All aboard the bandwagon (Shels' turn now!)

**Sheridan** · 20/12/2004, 4:18 PM

News item on Shels site

Meanwhile, Shelbourne will be unveiling a third strip for European games which will be coloured sky blue and navy. ShelsWeb expect to have a photo of the new strip in the next few days.

I bet that Lorcan fella must be pleased to see his template followed so faithfully by the supposedly bigger clubs, no wonder he's been promoted to MD

(Any thoughts, Ringo?) We're also playing Shels in a friendly on the 12th of February.

Okay, let's take a full inventory of City's influence on the alleged Big Four:

Bohemians: First to pay acknowledge DC's inevitable primacy in the capital by adopting our home kit as their away gear, along with the title "Bohemians of Dublin." Also headhunted our former commercial manager.

Shelbourne: See above. Also decided that bringing Gary O'Neill back into the mainstream might not be a bad idea after all.

St. Patrick's Athletic: Both manager and assitant manager are ex-DC (sounds like an early 90s Dutch techno collective) bosses.

Shamrock Rovers: Again with the ex-DC manager. Credit where it's due, though, no-one does homelessness quite like the Hoops, and we've learned from the masters in that respect.

**Ringo** · 21/12/2004, 6:50 AM

Originally Posted by Sheridan

News item on Shels site

Meanwhile, Shelbourne will be unveiling a third strip for European games which will be coloured sky blue and navy. ShelsWeb expect to have a photo of the new strip in the next few days.

I bet that Lorcan fella must be pleased to see his template followed so faithfully by the supposedly bigger clubs, no wonder he's been promoted to MD

(Any thoughts, Ringo?) We're also playing Shels in a friendly on the 12th of February.
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Will they sell it at €29.99 with a free ticket to games? Will they have the best selling Eircom league jersey? We still have the name & its a lot easier to buy a DCFC jersey in Dublin, than any other club.

**Macy** · 21/12/2004, 8:12 AM

Hate to break it to you, but Shels had an away shirt in Dublin bogball colours years before you formed/changed name....

**Sheridan** · 21/12/2004, 8:17 AM

Originally Posted by Macy

Hate to break it to you, but Shels had an away shirt in Dublin bogball colours years before you formed/changed name....

I'm sure it's the continuance of that great tradition that has persuaded them to revive it...

**patsh** · 21/12/2004, 8:26 AM

Originally Posted by Ringo

Will they have the best selling Eircom league jersey?

Who has the best selling jersey?
DCFC?
How many are sold a season?

**Sheridan** · 21/12/2004, 8:29 AM

Originally Posted by patsh

Who has the best selling jersey?
DCFC?
How many are sold a season?

Definitely the best selling, how idea how many units are shifted though (Ringo could tell you.)

**Karlos** · 21/12/2004, 8:36 AM

Are Dublin City bringing out a new kit for the new season??

**Sheridan** · 21/12/2004, 8:39 AM

I believe there's a slight possibility that a new away kit might be introduced, although again Ringo could tell you more than I could.

**Éanna** · 21/12/2004, 12:09 PM

in fairness, who are home farm to lecture anyone about bandwagon's even if it is a very small bandwagon

**Clones Road Cas** · 21/12/2004, 12:43 PM

I thought they were called Everton?

**Éanna** · 21/12/2004, 2:47 PM

Originally Posted by Clones Road Cas

I thought they were called Everton?

its hard to keep track. probably will be something else next year. so I just stick with the name I got used to a while back

**Sheridan** · 21/12/2004, 2:54 PM

Originally Posted by Éanna

its hard to keep track. probably will be something else next year. so I just stick with the name I got used to a while back

Cork Hibernians?

**Éanna** · 21/12/2004, 3:06 PM

i wasn't around then sheridan, so it means nothing to me. and there's a slight difference between a new club and the same club with a new name.

**Derek** · 21/12/2004, 9:44 PM

I wasn't around then Éanna, so it means nothing to me.
DCFC are not Homefarm! They are a new club with a new name.
The founders did come from Homefarm but they are no longer Homefarm.

Pat Dolan came from Pats, does that mean that the Rebels are now St Pats of Cork City?

**CollegeTillIDie** · 21/12/2004, 10:25 PM

Sheridan

Let's get one thing straight... Dublin City have borrowed our club colours.

**Éanna** · 21/12/2004, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by Derek

Pat Dolan came from Pats, does that mean that the Rebels are now St Pats of Cork City?

WHAT?!
Home Farm (or whatever you want to call them) have existed in the league under various names for the last several years- same ground, same place in the league, same club. Simple

**Ringo** · 22/12/2004, 7:01 AM

Originally Posted by Éanna

WHAT?!
Home Farm (or whatever you want to call them) have existed in the league under various names for the last several years- same ground, same place in the league, same club. Simple

Three different grounds, two different divisions, one division title

**Ringo** · 22/12/2004, 7:09 AM

Originally Posted by KarlosIRL

Are Dublin City bringing out a new kit for the new season??

probably a new away later in the season.

**Ringo** · 22/12/2004, 7:16 AM

Originally Posted by patsh

Who has the best selling jersey?
DCFC?
How many are sold a season?

Just had a quick look. On Kit alone about 4000. This doesn't take into account the Tracksuits,jackets, hats, polos & the Viking range. Don't know how this compares with other teams really, but i know from sports shops & manufacturers in Dublin, no one is selling that type of quantity.

**Éanna** · 22/12/2004, 7:29 PM

Originally Posted by Ringo

Three different grounds, two different divisions, one division title

different grounds- in that you were forced to move from your own ground because its a dump.
different divisions- i didn't mean the place where the team finished. I meant that place in the league as in there are 22 places in the league, and clubs have to apply for membership of the league.