Not that unusual in the LOI. There has been a rugby team playing in Turners Cross for years now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
I hear they are trying to start up a football team there this season.
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Not that unusual in the LOI. There has been a rugby team playing in Turners Cross for years now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
I hear they are trying to start up a football team there this season.
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Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Nice fine for these.
http://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_f..._330/image.jpg
Decent strike but the keeper looks like he'd struggle to stop a 46A outside the ground, what deaf huck was he atQuote:
Originally Posted by ATFC-1887
Seeing different reports on social media about Rovers causing trouble in Sligo in regards to banners & other antisocial behaviour any truth in it ?
I have to ask a question here, you 'normally defend Rover support to see one of their former directors getting battered by his own "supporters" needs to be dealt with.', so you condone OAP's being assaulted in O Neiil's on Churchill (as reported on this thread,) by Rover support, but make a distinction when one of your own is battered by the slack jaws. There appears to be types associated with your outfit.Quote:
Originally Posted by codology
(1) The Shavs, offensive to ear and eye, wearing expressions of puzzled stupidity, like animals in pain, faces smeared with white powder of dubious provenance as they embarrass the league , Ireland and humanity.
(2) The Shavvie Pointers, those who seek to justify or rationalise the Shav's behaviour, out of some sense of exceptionalism.
The only distinction I make is that Rovers are responsible for the behaviour of their fans in grounds,there really is very little they can do to police outside grounds and in case there is any doubt,I would throw away the key for any fu.... r who behaves like a neanderthal.Quote:
Originally Posted by redarmyfaction
Can only really comment on what I saw in the groundQuote:
Originally Posted by D24Saint
Seat thrown onto the pitch pre game.
Someone removed by the Gardai in the first half.
Looked over at one stage and they were burning a flag of some sort
Another time they were trying to break off one half of an advertising hoarding. When I looked back again it has been removed but not sure if this was precautionary or they had managed to break it off.
There was a huge crowd of them there and I'm not saying they're all involved in this but it's a regular occurrence whenever they turn up.
They had a banner saying something like Shame on Sligo for hiring a War Criminal as well but I think stuff like that is going to be happening a lot.
I must be getting de-sensitised to hooliganism from Shamrock Rovers fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
After witnessing Rovers "fans" attacking a house where people were holding a wake, I find these events less than shocking.
By the way, I had an interesting conversation with a Rovers fan in the middle of the away crowd in Bray on Saturday night. I asked him what he was doing there and he said that he loves LOI football but can't stand being associated with Rovers away fans so decided on a short trip to Bray rather than going to Sligo.
Sure didn't Dev himself score a penalty at the Box in a rugby game once upon a time. So the famous table quiz question goes. "Which former President scored a penalty at Turners Cross?"Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Not defending any of the actions of Rovers fans at all (don't even have a clear picture of what happened to be honest) but is anyone suggesting there was a problem with the banner? While its probably a little over the top, any former Royal Marine coming to work in football in Ireland must know what to expect?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
I didn't know that. I must be a nerd, I love these little bits of history.Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner...ium%29#HistoryQuote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
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Cork Constitution, then a rugby and cricket club, was the first club to lease the Turners Cross grounds in 1897. (A once popular trivia question was "Which President of Ireland scored a penalty at Turner's Cross?" The answer is Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) who in his early years played rugby for Rockwell. The penalty in question was during a Rockwell vs Cork Constitution rugby match in the Munster Cup.)
Nope no one has a problem with the banner that I'm aware of. Just put it in as an aside. It's going to be happening in most games like I said.Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
Like I said I'm only commenting on what I saw in the ground. There's a few of stories of their usual antics away from the ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Fair enough, saw it grouped in discussion with the other stuff on social media as well and was surprised. Perhaps its just because of everything else and its easy to group it together.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
It will be interesting to see Derrys reaction to him.
Saturday night, from a Rovers perspective.
We played ok,not spectacular,but we got the job done,Sligo look as if they will cause alot of problems for clubs this season,they are very physical and will finish alot of games with less players than they started with.
on the off the field events,some of our so called fans who dismantled advertising hoarding,threw bins and seats onto the field and at one stage had a sheet of plywood from somewhere, should be banned from attending Rovers games but that wont ever happen imo.
the garda,when asked why they weren't doing anything just grunted back at us.If they had of done there job and started lifting lads maybe it wouldnt of been so bad.
As for the " Robertson war criminal,Shame on sligo,TAL" banner, if people got offended by that then id hate to see the reaction to the reception he'll get when he visits the brandywell.
KOH
Must have been Dundalk fans!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
Could anyone watch the games in Bwin or any other place? I could only wath Saint Patrick's - Galway
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Kenny Shiels doesn't make excuses, except for the greatest excuse for defeat I've ever heard.
"The dugout is placed at a disadvantage to us halfway into their half".
Obviously, in Finn Park, the teams don't switch around at half time either.
For a man who doesn't make excuses, all he's done is blame everything possible except for his teams dire performance on Friday night. I'd be embarrassed to be a Derry fan listening to him.