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Representing a county only is what would be classed as small minded parochial GAA stuff in some quarters.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rasputin
I wouldn't say provincial derbies are media driven. I've seen the Kerry League beat Waterford United. I'd like to see Tralee Dynamos involved in some Munster derbies and winning them.
Fair play to ye on that. Shamrock Rovers are still the best team in Leinster. Hard luck on that.Quote:
Originally Posted by CSFShels
I never mentioned the county, I said Rovers just represents the people that follow it that are from Sligo Town and its surroundings.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
We are not Connaught representatives or any of that GAA ****e because we havnt got some mumbo jumbo affinity to someone from the depths of Roscommon.
I cant speak for Waterford or Kerry or where ever, all I can tell you is of my own experiences being a Rovers fan and I can tell you that the people of Sligo could really care less about beating Galway but yet the media always refer to it as "the Connaught derby" as if it is a derby of some importance to fans of Galway United and Rovers.
Shels won the leinster cup so that makes them the best in leinster :) Rovers won the league so they are the best in the league :)Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
You come out with some tripe mate. Shels = Best in Leinster, hence the trophy. Rovers = best in league hence the league title.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
Sure we beat Rovers 3 times out of the 4 games.
Our 3-1 win in Tallaght says differently;)Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
Rovers get quite a few people following them from the surrounding counties as well as just SligoQuote:
Originally Posted by Rasputin
I've heard stories of people in Leitrim supporting Sligo. They see it getting beyond the local GAA parochial stuff. Would people around Sligo Town knock support like that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rasputin
If Sligo win the FAI Cup are they then the best team in Ireland?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lep
But yeah I get you're point. :)
Can't really comment back because I haven't really noticed any of your posts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dunny
You noticed that one yet still failed to reply, yet again, more tripe.
Ye aint worth the infraction tbh.
Not at all, just like the few that would be from South Donegal that turn up to games.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
Its got nothing to do with a "Connaught" thing, its just geographical convenience to the people that turn up that arent from Sligo Town or its surroundings.
Congrats on that! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by GalwayRed
I have to say I like the insight I get on here like this. I would not have known Sligo get support from South Donegal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rasputin
There's no harm in some off the wall stuff being put out there.
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Originally Posted by Rasputin
Youre completely wide of the mark there Rasputin. There are plenty of loyal Sligo Rovers fans all over Leitrim, Roscommon, Mayo and south Donegal. I know of people that travel from Dromahair, Wesport, Carrick and Letterkenny to the Showgrounds whenever they can.
This season alone we have had a Mayo hotel as a match sponsor and underage clubs from other counties on the pitch at half time. We'd probably known as representing the North West in the LOI by some people.
1st time post, ARooney and Model Club, just responding to the man I met who was a Rovers fan - he still follows the clubs fortunes though not in person, he was born and bred a fan, protested against the move from Milltown (he'd moved from Terenure I think it was to live in the Fingal area and raised/s a family there) and like a large number of Shamrock Rovers fans at the time simply walked away in disgust. Now people can talk all the nonsense they want about being a true fan, always for x club and so on, however I can name at least 2 people who not only are still with Rovers but also worked with the club to get it where it is now who have family members they fell out with over the Milltown disgrace. Like this gentleman he's always got an interest in Rovers though now he lives, works and exists in Fingal and follows SF. The club I grew up supporting (Dundalk) I still follow from a distance but the behaviour of opportunists and their attitudes during the Co-Op period sickened me and while I still attend matches each year I've felt a disconnect from that time, so much so that I stopped buying season tickets at that time.
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And Harps and Derry represent where? The Atlantic section of the LOI?Quote:
Originally Posted by redobit
Point taken,but my involvement at least would have been averted if the words "life long" wern't attatched to the afforementioned former Rovers "fan".Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudulika
That and the term loyalty were the only reasons why i questioned it. I can understand why some Shams fans never went back after Milltown.Quote:
Originally Posted by Model Club
lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Finlay Harp
Do Sligo fans see Galway as a derby? Is Sligo seen as a NW derby when they play Harps and Derry?
No to all of them really.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
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Originally Posted by 1st time post
Funny,I can't!
To me you support your club until you die.I realize this is a simple,uncomplicated,utopian view but it happens to be how I truly feel.
When the club were forced out of Milltown they needed the fans more than ever.Milltown will always hold a special place in the history of Rovers but the last 23 years has taught me that it was only bricks and mortar and that the real heart of the club is its fans.
In my time supporting Rovers I have seen fans drop off,some you would think would be there as long as they live and then one day someone asks,"where's **** these days"? Never to be seen again.
I feel privaliged to be assossiated with supporters of my club who attended matches decades before I was born and I love hearing "Uncle Albert" type stories of bygone days on away trips and functions.The single biggest respect I have for these people is their unbroken service supporting Rovers, in one case for 70+ years,to use the cliche through thick and thin.
No LOI club is in a position to turn away fans or create a,"them and us mentality" with newer supporters but to me Rovers begins and ends with a small number of fans that I hope to emulate in the years to come.
Yeah??Quote:
Originally Posted by Dunny
Well Limerick drew with Sporting Fingal who beat Shamrock Rovers by one goal, matching Juventus' result against Rovers in Modena, a Juventus side who yesterday beat AC Milan, a club who have won 7 (SEVEN) European Cups
Therefore Limerick > AC Milan making us a powerhouse of world football.
And it's about bloody time too.
All hail Limerick.
Please please tell me I'm not seeing people seriously debate the merits of the LSC?!
I know that, thats why I said Rovers represent Sligo Town and its surroundings but I dont see us representing Connaught at all and the point that we even have fans from South Donegal is evidence of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by redobit
Its Sligo Town and then areas of geographical convenience close to it that follow Rovers not some fabricated GAA ****e that people in Connaught have some big affinity.
Im not saying for a second that the only people who follow Rovers are from Sligo Town and the county im just saying that there is no such thing as a Connaught affinity from my perspective anyway.
Its happening Sru, The off season has begunQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
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Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Don't put yourselves down. Milan could only draw 0-0 in Athlone. Ye won 5-1.
Hence why Barcelona ask the FAI to postpone your fixture against them!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
And we won 5-0. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bluemovie
Athlone Town vs Limerick
Official attendance 113
Rockall.Quote:
Originally Posted by Finlay Harp
First final update of the season so. Official figures in bold. Club averages in bold means more than half of their figures are official.
PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 1,835 (2009 - 2,366; 2008 - 1,993; 2007 - 1,924; 2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976) (missing Sligo 2)
Bray - 952 (1,169; 1,106; 1,200; 1,027; 1,550)
Drogheda - 859 (1,106; 1,631; 1,919; 1,751; 1,682)
Dundalk - 1,877 (2,371; 1,459 FD; 1,406 FD; 1,078 FD; 474 FD)
Galway - 869 (1,076; 1,393; 2,199; 1,148 FD; 566 FD)
Pat's - 1,756 (1,631; 1,795; 1,910; 1,342; 1,599)
Rovers - 3,794 (3,611; 1,468; 1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539) (missing Fingal 2)
Sligo - 1,807 (1,756; 1,960; 1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD)
Sporting Fingal - 908 (635 FD; 688 FD)
UCD - 610 (272 FD; 546; 663; 546; 653; 306 FD)
FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 354 (462; 387; 670; 421; 316)
Cork - 1,693 (2,681 PD; 3,142 PD; 2,897 PD; 2,941 PD; 3,644 PD)
Derry - 1,965 (2,436 PD; 3,363 PD; 2,614 PD; 3,229 PD; 2,698 PD)
Harps - 644 (480; 1,607 PD; 1,164; 428; 1,347 PD; 1,106) (missing Limerick 2)
Limerick - 598 (429; 517; 670; 364; 669)
Longford - 230 (260; 406; 885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD) (missing Derry 2 and Shels 2)
Mervue - 123 (166) (missing Monaghan 2, Shels and Salthill 2)
Monaghan - 410 (183; 177; 292; 204; 183) (missing Athlone 2, Limerick 2, Longford 2, Mervue, Salthill and Shels)
Salthill Devon - 122 (N/A) (missing Derry 2, Mervue and Monaghan 2)
Shels - 737 (972; 986; 888; 1,690 PD; 1,949 PD)
Waterford - 619 (434; 670; 1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD)
Wexford - 343 (494; 767; 810) (missing Monaghan 2 and Salthill 2)
Premier Division average - 1,512 (2,010; 1,746; 1,687; 1,535; 1,759)
First Division average - 682 (417; 641; 722; 570; 520)
Overall average - 1,095 (1,175; 1,221; 1,235; 1,070; 1,195)
Attendances for last weekend (i.e. the figures I've gone with) -
Premier Division
Bohemians v Dundalk - 2400
Bray Wanderers v Shamrock Rovers - 3000
Drogheda United v Galway United - 250
Sligo Rovers v St. Patricks Athletic - 2800
Sporting Fingal v UCD - 812
First Division
Athlone Town v Limerick - 113
Finn Harps v Mervue United - 402
Monaghan United v Derry City - 2000
Salthill Devon v Longford Town - no figure yet
Shelbourne v Waterford United - 1349
Wexford Youths v Cork City FC - 550
I'll do the usual round of a few of the club forums to see if I can fill in any of the gaps, or if anyone here has any more info, post away.
Blues v Limerick 534. Did you get my Monaghan v Blues estimate 350?Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I did yeah; sorry, should have taken it off the list alright. Thanks!
I know these are only guesstimates but the fact that half the premier division is in the hundreds shows the ten team idea has not worked.
I don't you can definitively draw that conclusion from the data given at all.
You're welcome, my bromeliad friend!Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Overall average of 1093. Think the IL average last season was round the 900 mark, not a big pile of difference really.
Rough guess,I'd say around 2400. Bout 2250ish in the jodi and 125-150 from Dundalk in the Des KellyQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
The MNS reporter said "a handful of Dundalk fans",the big oul culchie handed egit:DQuote:
Originally Posted by ger121
Including the second tier?Quote:
Originally Posted by AnnaghRed