Club or Country?

[M@ttitude]

Event Junkie?
"so you would swop a summer of celebration and partys on the worlds stage" Those are your words, not mine.
You place more importance on parties and celebration than "a fist in the air and few pints in your town that only a small percentage of IRELAND will even take notice of". I don't.

As for 'typical cork attitude', I'm not from the county.

I don't hate the rest of the country, but I find attitudes like yours insulting. Just because you don't 'get' LOI football doesn't mean that you have the right to p!ss all over something that thousands of you're countrymen and countrywomen are passionate about.

And for the record the EL is 100% irish, but I don't see you supporting that

Geek -v- Event Junkie
Bring it on

I dont support any particular LOI teams but I do go to my nearest stadium Dalymount park every other Friday night so I do "get it" and enjoy it.. But first and foremost I am proud to be Irish and I would rather the world take note of our small powerful country, rather than a thousand people in Ireland..

Just because you dont 'like' partys and events doesn't give YOU the right to p!ss all something that MILLIONS of your countrymen and women in every corner of the globe are passionate about.

Wherever your from i do hope you and your friends enjoy Cork winning something, you'll still have to go to work and explain to your boss that the reason you have a hangover is because cork won the cup and no they're a soccer team boss not GAA... If Ireland won the world cup your boss wouldnt even be in work! (no dis respect to what u believe in and are passionate about, i just support Ireland #1)

Event 1 geek 0

[Drumcondra Red]

I dont support any particular LOI teams but I do go to my nearest stadium Dalymount park every other Friday night so I do "get it" and enjoy it.. But first and foremost I am proud to be Irish and I would rather the world take note of our small powerful country, rather than a thousand people in Ireland..

Just because you dont 'like' partys and events doesn't give YOU the right to p!ss all something that MILLIONS of your countrymen and women in every corner of the globe are passionate about.

Wherever your from i do hope you and your friends enjoy Cork winning something, you'll still have to go to work and explain to your boss that the reason you have a hangover is because cork won the cup and no they're a soccer team boss not GAA... If Ireland won the world cup your boss wouldnt even be in work! (no dis respect to what u believe in and are passionate about, i just support Ireland #1)

Event 1 geek 0

Do you use the DCFC crest because you like the lok of it then??? If you're going anyway, would you not consider yourself a Boez fan???

And Gerrit, with your comments on International Country teams, you are in serious trouble of talking shíte!!!

[M@ttitude]

Do you use the DCFC crest because you like the lok of it then???

Yes.

If you're going anyway, would you not consider yourself a Boez fan???

Well when im there i sit in the home section and would rather see them win but since i was young i supported a few different loi teams as my uncle managed a few and he gave us tickets, not telling who he is though, ha ha...

[dancinpants]

Club - everytime, Derry City winning the Premier Division Championship before Ireland winning the World Cup. As someone said there is a slight EL/Premiersh!t split appearing here. Would it be fair to say thats because the majority Premiersh!t fans in this country have absolutely no connection whatsoever with the teams they support in England?...therefore making it easier to choose country over club?

[tiktok]

Just because you dont 'like' partys and events doesn't give YOU the right to p!ss all something that MILLIONS of your countrymen

That's the thing you see, I didn't. I said I didn't see the club -v- country as competing for my attention, but if pushed to choose it would be club. You're the one who decided to tear down one option just to push your preference, that's what i objected to, and it's all the sadder that someone who regularly attends EL games is so ready to abuse it.

Wherever your from i do hope you and your friends enjoy Cork winning something, you'll still have to go to work and explain to your boss that the reason you have a hangover is because cork won the cup and no they're a soccer team boss not GAA... If Ireland won the world cup your boss wouldnt even be in work!

Yeah, I know, because my boss is an event junkie ffs

(no dis respect to what u believe in and are passionate about, i just support Ireland #1)

You put Ireland first, I've no problem with that, i understand where you're coming from, but there's no need to tear down the LOI, which whether intended or not p1ssed me off

Event 1 geek 0

Woo-Hoo, let's have a huge free 'event' in The Phoenix Park

[M@ttitude]

Woo-Hoo, let's have a huge free 'event' in The Phoenix Park

No lets have a quite pint in bettys bar in bally'go'backwards...

[TheOwl]

I don't think there is any greater feeling (in sporting terms) than standing in a foreign stadiums with thousands of your compatriots signing your national anthem. Brilliant....

But you can do this when supporting an EL club away in Europe too!

Shels represent Ireland to me but are even closer to home. It's just like if five boxers represent Ireland in the Olympics I'd support all five, but if one was from Dublin, then I'd support him a little bit more than the other four.

[razor]

Shels represent Ireland to me but are even closer to home. It's just like if five boxers represent Ireland in the Olympics I'd support all five, but if one was from Dublin, then I'd support him a little bit more than the other four.

Thats an excellent explanation, I think for the most part those that support a British club team tend to put Ireland first and those that support an Irish club team put their club first, because the club represent their community within Ireland.

[ColinR]

Thats an excellent explanation, I think for the most part those that support a British club team tend to put Ireland first and those that support an Irish club team put their club first, because the club represent their community within Ireland.

the problem is that the club's no longer represent the community, just the fans do. i've only seen one drogs match this season and would barely recodnise half our current squad. with none of the players being from the town, its difficult to say they represent the community.

the irish players, in the main are irish, even those who people complain about (holland, morrison etc.) have ties to ireland.

[Gerrit]

And Gerrit, with your comments on International Country teams, you are in serious trouble of talking shíte!!!

Am I ? Or am I the only one seeing the truth ?! I think this is a matter of opinion (= accepting an FA team as representators of a whole nation or not) in which there's no ultimate right or wrong.

[WeAreRovers]

Club - first, last and always. My sense of belonging and community comes from Rovers not from thousands of goons in leprachaun hats. I actively don't support Ireland, if that makes any sense. In other words I usually hope they lose and I won't be travelling to Germany next year if "we" qualify.

Mattitude - Try celebrating an away win in Europe with 200 people that you travel the length and breath of Ireland with every season. Guaranteed more satisfying than watching Ireland win home or away. And yes, I have travelled away with Ireland and I'm still cringing from the experience.

KOH

[Dodge]

the problem is that the club's no longer represent the community, just the fans do.

Yeah but the fans are what makes any club. Nothing got to do with the player involved as they'll come and go but the fans will always be there. I'd swap pats winning the FAI cup once for Ireland never winning another game

I would put rovers over ireland simply because the FAI is run by ............. and is supported mostly by eh .............

Just noticed this now. Made me laugh out loud....

Can't believe people would put one club above our COUNTRY!
Course I'm proud of both my clubs but Ireland always come's first!

Yeah but there can only one club. EVER! You can have other interests but only one club

[Gerrit]

Club - first, last and always. My sense of belonging and community comes from Rovers not from thousands of goons in leprachaun hats. I actively don't support Ireland, if that makes any sense. In other words I usually hope they lose and I won't be travelling to Germany next year if "we" qualify.

Mattitude - Try celebrating an away win in Europe with 200 people that you travel the length and breath of Ireland with every season. Guaranteed more satisfying than watching Ireland win home or away. And yes, I have travelled away with Ireland and I'm still cringing from the experience.

KOH

Glad you came forward with this.

See people, i'm not the only one supporting for another country ! It's completely normal that sometimes your heart tells otherwise than a single word on your ID.

[Bosco]

Where does he say he supports another country?I think the national pride that irish people have is unique and is impossible to explain.If you gerrit as a belgian dont feel this pride then you'll have to just accept that it cannot be explained.This pride is not only shown through sport but any time a group of irish people go abroad,which can be very annoying at times when the "we're irish everybody loves us,lets let everyone know we're irish" attitude kicks in.
You say you cannot see the difference between 11 players in lansdowne road representing ireland and people reprenting ireland in anything else,there is no difference in some peoples eyes.At every mickey mouse event where ireland are taking part(e.g the eurovision) you'll see the ole ole brigade jumping up and down waving irish flags

[CollegeTillIDie]

Where does he say he supports another country?I think the national pride that irish people have is unique and is impossible to explain.If you gerrit as a belgian dont feel this pride then you'll have to just accept that it cannot be explained.This pride is not only shown through sport but any time a group of irish people go abroad,which can be very annoying at times when the "we're irish everybody loves us,lets let everyone know we're irish" attitude kicks in.
You say you cannot see the difference between 11 players in lansdowne road representing ireland and people reprenting ireland in anything else,there is no difference in some peoples eyes.At every mickey mouse event where ireland are taking part(e.g the eurovision) you'll see the ole ole brigade jumping up and down waving irish flags

It's not quite unique, Scotland have it too. I think it might have something to do with not having succumbed completely despite being dominated militarily, and culturally for centuries by an alien culture.

[Gerrit]

Wales have it as well though seems the football culture is not too well introduced...


In Belgium I'd say there's more a 'Flemish identity' and 'Walloon identity', unless when a person or institute with the banner Belgium suddenly does well, then some suddenly feel Belgian...


I'd say national pride is a typical island thing. My friend from New Zealand has it as well, very proud of being a kiwi ([SIZE=1]and a damn tasty one[/SIZE])