Dublin City v Derry City prediction

**sligoman** · 17/03/2006, 6:10 PM

Originally Posted by Dj Duffer

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** · 18/03/2006, 3:11 AM

Originally Posted by Rebal Boy

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.