maybe "burn baby burn" by Ash would do the trick.
Are you Sepp Blatter?Originally Posted by youngirish
Though I agree totally that GSTQ should be replaced at NI internationals, if not entirely for the same reason as you.
Anyhow, each of these topics has its own thread elsewhere.
maybe "burn baby burn" by Ash would do the trick.
I
Its not a question of anyone becoming more appealling, they are not, nor have they ever been our team.
The IFA has been running its anti-sectarian campaign for several years, yet there has been little, if any take up from the Nationalist community.
Players like Gibson representing Ireland is just a natural progression from a community who have grown up supporting & following Ireland.
Regarding the selection of Northern born players representing Ireland competitively, there has not been any competitive fixtures in the last few months. Both Gibson & Kane are named in the latest u21 squad, so few worries about continuing to pick players from all over the island, probably because, when FIFA tell you "The existing situation in Northern Ireland allows players to choose whether they wish to represent the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland." , its clear cut and no longer an issue.
Although it does get very tiresome when some are unable to accept the FIFA ruling.
anyway when was the last time a nordie played for us-i cant think of anyone except alan kernaghan and we all know his story...
I
As I say...
One of the problems is the location and history of the stadium. Well, that, allied to the political bickering going on over a new stadium at the maze, which has turned into another thinly veiled sectarian bilefest as per usual for northern politics.
The real problem is that the team is called "Northern Ireland", and represents the entity that is the "Occupied Six County Statelet"
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
i like that
Occupied six county statelet-has a nice ring to it
I
Bit of a b astard for terrace chants tho, don't you think?
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
You could always ask fans of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia how they managed to fit their name into a chant.
"I just came in to buy a stamp"-Padraig Pearse, April 24th 1916
Somehow, I think these people watch a bit of sport...
DUBLIN, IRELAND - 15 NOVEMBER 2006 - Ireland’s success in World and European competition is reflected in the ten stars chosen to receive this year's 2006 Texaco Sportstars of the Year Awards. Selected by Sports Editors representing print and broadcast media, north and south, from a shortlist of eighteen sports, the full line-up of Texaco award winners for 2006 comprises:
ATHLETICS Derval O’Rourke
BOXING Bernard Dunne
EQUESTRIAN SPORT Jessica Kuerten
GAELIC FOOTBALL Kieran Donaghy
GOLF Padraig Harrington
HORSE RACING Aidan O’Brien
HURLING Henry Shefflin
ROWING Gearoid Towey, Eugene Coakley, Richard Archibald, Paul Griffin
RUGBY Denis Leamy
SOCCER David Healy
(From http://www.texaco.ie/sportstars49/press_releases.htm )
Nobody knows, since they lynched the first guy who shouted:
"Give us an 'F' "
You do like to try to make up the rules? Pure hypocrisy from you as you were quite happy to discuss 'Scottish' players being 'poached' by the FAI on an ourweeminds thread dealing with the FAI picking players born in the 6C.
Fact! Scotland used the troubles to continue moving their away games with you to Glasgow long after Wales and England said it was alright to play in Belfast. Fact: You've played Scotland, how many? over 100 times? Fact! Along with the FA(E), Scotland put their own self interests and unilateraly walked out of the British Championship.
And I wouldn't mind betting the Scottish coastline is nearer to Windsor Park than the Irish border.
'Who us? Racial affinity? Not at all! Just our nearest rivals.'
This is the cooooooooooooolest footy forum I've ever seen!
Jeezus... The amount of winking, eyerolling, and
Pete from Big Brother types like that you know!!
A bit early to be pis sed on a Friday afternoon, or can you spew out this sort of irrelevant, incontinent drivel even when sober?
This thread is about the respective FIFA rankings of NI and ROI. Fact!
For some years before the big kick off, we had been playing Scotland at home in even-numbered years, England and Wales in odd.Scotland used the troubles to continue moving their away games with you to Glasgow long after Wales and England said it was alright to play in Belfast
So, the Scots demurred in 1972, 1974 and 1976; E&W in 1973. I suppose to be fair to our skirted chums, they might argue that they only scratched one game after things stabilised, which they'd presumably date as late as poss.
Glad ye enjoyed the jaunt around Duncairn Gardens, Lope. In the C19, it was touted as an inspiration from Versailles, believe it or not
Well we know who to blame for things and the problem is our own and ours to sort out, or we could do what the fans of ourfakecountry do and blame our nearest rival for everything. All this ill behove craic and while we're on about it and lecturing people on things, I think its very ill behoving to have the fan of some pub team telling us that we can't pick our own citizens like young Gibson.
Anyway EG go on tell us how you ended up in Ealing, an area with a fair size Irish community (feel like you've got something in common do you)
Last edited by sylvo; 16/02/2007 at 11:16 PM.
Its crazy to see people be what society wants them to be but not me.
Are you asking me or yourself. Because, irrelevant, incontinent drivel is what passes for almost 100% of your posts on here. Sorry, Scotland didn't duck out of playing in four times NI in the 1970s? You've only played them seven times in your history? It was the IFA that cancelled the BC so that w*nkers like you can brag about how you're reigning British champions two decades after the competition folded?
Some NI fan you are. And, unlike many of mis compadres, who weren't born when I made my debut, you have no excuse. The 1978 game was also played at HP. I remember the first game at WP being the opener of the 1980 BC and thinking, really, is this the first time Scotland had set foot in Belfast in a decade? So that's at least two games they passed on, needlessly. Possibly three if you include 1974.For some years before the big kick off, we had been playing Scotland at home in even-numbered years, England and Wales in odd.
So, the Scots demurred in 1972, 1974 and 1976; E&W in 1973. I suppose to be fair to our skirted chums, they might argue that they only scratched one game after things stabilised, which they'd presumably date as late as poss.
Glad ye enjoyed the jaunt around Duncairn Gardens, Lope. In the C19, it was touted as an inspiration from Versailles, believe it or not
As for DG, yeah took the 1D up to Belfast Castle. I take it the grills on the windows were not the inspiration taken from the Sun King's pad?
This is the cooooooooooooolest footy forum I've ever seen!
Maybe he got a visit about his joyriding habit....After all wasn't the plan in yourfakecountry to have as many members from the Nationalist side of the community having too leave the place due to not meeting up to the job spec for some reason or other.
This is the cooooooooooooolest footy forum I've ever seen!
Re. your first para, I for one have never "blame[d] our nearest rival for everything"; and it is FIFA who will determine who is eligible for whom.Well we know who to blame for things and the problem is our own and ours to sort out, or we could do what the fans of ourfakecountry do and blame our nearest rival for everything. All this ill behove craic and while we're on about it and lecturing people on things, I think its very ill behoving to have the fan of some pub team telling us that we can't pick our own citizens like young Gibson.
Anyway EG go on tell us how you ended up in Ealing, an area with a fair size Irish community (feel like you've got something in common do you)
Re. your second para, why are you so interested in my relocation from one part of the country to another?
P.S. Some more "pub football" for you, this time taken from Spanish TV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6e2EBfsqzU
Enjoy!
Posting Permissions
Bookmarks