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Longford Town manager Alan Matthews was sent off last night
for throwing and hitting a spectator with a water bottle during the game
last night
Is he going to be caged at the next home game like they tried to do to the Rovers fans?
Is he going to be banned from all there home games(I think not)
The silence from Flancare park is deafining!
Lets have all the anti Rovers brigade on now to slaughter Longford and Matthews!
Or is it Just the Hoops who get the treatment
Anyone who acts like a SCUMBAG deserves it. Lately that behaviours been on show alot with Rovers, so don't try to come accross all innocent! :) If he did do that, he should be fined, punished, and banned from the touchline for at leats 2 games. But I bet nothing happens... :mad:
Matthews should be fined and recieve a tiuch line ban.The same rules should apply to everyone.Rules are rules and should not be broke and when they are those responcible should pay the price.
Does Alan Matthews still play or was it as a manager on the sideline?
I think Longford should be allowed away with these little indiscretions.
After all, they are a plucky little club, doing their best to compete with the incredible amounts of money available to other clubs. They have a tiny budget, can't get their hands on any decent players, but hold big teams scoreless and get draws.
I think Longford are a shining beacon to all other little clubs, those clubs should look at them and realise that they too might get to a mid-table position in the league and might get to progress in cup competitions.
Hail plucky little Longford, I salute you and your amazing achievements!
Eh seriously though if it were a manager at a Dublin side, I think a big deal would be made of it.
How many times have Roddy and Pat been accused of being bad members of the league but Rico and now Matthews constantly get away with indiscretions.
what has rico ever done :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by superfrank
To be fair that's only the second time he's been sent off in four seasons with us. Apparently was in reaction to some Cork wag giving him w*nker gestures to his face, the same guy then challenging him to a fight after the match. he'll get a ban and a fine and serve his punishment
I think Matthews already got a 6 match touchline ban this season (was it appealed to 3 matches) so he'll surely get big fine & longer ban this time?
I wasn't at the game but don't think he hit anyone with water bottle. Probably just sprayed with water but also unacceptable.
No. Aaron Callaghan got a six game ban. Now he's a hothead. Mathews has only been sent off once before last night and that was the season before last i think.
No, but an ambulance was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cop on
Plastic, the ambulance was for Dempsey.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cop on
Yes, St. Damien of Richardson! :eek: I remember the Setanta cup match against Shels at the X. After Joe Gamble was sent off, he was f'in this and f'in that at the fourth official.Quote:
Originally Posted by exile
I meant now as in after last night we can say that Alan Matthews is someone who falls into that category. I don't know of any previous incidents involving Matthews. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Cop on
Nah, he was just being loquacious. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by superfrank
.................sorry. After last night cynics can say that he is prone to the odd outburst. I am only cynical towards Cork City FC and their fans. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Cop on
Sorry, I thought I was familiar with the Rico vocabulary but this one is new to me! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Poor Student
He came out with it on eL weekly on Monday. Described his team as a number of things one of which was loquacious which means talkative. :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by superfrank
Why thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by superfrank
Fair play to Bray, another plucky little club like Longford.
It's great to have you both in the premier division, it helps to flesh out the fixture list.......:D
Typical. If matthews was managing Rovers (where he was reserve player of the year in 1986) this would be front page news and on CNN. Oh the hypocrisy of longford.
They build a cage for us last saturday and then wonder why we would get upset? :rolleyes: So scared of us that the programme sellers scarpered before the kick off!
Of course dont mention that Valentines and that pub in Tarmonbarry welcomed us.
Look at that little cockroach eamon collins. He tries to attack a derry player on friday and where's the headlines? If that wasnt shown on monday.............
Oh the hypocrisy of the media and the anti Rovers brigade.........
KOH
Spot on there.Quote:
Originally Posted by NY Hoop
St. Alan could never do anything wrong......
At least we have the fans.... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by patsh
well there is photographic proof of thieving hooligans that were amongst the rovers support in longford, so maybe they were right to 'cage' you ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by NY Hoop
if you call a load of lttle knackers running around saying "mister mister giz a smoke" fans :rolleyes: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by superfrank
No, I don't call them fans. People who sing for 25mins non-stop when their team is 3-0 down are people I call fans. People who will always support the club whether or not theyare succesful are people I call fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by exile
I could say similarly insulting things about Cork fans but I'm the bigger man and I will not personally attack rival fans. Mods? :mad:
Don't think you'll find anyone from Longford justifying Mathews' actions. There's no doubt that he was provoked, but he shouldn't have reacted the way he did. Heat of the moment stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by NY Hoop
How do you know what size exile is?Quote:
Originally Posted by superfrank
:p
Fair play to plucky little Alan, a genuine Irish hero......Quote:
Originally Posted by Cop on
What tactics,
What ambition....and he works in a bank and with Longford too.......:D
im the phatom flasher down the carlisle nothing on but a city shirt :eek: . btw the way frank i live in bray (moving to greystones thank god :D ) and have been to many bray matches over the last few seasons and your vocal support is sh1te im sorry but thats the truthQuote:
Originally Posted by patsh
Manager swears at fourth official! Hold the back page! Call the cops! Touchline ban!Quote:
Originally Posted by superfrank
Considering Matthews is a Rovers fan, no doubt the Longford hierarchy will use this incident to claim they were right about Hoops being hooligans.
so yet another rovers fan caused their team yet more trouble last weekend :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Passive
so thats where they would have got all their inside information on the rovers fans planning on decending on longford like the luftwaffe blitzkrieg on poland ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Passive
seeing as mathews is a rovers fan i propose he be banned from el staduims in the future :D
LMFAO :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by NY Hoop
Rubbish no one justifies what he did....He should be punished definately!Quote:
Originally Posted by NY Hoop
C'mon now, I'd honestly be shocked if there's a manager in the league who has'nt lost his head with a 4th official.Quote:
Originally Posted by superfrank
As for Mathews, things like this do occasionally happen when passions run high, he should be punished and then move on.
About the cage at Flancare, if you lads are talkin about what I think yer talkin `bout then that cage has been up all season, perhaps set up for the Setanta Cup :confused:
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Originally Posted by patsh
Would that be a Merchant Bank by any chance ? (I always had a suspicion he might be a Merchant Banker ):D
It's just the hoops.Quote:
Originally Posted by hoops1
Fair play to longford for treating youse like animals, it's the way forward!
The cages were actually a bit of fencing installed for the Setanta Cup to section off a seperate area for the away supporters.Imagine that,a seperate area for away fans.What will they think of next.This designated area had it's own entrance,it's own toilets and it's own chip van which suited both Glens and Linfield but unfortunately the easily offended Rovers fans seen this as an act of incitement and demanded the fence to be taken down as they paraded around with the flag they stole from Bohs.
I seem to remember us being louder then yez at the Cork match not too long ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by exile
Dont think thats the cage they're on about.Pics in the star show a different huge fence which had to be took down after both rovers board and the 4th official complained about it.They werent up for the setanta cup games as far as i can rememberQuote:
Originally Posted by Wiseguy