down since 94, back up after a long long wait. To the blues fans still here and many who have passed this is your day.
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down since 94, back up after a long long wait. To the blues fans still here and many who have passed this is your day.
Put it on the other thread but well done Limerick, it's deserved. In other news I may now have to cover my bets on Limerick beating us tomorrow night. They'll either be on the beer tonight or thinking of beer tomorrow night or both.
Congratulations.
Fully D€s€rv€d :p Sorry couldn't resist.
Congrats to Limerick.
Finally get to see Limerick out of the first division. It's been a long haul for many fans. The party starts tomorrow.
I heard they went on the beers after the Athlone gameQuote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
BRILLIANT at long long last two games left and Im looking forward to next season already ;-) great for the city to welcome the likes of st pats, shams, derry, bohs, sligo, drogs so many great games.
What a night. Great night for the club the fans the city the players everyone. Such a huge thank you deserves to go to Pat O'Sullivan the man is an absolute giant of a chairman
Congrats Limerick! Will be nice to visit Limerick next year, wherever you end up playing..
Congrats to ye, I hope we can join ye to make 2 fine Munster derbies for us next year ^^
Happy days. Been a struggle at times, but so happy for the players, the club, the chairman and the city.
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Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
Congratulations from everyone at Galway United supporters trust at the Claddagh Hall tonight ..
Well deserved
Well done to Limerick, been through the mill over the years. I'm sure the days of being bottom of the First Division, and playing in Pike and Hogan Park can be put behind them now. They deserve a crack at the big time now. I hope they get the stadium to match it
Congrats to Limerick. They're a club on the up which is all too rare in the league.
Only started properly supporting the club about four years ago - can't imagine what it must feel like for those of you who were there when we went down, 'cause I'm effin' delighted! :D
Here's to future financial stability and (with some luck) a little league success sometime in the future, too!
13 years of teh graveyard for me ....Now worth every second.
Congrats Limerick, delighted to see premier division football back after such a long time.
Well done to limerick.
Are yous still on target to move into Markets Field next season? Any work being done on the ground now?
Barely started. Not much info tbh, a lot of different opinions being bandied about.
18 years of the first division - most of the fans I know have never seen Limerick in the premier division. Great great news to wake up to.
you and your drinking problem ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
That's disappointing.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
And county. Plenty people I know make the trip every other week from outside the city.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
Still taking this in, feels brilliant. Absolutely delighted.
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Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke
Still doesnt feel real to me.
After 13 years of it am i finally going to get to see something other then the graveyard.
I was around during the last promotion season, my first game was League Cup fixture Vs N.C.W. in 90/91 time, not sure which, was very young, but in the meantime we have almost ceased to exist so many times, and been nomadic around the city to an extent also, that tonight is very special. The best moment in my time following the club and so much to look forward to, cant wait for the fixtures.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy
I've been following this club since I was a kid (I suppose 96/97), with varying degrees of interest as I moved to and from the city through the years. I remember going down the road to Hogan, and hearing my Dad talk about how the Market's Field used to be, about FAI Cup wins way before my time. I remember reapplications, and listening to the League Cup win on the radio, and stadium moves and stadiums moves and stadium moves.
I can add that picture of O'Connell to them now, and my Dad singing down the phone to me when I told him the score because the bloody teletext wasn't working!
This is a hell of a culmination to that process. Back in the top tier at last. Going to be on tv. In video games. New stadium, at some point. Away games in Dublin again, Sligo and Shamrocks coming for visits. A great time for the club.
Just in from the pub .Quote:
Originally Posted by Jofspring
People say the birth of your child is the greastest time of your life.
Those people haven't followed Limerick for 17 years.
Arguably the greatest night of my (admitedly underwhelming) life.
Andy Dufrane crawled through 500 yards of **** to freedom. I've crawled through 500 games.
I love you all very much.
Even the Galway lads. :ball:
I guess I'm the only one who feels strangely anti-climactic about it all! :P Ah no, it would have been nice to get that massive release when a final whistle blew but I'll take this all day long. I've only put in 12 years and spent most of that time believing I'd never see us promoted if I'm honest. It's a great moment for all of us and I plan on enjoying it, starting today with our now celebratory trip to Longford. Happy days. :)
You're in the big leagues now lads, and most of you are new so a few pointers
1) We all wear suits. NO riff-raff.
2) 10-15% tip to your ticket seller is standard
3) You cannot ever discuss the first division. We don't know about and don't want to know aboout it
Enjoy
Thank God ye stopped wearing those Spandex suitsQuote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Sadly this one has more than a ring of truth to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Big Well done to Limerick
I was working with a guy from Boston in a language school here when the Red Sox won their first World Series in 86 years. They ended up winning the series 4-0, and, while ecstatic, he was also disappointed it had been so easy in the end. I guess he wanted the 11th inning home run in game 7 kind of finish. It's only natural as a sports fan I suppose.Quote:
Originally Posted by sadloserkid
You could say you never felt better.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
Congrats!!
Congrats lads. Delighted to see you up.
Will never forgive ye for "that" night but I would say the relief is like nothing else.
Luimnigh abú!
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Originally Posted by sadloserkid
I was thinking the same as that lastnight i didn't really want Mervue to score a 2nd but when they did i went bloody mental.
Congrats to Limerick
Congratulations, Limerick! Long time coming. I knew ye'd stumble over the line eventually.
congratulations no club deserves that long in the first, look forward to beating ye home and away next year!
now, get that ground sorted so the FAI have no excuses to keep ye down
Well dome Limerick. Good to seem them back in the big(ish) time.