QuoteSporting Fingal don't count here. This just applies to the other 21. Sporting Fingal are pretty much just there to be hated.Originally Posted by boris
Well fair play to the young girl for designing it and all. But other than it starting with an "F" I don't see any connection. Considering your entire crest is a giant bird, I really expected that a mascot of an avian nature would have been as wide as you cast your net.What
A girl of about 12 designed the mascot last year for a competition run in the local schools. She named him Fingal Freddie. Since when does the mascot have to have a direct connection with the club. Just have a look at other mascots for clubs around the world and tell me they all have have a connection with their club. Do me a favour mate, take you anger and negativity elsewhere.
I believe that Bray Wanderers (The Seagulls) Have "Sammy the Seagull" which is obviously connected; off the top of my head West Ham have a giant Hammer, Millwall have a lion, Hull a Tiger, Man Utd "Eric the Red Devil" et cetera et cetera et cetera
As it happens my class have contacted all the Dublin "commuter-belt" clubs (as part of a LOI drive/project) via email and Fingal got back to us (along with Bohs and Bray) and mentioned this initiative. So, again; a grudging fair play.
Sporting Fingal don't count here. This just applies to the other 21. Sporting Fingal are pretty much just there to be hated.
Lets redefine what it means to heal
Its actually Rocky the seagull - a giant gull who beat Drogs mascot (some kind of deformed lion) in penalties at half time during the cup semi in 05. Decent penalties too it must be said. In fact the general consensus on the terrace was that Rocky could feel aggrieved not to have been picked ahead of Tarzan O'Brien up front.
In fairness - most mascots do actually have some sort of connection to their club though :What
A girl of about 12 designed the mascot last year for a competition run in the local schools. She named him Fingal Freddie. Since when does the mascot have to have a direct connection with the club. Just have a look at other mascots for clubs around the world and tell me they all have have a connection with their club. Do me a favour mate, take you anger and negativity elsewhere.
'Billy Blue' at Linfield.
'R mucker' (the candystriped tiger) at City.
H'angus the monkey at Hartlepool
The Owl at Sheffield Wednesday.
The fox at Leicester City.
The Seagull at Bray
You get the idea without me having to go on.....
A 12-year-old girl came up with the name right? I'd imagine there was nothing more complicated involved than choosing an animal that began with an 'F'.
So bloody what if one mascot is the same animal as on the crest while another mascot isn't? Who honestly gives a f**k if there is any link between the club and the mascot?
Well dont to Fingal for going ahead with the creation of a young girl, and well done on the idea for junior supporters.
Fred The Red actually. The Town have had various Longford Lions as mascots, don't think we ever named them properly. One of them won a penalty shootout against Bray's seagull years ago much to the latter's displeasure. Marty The Monkey made an appearance a few times last year too
Last edited by Longfordian; 26/03/2009 at 10:00 AM.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
Don't forget Lily the panda, a connection if ever there was one!
Which is why I had my original confusion at maynards comment.
By some shels fans who have a chip on there shoulder.
In fairness i did say that you couldnt tell me they all have a connection with their club. Of course you can find some that do, just like you can find some that dont
Reading have a lion
Leeds have a Tiger
Aston villa have a lion and cat
Preston have a duck
Damn you people for getting me into one of the worst arguments i have ever had on this site
Last edited by Lamper.sffc; 26/03/2009 at 10:15 AM.
In fairness, a Candystriped Lion is a pretty tenuous connection too.
You're just getting started.Damn you people for getting me into one of the worst arguments i have ever had on this site
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
Unfortunately this thread has got polluted (like so many others) with negativity and begrudging attitudes - hardly informative or entertaining!
It seems that enduring juvenile sniping posts are the price that has to paid to for the real gems on this site
Well done Fingal on your efforts (and also to Bohemians, Shelbourne and any others who are putting in this effort) Congrats Pats on your 80c kids tickets promotion.
POTM! Well said. Is it any wonder our League hasn't flourished when there are plenty supporters quick to mock and knock any bit of progress.
"oh my, that was some beer we had last night, I think I feel like getting sick" Effin Eddie
Some of ye would want to get real here. And I certainly hope that the emboldended bit above is not directed at me as I have now stated twice in this thread my (albeit grudging) respect for the Sporting Fingal effort. Does this mean that we all have to fall in love with the club too?
Ye, let's all hold hands across Dublin between Pats, Bohs, Shels, Rovers, UCD and Fingal and say how great we all are.
I think I need a lie down away from this forum for a month.
Funnily enough no fans of other clubs openly disagreed with me on that opinion. So I'd wager its not just Shels fans that don't want you around.
Lets redefine what it means to heal
Calling Nicky Brennan to North Co. Dublin, that's Nicky Brennan to North Co. Dublin please.
The Model Club
Tell all the Bohs you know
that we've gone and won two-in-a-row
and it's not gonna be three
and it's not gonna be four
it's more likely to be 5-1.
It's only tenuous if you don't know what you're talking about.....In fairness, a Candystriped Lion is a pretty tenuous connection too.
You're just getting started.
'The Candystriped tiger' was the name of a 1986 documentary on the phenomena that was city's retrun to football in 1985 by BBC1 Northern Ireland. The name stuck.
Also - you do understand that a lion and a tiger are two different animals....?
You're just plain wrong here mucker. The overwhelming majority of mascosts have some sort of connection with a club - it's history, its name, its colours, its crest, its location etc. Because that's the whole idea about a mascot - it should have some sort of meaning.
To prove the point, let's look at the examples you gave of ones you thought had no connection :
Reading have a lion : Their nickname is 'The Royals', and the lion is the king of the jungle. Hence that choice.
Leeds have a Tiger : That's 'Kop Kat' : a play on words between the Kop part of their stadium, and the old cartoon character 'Top Cat'
Aston villa have a lion and cat : Have you ever seen Villa's crest...?
Preston have a duck : 'Deepdale Duck'. Deepdale is their stadium : 'Me duck' is a term of endearment in Lancashire. A bit like City's mascot being called 'R Mucker'.
You may choose to argue that some of the above are tenuous - but they have some sort of reference back to their clubs none-the-less.
Indeed......Damn you people for getting me into one of the worst arguments i have ever had on this site
Last edited by dcfcsteve; 26/03/2009 at 11:01 PM.
Exactly why this site is boycotted and christened fool.ie in some quarters
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You win
No more than Fingal freddie in fairness. Is he any more tenuous than what is mentioned above. (really)You're just plain wrong here mucker. The overwhelming majority of mascosts have some sort of connection with a club - it's history, its name, its colours, its crest, its location etc. Because that's the whole idea about a mascot - it should have some sort of meaning.
To prove the point, let's look at the examples you gave of ones you thought had no connection :
Reading have a lion : Their nickname is 'The Royals', and the lion is the king of the jungle. Hence that choice.
Leeds have a Tiger : That's 'Kop Kat' : a play on words between the Kop part of their stadium, and the old cartoon character 'Top Cat' (please)
Please
Aston villa have a lion and cat : Have you ever seen Villa's crest...?
Preston have a duck : 'Deepdale Duck'. Deepdale is their stadium : 'Me duck' is a term of endearment in Lancashire
You may choose to argue that some of the above are tenuous - but they have some sort of reference back to their clubs none-the-less.
Indeed......
The original point still stands, the mascot does not have to have a direct connection with the club dont ya think. Please lets leave it there
Last edited by Lamper.sffc; 27/03/2009 at 12:53 AM. Reason: its late
Imagine ... if that school girl only new what debate her design would cause among adults
"oh my, that was some beer we had last night, I think I feel like getting sick" Effin Eddie
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