Henderson said in the paper that day that he'd have taken a replay if he could...Quote:
Originally Posted by blue til i die
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Henderson said in the paper that day that he'd have taken a replay if he could...Quote:
Originally Posted by blue til i die
I would have taken a draw too,better than losing, obviously :D, but its the last thing we would have needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by sligoman
Few pics here, pretty funny:
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Its a bit of a late posting from yours truly but I havent posted since Thursday.. I want to congratulate Sligo Rovers on getting to the Cup final.. I spent three wonderful years in the mid nineties and was living there just after them winning the cup! I work with Rovers fans ,socialise with them and I would like to think a lot of them are my best mates in football! Really looking forward to jumping on board the bus in Longford and I hope I am invited to the celebrations!!:D Best wishes to the Forza crew it was your support that has brought the club to the Fai Cup final..:D
took this from your message board
its a bit over the top.Quote:
Dear MNS,
I'm just dropping a line to you about the outrageous treatment of the Waterford United fans, who traveled for upwards of 5 hours to see their team in the Showgrounds in Sligo last Friday night.
I and many of the other fans still feel victimised, feel as if we were made out to be trouble-makers, yobs and were only there to cause trouble and not support our team. We were fully entitled to segregated away section, and this was simply not provided. I have to say well done to our own security man Mark Dunne, without who's presence, the situation could have got a lot worse. We suffered nothing less than abuse from certain sections of the Sligo fans, purely because we felt it necessary to stand out ground. I'm sorry that some of the Sligo fans couldn't see the match properly, all we wanted to do was stick together and sing a few songs, which was not a big ask, and this was Sligo Rovers fault.
We would like a full apology from Sligo Rovers and in fact we would like a full refund, as they could not provide seating for us, which we paid for, this one indecent tarnished what was a great day, and left us with a sour taste in our mouth about Sligo, which is a lovely town with lovely people.
Yours sincerely,
I agree, 2 things to point out aswwell.Quote:
Originally Posted by forza rovers
1) We werent making them out to be yobs or hooligans, it was simply bad managament of seating arrangements and even everyone here can agree it was a major **** up on our part.
2)I dont see how not getting a segregated seating area can leave you with a sour taste in your mouth about Sligo, I know the person who wrote this then said its a lovely town with lovely people, but leaving you with a sour taste in your mouth about Sligo ? please, its not as if ye had fans subject to racial abuse or were physically attacked by fans. Just get on with life, we admit it was a major **** up on the night, but the talking was done on the pitch and thats all that mattered, ye brought up a team who were capable of bringing a replay back to Waterford and were unlucky not to hold out for a 0-0 draw.
to be honest i can see both points of view. if i was sitting where the sligo support was and ye were blocking my view i would fooking ye out of it and also if i travelled the length the waterford fans did and realised i couldnt even get to see the game properly i would be rightly ****ed off. but ye have to remember it was a cup semi final and everyone knew the ground would be packed so you chose to drink in mooneys till ten mins before kick off...... come on that was as bad planning as the sligo stewards giving away your seats !!! at the end of the day its bad planning and management from sligo towards you seating being given away but equally your own fault for not being in the ground in sufficent time !!! next time do a little less boozing and ye will get a seat no problem. remember fans of football go to the games for the football on show not the pints on draught
http://waterford-united.ie/tp_news/t...ing-blue-army/
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It must be said that the directors and management committee were disturbed, to say the least of it, to see the way our fans were treated on the night. A full investigation will be conducted into the incidents before and during the game, and letters of complaint are being sent both to Sligo Rovers FC and to the FAI over the inability of the host club to provide suitable space and seating for the travelling fans, and club officials, and the totally unnecessary unpleasantness that ensued from this.
the club contacted waterford regarding numbers travelling up to the game., something like 96 tickets were sold in waterford. the game was an all ticket affair and waterford fans clearly came up without tickets.
the club asked waterford how many tickets were sold, no more than 100, yet about 200 fans turned up.
But your club still failed to hold space for the original 100 then??Quote:
Originally Posted by CF1989
Bullsh!t.Quote:
Originally Posted by CF1989
Nobody travelled without a ticket, as far as we knew the game was a sell-out. What clown would travel 5 hours with a very real chance he mightn't get it at the end of it?
i know that end was meant to be held for away supporters, the very end of the red stand. whatever happened on the night it obviously didnt happen. and thats the clubs fault, yes. was there no waterford fans seated at all? i thought it was just the excess ones that wernt and about 100 seats were sectioned off for themQuote:
Originally Posted by blue til i die
I wrote that letter, that later appeared on Monday Night Football, so it obviously wasn't over the top, if it merited an appearance on MSN, and SEVERAL were written.Quote:
Originally Posted by sligofan4ever
1) You mightn't have made us out to be hooligans or Yobs, but that is how we felt. On more than one occasion one or two of our fans were approached very aggressively in the early stages and before kick off. It was a major **** up on Sligo's behalf, and we want an apology.
2) We weren't racially abused, that would be silly considering we're all Irish! But we were verbally abused by several people near us, on both sides of the area we occupied and yes, were were physically attacked, nothing major, as it was quelled quickly enough by your ground staff and the present gardai. This is what's leaving a sour taste in my mouth! Plus the fact that it is UEFA rules that stipulate we MUST have a segregated area, so at the end of the day it's the principle of the thing.
All I can say is you're lucky we are not Shamrock Rovers or Bohs!
As for the, "you should have come into the ground earlier" argument, you obviously don't go to many away matches!?!? We shouldn't have had to go in early because there should have been an area ready for us to for in at any time. Also, a point of fact, I was in there 30 minutes before the game and our spot was taken, even then!
You're MC have accepted responsibility for this mess, all we want is an apology!
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Originally Posted by Brian Boru
20 mins to GO!!.....within the first 10 mins. you could see Waterford players very slowly going to take throw in etc.. they were looking for draw from the first whistle...a horrible way to send a team out to play...they got what thet deserved...ironicly the played the better football in the first half.
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Originally Posted by madblaa
SEVERAL were written...that must be one by every fan ye have:):):)!!
I know the club were at fault, but anybody think Waterford would not be complaining as much if they had beaten us on Friday night, and were now in a cup final? There has to be a lot of sour grapes here, asking for a refund after the game? :D , should have done it that night while in the ground surely, just seems all seems a little bitter now considering there club probably got the biggest gate receipts of the year or many the year off us.
Also this craic of saying Sligo Rovers fans should be ashamed of themselves ! bringing 93 fans to a cup semi final now that something to be shameful off.
get over it, its over now and ye failed to beat us. thats the long and short of it .ye are out of the cup whether or not ye got seats. i think everyone on the forum feels for ye and wished that it had not happened. any football fan would symptatise with ye as having no seat is scandalous but i was in the ground 50 mins before kick off and struggled for a seat. as i have said before ye were too interested in boozing in mooneys than worrying bout getting a seat. everyone knew the ground was gonna be packed and ye chose to stay outta the ground until 10 mins before kick off. next time ye come up and play us i promise we will round up a few lads with little violins to play a tune for ye. ye got your few mins of fame on mns now keep writing letters to who ye want but this thread was set us by rovers fans on the semi final but ye have turned it into the cry babies section, pick up yer dummy and get over it
All our fans on here have apologised for ye not getting a seat-we are not proud of it but it happened. i think if ye have nothing more to add on the match, there is no more input required from waterford fans on this thread.
What do you want us fans to do - have a whip around and get 93 x 15 euro.
your club were very lucky to get to a semi final against sligo rovers .
what was 35% of the gate in fingal last sunday.
93 is what was sold before the game. There was atleast 200 there. Now don't go on about oh ye should og gotten your tickets before hand because that's ridiculous. We were allocated 200 tickets which to me means we have a section in the ground which is sectioned off giving us 200 seats regardless of how many show up. It's not a case of sour grapes. Ye won the match fair and square and throughout the course of the competiton are well worth your place in the final.
To be fair if that's the case then how could we know what size away section to put in place for you so? When your club sells 93 tickets and they don't know that over half the rest of you travel without tickets? You handed back all but 93 of your tickets by the way.Quote:
Originally Posted by **FrOsTy**
O.K fair enough if that is the case. Where were our 93 allocated seats then?