would love to read the funniest things people have seen happen ON the pitch in the el
Tommy Dunne fallin over an An Post sign tryin to take a corner in santry was a classic!!!
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would love to read the funniest things people have seen happen ON the pitch in the el
Tommy Dunne fallin over an An Post sign tryin to take a corner in santry was a classic!!!
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Originally Posted by tallaghtfornia
Rovers getting relegated last year. nearly p!ssed myself!
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Originally Posted by Pablo
that and Hoolihan getting a face full of mud courtesy of Bobby Ryan
Paul Byrne playing for Dundalk against Pats in a pre-season game in Baldonnell fell into a wall right in frot of me. He made the wall move too. Took me 3 days to stop laughing
Many moons ago .....Athlone Goalkeeper (Mick O Brien ?)swinging out of the crossbar which then snapped:D
Some spud munching mulla attacking the Kilkenny keeper Forde in front of the shed a few years back. And cork lost:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Pablo
Cork refusing to play boez in cobh.
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that was pretty funny actually! dunno what makes him spud munching though!Quote:
Originally Posted by NY Hoop
nowhere near as funny as Rovers being relegated though! or when ye had to play a home game in Cork the shed sang "Your supposed to be at home" to the 30 Rovers fans that travelled! classic!
Robbie Doyle scored from a free kick Vs. Longford for Bohs, runs to the bohs fans and trys to jump the hordings, creams himself ! classic stuff......
or we were playing Shels a few seasons back at the Carlisle, it was a big family day event and Rocky the seagull was behind the nets with kids etc.... on a bouncy castle, Owen Heary boots the ball, goes way to far, out of play, ball smashes Rocky on the head, his mask comes flying off, he goes flying himself, kids start to cry....... brilliant !
another classic was richie "rat features" baker givin the rovers fans the w@nkers gesture and then runnin to play on the shels left after one fan went for him!!!!
Dan Connor kicking the ball against the legs of John O'Flynn last year to give us a 1-0 victory.
nowhere near as funny as Rovers being relegated though! or when ye had to play a home game in Cork the shed sang "Your supposed to be at home" to the 30 Rovers fans that travelled! classic![/QUOTE]
thats nearly as funny as cork bringin 100 fans max for season after season to dublin to play us and then fat dolan havin the nerve to call the langers the best supporters in the country,great support last season but if i remember rightly u were doin well which explains the the jump in numbers
I thought he belted it off sicknotes arse to be honest. but definitely goes down as my favourite too.Quote:
Originally Posted by rebs23
Connor oh how sweet that was, probably won us the title. :D
thats nearly as funny as cork bringin 100 fans max for season after season to dublin to play us and then fat dolan havin the nerve to call the langers the best supporters in the country,great support last season but if i remember rightly u were doin well which explains the the jump in numbers[/QUOTE]Quote:
Originally Posted by tallaghtfornia
well Rovers only have 2 away games every year same as the rest of the Dubs so you wouldnt know much about away support
lets see how you do this year in terms of numbers when you have quite a few places to tavel
Can we keep this on topic folks?
Last season when i think story about Rovers player not getting piad by club when injured. Que "don't get injured you won't get paid" chant as Rovers player carried off pitch injured. Two guys lifting him off (foot injury) were laughing as walked past City fans in Dalymount.
"Bring out the plank" Years ago no stretcher at the cross so injured player carried off using builders plank.
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Originally Posted by pete
Copyright Pablo :D
listen pablo it is not my fault that there are so many clubs in dublin, if i had my way pats and boez would be done away with,rovers will travel in numbers wherever we have 2 go,Fact! we will prove it next season and then we will be back in the premier and travellin back to turners cross (in our hundreds of course:p
One of my favourite moments was in a first division cup match against Galway United. I was just behind the Galway goal when the ball broke in the box. Robert Forde in goal screams at Billy Clery 'Put it away Billy'. Clery takes a mad swipe at a volleyed clearance which skidded off his boot, over his shoulder and high into the net. Probably not what Forde meant.
Definitely the moment of the season as far as comedy is concerned.Quote:
Originally Posted by rebs23
Classic stuff.
rovers against waterford in inchicore the season before last and rovers singin (in the style of the eric cantona song) "ooh aah wheres paul mcgrath?, ooh aah hes in the bar!"
Also never get sick of singin "all the way to poland, u never touched the ball" to jason byrne. always makes him lose the head and get booked within 5 minutes:D
Ah, so many!
The friendly against Longford on one of the back pitches in Belfield which was held up for two or three minutes because the linesman ran straight into Mad Tom's elbow and winded himself that badly...
A goal-line scramble in Cork at 1-1 in the dying minutes when the ball rolled just over the line but Clive Delaney, who was lying on the line, reached out and rolled the ball back under Pat Jennings in full view of the shed AND managed to win a free-kick out...
Derek Swan's debut when he showed for a ball, fell flat on his arse, had the ball bounce off his head and set Ciarán Martyn away on an attack...
The story about an Andy Myler goal one time too when he hit a powerful shot which bounced off the keeper's chest, over the keeper's shoulder and towards the line. Myler celebrated, the keeper saw him celebrating and reckoned the ball was in the net and so punched the ground in frustration when in actual fact, he had plenty of time to turn around and catch the ball before it rolled over the line...
There was Eric Lavine getting booked in Flancare and not wanting to show the ref his number - even though the ref was going to know which one he was anyway because he was the only black person on the pitch...
There was one of our goals in Dundalk in 2004 when the keeper held a Tony McDonnell header and then fell backwards over the line with the ball in his hands...
There was the League Cup semi last year - enough said!
A few years ago, Limericks physio 'Danger' was running out on the pitch down in Cobh to treat an injury. In one hand was the first aid kit, in the other was the tray of water bottles....half way out, the elastic goes in Dangers tracksuit and it starts to fall down. Now Dangers left with a decision; he pauses, stands there for about 10 seconds, then keeps running. By the time he reached the injured party, everyone could see Dangers bare-arse...purely classic moment, and a bit embarrassing for Danger too....:D :D
I can see it in a couple of years time - Rovers fans discussing the "Funniest Moment seen in the LSL"
"Lads - remember the moment in the game last Saturday when the Postal United keeper punched the ball into his own net from Trevor's cross? LOL! "
UCD -V- Longford(???) a couple of years back.
There was a throw in for Longford, defender stands in his way- and with that the thrower bounces the ball off his head!
Fcuking marvellous stuff!
Rob McAuley firing a throw full force into a Longford player's head and getting booked for it. :D
Edit: Just noticed the second page. I assume this is the same incident Raheny Red is thinking of.
Thought it was more of a "clothes-line" from Tom :DQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
When we last got promoted, we played Shels in Tolka near the end of the season after they had lost the league to Bohs and we needed to win to make the playoffs at least.
We were 1-0 up and down to 10 men, Jim O'Neil reffing, and the ball is kicked out into the riverside stand with all us there, about 200 odd.
We begin to hold onto the ball and waste sometime and then as they ref was getting annoyed some guy stood up on the chair and started spinning the ball on his finger like he was a Harlem Globetrotter infront of the ref and Owen Heary, while the ref was pointing to his watch telling your man to hurry up. :D With the rest of us cheering your man on. Even the Drogs players were laughing at it.
This went on for at least 1 minute or so. It made such a nervous night that much better.
1st leg of the play off final Athlone v UCD. A UCD fan had a big poster
of Andy Myler and when Myler scored he grabbed the poster and ran
around the pitch waving it up in the air
Adrian Carberry on the ground injured ... the physio came over with a sponge.
Cabsy took the sponge and used it to clean his new white boots which he had
just bought the day of the match
Adrian Murphy practicing celebrations after scoring into an empty net during
the half time subs warmup.
Anthony Fennelly getting lost trying to find his way to Belfield
Town supporter giving the linesman abuse during a game, let a roar
"for fcuks sake linesman, do you not have the balls to make a decision"
Linesman turned around ... it was Hilda McD !!!!!!!!!
All these classic moments will be lost to history when eL sides playing to 15-20k crowds... ;)
i can see it in a couple of years- more than 50 ucd fans at a game,we can all dream i suppose,the ucd fan standin in the riverside on his own a couple of years back wavin a flag was good.... FORZA STUDENTS!!!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Réiteoir
graham gartlands tackle on kearney an landsdowne...still laughing it was soooo funny:DQuote:
Originally Posted by rebs23
although most of cork attempts at playing football was funny that day:p :p
We played Derry this year and there was a scuffle over in front of where the Derry support was. The Muckers were throwing a blow up sheep around and it flew on to the pitch.
A Derry player went down after the scuffle and their physio ran on. Oddly our's ran on too, mistaking the blow up sheep for a player :o
Also, a linesman running into a local photographer at a game last year was quite funny.
Another I remember is from when we played Limerick in 2004. Lims came to Finn Park with no change of kit and they played in Harps rigs.
We were leading by a couple of goals when Limerick pulled one back. Wee bloke that scored runs off kissing the crest and saluting the home support who had given him some abuse - he only realised about two minutes later that he was in actual fact kissing a Harps crest.
Cork fans who think that Dublin teams have only 2 away games EVERY YEAR:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Pablo
This season we'll have 16 away games if the format is the same and we will be there as always. Yeah we travelled to cork for a home game but ye wouldnt even go to cobh for one!
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yeah, Derry(ok maybe Harps when they are up) and Cork. You dont leave the Jackeen suburbs the rest of the timeQuote:
Originally Posted by NY Hoop
"Come back Andy, all is forgiven", it said. There was a replacement for the home leg (or maybe Myler gave it back, I don't know) saying "On second thoughts, stay in Athlone!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Super generalisation:rolleyes: Well with the chip on your shoulder you must find it hard to leave cark!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pablo
What about Waterford, Longford, Drogheda and Bray? Then again you've probably never been to any of those places.
Anyway back on topic Rovers fans seeing a tank in the ground while playing Altay in Turley in 98 then being given tea and biscuits at half time by club officials!!
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I think you'll find Drogheda and Bray are Jackeen suburbs too! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by NY Hoop
ooooh 6am start for those. better pack the sandwiches :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by NY Hoop
The game against Pat's at the back end of last season in Richmond. Awfful boring game but at one point UCD had possession and a St. Pat's player went down injured. An angry Anto Murphy just slapped the ball into the ground out for a throw in. Technically a hand ball but the ref didn't care. St. Pat's fans were not too happy with their future employee at the time.
When Dublin City scored their opener in the playoff at Dayler I was queueing up at Leo Burdock's. This rabid Rovers fan jumped out of the queue ran over to the side of the pitch and started thumping the sponsor board like a mad man and roaring. He then retook his place in the queue temporarily regained his composore then snapped and did it again. Schadenfraude at it's finest.:D
The hang samiches??!!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Pablo
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they'll be handy for you next season in Athlone, and Monaghan, and Kilkenny etc etc :DQuote:
Originally Posted by NY Hoop