The Sunderland 'Craze'

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Originally Posted by robbiesdrogs

because this is ireland mate,i see you live in balbriggan dunno how long your there but have you ever seen the milestone of a weekend,crawling with liverpool celtic or united shirts,dont think id ever see any of them in united park

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why would someone in Dublin support a louth team?

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Originally Posted by bennocelt

i dont think there is anything moronic about following the progress of one of Irelans greatest football players, for many he is a legend. end of

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i find it hard to equate legend with a man that dresses as a leprechaun and runs around temple bar- good holding midfileder ( are we one of the few countries in the world where a player who stops others playing is a hero)- yes- traitor -yes- self important-yes- cork ****-yes

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Originally Posted by Fingal hoop

i find it hard to equate legend with a man that dresses as a leprechaun and runs around temple bar- good holding midfileder ( are we one of the few countries in the world where a player who stops others playing is a hero)- yes- traitor -yes- self important-yes- cork ****-yes

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World Cup 2002 qualifiers

Roy 1 Portugal 1

Roy 1 Holland 0

the stuff of legend

Well done, another thread that has descended into Keane the traitor vs Keane the saviour.

Give yourselves a big clap on the back :rolleyes:

:D

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Originally Posted by OneRedArmy

Give yourselves a big clap on the back :rolleyes:

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as apposed to a slap

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Originally Posted by OneRedArmy

Well done, another thread that has descended into Keane the traitor vs Keane the saviour.

Give yourselves a big clap on the back :rolleyes:

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Ah come on, it lasted 3 whole pages withiout going near it first!

We did have a nice little argument about who knows more about the Sunderland area between two people who have never met each other though :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by SunderlandBohs

dcfcsteve, before start bad mouthing me, understand where I'm coming from. I've family who live in the Sunderland area. My Grandfather & Dad have been travelling over to Sunderland since the 60's. I've a lot of mates over there & have friends who live in Ireland who come from Sunderland. I've mates who are born & bred in Newcastle too.I know a hell of lot more about Tyne & Wear than you do. My neighbour is from Gateshead & he's a Newcastle season ticket holder & one of my best mates. If you really did live in either Sunderland or Newcastle you'd understand the passion of the people for there cities & there football clubs. I know plenty of people from Sunderland who work in Newcastle & who work for Northern Rock or Sports World. But plenty of people work from Cork & Meath work in Dublin it doesn't mean they like the place.Yes I'm Irish by birth but my background is Sunderland.

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My last post on this matter.

You claimed non Siunderland fan would set foot in Newcastle, which is patently nonesense. You yourself have stated that above, as you know Makems who work etdc in the Toon.

I'm not being pedantic here - but to claim fans of one team wouldn't set foot into another town who's economic, social etc fortunes their home town is so intricately inter-twinned with is just pure bravado nonesense. Saying they don't like the town, as you now do above, is a whole different matter.

I don't know if you know more about the North-East than me, but I know that I used to live and work there, and that I've had business operations there for over a decade now, which means I have an extremely good knowledge of the area. I go to Dublin a hell of a lot, have family and friends there etc, but I'd never claim to know the city as well as any English-speaker who'd spent a decent period of time living and working there...

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Originally Posted by Fingal hoop

why would someone in Dublin support a louth team?

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There's plenty of 'Dubs' who are are originally form outside the City, and even more Dubs born and bred who's parentage is elsewhere on the island. There's an opportunity there for non-Dublin clubs to get their support. City have a couple of high-profile Dublin fans, for example. If I moved to Dubland, my kids would be brought up City fans.

GAA is a sport where the whole county boundaries thing is sacrosanct, but soccer is a lot more fluid than that (as support of foreign clubs shows ! :eek:).

A lot of people from Balbriggan would consider themselves closer to Drogheda than Dublin. A lot of the old Balbriggan crowd would have been born or have family in Drogheda. I do a lot of my shopping & go out in Drogheda more so that Dublin. But the main thing is they are following a LOI team. I don't think it matters where they live. dcfcsteve, do you realise how sad we are having a debate on a League of Ireland website about two cities in England?

Plenty of Waterford fans that live in Kilkenny or Wexford. New Ross is closer than Dungarvan, as is Mullinavat or Mooncoin in Kilkenny. As steve says, it's only the GAA that operate on an intercounty level.

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Originally Posted by bigmac

Plenty of Waterford fans that live in Kilkenny or Wexford. New Ross is closer than Dungarvan, as is Mullinavat or Mooncoin in Kilkenny. As steve says, it's only the GAA that operate on an intercounty level.

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South Tipp too, as evidenced by our esteemed leader, Mr. Delaney.

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Originally Posted by Fingal hoop

but it does cast a shadow on the claim that hibs are the true irish team in scotland
maybe the Irish in glasgow had it ougher than those in edinburgh & thats why they cling on to their roots more-

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I never said they were the true Irish team in Scotland, in fact I think any club that claims to be the true Irish team in Scotland needs to remove their head from their ass. What I was responding to was the claim that Celtic was the ONLY Scottish team with a claim to Irish heritage, when clearly only someone with a limited knowledge of Scottish football would claim so. And boohoo about the Irish in Glasgow having it tougher, maybe they are just less patriotic of their own country than their Edinborough (sp?) counterparts?

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Originally Posted by bennocelt

i dont think there is anything moronic about following the progress of one of Irelans greatest football players, for many he is a legend. end of

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Some of us think he is a violent thug that should have been kicked out of football altogether after admitting that he set out to injury Haaland on purpose, and subsequently ended his career. And that's not even mentioning Saipan. So many of us feel that this Jesuslike worship of Keane is moronic. end of

Well done Jebus on getting Keane and Celtic into the one post.

Can someone please move this somewhere other than the EL section :mad:

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Originally Posted by OneRedArmy

Well done Jebus on getting Keane and Celtic into the one post.

Can someone please move this somewhere other than the EL section :mad:

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Hopefully you never have heart problems in later life if a mention of Keane in one point, and Celtic in a completely different one makes you :mad: :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by jebus

Hopefully you never have heart problems in later life if a mention of Keane in one point, and Celtic in a completely different one makes you :mad: :rolleyes:

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Dying of boredom more likely risk.

Nothing to do with EL football and nothing new added to the many, many, many pointless threads re-hashing the same old turgid arguments that crop up with the depressing regularity on here.

The Scottish football discussion is also a breach of the site rules.

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Originally Posted by OneRedArmy

Dying of boredom more likely risk.

Nothing to do with EL football and nothing new added to the many, many, many pointless threads re-hashing the same old turgid arguments that crop up with the depressing regularity on here.

The Scottish football discussion is also a breach of the site rules.

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Oh no! Really?! Why I'm sorry this converstion bored you, and that Roy Keane threads bore you general, next time try not clicking into them, its a much more intelligent thing to do.

Oh and the Sunderland Craze has a loose connection with the EL, as do the people who rather support Sunderland, Celtic, etc. Oops I used Roy Keane and Celtic in the same post again, don't get :mad: now :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by jebus

Oh no! Really?! Why I'm sorry this converstion bored you, and that Roy Keane threads bore you general, next time try not clicking into them, its a much more intelligent thing to do.

Oh and the Sunderland Craze has a loose connection with the EL, as do the people who rather support Sunderland, Celtic, etc. Oops I used Roy Keane and Celtic in the same post again, don't get :mad: now :rolleyes:

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You'll find a much more engaging audience in the paddywhackery/barstool section of the site.

Neither has anything to do with the EL.

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Originally Posted by OneRedArmy

You'll find a much more engaging audience in the paddywhackery/barstool section of the site.

Neither has anything to do with the EL.

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:rolleyes: I could argue a lot of what is posted in here has little to do with the EL as a collective, but, well I'm just don't care as much about what is said on a free forum as most I suppose. I usually just don't click in to the threads, which again is a sound piece of advice for anyone with :mad: problems

The Irish are the first to have a go at the English over there love of everything that is David Beckham. We are worse when it comes to Roy Keane!

In terms of supporting two teams, ala scandinavia, the difference here is that the majority do support two teams -but its in two different sports GAA and soccer- the average fan supports their county and a British club. That county/parochial loyalty they are not able to transfer to our League - some can do it, but by and large it doesen't happen - the crowd on hill 16 supporting the Dubs would contain a lot of supporters of our clubs, but they'd be only a fraction of the number supporting British clubs.