Why do you love football?

**osarusan** · 04/05/2010, 1:19 AM

The agitation of seeing out the last few minutes when 1 up at home to Shels is a pleasant feeling.

**pineapple stu** · 04/05/2010, 10:02 AM

The agitation of seeing out the last few minutes when 1 up at home to Pat's is a pleasant feeling.

**Sam_Heggy** · 04/05/2010, 10:25 AM

Being part of a sizeable crowd in the randysmell tonight with both sets of fans chanting abuse at each other for 90 minutes yet able to walk out side by side after the game without incident.

**Onefootednopace** · 04/05/2010, 4:35 PM

I like football and most sports for the sheer enjoyment it brings to my life. Whether its competing or spectating, there's nothing better than observing a magical bit of individual skill or a great team performance. There will be bad days, but the good days will always counteract the despair that a defeat can bring. An added bonus is the friendships you make through football and sport in general.

**Rasputin** · 07/05/2010, 2:07 PM

I love football because Sligo Rovers exists within its realm, thats it really.
Im a Rovers fan first and a football fan second.
Saying that I still get a nice warm feeling when I see another LOI fan sporting their colours where ever you go.
I feel a bond between LOI fans because lets face it we are under constant siege from the twin evils of Premiership football and the GAA.
I gain an instant respect for someone when I know they are a LOI fan, just like a lose respect for someone when I hear they are a Merchandise United fan or what not.
When I see LOI teams play in Europe whether they are Shams or Bohs or Cork ill still cheer them and hope to god they win even if I despise them when they are back on Irish soil.
The disspointment is continuous and unending, considering im a Sligo Rovers fan but the sense of communtiy around our club is immense.
There are few clubs with the community support and identity of a town that we do and im proud of that.
Eamon Sweeney best described it when he said a LOI fan was somewhat like a Presbyterian in the South, stuck between the giants of Premiership football and the GAA but all the more zealous and loyal because of our siege mentality.
Every LOI fan here knows the love and the pain, for those that arent LOI fans they will never understand until they experience it themselves.

**srfc1928** · 07/05/2010, 2:38 PM

Like Rasputin Im a Sligo Rovers fan first, then a football fan second.
Everyone I grew up with or am friendly with would be Rovers fans and even those who wouldnt go to every game always want them to do well.
Its a good comunity club with a long tradition, a club just by being here always punches above its weigth, due to Sligo being a small town hindered by geography and economics.