Dundalk won 2 First division titles from 1996 to 2013. Massively successful since, granted, but for the big clubs like Dundalk, Rovers, and City, things are often cyclical.
Dundalk won 2 First division titles from 1996 to 2013. Massively successful since, granted, but for the big clubs like Dundalk, Rovers, and City, things are often cyclical.
Assuming the Saudi takeover happens the way it is being suggested, I just can't see them being content with renting a decent ground or a good training facility without wanting to win trophies and achieve European success. The barometer of success for most investors is on getting a return on investment and being successful on the pitch is critical to this
You're right on one thing, there is no rivalry. Which is why I find Sligo fans so bewildering.
It's not the commenting, which would be fair enough, it's the holier-than-thou messages. The level of arrogance (towards a club they don't care about supposedly) is quite staggering.
I'm not sure what it is with sligo fans, some of them live in Galway for a few years because they want to attend a proper college facility and suddenly that makes them experts on the area and Galway United as a club.
"Rovers would never do that, it would never even be considered" is the main message and sligo fans seem to love that feeling of superiority and to lord over us about it. It's quite bizarre. If you have a look around twitter and even on here you'll see that and a lot worse. It must make them feel better about themselves or something?!
I don't know where the bitterness comes from. It possibly stems from how shíte Sligo have been in recent years, especially when their large outlay is taken into account (Twice ours last year for example in terms of playing budget and the club lost almost €100,000 in just 2017 alone, which was well publicised).
Your club will do another begging campaign again next year, call it something something with rovers/around the Rovers. (Fair play to sligo fans, that would never happen in Galway or in many other clubs - yes we have been reminded of this many, many times before. You're a football town.)
Galway is not a football town because we actually have other things to compete against, like successful GAA teams, Connacht Rugby, we have large scale events like the Arts Festival, the Galway Races and we are a student county also. Our biggest competitors aren't weekend darts tournaments. Despite all this, even considering the population of the county, our attendances are not so bad and we have a loyal hardcore support, despite experiencing very little on-the-field success over the last 20 years.
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roddy collins you're a flanker you're a flanker!
Why don't you tell us what you really think Olander!?!!!!!!
"Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins."
"Homer Simpson, smiling politely."
That is one hell of a chip on your shoulder to be carrying around
The irony given GUFC beg year on year for a ground, facilities etc. And one of Galway United supporters favourite chants which goes along the lines of, 'We hate Sligo...'
The Co-op was supposed to be the solution to everything was it not? A fan owned club, they'd get the whole of Galway behind them, big gates, lots of sponsorship etc.
I'm not talking about €15k getting you through a season. I'm not that naive. I'm talking about having a €15k boost to the start of the season. Quite a number of clubs don't have that luxury. If it's not even a lump sum, rather a monthly membership, having a constant flow of money there is a big help.
I'm only comparing this to Finn Harps, which has a one-off share, no yearly membership fee, no monthly membership fee, smaller crowds for the best part, and still manage to struggle on with the fan owned model.
Without a doubt, I'd say if someone wanted to pump in an initial half a million with a promise of more to come to Harps tomorrow for 75% of the club, it'd be taken gratefully with both arms, but, having 107 active members of a fan owned Galway club is a great start after only a couple of years. Harps co-op has been going since 1996 and is showing serious signs of struggle this past number of years.
I'd fear Galway jumped in a bit quick. The fan owned club should have been given a chance to grow.
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roddy collins you're a flanker you're a flanker!
The boys on 2FM did a good skit on the takeover with their "giftgrub" crew.
Worth a listen, They sign Messi and Super macs introduce the Messi Burger etc
You can listen on theis listen back facility , its about 65 minutes in
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They’ve basically admitted they’ve no idea who these lads are or what they are (are they involved with the Saudi regime etc) after what happened at athlone you’d like to think Galway wouldn’t rush into anything, then again when do LOI clubs ever learn?
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