Rovers ultras friday night

**manic da hoop** · 16/11/2005, 12:56 PM

Jesus Christ, if this is the way fans of other clubs think how these things get done no wonder we're head and shoulders above the rest!

**monkey magic** · 16/11/2005, 2:47 PM

point taken.

**bigmac** · 16/11/2005, 2:53 PM

Love hearing those chants as well

United! United!...

**Buller** · 16/11/2005, 4:29 PM

Originally Posted by Conor H

Ya dunno what it is.It will download but won't play.

Ah well!

You need to download the new free quicktime 7, that should do the trick...

**soylent green** · 16/11/2005, 5:42 PM

http://www.srfcultras.net/season2005/waford/waford.html

**Bosco** · 16/11/2005, 10:37 PM

Class!Presume there'll be another one for the play-offs,hope to be there myself to see it

**Poor Student** · 16/11/2005, 10:52 PM

Am I the only one who thinks whatever fan and football culture we have is an imitation of foreign fans? Rovers display looked good, yeah, but isn't it only a carbon copy of Italian so called "tifiosi"? Rovers fans also seem to be particularly proud of the fact they were first to copy this from abroad. Many often complain about people watching the EPL etc. However I feel a lot of our chants are simply rehashed copies of ones from England often reflecting what is flavour of the month there. In fact I've noticed some clubs over there expressing a desire to copy Italian tifiosi at the moment. 10 out of 10 for imitation for the Rovers fans.

**bigmac** · 16/11/2005, 11:47 PM

Originally Posted by Poor Student

Am I the only one who thinks whatever fan and football culture we have is an imitation of foreign fans?

No you're not the only one.
I totally agree, and while it doesn't bother me, I think it's a bit rich to be calling it a "culture" when it's just copying from other countries.

**thomas** · 16/11/2005, 11:52 PM

Originally Posted by Poor Student

Am I the only one who thinks whatever fan and football culture we have is an imitation of foreign fans? Rovers display looked good, yeah, but isn't it only a carbon copy of Italian so called "tifiosi"? Rovers fans also seem to be particularly proud of the fact they were first to copy this from abroad. Many often complain about people watching the EPL etc. However I feel a lot of our chants are simply rehashed copies of ones from England often reflecting what is flavour of the month there. In fact I've noticed some clubs over there expressing a desire to copy Italian tifiosi at the moment. 10 out of 10 for imitation for the Rovers fans.

Ignoring the clear wind up sentiment in this, the whole point of setting up the ultras (hint, ultras = a term used by spanish and italian fans) was to copy the italian style support which is a lot more exciting and colourful than what happened before in this country.

Funny that about the songs too, especially since we have the same language n all that good stuff.

Brief History lesson, Hajduk Split formed the first ultras group in europe having seen how the brazilians brought a carnival atmosphere to games. The copying has continued in earnest ever since.

**Frankfurt Hoop** · 17/11/2005, 8:26 AM

Originally Posted by Poor Student

Am I the only one who thinks whatever fan and football culture we have is an imitation of foreign fans? Rovers display looked good, yeah, but isn't it only a carbon copy of Italian so called "tifiosi"? Rovers fans also seem to be particularly proud of the fact they were first to copy this from abroad. Many often complain about people watching the EPL etc. However I feel a lot of our chants are simply rehashed copies of ones from England often reflecting what is flavour of the month there. In fact I've noticed some clubs over there expressing a desire to copy Italian tifiosi at the moment. 10 out of 10 for imitation for the Rovers fans.

Hard to get this type of thing going in Belfield?

BTW, what is the latest fan initiative down in UCD?

**Drumcondra Red** · 17/11/2005, 8:37 AM

Originally Posted by monkey magic

that is class.

i said it in the other thread and illl say it again, the prem div would be worse off without rovers.

i take it this kinda thing is organised? surely ye dont just all turn up, and all happen to be sitting together with flasgs and flares??

Oh good god!!!

BTW, its called a culture, because it is the culture of football fans, not of a bleedin' country!!!

**fbtn** · 17/11/2005, 1:57 PM

Wow!

That is cool as f**k.

So what where people get their ideas, if every eircom League game looked like that it would take little marketing to get people off their barstools.

**Passive** · 17/11/2005, 3:49 PM

It's not copying from the Italians or from anyone else. Ultras exist in loads of countries, it's not a case of one country staking claim. As someone said, it's a general football culture that is non-specific to a country.

As for chants, go to a game in Italy or Spain etc. and you'll hear the same tunes as you hear in England/Ireland/Scotland everyweek. Football fans the world over have the same tunes and same songs but in different languages!

Classic example: I went to the Anderlecht v Brugges game a few weeks ago and the most popular Anderlecht chant is "FC Brussels run away, FC Brussels run away". Couldn't believe it!