Statement from Rovers about the incidents
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It can't no.
Better that they deny it ever happened maybe?
Where does it say it does? Club are offering to pay cleaning, replace the stuff stolen and make a donation to charity. What else can we do, go back in time and stop it from happening?(maybe mypost has a time machine on his spaceship we could borrow?) We can only try and stop things happening again at future games.
At least we're not denying something happened like other fans/clubs would do.
Could offer some compensation for their loss perhaps?
You just edited that to put in sh1te instead of crap? That's priceless.
What imbecilic nonsense. You're a one man trollathon.
The matter's under investigation by the club and the cops, the car-park is wide open for anyone to get in. How these pond-lifes managed to break into a load of buses is another question etc etc. I have my reservations about this - it could well be dog s@@@te on his/her/their shoe and wiped on the floor etc.
If anything these buses are usually parked near the away fans, so that the home fans are farthest away, so it is unlikely to be fans. They've paid in and there for football.
The club, as a gesture, have said what they will do, I mean what more can they do? I mean the Showgrounds club house and dressing rooms were often broken into, stuff stolen and set partially ablaze, and as sick as that is, is the Club to blame for the s***t t***ts like that do, no of course not. I hope the Kneuks who did are caught, but I doubt it.
There are many bunch of knutters from Shinner wannabe hardmen, bad minded fools and kack-handed petty criminals who could have done this.
The club or the vast,vast perponderance of its fans can hardly be attacked as a result of this Sectarian Schizz storm in a tea-cup, any right-minded person can see that.
Hoop-head, it is plain as a pike-staff, that you want to believe that every Sligo Rovers fan, did or condoned this act, that is nonsense and says more about you really.
not paranoia, its the general reaction you get when going to back water towns like sligo. as for dragging you down, or trying. your clubs desperate attempt to distance themselves from those responsible is laughable, what about the sligo supporters that spat on paddy kavanagh, suppose that didnt happen, they were scum that just happened to be in the sligo end
The whole incident is disgraceful. I don't really know how anyone can say for sure that it wasn't Rovers fans who were involved unless they know who actually it was in which case they should tell the police. All it takes is one or two scumbags to ruin the reputation of all the other supporters of the club (I suppose what I would say is that I wouldn't call whoever did this "real" supporters of the club as they are ruining the name of the club).
There was over 2000 people there last night and we had nearly 1000 in Tolka on Friday (seemed like it was 50/50 the support) and the name of the club is being ruined by these 2 incidents.
If away fans who bring buses down to Sligo can't park their bus in the club car park then it will stop people coming to the games and we'll lose out on revenue from them as well. I know Shams had problems up in Derry and boycotted a game. The security company who are supposed to be looking after the "event" should be sacked and someone group of people who will actually patrol the grounds needs to be found
It takes a few clowns (in any club or area) to destroy the rep of the rest. The meeja will hype this to the heavens (love the Indo slant on this) and use it to hammer the league. Fully agree that the security company should be punished, I don't know about sacked as it's the first offence. But it should put them on their toes.
Nothing good will come out of other club fans glorying in the stupidity of events at another club, when you fall off the tigers back.....
....just as if the shoe was on the other foot you could be sure that yourself and many other hoops would be on here telling us (again) how Shams are not responsible for actions of one/few people outside the ground ? (or indeed inside the ground, on the pitch, on someone elses pitch ........)
of course Rovers are responsible for what goes on in the ground, thats just a stupid comment. outside, rovers have a limited responsibility as its up to the Garda to control the public(case in point, your shower of knackers up in Longford or was that the Longford board that was forced to use pepper spray on them?). Idiots that attend our games are dealt with by the club in the correct manner, dispite what you and others may think.
Can everyone just stop biting on what askmehoop says? Lets not turn this thread into another b!tchfest, it's been done before.
A few dozen posts and nothing positive said yet about the Setanta cup!
I am a big fan of the competition, it is the one sporting contest that brings together all classes and creeds of sports followers on this Island and bar a few minor incidents , it has been a real success. eg we got great welcomes in Coleraine a few years ago and in Crusaders the other night. 6/700 Derry fans go to Linfield and no trouble to speak of, Drogheda fans socialising with Linfield fans when they were in the final etc etc.
Far bigger news than some Knackers breaking into coaches, or robbing handbags, its as as if this doesnt happen every day of the week in Phibsboro, Tallaght, Cranmore etc.
"The common denominator in crowd trouble is Shamrock Rovers fans"....Quote:
Originally Posted by sligoman
....even when the nearest Shamrock Rovers fan is 200 kilometres away from crowd trouble.
:rolleyes:
...Anyhow, I always had a gra for SETANTA Cup and remember a slight twinge of envy in the first few seasons when Bohs decided not to compete (AKA did not qualify:p).
Admititedly the ever changing format has not helped and the Monday night date/time is awful but trips to Linfield, Glentoran, Portadown etc have all been enjoyable and incident free off the pitch.
I think this years format is best so far, and while crowds are still very disappointing I would hope some LOI/IL format remains (anyone recall the Tylers All Ireland Cup ? Think it was early 80's ?)
I remember the Blaxnit Trophy and without wanting to send askhishoop into orbit, that competition featured the biggest football riot ever in Dublin ( there was actual hand to hand fighting as opposed to the Landowne England match ) Rovers v Coleraine, Dalymount Park ( 1969). Surprised that the competition struggled on for a few more years after that.
http://www.sportsnewsireland.com/soccer_irish/91410/ Shams will need a few more coming in the gate if someone like McCormack is on 2k p/w.
A random figure plucked out of his arse. There's no-one at Rovers on that kind of cash per week or anything like it. But it sounds good for the 'prayin for the Hoops to fook up' brigade.
Sportsnewsireland would be the same website that copies articles off club websites and puts their own writer's name on them. It's trash.
There's no way he's on anything close to 2k a week. He's not even a first team player and he's supposedly getting twice as much money as any other player in the league.
The quote from McGuinness is gas too. A man well-known for his love of clubs.
The biggest positive has to be the cash. For a game from last Monday night clubs would get: €10,000 for each of the defeated quarter finalists. Performance bonuses will be paid for winning (€2,000). 2,200/1,500/etc fans of which all were paying customers. Not bad for practically a nights work at the start of a season for any LOI club. When is the money paid over. Is it increments or a lump?
Doesnt matter if the club is run by the fans or an elected committee. Bohs being the prime example of how fans can really f**k up a club (not a dig at bohs fans).To suggest that any rovers player is on that money is laughable and typical of what is classed as journalism in this country i.e make s**t up. If the board were stupid enough to throw money around like that then MON would probably be still in charge. we have improved every year, on and off the pitch, since the supporters took charge of Rovers(bar first year obviously). i completely trust those in charge to run Rovers in a manner that will only benefit the club. Can others say the same?
The Derry Chairman doesn't hold back on the actions of some of their supporters on Monday night.
http://www.derryjournal.com/sport/fo...lism-1-3608116
Very honest statement from their chairman. Pity more clubs aren't as forthcoming when there are incidents involving their "fans"