Dublin City v Derry City prediction

[sligoman]

I remember going to a Ramblers game against Dublin City up in Richmond park last year and we nearly out-numbered them and there was only about 50 of us.

Well we did out-number them the last time we played them, in Richmond Park.

If the attendance was about 250/300, then Premier Division footie hasn't made much difference for CHF.

[pineapple stu]

There's one thing I don't understand about Dublin. It has 1million people living there. Thats 1/4 of Ireland population. It has 6 LOI clubs and they all stuggle to get crowds at matches.

Dublin is strange. It's kind of a mish-mash of people from all over the country. There are fairly few genuine Dubs around. You have a lot of first- and second-generation Dubs about who just don't have any sort of loyalty to a club, who live in a very samey housing estate and just go about their daily lives without getting overly involved in community and all that - kind of the same problems Kildare County are experiencing attracting fans; lots of people live in Kildare, but a hell of a lot commute to Dublin, so they don't feel a community attachment. It's different in large country towns/small cities like Sligo, Cork and Derry. There's a broad community identity there. I can vouch for the Dublin issue myself (though those who know me will say I'm a freak example!) - I've lived here 22 years now (out of 26), but if pushed, I wouldn't consider myself from Dublin as I'm originally from Kerry and my family's from Tipp. It's very hard to see what to do about it.

[Breifne]

(though those who know me will say I'm a freak example!)

This has got to be nominated for POTM

[Maynard]

They do have a small group of very loyal fans though which is good to see.

Appreciate the recognition. It's not easy sometimes but we are moving in the right direction, just ahve to keep plugging away.