QuoteFor atomsphere, football quality & good crowds home & away best eL teams to partake would be Derry City, Cork City, Shamrock Rovers (maybe a security concern?) & Drogheda (can't believe i suggested that).
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
It's the same for Cork fans though ! Worse in fact, as they have further to travel, yet they still do so in greater numbers than Pats - contrary to what Cosmo is suggesting.
Anyways - if you think travelling from Dublin to Derry for a Friday game once or twice a season is a pain, try doing a similar version in reverse pretty much every other Friday night. Doesn't stop Derry fans though....
In fairness its easier to suppoort a good team??
As for Derry fans during the journey every odd Friday dont agree with it... but you always seem to be around meaning you have no jobs or good bosses
Theres a prize for bringing the most fans you know
For atomsphere, football quality & good crowds home & away best eL teams to partake would be Derry City, Cork City, Shamrock Rovers (maybe a security concern?) & Drogheda (can't believe i suggested that).
Very true - which knackers the assertion that Pats would bring more fans to Setanta games even more....
Our nearest away league game is currently Sligo - about 2 hrs on a bus each way, without stops. Our fans therefore have to do that journey or much further every other week, and they do it. What part of those facts do you not agree with ?
As for our fans always being around - it's for a variety of reasons. Some are students, some work flexible hours, some are self-employed, some are unemployed, some are based in the Republic etc, whilst many just use their holiday time to follow City. But most imporatnly, all are committed. Also - when you've got one of the largest fan bases in Ireland, it's not hard to always have a percentage who can make any given game.....
Aye I do agree but how many would travel if there team was as poor as we've been since 2001 on the road especially
Committed as you are I think the fact you are so isolated adds to both your supports a bit like clubs in the North of England who travel in larger numbers then there counterparts in the south. Its also your decision to be in this league and take all punishing trips but we wont go into that.
Either way it will be decided on cup final day and may Pats win
Theres a prize for bringing the most fans you know
It's only in the last 2 years that we stopped being pooere than you !Aye I do agree but how many would travel if there team was as poor as we've been since 2001 on the road especially
Having lived in the north-east of England and watched a lot of football there, I can assure you that that is a myth. Newcastle fans travel well, but that's because it's a massive soccer town and they're the only show there is. Beyond that, travelling support is poor ior at best not spectacular. Sunderland fans are very fickle (teir new found Irish support will feel very at home there...) - they've been struggling to get good crowds to the Stadium of Light for the last few years, let alone have many travelling. Boro have a small but comitted away support. Darlington, Carlisle, Blackpool, Preston, York etc - all fairly isolated Northern towns, none with big travelling support.
Anwyays - hopefully Pat's will do their bit to make the Cup Final a decent spectacle by strolling across town in sizeable numbers Sunday week.
Corks away crowds in the setanta cup were pure sh!te (also take out the corkies living in dublin and they'd have had a couple of people at their away matches). Not slagging them over it - its just a fact- as its tough heading up for setanta mid week matches when ye probably have to save some annual leave for league, europe, fai cup, etc
I reckon pats would bring more than them to away matches in northern ireland first for the novelty of the setanta cup and also they dont have that far to travel really!
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Its good to be a student that doesnt attend classIn fairness its easier to suppoort a good team??
As for Derry fans during the journey every odd Friday dont agree with it... but you always seem to be around meaning you have no jobs or good bosses
2 Minutes? Well it's probably all the time you'd want to spend walking in such a deprived area.
The away terrace can be good for atmosphere, but the depth of the steps make it far from a proper terrace.
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Cork fans have jobs?
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Yeah, I know. Nice of you to point out my mistake(I was going to edit it, but couldn't be bothered)Anyway the wait will finally end on Sunday week
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Yes. We emigrate to Dublin as someone needs to tell the dubs what to do.Cork fans have jobs?
While I'd love an away trip up north, I couldn't see us bringing that many midweek, even allowing for the novelty factor. Sligo away in the Cup last year had an element of novelty to it, them having been First Division for a while at that stage, and even though you'd think the Saturday timing would make it easier for people to travel, we didn't bring half as many as we should've.
For some bizarre reason, I reckon Waterford away has been the outside-Dublin game we've brought most to in the last couple of years.
Oh, and Forza, TonyD & co, please get back on-message. We won't win the Cup - after all this time, it'd be simply unPatslike of us. Hope the Cork fans enjoy themselves in the Setanta.
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Sligo wasn't a novelty for most of us...
You're also forgetting the fact that we were awful last year (and have been for a good few years), a cup win fools people into thinking we're not anymore and might see more of them make the effort
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Most Glenmen I know (a lot!) would like Pats in the Setanta.While I'd love an away trip up north, I couldn't see us bringing that many midweek, even allowing for the novelty factor. Sligo away in the Cup last year had an element of novelty to it, them having been First Division for a while at that stage, and even though you'd think the Saturday timing would make it easier for people to travel, we didn't bring half as many as we should've.
For some bizarre reason, I reckon Waterford away has been the outside-Dublin game we've brought most to in the last couple of years.
Oh, and Forza, TonyD & co, please get back on-message. We won't win the Cup - after all this time, it'd be simply unPatslike of us. Hope the Cork fans enjoy themselves in the Setanta.
Good luck from this part of east Belfast on Sunday (think there's a few heading down).
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I always like going to Pats. It's not the biggest or most glamorous ground by any stretch, but it has a great vibe to it.
Not sure what the seating arrangements would be, but in the unlikely event that Linfield ended up in the main stand, be advised that you should seek out shrinking pills in your local pharmacy before travelling.
Does anyone know what time the draw is at on Thursday?
I do. 1615 and we're in it!
Here is the t-shirt which was born out of a conversation with Derry fans yesterday, about visiting IL grounds.
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Really hope that at last we get you, it is long overdue.I do. 1615 and we're in it!
Here is the t-shirt which was born out of a conversation with Derry fans yesterday, about visiting IL grounds.
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