LOI in Europe 2011

**sullanefc** · 25/08/2011, 9:15 PM

Well done Shamrock.

Now, when are the PFAI going to start asking the players to strike over the fact that the games will go beyond the length of some contracts plus they will want a slice of all the wonga that Shamrock will make now.

**davey** · 25/08/2011, 9:15 PM

Originally Posted by MariborKev

For all the people that put the League of Ireland down. For all the people that tell you "I wouldn't watch that ****e". For all the people that walk about in foreign tops talking about "we" and "us". For all the Oirish clowns that turn up on SSN on a regular basis.

This night is wasted on you.

This is a night for people who do 10,000 miles a year on the road watching their team. People that beg, borrow and steal days off to go to games.

This is for people who travel to ****holes, to be looked at is as you have leprosy when you tell them you are going to a League of Ireland game. This is for people who bust their balls running raffles, selling tickets, writing programmes and keeping the game alive in this country.

This is for the likes of Buzz, Ash, Fergus and all the Hoops I know. But also, this is for people who sweat blood and tears for Irish football, against a tsunamni of negative. This is a night for Rovers. But this is a night for people who put money and their souls into Irish football, into the League of Ireland.

Great passionate post. Well Done Shamrock Rovers

**Nah Nah Nah Nah** · 25/08/2011, 9:16 PM

Originally Posted by athloneman

so full of joy tonight for the league and the proper fans!!!! will rte now cop on and buy the rights for the europa league and show all of rovers games????

I think someone said that TV3 and Setanta have the rights already

**Disgrace** · 25/08/2011, 9:16 PM

Will give the finance required, and indeed the confidence, for Rovers to become a very big team indeed.. Bigger than we ever imagined for a LOI team, so for that, congratulations Rovers...

The other plus is that it will encourage competition. Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself, but a successful Rovers, with large crowds and an expanded stadium will have a knock-on effect. Number One, more fans will appear at home grounds when their teams face Rovers. Number Two, a natural competitor will arise, be it Derry, Pats, Sligo, or more likely now, Bohs - Due to investment on the strength that 'if they can do it, so can we' .. Whatever happens, this is the new beginning we have been waiting for...

Well done Rovers, you might just have saved the league

**athloneman** · 25/08/2011, 9:16 PM

barstolers must have just **** themselves, rovers were mentioned on sky sports news!!!!

**MariborKev** · 25/08/2011, 9:17 PM

Originally Posted by total hoofball

I wonder did Real Madrid, Espanyol, Athletic Bilbao fans etc. sob with joyous emotion when Barca won the Champions League?

Last time I checked, most Spanish people supported Spanish clubs and weren't glory hunting barstewards like 90% of Irish football fans though.

League of Ireland: One true faith.

And f*ck it, I don't care if this sounds arrogant. Away and cry into your Neil Lennon bedcover if you have a problem with it.

**writerbk1969** · 25/08/2011, 9:19 PM

What you'll get as you wait to tell mates in work tomorrow and how proud you feel (even if not a Hoops fan) is well wishes but a section who'll try **** on it with the "Sure they'll only make a show of themselves" - as that the attitude of some Irish people. To give a compliment is actually insulting them . 110 years we've been waiting for this in a league founded whilst we were still fighting for our independence. Well done Hoops, well done

**thischarmingman** · 25/08/2011, 9:19 PM

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**Bohs11** · 25/08/2011, 9:19 PM

I cant understand why everyone is creaming themselves over this. Rovers will be the Anderlecht of our league. They are going to win it for the next five or six years, and with their soon to be financial dominance they are going to be competing for fans in Sligo, Dundalk and Derry when every barstooler hops on the Bandwaggon and are proper staunch Shamrock fans.

**bullit** · 25/08/2011, 9:20 PM

Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah

I think someone said that TV3 and Setanta have the rights already

TV3 usualy show those matches on its sister channel sattelite,3e.Whats the betting that they move them to the terrestial channel now ??

**SwanVsDalton** · 25/08/2011, 9:20 PM

THE most historic night in the history of our league. Absolutely unreal, bizarre, fantastic and amazing. Congrats to Rovers and their fans - it's a proud day.

Also betting Shams will be distracted in the league race...it couldn't get any better

**mandrake** · 25/08/2011, 9:20 PM

yeah well done rovers, as drogs fans, big congrats... wish it couldve been us in 2009 but .... hope yis get a draw against a abig club but drwan against winnable one inthe group as well....

**superfrank** · 25/08/2011, 9:21 PM

Originally Posted by total hoofball

I wonder did Real Madrid, Espanyol, Athletic Bilbao fans etc. sob with joyous emotion when Barca won the Champions League?

Generally, I'd agree with you. I don't support LOI teams in Europe 'cos they're my rivals the rest of the time.

However, this is an exception. Rovers have made a massive breakthrough, not just for themselves, but for the whole league. This isn't just going to benefit Rovers for the next few months, it will benefit the whole league for the next few years.

You'd want to be really bitter not to enjoy it.

**Dunny** · 25/08/2011, 9:23 PM

How much do Rovers stand to gain from this in prize money?

**White Horse** · 25/08/2011, 9:24 PM

Originally Posted by superfrank

Generally, I'd agree with you. I don't support LOI teams in Europe 'cos they're my rivals the rest of the time.

However, this is an exception. Rovers have made a massive breakthrough, not just for themselves, but for the whole league. This isn't just going to benefit Rovers for the next few months, it will benefit the whole league for the next few years.

You'd want to be really bitter not to enjoy it.

You're right this is not an ordinary victory. This is ground-breaking stuff.

You would have to be bitter, blind, and myopic not to see it. In other words, a Celtic fan.

**Guinney** · 25/08/2011, 9:24 PM

Ten-man Hoops crash out

http://www.skysports.com/football/ma...438011,00.html

**White Horse** · 25/08/2011, 9:24 PM

Originally Posted by Dunny

How much do Rovers stand to gain from this in prize money?

Enough not be have to sign recently "retired" players anymore

**total hoofball** · 25/08/2011, 9:25 PM

Originally Posted by MariborKev

Last time I checked, most Spanish people supported Spanish clubs and weren't glory hunting barstewards like 90% of Irish football fans though.

League of Ireland: One true faith.

And f*ck it, I don't care if this sounds arrogant. Away and cry into your Neil Lennon bedcover if you have a problem with it.

And here we have 90% of the 'One True Faith' League of Ireland F.C. club glory hunting with sobbing emotion on the back on a rival club's taxpayer/creditor funded success.

Barstoolers, One True Faith F.C., no difference.