Dublin City aims for Europe

**Roverstillidie** · 12/01/2006, 6:07 PM

Originally Posted by Ringo

you haven't been in the first division . we'll see how many supporters you have next year.

please tell me that wasnt a CHF fan having a go at the loyalty of Rovers fans? Because that would just be ****ing bonkers.

**Red4Eva** · 12/01/2006, 6:15 PM

what would shams fans expect their average attendance to be next year? 2004 was our worst season for 17 years&we had spent 5 years in hell&our average was about 1800 last year. and we had fantastic away support all season. on 4-5 occasions we had about 400. will the most famous club in ireland top that??

**Roverstillidie** · 12/01/2006, 7:13 PM

Originally Posted by Red4Eva

what would shams fans expect their average attendance to be next year? 2004 was our worst season for 17 years&we had spent 5 years in hell&our average was about 1800 last year. and we had fantastic away support all season. on 4-5 occasions we had about 400. will the most famous club in ireland top that??

i dont know who these shams are, but Rovers will probably have a similar home 'core' support. 1800 is probably a bit high, cant see many away fans, except possibly dundalk, but our away support should be more impressive than that, especially the sexy overnights like galway and kilkenny.

Rape and Pillage goes Rural

**Bald Student** · 12/01/2006, 8:04 PM

Originally Posted by OneRedArmy

1. I don't enjoy watching football in grounds with small attendences and consequently poor atmosphere. If I did, I'd watch games in the local park more often as its cheaper.

That's a reasonable opinion to hold, but it is completly seperate from saying that a club has no history.

**dcfcsteve** · 12/01/2006, 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by Bald Student

That's a reasonable opinion to hold, but it is completly seperate from saying that a club has no history.

Well - Dublin City are themselves the ones trying to deny/erase their history...!

**Breifne** · 12/01/2006, 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

I really should start those remedial reading classes again.......!

My nomination for Quote of the Month!

**OneRedArmy** · 12/01/2006, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by Maynard

Here's an idea, why don't NY Hoop and DCFCSteve put a proposal together and try and run the eL themselves? They obviously know so much about how the league and other clubs should be run. I know that I and many more of my pompous, self reighteous sh1t blowing friends would be more than happy to elect them. Soon the league could have such a wonderful fixture list, containing mouth-watering ties like Shamrock Rovers Vs Derry City, Derry City Vs Shamrock Rovers, Rovers Vs Bohs, Bohs Vs Rovers, Derry City Vs Duine Eile, Mulingar Under 12's Vs Shelbourne, Mayo League Ladies Vs St Pats etc

Two focking geniuses we have on our hands here lads...

Proposed and seconded.

From my point of view I've lost 3 games a year against 2 teams (Harps and Rovers) who I genuinely get excited about playing against. Big crowds home and away, great atmosphere, basically everything Dublin City isn't, and more importantly, shows no sign of ever being.

The last time we played Dublin City in Tolka was the most soul-destroyingly boring game of my life. Indeed I remember highlighting at the time, on these very pages, the instance of two friends conducting a conversation, one in the Ballybough end and one in the Riverside stand.

Whilst I like many fans am fully aware Seery FC deserve their place in the League, don't expect me to like it or welcome it in any way.

"Your only fans are your parents"

**dcfcsteve** · 13/01/2006, 12:10 AM

Originally Posted by Breifne

My nomination for Quote of the Month!

I prefer this one :

Dublin City fans are the Eircom League's eqivalent of Luke Skywalker in 'The Empire Strikes Back' - dangling over the edge of a precipice whilst refusing to accept the factual reality that Home 'Darth Vadar' Farm is their parent....

**Student Mullet** · 13/01/2006, 1:39 AM

Originally Posted by Bald Student

(That last comment was just to make sure the thread did indeed get to 14 pages.)

Lads,
Bald Student sometimes makes a joke. There's probably no need for much more to this thread.

**Ringo** · 13/01/2006, 7:47 AM

Originally Posted by Student Mullet

Lads,
Bald Student sometimes makes a joke. There's probably no need for much more to this thread.

I agree. Making this ten pages would be silly. Rovers to stay down & go out of existence.

**Ringo** · 13/01/2006, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by northside hoop

You know, it never dawned on me that some peole have to go on away trips to likes of ICBINHF and UCD, even worse when ICBINHF were playing on a thursday. My hate for them was purely selfish but now I see it was for the good of mankind.

well you won't have to worry about playing us for a long time.

**Bald Student** · 13/01/2006, 6:08 PM

Originally Posted by northside hoop

You know, it never dawned on me that some peole have to go on away trips to likes of ICBINHF and UCD, even worse when ICBINHF were playing on a thursday. My hate for them was purely selfish but now I see it was for the good of mankind.

If you think a trip to UCD or DCFC is bad you're in for a shock in the discover ireland division.