Robbing/damaging flags

[Cosmo]

I see a derry fan robbed a harps flag on friday and it got me thinking.

For me, its an written rule, ye dont mess with other clubs supporters flags. I remember dundalk supporters tried to burn or damage rovers flags a couple of years ago (and one was a tricolour ) but its not on imo. (note: robbing a hoolie flag is totally different though)

I hope the derry fans give the harps flag back to the lads (just like the rovers fans did a few years ago when a bohs flag was robbed).

While i hate craptown wihth a passion i would never even think about touching their flag and if a drogs robbed one, id make sure id get it back for them (and lets be honest it is fairly easy to find out who exactly robs a flag)

Fair enough, kick lumps out of each other if ye want, but dont mess with the flags

[Dr.Nightdub]

Agree totally. Down the years we've burnt a Rovers flag, Dundalk have burnt one of ours, Rovers robbed one of ours (the Ultras organised to get it back to us), we've robbed two of Shels (the SEI organised to get one given back). Last night our scummier element robbed another one of Shels and it took the cops to get it back (for the second time this season). That's just the ones I can think of offhand.

Like Cosmo, I draw a distinction between fans' flags (as in all of the above) and hoolie flags. The BSC flag ending up with Rovers was different. If people are gonna play those idiot games, then trophies go with the territory and I've no sympathy.

Trying to get an Italian-style terrace culture going has been one of the best things to happen in this League in the last few years. Anyone robbing fans' flags is basically attacking that culture. So when it comes to fans' flags, every time, it's wrong. End of.

[Speranza]

This has happened loads of times over the years but only when it involves City does the bitter little drogheda man raise his head. You refer to city fans taking a flag simply to demean us because you still have a grudge over Jim Roddy telling the truth. There were a lot of minor things last night which shouldn't have happened and carried out by both sets of fans but of course why mention that when you have a love for Harps (trophyless - good love-ine with drogs) and a jealousy of city.

[MariborKev]

Way off topic there Speranza.

The incident brought it into Cosmo's mind, nothing more.

As I said on the Harps forum, taking flags is not on.

[Cosmo]

This has happened loads of times over the years but only when it involves City does the bitter little drogheda man raise his head. You refer to city fans taking a flag simply to demean us because you still have a grudge over Jim Roddy telling the truth. There were a lot of minor things last night which shouldn't have happened and carried out by both sets of fans but of course why mention that when you have a love for Harps (trophyless - good love-ine with drogs) and a jealousy of city.

Paranoia, or what

(and for the record no jealousy with derry whatsoever - if ye win the treble you'll deserve it and i have a feeling you'll definitely win the league - and fair play if ye do)

No as Maribor said, it brought it back up after reading what happened on friday.

I just think its the lowest of the low and if a drogs supporter did it to another team i wouldnt shed a tear if he got the living sh!t kicked out of him - in fact id probably point the cnut out to the opposing supporters if they wanted to have a 'word' with him about it

[Neish]

Didn't here anything about a flag(s) been stole by derry but

Harps flags have been burned on a few ocassions by travelling Sligo support, I'd imagine most of those responsible had nothing or very little to do with the club, just up looking fo a ruck

[EireBadBoy]

The taking of flags in bang out of order, I'd not be happy if mine went missing.

Agree with Speranza though, you can't help but feel Cosmo has ulterior motives for bringing it up.

[WindmillWarrior]

This has happened loads of times over the years but only when it involves City does the bitter little drogheda man raise his head. You refer to city fans taking a flag simply to demean us because you still have a grudge over Jim Roddy telling the truth. There were a lot of minor things last night which shouldn't have happened and carried out by both sets of fans but of course why mention that when you have a love for Harps (trophyless - good love-ine with drogs) and a jealousy of city.

Woo whooo hullabaloo!
Cheers, that really was a funny post!

[Skunkito]

I just think its the lowest of the low and if a drogs supporter did it to another team i wouldnt shed a tear if he got the living sh!t kicked out of him

Odd logic that. So stealing a flag is lower than someone getting the **** kicked out of them?

Genius.

[NY Hoop]

Agree with Cosmo. Surely you mean an unwritten rule?!

As someone who regularly hangs flags I've had my tricolour spat on in Dundalk and had coffee or some other substance chucked at it in Sligo!

As the doc says they tried to burn a Rovers flag a few years back. Obviously there are more incidents but taking someone elses flag is simply not on.

However I feel that until ALL grounds are properly segregated this will continue. There should be a dedicated away end at all grounds where the away fans should not have to put up with locals changing ends or local kids running around you looking for trouble. The solution is have a buffer zone on either side of the away fans and to have proper stewarding as well.

Cork is one example. While they have a new dedicated away end the home fans are just next to us and when they scored the last time we were there a bottle came flying in. Drogheda on friday was another. No trouble but you have scores of locals streaming past us on their way to the far side
We wont even go into Longford's problems.

Best example is Waterford. You can hang your flags at the front of the main stand and no hassle unless the locals under estimate the amount of away fans coming!! Derry and Harps are hassle free as well.

Of course we cant hang flags at tolka in case the gangster gets upset

KOH

[Éanna]

doing anything to opposing fans flags is wrong, simple as. what really ****es me off is stupid young fellas getting at them- FFS we've had situations where there have been young feelas trying to set fire to City flags in the Shed, and they're meant to be City fans

[Rovers1]

I see a derry fan robbed a harps flag

you sure it didnt blow away just like Harps hopes at staying up! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!

sorry

[The Stars]

cruel....very cruel Rovers1

[fbtn]

yeah. almost as cruel as perverts roaring abuse at little kids

Remember, the only reason you are top of the First Division is that they had to take Harps, Bray and UCD out of it. If you can't get promoted out of there this season then things must be bad. Even Kilkenny and Cobh are competing for the first time in a decade ffs!

Just hope you don't get us in the playoffs lads - your misplaced superiority could get a short,sharp, shock!

[Schumi]

Just hope you don't get us in the playoffs lads - your misplaced superiority could get a short,sharp, shock!

A Harps fan confident about a play-off?

[fbtn]

We've always been looking to get up - not fighting to stay up smartarse

[ccfcgirl]

I had a big Cork City flag robbed on me tusday in Cyprus .It wasn,t mine and im dreading telling the owner .some-one had to of gone to alot of trouble to of stealing it .As it was well knoted on and we we high up .I, realy disgusted as it wasn,t mine .