QuoteUsed to be obvious who your second favourite were. patshoopOriginally Posted by DvB
Oops!! voted before reading the first post, fairly obvious who i support! humblest apologies!!
That's why we're trying to get at the new fans before they know enough to cop on to that.
Used to be obvious who your second favourite were. patshoopOops!! voted before reading the first post, fairly obvious who i support! humblest apologies!!
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Rubbish. Obviously we desire a greater fanbase like any club and the fanclub are hoping to work with the commercial manager to produce ideas to increase the number of people coming through our gates. A perennial midtable side? Did we not pip your club to a 3rd place finish to qualify for Europe a few years back? You make living within our means seem like a crime. In fact it's rather the opposite that is as you should well know. We're a model to replicate in what we can achieve with our resources. Not every club can set out to win the league every year. We remain in both cups and have Premier safety. Should we be pushing for even more given our resources? If the answer is yes then I hope you're not one of the members of the 400 club.
No we're not. We're run by a committee, like all other clubs in the league.
No we're not. Yes, we do get a grant from the college, but it amounts to less than 10% of our overall turnover. Hardly what you'd call bankrolling.
Utter rubbish. Why do we run soccer camps for four weeks every summer, giving coaching to about 500 around the area? Why do kids at several of the local youth teams all get free season tickets?
No desire to win trophies? We're in the semis of the League Cup, and have been in five cup quarter-finals in the last five years. We lost the First Division title on the last day of last season. We've won three Leinster Senior Cups, an FAI Cup, a Super Cup, the First Division Shield and the First Division title in 25 years as a league club. Hardly shows a lack of desire to win. We want to win everything we're in, but ultimately, we recognise our financial limitations. Which, in the long run, is far better than the likes of yourselves running up huge debts to compete at the top and then facing relegation and oblivion.
Again, uninformed nonsense, refuted above. A lot of work goes on behind the scenes re sponsorship.
Cryonically frozen as a mid-table team? Funny that - when we joined the league, we were usually near the bottom. We tried spending money stupidly a la Rovers, got a bit of success, nearly went broke and effectively had to start over. Even when we got promoted back to the Premier, we were usually fighting a relegation battle. If you now reckno us to be a mid-table team, then by your own comments, we've progressed in recent years and therefore can't be "cryogenically frozen".
It amazes me how people can get such a bee in their bonnets about UCD while holding such utterly uninformed, nonsensical opinions. Quite remarkable.
Pretty much what I said before he had posted. How nice of him to provide an example of my point. Sadly this is what we have to fight in our ambitions to expand the fanbase.
Since when does the number of fans decide anything other than the size of a club's bank balance? Football is decided on the field which is why we will be staying in the Premier next season.I'll go for rovers though in saying that:
- like bohs as a club (favourite away match in dublin is bohs)
- like pats because of their fans, always come across as a decent family club
- wish ucd would go down because they have feck all fans (sorry lads)
- dublin - the 'franchise' irritates me and would hate to see them get promoted
- shels - i cant stand for a couple of reasons.
COuld it be Cosmo that 2 wins in 25 years of playing us in Belfield is starting to grate?
Well said pineapple stu....
What is it Dublin City supporters say? Great to see UCD being the centre of attention in this topic.
I really couldn't pick any out of the Dublin teams. I have no affection for any of them. However it would probably be an anyone but UCD situation as I go to the rival 'West Brit' College. Also I'm jealous that they have an eL team and we don't!
Do you see many people wearing non-UCD LoI jerseys around UCD campus? I have not seen any at Trinity, not that I was expecting to...
Doesnt bother me whatsoever as im used to it (just liek im used to never seeing us win anythingSince when does the number of fans decide anything other than the size of a club's bank balance? Football is decided on the field which is why we will be staying in the Premier next season.
COuld it be Cosmo that 2 wins in 25 years of playing us in Belfield is starting to grate?
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In fairness, this thread has nothing to do with deciding things. It's to do with not liking teams. Few fans is a valid reason for not liking a team - I'll admit that. The likes of northside hoop's nonsense, however, isn't a valid reason.
Quite a few, yeah.
Really? I actually can't recall seeing one in my three years so far, and that's including UCD.
I must have been lucky so, I've seen plenty of Longford ones for some reason, the odd Derry one, quite a few Shels ones and the odd Pats one. Not one UCD one though.Really? I actually can't recall seeing one in my three years so far, and that's including UCD.
Yeah, everybody there wears Leinster rugby jerseys despite only having seen the inside of Donnybrook on the TV. We're not the only sport afflicted by barstoolers you know.
Foot.ie's entire existence is predicated on the average idiot's inability to ignore other idiots
Why do I get the feelin Dublin City get singled out yet AGAIN? If ya look CLOSER at the other poll votes ya'll find there are a 2 count average of other fans postin for their clubs.
Maybe UCD should change their name to D4 United or something similar?
As I say, we're just young & a bit nieve.
ya forgot to mention Bray!
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there were quite a few hoops there about 5 years ago, we used to hook up in the scuttery about noon on match days and then stumble up to tolka!I really couldn't pick any out of the Dublin teams. I have no affection for any of them. However it would probably be an anyone but UCD situation as I go to the rival 'West Brit' College. Also I'm jealous that they have an eL team and we don't!
Do you see many people wearing non-UCD LoI jerseys around UCD campus? I have not seen any at Trinity, not that I was expecting to...
wasnt unusual to see stone island gear in the arts building either...
Hey, why bother replying to the post which ripped apart all of your arguments when you can just post a stupid snide comment instead?
I particularly love the irony of a Shamrock Rovers fan sarcastically saying "If only more clubs could be run like them"...
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