Supporting British teams

**Dassa** · 07/09/2006, 11:00 AM

I like to see arsenal do well but would never go and see them. went to see Rangers once and hated it. realised that i enjoyed spending my money watching Loughgall and NI because least with those teams you feel like you are involved and the investment stays in your community.

**grounded** · 07/09/2006, 11:08 AM

@ Poor Student

I know that there are people still following Forest but I find it hard to believe that the same number of people that are supporting ManU or Chelsea for example would do so if they'd go down. Its not just an Irish thing. I know of a lot of germans travelling to the UK every weekend but as someone said earlier they also fill their stadia at home. There was a guy on telly from Cork i believe who flies out to Exeter to support them. I must say fair play to him choosing a side like them but still wonder why its not his local side he supports.

Would be great to have a banner that could travel around the country and be displayed at televised matches "Support your local - Our Country Our Clubs" just to remind people before hopping on planes to england again

**gufct** · 07/09/2006, 11:35 AM

For me its 1. Galway United 2. Ireland & 3. QPR.

I go to QPR maybe 3 times a year since the switch to summer soccer and would go and watch a local league match any division when im in another country.

Worst type of barstoolers are the ones who dont go to any games and still think they are true supporters because they have sky sports and buy theire latest jersey and look down their noses at el fans.

Some el fans can be too elitist which causes bitterness.

**Vitruvian Man** · 07/09/2006, 11:52 AM

The people who get on my nerves the most are the barstoolers who support the likes of Exeter or some other mickey-mouse nobodies in England. They consider themselves the quintessential �hardcore� supporter because they have picked an obscure team and not a big-time Charlie like Liverpool, Man U, and Arsenal.

I only have pity on the glory-hunting barstoolers who were caught in the media trap when they were kids. But these �hardcore� gobsh!tes have no excuse not to be supporting their EL teams.

**RonnieB** · 07/09/2006, 12:19 PM

Support your local teams first and anything after that is your own business.

**ger121** · 07/09/2006, 1:20 PM

My sister is a big Liverpool fan and goes to quite a few games each year. As she comes to watch Bohs with me I head over with her to watch Liverpool. I've seen them play more times than a lot of so called Liverpool supporters from Ireland and would watch out for there results and want them to do well but I wouldn't say I'm a supporter at all. I just don't feel that same affinity I would have for Bohs. No matter how many times I've been over in Liverpool and even though the people are friendly I always have this feeling of being an outsider and that no matter how many times I go I never would truely belong.

**BohsPartisan** · 07/09/2006, 1:31 PM

Originally Posted by Vitruvian Man

The people who get on my nerves the most are the barstoolers who support the likes of Exeter or some other mickey-mouse nobodies in England. They consider themselves the quintessential �hardcore� supporter because they have picked an obscure team and not a big-time Charlie like Liverpool, Man U, and Arsenal.

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Absolutely. I remember seeing a bloke wearing a Rochdale jersey a few years ago in a pub. I said if you want to support a sh't team we've got plenty of them over here.

**NeilMcD** · 07/09/2006, 1:54 PM

What ever you do dont put up an Avator of an EL team on this board though as you get abuse for it.

**BohsPartisan** · 07/09/2006, 1:57 PM

What board?

**jebus** · 07/09/2006, 1:58 PM

Typical narrow minded Eircom League attitude, which is why this league will never take off from the ground. The majority of football supporters in Ireland support British club, end of story. If you want to complain about them not supporting Eircom League clubs then you have to look at a few points that would drive them, i.e. lack of coverage, lack of decent players, lack of fans, and the prevailing Eircom League fans opinion that they are better than the British supporting football fan simply because they go and watch the local team play sh!te football.

Whoever said the majority of Irish supporters who support British clubs are either fat women, small kids or whatever are talking out of their arse, and anyone who thinks that someone supporting a small time English club is a gob-****e who think's they are great should take a look and see a gob-****e who thinks they are great cause they support a small time Irish club.

By the by my footballing preferences are

1. Sheffield Wednesday
2. Limerick FC
3. Inter Milan
4. Rep of Ireland

I've been supporting Wednesday for over ten years longer than I have LFC so thats why they are Number One, Inter I've had an interest in since the 80s and Ireland because even though I'd rather watch paint dry than watch an Ireland game, I'm still Irish, so obviously would like to read about them doing well in the morning papers

**NeilMcD** · 07/09/2006, 1:59 PM

Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

What board?

sorry Forum

**BohsPartisan** · 07/09/2006, 2:01 PM

Jebus, Prepare for the wrath of the legions of EL!

**NeilMcD** · 07/09/2006, 2:02 PM

Mine would be

1. Ireland

2. Bohs.

3. Every other Eircom league club in europe

4. Spurs.

but I would only really call myself a real supporter of Ireland

**BohsPartisan** · 07/09/2006, 2:04 PM

For me Its
1. Bohs
2. Everton
3. Ireland
4. England (parentage)

I have an interest in Barca and Nantes. In Italian football I'm anyone bar Juv�, AC Milan or Lazio.

**BohDiddley** · 07/09/2006, 2:07 PM

Originally Posted by jebus

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By the by my footballing preferences are

1. Sheffield Wednesday
2. Limerick FC
3. Inter Milan
4. Rep of Ireland

That's quite a comprehensive portfolio. Congratulations!

**osarusan** · 07/09/2006, 2:08 PM

I have no problem with any Eircom League supporter also supporting a side from another country. Considering how much it is on tv, if you are a fan you are likely to get more exposure to foreign football that to LOI football. Shame on you RTE.

I only wish that every person who supported a foreign team also supported a LOI team.

As for my preferences........

1. Limerick FC
2. Ireland.
3. (Recently) Yokohama FC. (I'm living here, and need football.)

**Soper** · 07/09/2006, 2:24 PM

I can't stand EL supporters who also insult our league.

**trevy** · 07/09/2006, 2:30 PM

The weekly thread on supporting British teams is up and running

.I'd head over to Liverpool games maybe 2 or 3 times a year with a couple of friends but Waterford United come first.I know a friend of a friend from Dublin who goes over to about 15 Liverpool games a season!You have to be realistic,growing up in Ireland English football was shown more over on tv than Irish and gets more coverage in the newspapers and is more glamorous so impressionable youngsters are more likely to follow an English team unfortunately.

**WeAreRovers** · 07/09/2006, 2:41 PM

Originally Posted by jebus

Typical narrow minded Eircom League attitude, which is why this league will never take off from the ground. The majority of football supporters in Ireland support British club, end of story.

Try reading the thread before diving in with both feet - what people are saying is that it's no problem supporting any team be it Liverpool or Livingston but following your local team should come first. Incidentally most fans who actually live across the water would agree with that.

BTW What part of Sheffield are you from?

KOH

**hogey** · 07/09/2006, 2:47 PM

I also have no problem with people following a team in England once they also support an EL team. I just think that Serie A and the Primera Liga are superior leagues and are foreign aswell so why dont the masses support those leagues instead of the EPL.
As for the Irish fans booing Arjen Robben because he plays for Chelsea.........