QuoteI just can't wait to hear the reaction over on OWC tomorrow to our qualification. They'll be sick into their farls.
Gerry is either profoundly misinformed or attempting to radically rewrite history with that Derry City claim. Bizarre.
I just can't wait to hear the reaction over on OWC tomorrow to our qualification. They'll be sick into their farls.
I see the Spokesman for the AONISC is in Dublin today.
"The Amalgamation of Official Northern Ireland Supporters' Clubs today continued its campaign to highlight the injustice of the ongoing situation which allows players to defect from within the Northern Ireland youth international system to the Republic of Ireland.
AONISC Chairman, Gary McAllister, hand-delivered a letter to the Headquarters of the Football Association of Ireland in Dublin encouraging the FAI to enter into a new, bi-lateral agreement with the Irish Football Association on the matter.
In the letter, Mr McAllister, writing on behalf of the supporters' group, described the ongoing situation as 'immoral in footballing terms' and encouraged the FAI Chief Executive John Delaney to apply the same principles of integrity which he himself had advocated when the Republic of Ireland fell victim to the infamous hand-ball elimination against France in 2009.
The AONISC Chair added: "Surely those same principles apply equally when you find yourself in a position of both advantage and disadvantage?"
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
The shop's closed today.
hahahaOriginally Posted by Not Brazil
That letter will end up in row Z tonight. J.D.'s been working on his throw.
I'm sure JD will sympathize and take a similar opinion that Gary Mac had at the time about JD, when JD advocated that the Republic of Ireland fell victim to the infamous hand-ball elimination against France in 2009
I know they say that the squeaky wheel gets the oil, but it'd be nice if these boys would give our heads peace.
End Apartheid Now! One Team in Ireland!
Needless to say the OWC fans are not having a great week.
Their latest target is Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol, based on a lyric on one of the new songs in his new album.
See if ye can work out which one:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/snowpatrol/lifening.html
Ha! I just heard that song for the first time today. What are they saying?
They'll be cheered up a little by the news from Shane Ferguson.
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
Is Shane Ferguson eligible to play for NI?
Lundy
Judas
Turncoat
etc etc...
There's not that much of a response, but it would appear that the standard response from the OWC in these matters is intolerant and mildly amusing aggressive towards anybody from NI, who expresses support (however diluted) towards the FAI - regarded as a traitor.
A traitor to what, I wonder?
More of a head in the sand refusal to recognize the ethnic and national identity of a significant % of the NI population.
Their message is, if you are for the IFA you must hate the FAI. If you are a nationalist then you have to suppress a natural part of that identity in order not to aggravate the OWC. If you are a nationalist, who would be inclined to support the IFA, then you have to strip off all aspects of that identity and adopt the OWC perspective in football matters. There is no room in the OWC for even elements of duality.
Of course there are probably some who support the NI team who have more cop than what you get from the OWC moderators.
But you can't help noticing, more and more, that the default OWC identity is an insular form of Britishness.
Hope he enjoys having the summer months off for the rest of his career
In all seriousness though, good luck to the lad!!
Hope he was able to catch the game.
Is that trying to imply there was an old agreement?AONISC Chairman, Gary McAllister, hand-delivered a letter to the Headquarters of the Football Association of Ireland in Dublin encouraging the FAI to enter into a new, bi-lateral agreement with the Irish Football Association on the matter.
Is that true? What about the period over the Summer where he outlined that he was mulling over his international future?“I’ve always wanted to stay with Northern Ireland,” Ferguson told the Belfast Telegraph after playing in the Northern Ireland under-21’s defeat against Serbia.
I'll assume that's a typo and Stuart McKinley meant "not".This has angered the IFA, but they failed to stop players from switching when the Court of Arbitration for Sport insisted that rules are now being broken.
Last edited by DannyInvincible; 16/11/2011 at 5:12 PM.
It's a shame about Shane. *sigh*
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
I was wondering what those paper aeroplanes were.
Last edited by The Fly; 16/11/2011 at 8:56 PM.
Shane seems to be going the Paddy McCourt/Niall McGinn etc. route in the sense that he mustn't think that he'll make it with us but we also have Stephen Ward, Marc Wilson, Marc Tierney & Greg Cunningham to choose from.
"We lost because we didn't win"- Ronaldo
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