Croke Park or Celtic Park

[Paddy Ramone]

Originally posted by davros
Happily agree with all above,exc.the prawn sandwich retailers!

Just for more choice,how about 'Yardiff'& the Millennium stadium.....Have to admit is even bigger than Parkheed/Old Trafford!!

Yeah Yardiff would be great too. There's loads of famine Irish there too like Glasgow and it's in a Celtic country.

Also as well as Goodison there's Anfield, founded by an Orangeman but also have loads of famine Irish Catholic fans. I wonder is the playing of YNWA before Irish matches a signal of the FAI's intentions. Parkhead or Anfield?!!

Although recently I do see quite a number of Liverpool fans with half Liverpool/Rangers scarves as a backlash against the Celtic association. I don't think they'd like the "Fenians" playing on their "home" matches on their ground.

[Duncan Gardner]

It would be great to see the protestant boys up North supporting us. But they have chip on their shoulder over the Lennon incident and the fact that more and more Catholics from Norn Iron are declaring for the republic. They have a persecution complex, they think everyone is against them

Actually they think the Belfast media are against them (more coverage to the Republic's team, exaggeration of anti-nationalist atmosphere at matches, running down of the local teams generally). Which is a fair call, I'd say.

That said, more NI fans would support England in such a fixture. More again would want you both to lose


No doubt Billy Hutchinson, who supports England, will be mentioned. Electoral results from Belfast North suggest he has rather less support than you may think. Alan Green (who went to my school in Belfast) and Mark Lawrenson are both quite happy to support England when commentating.

NI fans recognise that England, rather than us, are who you see as your main rival. While you're so far ahead in the rankings and attract so much support there, that's fair enough. (Lopez- don't start ).

Personally I don't think many more schoolboys than now will declare for the RoI in future. If nothing else, it might lessen their likelihood of playing representative games and being spotted by scouts from England or Scotland.

The amount of time spent discussing Celtic FC and the GAA on this forum suggests NI fans are hardly alone in their "persecution complex", Dr Freud?

[frano]

But then as you don't 'give a toss about who supported who in 1922, or the state of the British Empire in 1801' you wouldn't know about that

Is it possible for you've got some kind of attention disorder, or are you just that bad at trying to be a smart arse.

As for the British Empire and 1922, I know at least as much any man in Hertfordshire But while I accept now that these strings do go off on many a tangent. Personally, I only want to get involved in footie related stuff. If thats alright with you.

But if you don't think the England hooligans will be there on mass if Ireland play Turkey at Anfield, you've been living in hicksville too long mate. I can tell you for a fact, they'd class it as an opportunity far too good to pass up.

[lopez]

Originally posted by frano
Is it possible for you've got some kind of attention disorder, or are you just that bad at trying to be a smart arse.

As for the British Empire and 1922, I know at least as much any man in Hertfordshire But while I accept now that these strings do go off on many a tangent. Personally, I only want to get involved in footie related stuff. If thats alright with you.

But if you don't think the England hooligans will be there on mass if Ireland play Turkey at Anfield, you've been living in hicksville too long mate. I can tell you for a fact, they'd class it as an opportunity far too good to pass up.

Ouch!!!!!! Tell me Frano, why did Combat 18 steam down the Kilburn High Road after the scum-Holland game in 1993? (Read 'White Riot' by Nick Lowles for full details of this brave attack). Why not Green Lanes? Why have as their unofficial anthem no surrender to the IRA instead of some old sh*te about Galipoli or Mesopotamia. I may live in Hicksville - you can get some great Cajun wings and cornbread here - but it seems you're a bit wet behind the ears yourself for a city slicker. It is the Irish themselves playing in England four or five times that is 'an opportunity far too good to pass up' and will bring out the far right and their hangers on in the burberry and stone island, not just England's 'biggest rivals for 2003', (Let's face it I've lost count of the number of the scum's 'biggest rivals'), as you'd know already if you've ever been to game between Ireland and the scum.

[frano]

we're in agreement then, as that was my original point. Someone mentioned about the security playing in scotland. I made the point that Ireland v Turkey, Holland or Italy, could only be worse.

As for wet behind the ears mate, I go home and away, granted only since 1999, but certainly not wet behind the ears.
I'm 34 for feck sake

[Junior]

Originally posted by frano

If Ireland draw say Holland or Italy in the qualifiers, you can bet your arse they won't be playing at Anfield. Or an even worse combination Ireland - Turkey. There'd be feckin murder, with the English hooligans causing it.

funny that, didn't we play Holand in 95 at Anfield?, dont remember a fat lot of England Hoolies at that one, albeit it a one off game

[liam88]

And how many Catholics are playing for Nord Iron since Lennon?
We got Freed Derrys support, South Armagh (anywhere where SF won seats?-mabye I won't go there)

Even saw the Derry bhoys at Celtic Fulham

[lopez]

Originally posted by frano
we're in agreement then, as that was my original point. Someone mentioned about the security playing in scotland. I made the point that Ireland v Turkey, Holland or Italy, could only be worse.

We're not in agreement. You seem to see the problems will come from Turks, or at least their fans' presence. I feel that any problems will come from the Tans no matter who the opposition are, even Andorra. The problems will multiply if we play the scum in Glasgow.

Originally posted by frano
As for wet behind the ears mate, I go home and away, granted only since 1999, but certainly not wet behind the ears.
I'm 34 for feck sake

Well you did compare me with some cousin sh*ggin, moonshine guzzling, pick-up driving, white hood wearing red-neck cos I happen to live in the sticks... Oh OK. I had a dig as well so probably deserved. However, being at a few games against the scum, I can tell you IMO they are head and shoulders ahead of anyone else in the aggro stakes. Without trying to act the hardman, I have the scar from a gash above my forehead (received a few hours before the game at Wembley in 91) to prove it, so excuse me if this is a bit of a sore subject with me.

[Plastic Paddy]

The one hundredth post in this thread, and it's maybe time to pour a little oil on the water. Frano and Lopez, if you want to start a fight, let me know first so I can sell the tickets... t'would surely be a humdinger! And Davros, no matter how much you or I might not like it, the "osc" does have a name ("Northern Ireland") a basis (no matter how suspect) in law and it ain't going away just yet. Not until the majority in the six counties vote for such an option in a plebiscite. But I digress (sorry Frano... )

So, back to the point. The pragmatists of the Arklow GAA club may well have given everyone a saving-face way out of allowing the garrison game at Croker. Which now begs the supplementary question: where will we play the rest of our games?

Answers on a postcard to Dáil Eireann and 80 Merrion Square...

PP

[Rebel Bhoy]

Bingo!! spot on there PP. Arklow GAA club have put forward an idea, a simple idea that allows everyone to come away happy(ish) and with pride intact. No doubt the die-hard GAA lovers will still object, but if the GAA go for it, we can pedal our wares in one of the greatest stadiums on the planet. Now all we need is a team worthy to play in it!

[frano]

It may be drastic, but there is only one realistic solution to the stadium fiasco.

Every man and woman will have to face this reality, we have no option lads. We'll have to invade Wales

[Plastic Paddy]

Originally posted by frano
It may be drastic, but there is only one realistic solution to the stadium fiasco.

Every man and woman will have to face this reality, we have no option lads. We'll have to invade Wales