Maybe some people go to away matches but don't tell everyone that they post on a message board.
Maybe, but i would still have seen them
Kazakhstan for example - oh did i post again CD- there was about 70 and i dont know everyone intimately i know the faces and lots of them post on ybig, but none mentioned foot.ie. That's just my experience, and I would chat to anyone Maybe saying they dont post on message boards is a fair point - i know lots who dont post on any MBs and go to games, and i know thats not what you were getting the dig in at CD - so ill slightly rephrase that most on here dont go to away games
Indirectly you would hear of lads who know lads, for example I heard a funny story about SvD once and leaving something up in Derry....the point is you would know or know of everyone.
Of course this is not the case for the big games.
Maybe we should do a little counter thing on here, of the posters(who comment on this thread) on here, how many went to away games in the last campaign? Everyones jumping in being all coy but I'd be willing to bet that the majority havent gone to more than 2, if even and id say few have gone to 1. Whether everyone tries to defend themselves as uber fans regardless of going to games or not by posting silly digs, is not my point here.
Last edited by paul_oshea; 25/02/2014 at 3:17 PM.
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
In fairness to Paul, I know what he means. I'm only an occasional traveller (only made it Germany in the last campaign) but would often go with MariborKev (who goes to pretty much all away matches). He often spends a lot of the trip pointing out foot.ie/ybig.ie posters. Everyone who travels regularly appears to get to know each other fairly well on trips, including who they are on here. Not to say, of course, that it's exclusively posters that travel, just that there is a friendly community who know each other exclusively from away games.
EDIT - Yeah, see! I don't think I've even met Paul, but he knows all about me! Benefits of going every time, you get the inside line...
Last edited by SwanVsDalton; 25/02/2014 at 3:13 PM.
Ou-est le Centre George Pompidou?
Indirectly once at an away game I heard a funny story of lads who judge whether fans go to away games on the basis of whether they are able to assign fans faces to their profiles on a football forum
However that story was so funny i refused to believe it
So do you go to all the away games then BotNet?
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
I most certainly dont paul
But ive been to a very considerable number of away games - competitive and friendly over the years-
But i didnt make it it to Georgia during the Kerr era - so u may not view me as a real fan
Equally i dont view myself any more a fan to those who may not have not been able to attend as many away games as I have for whatever reason.
In all my away travels i have never met any of the fine folk on Foot.ie purely because i tend to go with friends who are fans but arent member of Foot.ie or any other fans forum/group
I wouldnt expect anyone to recognise my face and equally i aint going to recognise the face of every fan that regulary goes on away trips.
Last edited by back of the net; 25/02/2014 at 7:05 PM.
Should that really be of any massive surprise? Isn't it alleged that even some self-proclaimed Irish nationalists support the maintenance of the union these days? That would seem a greater contradiction to me.
Interestingly, I came across this article in the Irish Post a while back and thought it intriguing as I'd, perhaps ignorantly, assumed that the Celtic fanbase would be a hotbed for Scottish separatism: http://www.irishpost.co.uk/sport/ind...sh-nationalism
It's nigh impossible to detect when you're engaging in self-parody!Originally Posted by Richard Purden
Meh, I dunno. As SvD pointed out, geysir and GR know what one another are all about. I didn't interpret geysir's words as being meant with any great degree of seriousness - I'm not sure how you could, to be honest - whereas TOWK not only appeared to misunderstand GR's generally-courteous intentions on here, he also completely misrepresented his views. The fact that GR saw fit to respond to TOWK but not to geysir should surely indicate where the pressing provocation lay. I value and enjoy GR's contributions as they offer a worthwhile rival perspective, if you will, and I'm pretty sure I've defended him and his presence on here in the past when his "agenda" came into question, but not because it was a board newbie or whoever baiting him with the situation offering up an easy target to gang up on and bully. The "experience" or reputations of the posters concerned didn't come into it.
I mean, Paul's an established poster, but it certainly wouldn't stop me pulling him up on his bull now and again. Whether or not he's a respected member is another question, mind, I'll grant you that!
I think that article is interesting and makes sense, Danny. I can see why people with an Irish background would be threatened by Scottish nationalism, especially when their Irish identity has belatedly been recognised as an important part of British society. They might not have the same acceptance in an independent Scotland.
Where does the Scottish "establishment" sit on the issue of nationalism and independence? My understanding is that many of a Rangers persuasion loathe the SNP because being British is their prime differentiating factor against Irish descended Scots. I also know several non Catholic non Irish Celtic fans who hate the Scottish establishment (Rangers, the judiciary...) and are not even part of the Scottish Left, rather they are traditional enlightened liberals. So who exactly does the SNP attract?
"‘McCarthy and McGeady will be booed by Scotland fans,’ says Pat Nevin": http://thescore.thejournal.ie/aiden-...31761-Feb2014/
IRELAND INTERNATIONAL TEAM-mates James McCarthy and Aiden McGeady are set for a difficult return to their country of birth, according to former Scotland international Pat Nevin.
...
And speaking on Newstalk’s Off The Ball tonight, Nevin said he believes McCarthy and McGeady could come in for some criticism: ”There’s a lot of people that are angry with (McCarthy). There’s a very dark and subtle political side to it.
“But there are a lot of people who admire him for what he’s done.”
“He (McCarthy) will get booed. So will Aiden McGeady. I’m not sure how vitriolic it will be. From certain individuals in the Tartan Army, it will be.
“I come from (an Irish) background and I had the option between the Republic or Scotland. My Dad strongly favoured that I played for Ireland.
“My parents would have been Ireland supporters more than Scotland supporters and I’m first generation Scotland. But that didn’t make me anti-Irish.
“There will be some negativity but it will blow over. I don’t think it’s very deep-rooted.”
McGeady has endured much worse than a bit of booing in Scotland.
Water off a duck's back.
O'Neill plus Keane v Strachan, it's no contest.
That IP article and the score piece are just re-hashes of pieces doing the rounds for months now...
The first makes the mistake of assuming just the SNP support independence, or that all SNP politicians and activists are all the same...so what Alex Salmond thinks about Celtic fans is largely irrelevant.
Personally think, the Irish identity would be slightly 'suppressed' under any independence but not as some sort of campaign of persecution, just the enthusiasm of perceived freedom.
Sadly the independence campaign looks like falling short this time, so it won't be an issue.
As for Pat Nevin, given the number of times he's taken a self-righteous tone about his former fellow Celtic fans and then pretended to be a Hibs fan, is more likely to encourage booing by Tims than anything the SNP do in the near future.
And certainly less than anything than McGeady & McCarthy would get either.
At least from the Celtic constituency.
Stuart Elliott on the case: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-26320857
Originally Posted by BBC
Morning all, feel the love. No more rascally wind-ups, honest.
See ye on the picket line, Stuart
To keep the campaign going, maybe he'll stand for election to Belfast City Council. Like that SDLP guy who's an 'economic Unionist'. Or the Green Brigade lad in Glasgow who got 52 votes (ahead of the Britannica Party but well behind UKIP).
Yeah, right.
What are you on about...
Aye, but know the hardcore who do go to virtually every game and they would recognise you/each other, though maybe not from any MB.
But given the people, eg. who went to Armenia/Kazakhstan, 80% say were on YBIG. No-one's doing an exact count but it is a common factor...with many of the younger generation.
A fair few even started on here and then left...
I dont know what Bull you are talking :P Or what bull you are referring to, but it was always backed up with factual and truthful answers. Whether it sounded believable or not isn't the question....
I often wondered who supported the SNP as well, I imagine they don't get many of those that live within the union but outside of Scotland or at least the ones I have come across from all perusasions would still want Scotland in the UK.
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
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