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I'm taking 2 Catalans and 2 Basques to the game tonight against Kildare. They have been here for the past 3 summers and enjoy watching the football on show. They obviously are used to their own quality of football but are bemused by the Irish psyche in terms of following English football teams. I never can give them an answer to this. I'm emailing them a link to this thread, they'll still be as confused after reading it though :p.
People's actions are controlled by the media. The media here is mainly british based and its cheap and easy to take material directly from the British media.Quote:
Originally Posted by lofty9
Ive often wondered how RTE are allowed to show british sport and soaps when they are already being beamed into here by British channels :confused:
people do not log on to foot.ie to have their opinions changed but to change other peoples opinionsQuote:
Originally Posted by lucanhoop87
I'm sure some sage will be along soon enough to inform you in their best Donnybrook that that is about 'market realities'.Quote:
Originally Posted by finnpark
....very good, sounds like a great signature. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by passerrby
Saw this link posted on ccfcforum.com. A bit long but well worth the read. And it may be of some relevance to some of the arguments here.
Because my dad does
Very good read but i'd imagine it swings both ways, i.e. a lot of liverpool fans in their teens now are probably following their dad's footsteps.Quote:
Originally Posted by sullanefc
Some of us are more lucky than others tho. Luckily my old man was a saint. Thanks dad! :D
the Irish government is currently funding a multi-million euro research programme on behalf of Sundentity - a think thank between us and Quinn's
pimping to prove that professional soccer is not viable in Ireland.
It will involve putting ireland4ever's head in the HADRON COLLIDER while firing sub atomic particle into his brain. The impact pattern will be (according to RTE) in the shape of a union jack thereby proving the Irish people were programmed to support british clubs moments before the birth of the universe.
Sadly the particle is still whizzing around inside the collider as it can;t make impact with an Oirish Soccer Fan's brain. We need more funding - calling RTE now to send out a tearful plead on our behalf and on the behalf of unborn Irish patriots who will fill the merchadise shops at POBP.
We need Irish people to get behind identity crisis I really want to be on Failte Towers. It's classy stuff media stuff which gets the whole irish family hooked.
Your right, Football is tribal, thats why I cant support an El team as Iam from meath, and I would and could never shout for a team from Dublin or Louth..I dont follow an epl team either, but do watch it as a neutral as I find it quite enjoyable to watch. As a neutral i have found the el hard enough to watch, even though id admit the standard has improved alot over the last 5 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by gustavo
Iam a massive Ireland fan and go to pretty much every match home and away
I have thought about going to a game however but if im honest the self righteous, snobby and condesending attitudes of alot of El fans on this site would turn me off going. I wouldnt like to turn up and be called a bandwagoner or a lazy c**t for not coming sooner.
Unless you're wearing a nametag, nobody will know (or care) who you are. There isn't an "I've never seen him before, let's jump him!" squad at LoI games.Quote:
I wouldnt like to turn up and be called a bandwagoner or a lazy c**t for not coming sooner.
Serious question - If Drogheda United manage to get their new ground built in Co. Meath, would you consider supporting them? I'm sure they already do have a lot of fans from County Meath anyway...Quote:
Originally Posted by citizenerased
I know we have fans from Co. Monaghan and Co. Armagh who have no problem supporting a team in another county (even another country if you want to be technical), as it is still close in terms of distance.
County boundaries were only drawn up by the British anwyay in order to better administer the country.. At times they were based on pre-existing gaelic tribal boundaries but a lot weren't. For example the ancient area of Oriel became split between Co. Monaghan and Co. Louth.
Personally, I don't have any sense of county loyalty and most Irish people didn't have one either until it became the basis for organising Gaelic games after 1884 (studied it in historical geography in university).
If you or your family were GAA people though I can see why you would need your LOI team to be based within your county.
Plenty of Bohs fans in Meath. The sky doesn't fall in when you pass Clonee... that only happens in GAA.Quote:
Originally Posted by citizenerased
As for being a latecomer, when I turned up a few years back, no one called me a blow-in or anything else. (Well, maybe that guy who had to tell me who Glen Crowe was might have said something to himself ;)).
Ladies and gentlemen. I introduce to you. New kit designs and logo for Identity Crisis F.C. Beautiful pieces of work Im sure you'll agree.
The home kit is based on a pint of Guinness. Our national drink. Doubtless many of these will be sunk on the streets of Glasgow/SundIreland/Manchester/Liverpool. Sláinte!
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The very original away kit is based on a full Irish. A beautiful and enduring image woven in the kit. It inspires our players with dreams of hangover cures for the next morning. And reminds our fans of their heritage.
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Deeply moving to see the embodiment of the Oirsh mentality so perfectly captured in soccer jersies.
Kevin Barry gave his life for this day. This is for you kevin, have a breakfast roll in heaven on ICFC me oul flower *sniff*
A different sponsor for each kit as well! Not even Man U do that!
That away kit is making me hungry. I could have made some improvements on them looking back. As kit designer and brand co-ordinator for Identity Crisis FC, I really should have gone for O'Neills. A true Oirish brand but I sold out and went for the millions adidas were offering for the franchise. But that crest. I feel it embodies the true ethos of Identity Crisis FC fans. 'The Craic'. Whether it be in Newcastle, London, Portsmouth, or Reading, 'The Craic' will always be 90.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boh_So_Good
I thought the logo was going to incorporate a barstool and a plasma tv?
LOL, that's quality, take a bow. :D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Pauro 76
Are you sure you've covered yourself for unoriginal excuses?Quote:
Originally Posted by citizenerased
The fact of the matter is, if someone wants an excuse they can find one easy enough. If an local side joined the league and were playing in citizenerased's back garden, i've no doubt he'd pull the curtain.
Thank you, thank you. I was thinking more of a badge that bandwagon followers will think 'Ooooh they look Oirish. I think i'll follow them so I will.' The armchair, barstool and plasma are great ideas but sure they'd be of the idea, they're slagging us off, down with this sort of thing. This is the kind of thing that'll appeal to them I reckon.Quote:
Originally Posted by barney
I'll admit its funny enough the ramblings ye have posted through this thread....but i find it hard to like it because i can see that while its all ment as a bit of craic theres still a self righteous/chip on shoulder undertone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boh_So_Good
And another thing, this Oirish thing really bugs me. The only people that pronounce Irish as Oirish is Leinster rugby fans/D4 heads (And that gimp from Today FM - but thats it).
Being from Meath I place huge significance on county borders....especially the Dublin one!!Quote:
Originally Posted by holidaysong
P.S. Graham Geraghty is a hero - Whealo is a knacker!:D:D
Press Release
Identity Crisis Press Officer
Pint O' Blackstuff Park
Cromwell-on-the-Papist
Englandshire
Major Press Conference This Friday to Announce Stadium Sponser
Identity Crisis FC are pleased to welcome to our team of sponsers the Army Council of the IRA who will be sponsering the main stand at Pint O' Blackstuff Park. "We are delighted to have on board such a huge Irish brand name as the Irish Republican Army" said a spokesperson for the club.
The Balaclava Stand will be the largest in the Arkwright's Black Pudding and Suet League and will be opened in time for this weekend's season opener against Gladstone Imperials. The 20,000 seater structure with corporate hospitality bars, metro, airport and the world's largest inflatable green hammer was paid for by the Irish government under their "Empowering Irish Soccer" fund.
We are also delighted that the Irish media has taken time out from mastrubating over Kathy French's corpse to attend the event.
ENDS
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Originally Posted by Boh_So_Good
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Originally Posted by D24Hoop
And yee slag epl fans for following a foreign league...and ya wont even follow your national game...Tut Tut.
hurling is the national sport of ireland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ireland4ever
and by most peoples logic you shouldnt be watching meath anyway - they are quite poor standard (like the el) so shouldnt you be only watching the top standard teams (like kerry)?
Right...i suppose gaelic football is a foreign sport so:confused:....Will ya give up talking sh*te.Quote:
Originally Posted by ciaraa
Dont understand your 'supposed' logic on meath being of a poor standard. They won the league a year ago and were in the all ireland semis....They have won the Championship 7 times, all the best players in the county play for the county (Unlike the LOI where they all play in a different league). Theres absolutely no comparison.
pardon my ignorance of all things meath-like,but was the above sentence written with irony?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ireland4ever
It was codified as a modification as soccer some years AFTER the foundation of the IFA. So yes, yes it is a 'foreign sport'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ireland4ever
:rolleyes:
You do realise thar LOI fans are not all exactly the same dont you? How many c-u-n-t-s do you think stand around you in the pub? Alot I imagine. And I dont why GGA gets brought into these things. Football is a global sport where as GAA is mainly constriced to Ireland so I think its a stupid arguement comparing the two. And Ireland4ever, just say Meath were an awful team would still support them?
Originally Posted by KianD
It was codified as a modification as soccer some years AFTER the foundation of the IFA. So yes, yes it is a 'foreign sport'.
HA Ha AH , are ye for real,,,ye are a basket of contradictions...Slating other Irish men for following English soccer teams and questioning their sense of locality and tribalism for forsaking their local EL Teams,,,yet you have the audacity to slag of a game which is by far the most community oriented and tribalist sport in the country and claim it is a foreign sport,,,you are a sad bast**d my friend..simple as..
No wonder people dont go to EL matches, not because the standard is poor but because they have to stand beside a --------- like you for 90 minutes...I suppose you don't follow the irish football team either because there are no EL players in it??
Come on Sunder -Ireland...
Joe I know not all EL fans are the same, one of my mates is a die-hard drogs fan and he would agree with me on some of my points...and the c word has been used throughout this thread and its only my post that gets deleted!!!!
Don't. Be. Stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by citizenerased
Some people will look anywhere for an excuse not to go to EL matches. :rolleyes:
Well you said that you wouldnt go to a League of Ireland game becasue you would have to stand beside C's like your man. Thats a pretty lame and ignorant excuse.
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Originally Posted by citizenerased
I'm neither a sad ******* nor slagging off Gaelic football - you're inferring things my very short post did not say. I'm stating that it is a modification of "football", just another different codification which appeared in the late 19th Century - and which appeared after we already had a football association on this island.
Where on earth do you get material to infer that I don't support the Irish national team, or that I've even mentioned peoples sense of locality or tribalism? Answers on the back of a postcard please...
you are everything i hate- a barstooler and a meath fan...good god i feel sorry for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ireland4ever
Just thought this might be of interest. Sunderland fans at the Kenny Egan fight... that's all. :p
Unless I've missed something - Egan's opponent there, Tony Jeffries, was from Sunderland and used to work at the Stadium of LightQuote:
Originally Posted by BohDiddley
No. That's it. There's nothing more to it... just some fans who don't suffer from an identity crisis.
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Originally Posted by BohDiddley
just keep quiet, the last thing my venture needs is the Irish Preimership brigade figuring out they are the biggest army of freaks and oddballs in world soccer.
Not that they have the minds to work that one out.
He used to flip burgers apparantly!Quote:
Originally Posted by Réiteoir
Still no answer to this, I'll just have to write ce's post off as an insane rant then...Quote:
Originally Posted by KianD