was 312/1 i think, hearts loss,celtic loss, rangers draw and rovers 2-2 draw
i think!
You'd almost feel proud seeing an Irish flag amongst all the different nations of countries in that list. Great stuff.Originally Posted by Acornvilla
You've got no fans.
Thanks for all the good wishes. Words can't describe how I feel tonight. From near death to this is unbelievable. And we did it without spending stupid money, that's the real story on a great, great night for Irish football.
KOH
PS Tiocfaidh Armani I await your abject apology for the total bullsh*t you've spouted on here this week. You can shove your Scottish football up your arse.
No One Likes Us, We Don't Care
Fair play to Rovers, great night for the league and Irish football. To think this club was on its knees a few years ago to this. Just shows what can be done.
For all those saying Rovers will dominate the league for years to come, grow up. Lets meet the standards they have set.
P.S. On sky sports news there but no highlights
Well done to Karl and Stevie for playing their parts!
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In fairness I can see this seriously hampering their League run this season, so they wont be dominating for a while yet
Let it be!!
Thanks for all the well wishes lads, really appreciate it. I'm still in complete and utter shock.
Been supporting irish teams in europe for 10 years now and never thought for a second that we'd be the team to make the breakthrough.
I'm in bits.... in a good way though!!!!
Fantastic result for Rovers, really delighted for them. They really fought in that match, I thought Rovers players had gone during the 1st half of Extra Time, but they somehow managed to regain energy and showed that unity, hunger and desire can be successful if applied in right manner.
I see on Boards, some bitter fans are not exactly thrilled to say the least with the result.
Well, those Go Ahead Eagle fans can be cutting!
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Who needs Twigg to score in Europe...
Two stunning goals, one penalty (which is even more miraculous knowing Rovers' record.....), I am pleased to win.
From Roderick, Longford away, 1-4 Finn Harps (+ Harps fans donation, still not forgotten) in 2005, examinership, CHF, relegation, hastily arranged pre-season games in front of 10 people in Portlaoise and St James Gate and Crumlin, soul destroyingly dull games after hundreds of km, FD at first attempt. Tolka in 2008. Tallaght, Madrid and Ronaldo, Juventus and Del Piero, league champions, Kobenhavn and now a win from behind away to Partizan Belgrade. In six short years.
It's almost incredible. But it is possible...
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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.
Some duckheads on that boards site,great website overall but the football forums suck big bear balls !!
In fairness, he does live in London. we will allow it.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
Turned on the pc here this morning and went to this thread expecting to see the usual posts of 'Rovers doing ok so far', 'too defensive', followed by 'ah ******', and then a few posts about how they did ok despite going out.
But when I saw 19 pages of posts since last night, I began to think..........maybe? possibly? Then I kept reading and I did see the 'Doing ok so far' and the 'ah ******' posts, followed by the unprecedented 'comeback and qualification into group stages' posts.
Amazing, never-to-be-forgotten night for Rovers fans. Truly historic. As a Limerick fan who has never even seen his team in Europe, I can only imagine how it must feel, but genuine congratulations. (We concern ourselves with more mundane matters like getting a valuable point at home to Salthill.)
As for posters asking if Deportivo and Valencia fans were delighted when Barcelona won the CL(or some post to that effect) - you can't compare the two. The spanish league is not shunned by the majority of its own people, with serious (and often wrong) assumptions made about the standard of football played in it. That leage doesn't suffer an image crisis like ours does - there will not be anybody saying 'Wow, I used to think La Liga was crap but I might have to take another look' like here will be people saying it about LOI after tonight.
Though I'm a little sceptical on the financial boon to the league that people have talked about (in the 'success of one team benefitting the whole league' thread), Rovers' qualification for the EL certainly does benefit the entire league in the sense that it will encourage people to give the LOI a chance, rather than instantly dismissing it.
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Haven't posted here in a long time, but just want to say congratulations to Shamrock Rovers tonight. Really is a fantastic achievement for an Irish club to get this far, a truly historic night for Irish football.
Cmon County!
Haha, a few Rovers fans going a wee bit mad:
congrats to shamrock rovers on their fantastic achievement. I didnt even know that Setanta were showing it and watched the Newcastle game on sky.. at10.15pm a friend rang me sayin did you hear about the game I laughed at him and he said to check aertel. A few mins later did check aertel couldnt believe it.. Then switched over to Setanta to see if there was any reaction and realised that the highlights were on.. Watched the whole game.. unreal.. This is such a huge turning point for this league.. this is a victory for the underdogs .. delighted in particular for pat sullivan who was a legend for us in his only season for us.. that has to be goal of the season on not only mns but on sky!
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
Wow. Still recovering.
First, just immensely proud of the team for going out and putting in that performance. I will excuse them all the 1-0 losses to UCD in the world for that.
Second, really touched by the reaction of fans of other teams. It might be Rovers who are into the Europa League groups, but Derry are top of the league and Sligo are right there, so next season it could easily be either of them. Fans of other teams might not like celebrating a Rovers win but all it really proves is that the upper echelons of our league is good enough to compete in Europe, so fans of other teams should be able to look at their teams and say they're only a performance or two away from qualifying for European finals.
Third, anyone who's watched Pat Sullivan week-in week-out for the past couple of years knows he's had this in his armoury. One of the technically best strikers of the ball in the league. Enda Stevens fantastic, Turner, Rice and Finn magnificent, Twigg tireless and everybody else left it all out on the pitch. Ryan Thompson isn't just an erratic goalkeeper, he's a lucky erratic goalkeeper and that's all that counts. Dan Murray, worst defender in the history of football but yet another European scalp for him. He must be the luckiest person in world history since that Jesus lad stumbled on a stash of loaves and fishes.
Delighted.
Just re read over this thread now that I'm home.
Welled up reading it. Absolutely over the moon.
So proud of all of us here regardless of our real support. We are a credit to the League of Ireland.
Congratulations again to Rovers.
In bits. Get in. Good night.
It's on Setanta Ireland in full at 1pm on Friday afternoon.
Just got in from work to find this news and I am absolutely delighted, well done to Shamrock Rovers and enjoy every minute of the adventure, superb night for Irish soccer, I am basking in reflective pride at your achievement tonight, absolutely delighted.
jazus just typical - leave the country for a few weeks and all hell breaks loosecongrats to shams on a truely historic achievement (and thank god I am in USA and not Dublin) well done to all in Tallaght
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