QuoteIt even says it in your profile on Location.....how could you forget?Originally Posted by Roo69
Really? Weren't you parading around as SPAISFFC for a year?
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
It even says it in your profile on Location.....how could you forget?
thats what i thought too. wasnt the francis crest put somewhere too?
if pats didnt swallow them, where are they now?
What we need is a fcuk load of funding or a MAJOR sponsor.
You really did't want me to get into this BUT...
Alan Duncan was Chairman/secretary (whatever, he was in charge) of St. Francis and seeing as they were never going to be anything, approached Pat Dolan with a view to merging the two clubs. Panto Lad loved the idea and himself and Tim O'Flaherty (chairman who was away with the fairies at the time) thought it'd be a great idea (main reasoning was getting John Hyland Park)
Big announcement made (Ridiculous press conference with someone dressed as St. patrick ans someone dressed as St. Francis) where the merger was announced. "It should be finalised within weeks" The branding was to be "Dublin Saints". At all times only 3 people were involved in the discussions.
As it was only a couple of weeks before the start of the First Division, St. Francis pulled out. The move was almost univerally opposed by Pats fans (there was a few Dolanites who believed the hype) mainly on the basis of the club changing name. Our current chairman (then barely a director) met Independent Saints and told us under no circumstances would the moniker "Dublin Saints" be used. It was only a marketing name. It might become the "official nickname" but the name St. Patrick's Athletic would remain. Within a couple of days, Alan Duncan addressed St. Francis supporters (and wws who went along for info)and told them that the official name would "definitely become Dublin Saints" and it would happen after a year (to help appease Pats fans). He was given a place on the Pats board.
Although never changing name, Pats used St. Patrick's Athletic (Including (sic) St. Francis) F.C. on the official programme and the jersey (which had been on sale) now included the Francis crest on our sleeves. Again Pats fans were furious and used every occasion to let the board, and particularly Duncan, know how they feel (A Tuesday night in Monaghan being most memorable)
As the season wore on, more and more details came out. Pats couldn't get John Hyland park as it was owned by a trust. Pats had to take on St. Francis' debts. The new directors would bring in no new investment. Before the seaon was out it was announced that the "merger" was off and Alan Duncan was no longer a member of our board (within weeks he was on Rovers' board)
One of the worst seasons I've had following Pats...
54,321 sold - wws will never die - ***
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On the contrary, didn't know most of that. Quite interesting.
Lol, has anyone any pictures of this? Sounds hilarious.Ridiculous press conference with someone dressed as St. patrick ans someone dressed as St. Francis
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
Ah come on superfrank, it's practically Dublin, no point in denying itWhat did you get in Geography??
Get a map out and you will clearly see that Bray is in county Wicklow. End of debate.
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
So St. Francis lost their league place on the whim of one man that was never followed through? Their fans must be annoyed to say the least. They still compete at Leinster Senior level don't they?
No, call it Wicklow. The Carlisle Grounds is in county Wicklow and we do get fans from South Dublin but by christ it's Wicklow!Ah come on superfrank, it's practically Dublin, no point in denying it
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Yo te quiero, mi querida. Sin tus besos, yo soy nada.
Abri o portão de ouro, da maquina do tempo.
Mi mamá me hizo guapo, listo y antimadridista.
ha ha, I knew that would get ya going
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
Yeah, reformed and started at the bottom rung of the lsl. May not have been totally one man but he was definitely the main mover. Finished St. Francis, ****ed us up, ****ed Rovers up... at the start of last season he was voting on the FAI board of control...
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Sure they are just after saying in the cup draw there are no Dublin teams left, they're all cultchies....ha ha, I knew that would get ya going
I'd rather be a cultchie then a jackeen!
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Yo te quiero, mi querida. Sin tus besos, yo soy nada.
Abri o portão de ouro, da maquina do tempo.
Mi mamá me hizo guapo, listo y antimadridista.
how bout we just play with novelty balls like in the IL
http://www.linfieldfc.com/pics_logos...kit/grant1.jpg
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Or field teams of dwarfs.
I think that there are too many teams in Dublin. If someone were to form a City wide team, called Dublin City or something like that, then crowd would flock to them. They'd be playing in front of tens of thousands every week and could probably even enter some type of european super-league.
History is nothing. Think of the future.
I never realised Eamonn Dunphy was a member of this forum.
Revenge for 2002
Why not both? Yes, picture that image.
And least season had Rico as manager for at least part of it.
God
If the tax man had any balls you lot would be playing LSL.
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