Just curious, how many people here have gone a full season without missing a match, home or away. League and Cup only, don't mind the League Cup - unless anyone's done the treble?
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Just curious, how many people here have gone a full season without missing a match, home or away. League and Cup only, don't mind the League Cup - unless anyone's done the treble?
Its a hard job to do it, anyone that has then fair play to ya !!
have gone three season without missing a home game, away is damn hard.
I went 4 seasons without missing a HOME match but every season I have always missed a few away games.
I was at every Bohs game this season home & away!
League
League cup
FAI cup
Intertoto cup
some of it terrible, some of it great, a lot of it drunk :D
A couple of seasons ago I got to every Harps match bar a Tuesday night cup replay in Cork. I'll regret missing that match until for the rest of my life as I may never get as close again!
Did the full sweep, friendlies, league cup, intertoto cup, FAI cup & full league programme a couple of seasons ago! Have to admit it was hard going at the end, used up practically all my holidays making every fixture, became a holy grail of sorts with only 7 or 8 games to go!
I actually hope to do the full thing this year as well as alot of it will be new to me being in the sodding first division!
Koh
Over the last couple of seasons I was always 1 or 2 matches out of doing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr.Nightdub
This season I managed to go to every league and cup match (and most of the friendlies :) )
Went to every home game fron 1985-2001, the first game I missed at the Brandywell was the friendly against Real Madrid in the summer of 2001.
I've missed 6 home games now in 20 years....................................
Part-timer:mad:
Been to every home game for thirteen years up to the shel's game last month
make about 50% of away's
Yes Gareth, but as manager it's your job to be there. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by BohsFans
Did it a few season's back, europe, the cup and league. Never go to league cup games as a general rule. This year was far too bad to even consider it.
We have a father and daughter who have missed one game between them (ie Denise was there but James wasn't) in the past 2 seasons. And it's a lot harder in the Discover Ireland First Division! Especially when your team is in the nether parts of that division.
James and Denise, take a bow!
Bandwagon jumper, you're just a bandwagon jumper...Quote:
Originally Posted by chippie0001
Used to do every game when I was young and single.
Now I don't even come close. Can't get to Friday night games outside the Pale, and miss a few during my two weeks summer holidays.
I am indeed, since I started in 1983 Bohs have won so much to keep me on the band wagon :)Quote:
Originally Posted by sfc red
One advantage up here is that even away games are only an hour and a half away at most. Makes it a lot easier to have a 100% record, I know several who do including friendlies and Europe. Having midweek games 200 miles away would put a strain on most fans mind what with having to take time off work.
A point that wouldn't inconvienience most Cliftonville fans though....
Based in the pale i usually get most away games. I think i missed 1 away league game this season.
Done it a few seasons (League Cup and leinster Cup too!) Haven't missed more than two in the last 6/7 and haven't misseda home league game in over 16 years now (I know, geek...)
I have a life.
I've often missed a game in order to go on a date.
Never keep count of what games I go to.
Used to go home every other Sunday for games before but then I began to see the benefits of long term girlfriends.
A couple of seasons back when I was about 16 I did everything - league, cup and league cup. But these days it's just getting harder and harder!!
Missed about 6 this year. Think I missed three last year. A healthy devotion! :)
I remember reading in a Shamrock Rovers program about a young wan who hadn't missed a game, home or away, since he was born.
Are you sure that wasn't a printing error...I mean...typo?
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Originally Posted by Bald Student
what home?
Since he had the sex change or since he was actually born??? :confused: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Bald Student
That's soooooo gay :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
Have never left a bird get in the way of me going to a drogs match (was it dodge that had a story on here a couple of weeks ago about getting dumped because he went to a pats match instead of bringing his girlfriend out for her birthday :D )
I was at all Harps games this year, home and away.
Was at most U21 games too :ball: :ball:
I've seen the birds in Drogheda, wouldn't blame you mate! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Cosmo
missed 4 games this season home&away all competitions
Cosmo ...feck sake man .The last time you seen a fanny you put a plaster on it:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Cosmo
Good to see there are loads of plastic fans out there!! :D
I get grief off friends for missing matches through work, it's almost like you miss matches because you want to. I see getting to a game a privilege rather than a choice as I work shifts.
Having said that I know one culprit that has just started Uni. in Belfast - I'll not be long in getting my own back and when they get a job.........
Ohhhhhhhh!!! That would explain so many, many, many things!! Thanks for letting us know. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ndrog
Missed 4 matches all year due to 2 holidays and Oxygen! IT'S HARD...
I never did but last season my 16 year old brother got to all the league and cup matches both home and away.
It wasn't her birthday. I went out with her on her birthday. It was a party for her birthday the night after it. And Pats were going for the league FFS, no way was I missing that. Seen her since, she's in bits. A couple of kids and about 3 bellies so no loss...Quote:
Originally Posted by Cosmo
As for Peadar's comment about having a life.... I have a life. I choose to go the games, no one forces me. Its just the thing I like doing most.*
)Well obviously there's one or two exceptions but I dream of the day when I can combine them. (Can't wait for executive boxes...)
Got to every game I could get to this season. Missed one home game, the second (?) last one against Bray, because I was out of the country. Also missed some away games (Cork, one of the Derry ones, Waterford, Drogheda) because I was stuck in work. I had the pleasure of missing the second leg of the play-off because I was out of the country with work.
I've never made every match in a season, work or holidays always deprives me of a few. Put it this way, I've never been sitting at home twiddling my thumbs when Rovers are playing.
Dodge - sometimes these decisions have to be made. Was in a similar situation myself when the Hoops were causing a bit of tension. I had to choose. I'm still going to Rovers.
Missed four games (2 away, 2 Home) all season. Missed Avondale away in the cup and the first Harps away game because aparantly the leaving cert was more important:mad: ! Still throw that one at my ma & da every so often:D . Missed Longford at home because my mates wouldn't wait till Saturday morning to drive down to Oxygen and missed Waterford at home cos my uncle decided to get married in Lanzarote the day after the game and we had to be on the specially chartered flight on the thursday:mad: . I sulked through every single one of those absences. Next year I'm defo going for the clean sweep.
Was one game away from it myself last season - missed the first away game to Shels cos the annual sales conference in work was on in March and a compulsory overnight stay was involved. Next year, with the conference on in January and the fortnight's break in the season cos of the World Cup to squeeze in a quick holiday, a clean sweep looks do-able.
went to all games in 2002-2003 and all of the 2003 season with the exception of one of our two trips to Derry in November 2003 [which were on Tuesday nights].
Since then have missed 6 in two full seasons out of about 90 games altogether.
Only caught 15 games this season - due to me being in another country.
That will change next season