Cork City FC - Biggest Club in the Country

**A face** · 30/11/2008, 2:11 PM

Originally Posted by Candystripe

Stupid argument. Bohs are obviously the Biggest club. They have won most leagues, most cups, have the most fans, the biggest bars, the biggest legal fees, the smallest manager and every other club are Minnows compared to them.

I concur ..... Bohs are the club we all aspire to be, end of

**randomcomment** · 01/12/2008, 12:04 PM

Dundalk will have an av. attendance of 2500-3000 next season

**oriel** · 01/12/2008, 12:10 PM

Originally Posted by randomcomment

Dundalk will have an av. attendance of 2500-3000 next season

I dont know about that - would mean increasing our avg by 1,000 to hit the 2,500 mark - very unlikely - even with away support - also we`ll lose some support if we dont start off well. We might hit 3,000 for big games and more hopefully if we have a louth derby

But an avg of 2,000 would be a more realistic figure to aim for imo

**paulie_walnuts** · 01/12/2008, 2:10 PM

He isn't called randomcomment for nothing

**micls** · 01/12/2008, 8:08 PM

Possibly the stupidest thread on this forum ever....and that's tough.

All crowds are awful end of story. it's like arguing about who has the best form of cancer

**R�iteoir** · 02/12/2008, 1:43 PM

Originally Posted by micls

Possibly the stupidest thread on this forum ever....and that's tough.

All crowds are awful end of story. it's like arguing about who has the best form of cancer

I must resist answering that point at the end tbh...

**Buller** · 02/12/2008, 3:34 PM

Originally Posted by micls

Possibly the stupidest thread on this forum ever....and that's tough.

All crowds are awful end of story. it's like arguing about who has the best form of cancer

That's a bit harsh... if its any consolation then, Cork City have the best form of cancer.

**dcfcsteve** · 02/12/2008, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by micls

All crowds are awful end of story. it's like arguing about who has the best form of cancer

That old cliche gets smugly wheeled out in every attendances discussion, and it's just pompous bullsh!t.

One-upmanship is part and parcel of football - over results, over size of support, over shirt sales, over size and quality of stadium, over who has the best pies etc. If you don't like it, don't follow football, as it's just the way things are in the game.

And why is it only comparing attendances that is allegedly akin to comparing cancer ? What about results and trophies ? There are many in Ireland and elsewhere who would say that it is irrelevant who wins the Eircom League, as the standard is muck (which it is if you compare us with La Liga or the English Premiership). So no point Bohs thinking they're great, as it just means their footballing 'cancer' is slightly better than everyone else's. Yet no-one complains when there's one-upmanship over results, or rolls out a cliche to proclaim that we should all really just be above all that nonesense.

And just like other league's look down on our attendances, we look down on other's in-turn (e.g. the Irish League).

One-upmanship in football covers everything - including crowds. It's just the way the game is. Like it or lump it.

**A face** · 02/12/2008, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

One-upmanship in football covers everything - including crowds. It's just the way the game is. Like it or lump it.

Cork City is brilliant, every other club is crap ..... are we done, can we move on now?

**micls** · 03/12/2008, 9:58 AM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

That old cliche gets smugly wheeled out in every attendances discussion, and it's just pompous bullsh!t.

Yeah it was my post that had the pompous bull**** in it...

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

One-upmanship is part and parcel of football - over results, over size of support, over shirt sales, over size and quality of stadium, over who has the best pies etc.

One upmanship is fine, when there is something to celebrate about. But forgive me for not celebrating the fact that in a county of over 200k people we get just over 1% of them in our gates.

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

If you don't like it, don't follow football, as it's just the way things are in the game.

Yeah, cos I follow football for the oneupmanship....

If thats the reason you follow the game then your missing some of the better stuff.

There are plenty of things people claim 'are just the way things' but you dont have to accept them or like them to enjoy the game

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

And why is it only comparing attendances that is allegedly akin to comparing cancer ? What about results and trophies ? There are many in Ireland and elsewhere who would say that it is irrelevant who wins the Eircom League, as the standard is muck (which it is if you compare us with La Liga or the English Premiership)

What? Im struggling to find any sense in that tbh.

It is widely accepted by LOI fans that our attendances are rubbish. I dont give a crap what non-LOI fans think, nor am I coming to the conclusion that theyre rubbish in comparison to the Premiership or La Liga.

When the time comes that LOI all think the league/Cup is rubbish then you might have a point.

A but like the league cup

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

And just like other league's look down on our attendances, we look down on other's in-turn (e.g. the Irish League).

I dont look down on any other leagues crowds, in fact I couldnt care less about them.

I care about our league and our league only.

The one upmanship is ******** when it comes to attendances because we get 1.5% of our population to come to games, other teams like Cobh might get 15% of their population but somehow were better because we've a few thousand in the gate.

When LOI teams are getting proper crowds, marketing themselves and the league properly and actually doing somethign to attract people in the gate then Il be more than happy to celebrate the fact that we have the biggest crowds with our 10k.

Until then I'll feel free to say that ALL our attendances are ****e and noone from any club has anything to gloat about given how little is being done to change that in comparison to what should be done.

Thanks

**Dodge** · 03/12/2008, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

One-upmanship is part and parcel of football - over shirt sales

He hee he. Always makes me laugh. He hee he.

**Larry 'da' Wyse** · 03/12/2008, 10:56 AM

Cork City have a new shop opening on Sullivan's Quay ... this is impressive.
Not too many LOI teams (if any?) have a city/town centre shop.

**micls** · 03/12/2008, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by Larry 'da' Wyse

Cork City have a new shop opening on Sullivan's Quay ... this is impressive.
Not too many LOI teams (if any?) have a city/town centre shop.

its been open a few weeks. But its just our old shop moving into a premises owned by Coughlan.

Afaik Drogehda had a shop in town too as well as one or 2 other clubs

**brianw82** · 03/12/2008, 11:05 AM

Yeah, cos I follow football for the oneupmanship....

If thats the reason you follow the game then your missing some of the better stuff.

There are plenty of things people claim 'are just the way things' but you dont have to accept them or like them to enjoy the game

Couldn't agree more with this point. I don't understand the constant need of football fans to gloat and slag off the opposition, whoever they are.

**Dodge** · 03/12/2008, 11:17 AM

Oh and I meant say, top post micls

**rebs23** · 03/12/2008, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by micls

:One upmanship is fine, when there is something to celebrate about. But forgive me for not celebrating the fact that in a county of over 200k people we get just over 1% of them in our gates.

I know I'm being picky but the population of the county is around 500,000 of which around 300,000 live in the city and suburbs so it makes our % going to games worse.

**micls** · 03/12/2008, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by rebs23

I know I'm being picky but the population of the county is around 500,000 of which around 300,000 live in the city and suburbs so it makes our % going to games worse.

Meant to type city rather than county, but you're right given that a large proportion of our support comes from outside the City

**dcfcsteve** · 03/12/2008, 11:23 PM

Originally Posted by micls

Until then I'll feel free to say that ALL our attendances are ****e and noone from any club has anything to gloat about given how little is being done to change that in comparison to what should be done.

And most in Ireland would argue that, just like our attendances, all our stadiums are sh!te and all our football is sh!te.

Which is my point. If you want to go down the cancer analogy - our league is riddled with the stuff. Yet it's only attendances that it's apparently beneath people to compare....

**razor** · 04/12/2008, 7:16 AM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

And most in Ireland would argue that, just like our attendances, all our stadiums are sh!te and all our football is sh!te.

The stadium in which we play is quite good actually

**micls** · 04/12/2008, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

And most in Ireland would argue that, just like our attendances, all our stadiums are sh!te and all our football is sh!te.

Which is my point. If you want to go down the cancer analogy - our league is riddled with the stuff. Yet it's only attendances that it's apparently beneath people to compare....

You've seemed to miss the point of my argument.

I DONT CARE WHAT 'MOST IN IRELAND' THINK!

Im talking about LOI fans.