I remember those times.That was a very exciting Derry team with Kristic,De Game ,Da Silva & others. I wonder where all those fans went ? Derry hadn't had senior football for some years before that time I think so it was something new.These things tend to come in waves. We had great crowds down here in the late sixties & early seventies,in fact we had over 20k at a game here in 1972,then a barren spell.Then in the eighty's it picked up again & here we are down again but I'm sure things will pick up again.
If the League & the Clubs were run properly I'm sure people would come back again.
"To Fudge or Not to Fudge" by J Delaney.
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"To Fudge or Not to Fudge" by J Delaney.
I wish I could share your confidence that things will return to the way they were in the 60s & 70s. Crowds all over the country were far bigger then and even bigger if you go further back. Incredible as it might sound, the record attendance at Dalyer for a domestic match was 45,000 (Bohs v Rovers in 1945). Unfortunately, I just can't see those days coming back.
Now I don't think we will ever see 20k at a League of Ireland game again but as clubs realise that they must keep to their budgets & fans see that they are doing their best I'm confident that people will come to see the games. A lot of people have been put off the League of Ireland because of the way it was run & the way clubs did their business.
Of course you will always find people who prefer to follow the English Premier League. When Roy Keane went to Sunderland all of a sudden we had scores of Sunderland fans in Cork. Most of them didn't even know where Sunderland was but I suppose its their right to follow whoever they wan to.
I think the funniest thing I have seen was a guy protesting with a placard somewhere in Dublin about foreign games. What was he wearing ? A Celtic Top
"To Fudge or Not to Fudge" by J Delaney.
Yeah that was outside Croke Park when they were voting on allowing 'garrison games' in. Ridiculous.
Ha, no I wasn't born when Johnny Matthews sunk that penalty to seal our 5th title. The bandwagon/quick to begrudge fans were alive back then too. Loads of the Waterford fans left at 2-0 down - missing arguably the club's greatest moment. It's just an Irish thing
Thats the guy. Makes you wonder what some of these people have for brains.
I love when people leave early & someone equalizes or gets the winner & they miss it. What I enjoy most of all is meeting someone who lives near to the ground & they ask you who won. I tell then City won 4 or 5 nil & it was a great game just to see their faces even though it might have been nil all & a bore
"To Fudge or Not to Fudge" by J Delaney.
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