeply ingrained yet at times unspoken class system in this country and we re-enforce it with a generally poor social contract. I'd imagine for example that marriage between persons of different social strata/income groups/background is even more rare here than elsewhere in the western world.
We'd love a royal family and have been struggling to create one since we went solo.
Sorry if I've gone off on a bit of a John Waters but I did at least avoid use of the word 'Zeitgeist'. Aw crap.
But the football thing ...it's primarily about entertainment. I love going to watch Limerick and the craic and the banter. Though I've not managed it in a while -I also love going to watch Leeds United at Elland Road. It's just a different football experience. Not neccessarily better -just different to the football experience I have here in the LoI.
They started it.:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Scrufil
Would that be the same 'foreign interference' that 'introduced' 'foreign games' to Anglicise us? The Gah Museum is a good place to kill an hour but I'd suggest it's a poor source of historical information.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrufil
You'd love where I work. They've a thing called 'County Colours Partys'. You can guess the rest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrufil
St Pauli, Marseille, Besiktas, St Etienne, Panathinaikos, Dynamo Kiev, Athletic Bilbao, Livorno - All teams I just look out for, but nobody comes close to Rovers.
Not at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
That is a new sentiment that has encroached itself on the consumerist football markets in the world.
But overwhelmingly in global football the local club is still the bedrock of footballing support, just not in the more affluent leagues.
AFC Wimbledon and non league in England. Not as a fan, but very interested in how strong some of these clubs are compared to ours, and really the clubs we should be trying to imitate.
England: Been a Tottenham follower since 1987. My enthusiasm for them has dropped though in the last decade since I started really going to Dundalk games and when I went to a game in 1997 and got hauled in by immigration
the rest I would generally look out for on league tables
Sampdoria: Dont know why could be Vialli and Mancini in the 90's
Barcelona: Something about them
Bayern Munich: don't know.
Family from Liverpool and fortunately they were of the red persuasion so have had many good days/nights at Anfield and would consider myself a Liverpool fan.
Still not cose to De Boez though, especially in recent years as the saccerine Premiership has diluted my interest in English football. Ony this week I was mortified at some of the "Liverpool fans" that showed up at Dalymount for a friendly (and Yes, I was sporting Bohs colours).
Interesting to contrast the plastic quiet "Prem" fans on Monday night with singing, cheering Dundalk fans on Tuesday night. As our PA on Tuesday put it "nice to see real fans watching real football" ;)
I supported the Villa all my life until the Youths came along. And while I would still look out for Villa’s scores, the Youths are firmly my number one team now.
I also look out for Barca, Hibs, East Stirling, Cardiff City & Forest Green Rovers (and Iceland, though they’re obviously not a club. Fabulous country, though).
Although not foreign, I'd be a bit of a fan of Institute, simply because they're from Derry. Would try and get along to their matches if they're playing in Belfast.
Like to see Bilbao do well, and, through my foreign friends, I end up looking out for the results of Everton, Southampton, Partick Thistle and Celta Vigo.
Lived In Huddersfield so I keep an eye on them (going up this year!. I spent some time in Argentina so I keep an eye on how Boca are doing (went to a few games over there..completely mental experience)