Travelling support to European away game?

**Jaime** · 21/09/2006, 11:43 AM

Another reason why it's a ballocks thread is because Derry (club & fans) attract a lot of goodwill (after all, they are on a mission to be everyone's second favourite team), and a fair chunk of their support in Paris will be fans of other eL clubs.

**chippie0001** · 21/09/2006, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by Roverstillidie

roughly is right.

Do you have to criticise every Bohs post. How many of those games were you at and so how many of those figures are wrong? Since I was at all bar one, I would say some are understated like Tallinn the first time rather than overstated.

**NY Hoop** · 21/09/2006, 1:36 PM

Originally Posted by chippie0001

Do you have to criticise every Bohs post. How many of those games were you at and so how many of those figures are wrong? Since I was at all bar one, I would say some are understated like Tallinn the first time rather than overstated.

Boez brought 20 fans to belarus. FACT

KOH

**Krstic** · 21/09/2006, 1:48 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

The point was that maribor was looking for praise for Derry fans for bringing fans to Paris than to Glasgow or Liverpool or any other British city. I'll rephrase it, its a wanky question as Paris is as easy to get to from Derry as Glasgow or Liverpool or any other British city.
The ONLY reason it was asked was he was fishing for compliments, therefore wanky pointless thread

Wrong again Dodge.
There are direct flights from City of Derry airport to Galsgow and Liverpool but not to Paris.
So it's not as easy for us to get to Paris as it is to any of the other places you mentioned.

if you're going to make a point, at least make it factual.

**Krstic** · 21/09/2006, 1:51 PM

Originally Posted by Rogue Trader

This should help

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers

No it doesn't help.

He stated that it's as easy for Derry fans to get to paris as it is to Liverpool or glasgow. which is factually incorrect.

The majority of Derry fans have to travel to Other cities in ireland and the Uk first and then on to Paris.

**razor** · 21/09/2006, 2:05 PM

We had 819 in Prague last year.

**Patrick Dunne** · 21/09/2006, 2:43 PM

A group of around 7 supporters went to the GUFC vs Odense Cup Winners Cup game in 1991. Two or three Irish people living in Denmark at the time may also have attended (no-one knows), perhaps pushing the away support up to double figures.

**Dodge** · 21/09/2006, 2:50 PM

Originally Posted by Krstic

No it doesn't help.

He stated that it's as easy for Derry fans to get to paris as it is to Liverpool or glasgow. which is factually incorrect.

I apologise profusely. I stand by mai point that Paris is easy to get to. Argue if you like...

**wws** · 21/09/2006, 2:55 PM

the initial point that this was a wanky thread is correct

.....quite funny though

**osarusan** · 21/09/2006, 3:29 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Agreed but if I'm asked a question. Legaly, as a mod here, I have to answer. Legally.

I stand corrected!!

**MariborKev** · 21/09/2006, 3:45 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

The point was that maribor was looking for praise for Derry fans for bringing fans to Paris than to Glasgow or Liverpool or any other British city. I'll rephrase it, its a wanky question as Paris is as easy to get to from Derry as Glasgow or Liverpool or any other British city.

The ONLY reason it was asked was he was fishing for compliments, therefore wanky pointless thread

Thanks for telling me what I was thinking there Dodge

I was genuinely interested in the answer as a result of a conversation with some of the PSG lads last week. They remember the crowd that Cork brought to Nantes and had been surprised that Irish teams had such a following.

That got me thinking about other large European away crowds for LOI teams
-I was aware of Bohs at Aberdeen and Pats et al at Celtic, hence the reason I asked about continental thinking.

**MariborKev** · 21/09/2006, 3:47 PM

Originally Posted by Jaime

Another reason why it's a ballocks thread is because Derry (club & fans) attract a lot of goodwill (after all, they are on a mission to be everyone's second favourite team), and a fair chunk of their support in Paris will be fans of other eL clubs.

Rubbish.

We have sold over 1000 tickets to our own supporters already. The tickets are only available from the club office and over the internet. Tickets purchased over the internet can only be done so by official club members not based in Derry.

How exactly are this "fair chunk" of fans going to get tickets, if PSG aren't selling them for Section F on the night?

**BohsFans** · 21/09/2006, 6:00 PM

Originally Posted by NY Hoop

Boez brought 20 fans to belarus. FACT
KOH

lol this one always cracks me up, as it's a favourite homeless myth.

There were more than 20 there -FACT!

If you want to be petty and argue this further don't bother, I was there and you weren't

simple as!

**CharlesThompson** · 21/09/2006, 6:37 PM

Originally Posted by BohsFans

lol this one always cracks me up, as it's a favourite homeless myth.

There were more than 20 there -FACT!

If you want to be petty and argue this further don't bother, I was there and you weren't

simple as!

Stand down there young BohsFans. NY Hoop and rtid are in fact Bohs fans and have been to every Bohs game for the last 238 years. In fact I believe that they sewed the seed on ****er Dignams field after the potato blight of '47.

If NY Hoop - Bohs fan - says that 20 went to Belarus then he should know, he was three of them. If rtid says "roughly is right", then he should know. Although most of us hetrosexuals would have absolutley know idea what he was talking about.

So leave then to it and learn young BohsFans - these are not the men you are after!

**Dodge** · 21/09/2006, 7:16 PM

Originally Posted by Maribor

Thanks for telling me what I was thinking there Dodge

I was genuinely interested in the answer as a result of a conversation with some of the PSG lads last week. They remember the crowd that Cork brought to Nantes and had been surprised that Irish teams had such a following.

That got me thinking about other large European away crowds for LOI teams
-I was aware of Bohs at Aberdeen and Pats et al at Celtic, hence the reason I asked about continental thinking.

Fair enough Maribor, I apologise so.

**Pablo** · 22/09/2006, 9:11 AM

Originally Posted by razor

We had 819 in Prague last year.

yeah that was the official attendance in the away end. Considering distance that'd be hard to beat.

**gspain** · 22/09/2006, 9:44 AM

We had about 50-60 in Madrid in 1980. Only 7-8 at southampton in 1981 and 35 in Holland in 1982 but about half that in Alkmaar for the game.

My Dad ended up running the trip to Holland as the club went through a dublin travel agent and left the Local agent high and dry. My Dad was offered 2 free seats if he could sell the 30 seats on the trip. He expected a hard sell and planned on cajoling some of the regulars to travel.

He went on local radio described the trip - 3 nights in amsterdam etc. Within 2 hours the trip was full. My Dad was stunned with the response and in particular that many travelling wouldn't have been known to him as football fans.

He didn't realsie until we got there that it was some other attractions in Amsterdam which prompted people to travel. Many didn't make it to Alkmaar such are the museums and other places of interest in Amsterdam.

**Krstic** · 22/09/2006, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by wws

the initial point that this was a wanky thread is correct

.....quite funny though

Hi WWS, gone do us a wee favour and guarantee us that we'll get beaten tonight by Shels and again next thursday by PSG.

Know the way you GUARANTEEDthat we wouldn't win any trophies this season

**Dee75** · 22/09/2006, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by Krstic

Hi WWS, gone do us a wee favour and guarentee us that we'll get beaten tonight by Shels and again next thursday by PSG.

Know the way you GUARENTEED that we wouldn't win any trophies this season

Don't encourage him he might tell us we are going to win and as he know's F**K all about football he might be wrong!!

**OneRedArmy** · 22/09/2006, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Jaime

Another reason why it's a ballocks thread is because Derry (club & fans) attract a lot of goodwill (after all, they are on a mission to be everyone's second favourite team), and a fair chunk of their support in Paris will be fans of other eL clubs.

Tripe on both points.

On the 2nd point, unless you count a fair chunk as 10-12 out of 1,500, this won't be the case.

On us being on a mission to be everybodies 2nd team,
1)we're actually on a mission to win 4 trophies
2) I doubt Shels fans would agree; and
3) we can't help it if we can't emulate Bohs and ensure the presence of a little mob of hoods outside the ground stoning opposition fans and breaking into buses.

I'm not going to apologize for our fans generally behaving decently, making a lot of noise and supporting their team, although I personally couldn't give a monkies what fans of other clubs think of us.