Congratulations Cork City

**jofyisgod** · 19/11/2005, 2:43 PM

Originally Posted by ccfcgirl

Im not on here Gloating . I have waited along time to see city winning the league . We were nearly there last year ,but it was worth the wait this year. Words cant describe how i feel right now.

I am on here gloating

I agree with you though-i really can't believe it-CHAMPIONS!! Anyone who's interested, there's some great video clips from the Shed over on the official forum.

**Maz** · 19/11/2005, 3:10 PM

Ah wasnt that bothered!

Seriously though, congratulations to Cork City and all involved.

**thejollyrodger** · 19/11/2005, 3:22 PM

Well done city.

**Anto McC** · 19/11/2005, 3:43 PM

Congrats to All Cork City Players,management,anyone involved with the club but especially all Cork City fans.

Cork and Shels fans have had a few run-ins over the years to say the least but there is no dening that Cork have a great set of fans who follow them all over the country(and Europe) unconditionally and they deserve this title as much as anyone.

**Stevo Da Gull** · 19/11/2005, 3:50 PM

Congratulations to Cork! Do the league and yourselves proud next year in Europe

**BohDiddley** · 19/11/2005, 4:40 PM

Congrats to Cork and fair dues. You won it with style, and, what's more, you are not Shelbourne

A great advertisement for Irish football.
(Pity The Irish Times only saw fit to run it on p4 of their sports supplement.)

(I won't even ask why this has been moved ...)

**Cosmo** · 19/11/2005, 5:12 PM

Obviously the best team in the league see as they're champions, so fair play!!

Honestly thought they'd bottle it, but they didnt so fair play - good to see a team with a good few locals in the team doing well!!

**EnDai** · 19/11/2005, 5:26 PM

Congratulations.

**rayfinkle** · 19/11/2005, 6:16 PM

Well done City, thoroughly deserved.....Was just in the garage getting de echo reading THE headline and a guy appears behind me with his city jersey and the same red eyes as me & says with a hint of pirde....."championees" .....it just sums up perfectly how everyone feels, again well done city, best nite ever!

**thejollyrodger** · 19/11/2005, 6:32 PM

Congratulations to Shelbourne FC as well

**Fair_play_boy** · 19/11/2005, 7:19 PM

Originally Posted by ccfcgirl

Fair Play to Derry also for keeping the league going right to the last day .

If Derry had not put us under so much pressure, Shels could well have caught us in the September / October period when they put a string of wins together.

**Fair_play_boy** · 19/11/2005, 7:25 PM

Originally Posted by Comic Book Guy

well done, best team in the country won it in the end, totally deserved, any other year and Derry would have won it, delighted for fellow townies Michael Devine and John O'Flynn.

Is that all??? Thought there was another squad member from your neck of the woods. But hell, we will remember the Cobh lads alright.
Always struck me as a tad unfair when the media said that Sonya was from Cork, always implying Cork City. But in Johno's and Mick's case, that is OK I guess.

**Troy.McClure** · 20/11/2005, 12:21 AM

Thanks for the kind words guys. It was an amazing match last night, Ive never seen anything like it. Porbably the nearest comparison would be like the day Ireland beat Holand to qualify for the World Cup - if you could get that feeling of ecstasy of the minute after MacAteer scored the goal and streched it out over 10 hours, and condenced it from a country in to one city, then you would have some sort of idea of what yesterday was like! Ive never seen a football ground (in any sport) full to the rafters an hour before kick off and buzzing so much!

Thanks also to the Derry supporters who came out and celibrated with us. Best of luck in the UEFA Cup next year.

**Risteard** · 20/11/2005, 1:05 PM

Originally Posted by rayfinkle

Well done City, thoroughly deserved.....Was just in the garage getting de echo reading THE headline and a guy appears behind me with his city jersey and the same red eyes as me & says with a hint of pirde....."championees" .....it just sums up perfectly how everyone feels, again well done city, best nite ever!

Ha.
Brilliant.
Went into Centra Saturday morning and yer man behind ther counter was very bleary-eyed. His phone went off then and his ringtone was the Shed singing Richardsons Rebel Army when he was brought down to the Shed.

Also was in Dolans Warehouse last night in the jacks and there was Rebel Army chants outside the cubicle.

**wws** · 20/11/2005, 1:13 PM

Originally Posted by Risteard

Ha.

Also was in Dolans Warehouse last night in the jacks and there was Rebel Army chants outside the cubicle.

Dolan owns a warehouse down there???!?! or is that a typo hehe snigger

**Green Tribe** · 20/11/2005, 2:00 PM

Congrats to Cork and hard luck to Derry. I have no club allegiance, but I was routing for Derry (nearest to my home)

**superfrank** · 20/11/2005, 4:57 PM

Congratulations. You were the best team in the league.

**Ronnie** · 21/11/2005, 8:39 AM

Well done City - two clubs got more pints than Shels last year. League table doesen't lie, best team won the league and the second best finished second. y the way, the Cross isn't big enough!

**ThatGuy** · 21/11/2005, 10:22 AM

Yeah congratulations to Cork, deserved champions and the best team in Ireland over the course of the season.

**The Sheliban** · 21/11/2005, 10:48 AM

Would I be so churlish as to point out that if your final game had been in the Brandywell and not Turners Cross, you probably wouldn't be Champions now?
No Of course I wouldn't.

Seriously, well done Rico, well deserved, didn't like your comments before the game, but congratulations nonetheless.

In the end, there was so little between the top two. Both would have made deserved champions.