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Athlone Town supporters group "Mad As Cootes" have invited
supporters of Galway United to meet up in "The Bounty" Bar at
Dubarry Park before Saturdays First Divsion game.
GUST expect our bus(es) to be there at approx. 6.30pm. We are
looking forward to meeting the Athlone lads for a pint or two before the game.
All of our supporters welcome.
I predict a riot............ I predict a riot!!!!:D :D
The standard of spelling on this forum is appalling. Are you going to Sligo IT,
Conor ?
:o Sorry....type to fast sometimes!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick Dunne
Although the Sligo IT insult was uncalled for!
It happens to be held in high esteem by the locals!;)
I think you will find that you have omitted an apostrophe there Patrick. The misuse of punctuation on this forum is appalling.:D :D Perhaps you too have studied at SIT.Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick Dunne
I went to the Cork Limerick IT myself and enjoyed it !! :D
I heard Tallaght IT can be enjoyable also :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Terry
so we actually are gonna be allowed into the bar, thought we wouldnt be allowed in wearing our colours?
you're not, all items of clothing must be transparent, any coloured will be removed before entering !!!!
Tallaght IT and Tralee IT make a fine pair between them :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon
As far as I'm aware the bar will be open to all supporters.
You're probably all entitled to honoourary doctorates from Waterford IT for these efforts :eek: - ya know - more First Division than whatever they're calling it next season!:rolleyes:
we were told on here that we wouldnt be allowed in wearing our jerseys, thats what i meant by colours terryQuote:
Originally Posted by Terry
I haven't heard anything about the "no colours" rule from my Athlone sources. Ash, perhaps you can clarify this ?
the barkeeps would be mad to lose the custom the next night over something as trivial as colours - drink on!
There was nothing said to us about "no colours". One of the lads was talking
to a club official on Tuesday and nothing was mentioned.
If I hear anything different though I'll let you know as soon as I do.
I know with the Rovers game there was a private function in The Bounty and
so they limited the amount of people in the bar.
As far as Im aware they, along with a good few pubs in town got some advice
from the Gardai to keep things local.
In the case of the Rovers match too there was enough locals drinking in the
pub to keep the bank balance healthy so there was no need to have any
others in the bar who might cause bother. Seeing as a few "fans" started
throwing punches at the bouncers it was the correct decision on that
occasion. As always, a few idiots ruining it for the genuine supporters
I dont give a damn anyway
Im getting a pint in before the match!
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Originally Posted by Patrick Dunne
The Bounty Bar. You just couldn't make it up.
PS Where in Da Town is it?
The only Athlone pub that I am familiar with is Gertie Brownes.
The Bounty is the Buccaneers RFC club bar at Dubarry Park.
sounds good there should be a good bit of banter before the game. we will show that we can have the craic together as we have done so with the rovers and dundalk fans. hope the result will go our way.
Yep and heard that at the Under 21 match as well tonight and no segregation either apparently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Lets all show what a good friendly rivalry is all about
roll on saturday night boys, cant wait for it at this stage, its getting fairly annoying waiting for it. as ye all know we never go looking for any trouble and nearly always get along well with opposition fans, just ask rovers and dundalk fans but as with most people we dont like to be antagonised. so hopefully on saturday the bus up, the couple of pints before the game, and the match can pass off without any of this stupid fighting crap starting again.
does this meet up mean we wont be visiting the Dog & Duck.I suppose it would be rude to turn down the invitation but the D&D have always been great to us.
we could always go there afterwards for one or two, its not too far away and as you say they've been really sound to us over the years
There is the possibilty of visiting the D&D for a while after the match, depending on the driver and those who are travelling to the game.
TBH i'd prefer to get straight back to Galway as i and at least 7 others who are travelling are going out in Galway after the match.We should be back at a reasonable enough time to allow everyone to make a night of it in Galway as opposed to hanging around in Athlone been gazed at by the local yokels in the pub.Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick Dunne
Yokels generally are suspicious of outsiders and always want to get back to where they have lived all their lives - and as quickly as possible.
nice one Pa :rolleyes:
i dunno i think it would be good to go for a few pints in the dog&duck after, they've been fairly sound over the years to us and it'd be good to go up even if its only for one drink. there'd still be time to go out in galway afterwards
Whats link with the dog & duck? I assume ye are talking about the pub in Ballykeeran
Frank, the owner travels to most of the Ireland games and is a bit of legend. We used to stop there any time we went to Athlone or Longford, always great craic and we always got well fed and "watered".Frank used to throw a few crates on the bus for us too! We like Frank he gives us beer!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by AthloneYid
yeah thats the one, we've been in there at afew athlone games and the staff are always dead sound and sort us out with a couple of free beers
sounds a ledge alright - wish there were more barkeeps like him!
Hhhmmmmmm Free beer Eh?????????