I don't agree. Like Pineapple said, we ran one for a few years and you could count on one hand the number of people we convinced to come along to eL games. We had no trouble running 5 a side tournaments and soccer table quizes but that's not what we were aiming to do.Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
We've since moved on and set up our fanzine and supporters club and are having much more success.
I put it down to the fact that Bohs fans can't read and Shels fans are too young to go to college
Was this a UCD FC supporters club, by any chance.......?
Since such a large proportion of sligo are students it mighten be bad to try and set up a rovers fan club in the IT
plenty of socities but nothing to do with the eircom league in itcarlow.
www.braywanderers.ie (Club)
www.braywanderers.com (supporters club)
Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in England in January, only more intelligent.
Are you in IT Carlow ?plenty of socities but nothing to do with the eircom league in itcarlow.
Set one up there man !!
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
Not anymore. Tried to set one up last year, didnt get the backing.
www.braywanderers.ie (Club)
www.braywanderers.com (supporters club)
Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in England in January, only more intelligent.
the best thing you can do is first find a hard core group around which to base the club. then identify any 'part-timers' and get them to join, encourage them to go to more matches, especially the away games. at queens, one of the biggest things we do is run a bus to an away match (i.e. ALL of them), and the craic alone is worth the trip.
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Trinity College Dublin ( a.k.a Trinity sh1te, Dublin University ) started a Soccer Supporters Society during the 1990's one of the main people behind hit was an English born Bray Wanderers fan ( he lived in Bray fair play to him).
They organised a debate in 1996 at the height of the Wimbledon for DUblin nonsense.
Guest speakers included Eamon Dunphy ( mouthpiece for Dons for Dublin nonsense) and a representative of the opposition group National League United ( some UCD fan I believe). Anyway the venue was packed and there was seemingly a lot of interest in soccer in general in Trinity.
Not sure if the society is still up and running as all of that committee have since graduated or dropped out etc.
There used to be a few that went to the games down in UCD about 5 years ago when I was going there, they even had a megaphone (whatever happenned to that?) but I'd say now only a handful of students in UCD even know where Belfield Park is & it wouldn't take off at all doing an eL supporters club on campus. They should do some kind of awareness campaign I suppose.
Don't forget that the league only takes off really when the exams are on & then the holidays kick in & everyone has hit the States or Europe so that clash has to be taken into consideration too.
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Éanna, you humour just gets better, but I think the biggest joke of all is the club you supportShels fans are too young to go to college
Going a bit off topic, but I've always found it funny that when English and other foreigners move to Ireland almost the first thing alot of them do is figure out who their local league side is and go out and support them, yet the average punter who'se lived here all their lives spends their time watching English sides on the TV.
I hoped to do something along these lines this year but a row with QUB Administration means that it is on the backburnerTrinity College Dublin ( a.k.a Trinity sh1te, Dublin University ) started a Soccer Supporters Society during the 1990's one of the main people behind hit was an English born Bray Wanderers fan ( he lived in Bray fair play to him).
They organised a debate in 1996 at the height of the Wimbledon for DUblin nonsense.
Guest speakers included Eamon Dunphy ( mouthpiece for Dons for Dublin nonsense) and a representative of the opposition group National League United ( some UCD fan I believe). Anyway the venue was packed and there was seemingly a lot of interest in soccer in general in Trinity.
Not sure if the society is still up and running as all of that committee have since graduated or dropped out etc.
I was planning a showing of the "Who's Jarzinho" film and a debate on the future of domestic soccer on the island of ireland- hope to get it sorted for next year
Well said SLASH/ED! I spent the ages 3 -8 living in Canada. I lived in Montreal and I always rooted for the Montreal teams in all sports. As Montreal was the largest French speaking city in Canada it made the rivalry with other Canadian cities in Canadian Football and Ice Hockey an Anglo-French battle in microcosm. There was a feeling of being with the French Canadians against the English Canadians of a minority against the majority.
As well as a quasi-religious rivalry. But anyway that was where I first gained the support your local team ethos that the English and to be fair most other Europeans have. They have this in County Galway and County Mayo as fans there support GUFC the local EL team. The same cannot be said for citizens of Galway City who seem to think apathy to local soccer is a badge of honour which makes them like Dubliners.
Sorry guys and gals it's a badge of dishonour. We need to copy the Leesiders in their devotion to their local EL club.
Colie
To be fair the level of disinterest was comparable when we had winter soccer seasons.
well said that man! its something that has always intrigued me
Lads, if you're honest .. City crowds are no where near where they should ... and if every club was getting good crowds, none of us would have a problem with the interest it would generate.
If organising college supporters club is another way to improve it then so be it.
If there was at least a five year cycle in every college with a triving club that supports the team, you'd see a serious impact on attendances. It is the way to go IMO
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
That's just it. Without getting into the reasons, we have a culture of barstooling and they have a culture of attending games. People look at you like you have two heads when they hear you actually attended an eL game on a Friday night.
A face
To be fair ye are getting 3-4,000 at most games. At some games almost double those figures, but let's take 3,500 as an average figure for argument's sake.
Cork City has a population of less than 250,000. Greater Dublin has a population 1.4 million and ok has 5 times as many clubs. Nevertheless each of the Dublin clubs given the number of clubs and the higher population should be getting at least what Cork are getting given that the interest in EL football ought to be around the same % point. And it is just not happening in Dublin ! Yet stick a live game on TV and the viewing figures are around 200,000 which is probably 10 times the number who go every week through the turnstiles all over the country.
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Even the majority those who do go to attend sports fixtures across the board are no fecking use.
The so-called Irish Sports fan has become event man/woman.
He/she goes to a couple of GAA Championship games each summer and call themselves GAA supporters. He/she goes to a couple of Rugby International games a year and call themselves rugby fans.
He/she go to a couple of ROI Soccer Internationals and call themselves soccer fans.
They haven't got the fortitude or commitment to go every two weeks or in some cases every week home and away. It's too much like hard work.
Well they cannot commit to anything they change jobs at the drop of a hat not to mention spouses/partners.
COMMITMENT repeat after me COMMITMENT the new bad word in Irish life!
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