Con Murphy's question tonight.

**avvenalaf** · 25/08/2010, 9:43 PM

Well, tell Rory about him - he'll sort him out.

**Rasputin** · 26/08/2010, 7:06 AM

Originally Posted by poster

That forum's what happens when you let animals near computers.

I was quoted in that hilarious thread.
Thumbs up all round.

**Oldred** · 27/08/2010, 1:22 AM

As someone who stood in Milltown on the last day I feel sickened by the attitude of the young Shams fans. We went into the centre of the field that day to do what little we could to keep shams as they were. It grieves me to see the animosity that the "new" fans of both clubs have adopted. As a fan of football in this country, and this country alone, we will never go forward while such venom is involved.

**mypost** · 01/09/2010, 4:39 PM

Originally Posted by Oldred

It grieves me to see the animosity that the "new" fans of both clubs have adopted. As a fan of football in this country, and this country alone, we will never go forward while such venom is involved.

The "animosity" and "venom", is mostly one-sided.

**sligo23** · 01/09/2010, 4:46 PM

It is yeah

**poster** · 01/09/2010, 9:39 PM

Always, always dismays me the how blind Shams fans are to the set of dopes that follow their club. I wonder have they copped on to why every time they come to Sligo there's always extra security at the ground and the Centra across the road has security at the door and a Garda(i) on a bike constantly outside the shop? This ONLY happens when Shams come to town. I know it's only a percentage of them, but I'm always astounded at the amount of Shams fans who ignore it and pretend there's no problem at all.

**dfx-** · 02/09/2010, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by Oldred

As someone who stood in Milltown on the last day I feel sickened by the attitude of the young Shams fans. We went into the centre of the field that day to do what little we could to keep shams as they were.

Young Sligo fans today wouldn't get onto the pitch, they'd unfurl a hilarious banner instead.

Originally Posted by sligo23

It is yeah

**avvenalaf** · 02/09/2010, 1:48 PM

What pitch?. Is that not leased from SDCC so , technically, is it not an allotment?. We might see spuds growing in it next year.

**mypost** · 02/09/2010, 4:13 PM

Originally Posted by poster

I wonder have they copped on to why every time they come to Sligo there's always extra security at the ground

There's actually a sizeable crowd there for a change.

the Centra across the road has security at the door

This would be standard practice in most popular shops throughout the world, football-related or not.

a Garda(i) on a bike constantly outside the shop?

They want something to do. Earn those big salaries instead of getting it handed to them for doing nothing.

This ONLY happens when Shams come to town. I know it's only a percentage of them, but I'm always astounded at the amount of Shams fans who ignore it and pretend there's no problem at all.

We don't ignore it and we don't pretend there's no problem, we just don't overhype it like others do. In most cases in life, you're innocent until proven guilty. In our case, we're all considered guilty, innocent or not.

**Oldred** · 02/09/2010, 5:26 PM

We don't ignore it and we don't pretend there's no problem, we just don't overhype it like others do. In most cases in life, you're innocent until proven guilty. In our case, we're all considered guilty, innocent or not.

And paranoied too!

**poster** · 02/09/2010, 9:20 PM

There's actually a sizeable crowd there for a change.
We never have as much security for Bohs, or when Derry used to bring 400+ down.

This would be standard practice in most popular shops throughout the world, football-related or not.
Again, I only see it when Shams are in town.

They want something to do. Earn those big salaries instead of getting it handed to them for doing nothing.
Again, I " " " " " " " ".....

We don't ignore it and we don't pretend there's no problem, we just don't overhype it like others do. In most cases in life, you're innocent until proven guilty. In our case, we're all considered guilty, innocent or not.

Maybe you do need to over-hype it so that your club can do something about these people that follow your club?

**mypost** · 02/09/2010, 10:51 PM

Originally Posted by poster

We never have as much security for Bohs, or when Derry used to bring 400+ down.

Neither club are on the receiving end of a one-sided rivalry.

I only see it when Shams are in town.

I see it every day.

Maybe you do need to over-hype it so that your club can do something about these people

The only thing over-hype does, is encourage it to happen again. Firm but fair is the way to police football crowds, not one extreme or the other.

**poster** · 02/09/2010, 10:57 PM

Mypost, I really think if Shamrock Rovers took a harder stance on the trouble makers it would at least help to eradicate the problems.

The amount of security at a game doesn't matter about any rivalries. It's scaled on the possibility of trouble. Shamrock bring alot of support, the majority being good lads/ladies wanting to just support their team, but they still bring alot of troublemakers. That's why our security is always higher when Shams visit.