Singing Last Night during Setanta

[dcfcsteve]

Does it not annoy us Irish, when the Liverpool fans sing the ''Fields of Athenry'' theme, and even worse put their own words to it.

[cheifo]

Its going to be a tough job to totally eradicate this in the short term but I think supporters of EL are aware of the efforts of these clubs to eliminate it.
These people should get themselves along to the old firm match at the weekend , they would be more welcome there.

[Dr.Nightdub]

I only saw the last 20 minutes or so of the first half but one thing that surprised me was the ovation Conor Downey got from the Linfield fans when he went off. OK, maybe a lot of the surprise is down to my own preconception of Linfield fans but it was a pleasant eye-opener for me.

Can't really see the point of anyone singing the Billy Boys at a Linfield-Glentoran match, unless there's some kind of bizarre competition to out-Prod each other (no offence).

Mind you, it wasn't as silly as our scrotes singing "What's it like to have a queen?" at the Portadown fans last week. I was kinda hoping they'd respond with "We're quite chuffed about it actually"

[Pablo Escobar]

Couldn't have put it better myself

[BohsPartisan]

Does it not annoy us Irish, when the Liverpool fans sing the ''Fields of Athenry'' theme, and even worse put their own words to it.

At least they don't insert "Sinn Féin, IRA" Like some of the muppets who turned up to the Drogheda game with tricolor jester hats and Celtic jerseys last week. Any EL team's fans singing The Fields of... is just sad, except maybe Galway. Rule Britania is just funny at this stage. They don't even rule Scotland anymore.

[reder]

Does it not annoy us Irish, when the Liverpool fans sing the ''Fields of Athenry'' theme, and even worse put their own words to it.

Not half as annoying as the irish with their tri-colour wrapped around them before after and during them game. FYI, the fields of anfield road was originally sung in the late 70's but only became popular again in 2001.

Also I think it would be rather silly for liverpool fans to sing to words to your version of the song. They would be a little out of context, dont you agree????

Rhetorical question : If I go to an EL game on friday can I bring a union jack with me and walk round the place with it wrapped around me? Or maybe I will bring a union jack or nice big Liverpool banner to the Wales game and hang it over some EL clubs banner in the ground.

[dcfcsteve]

I only saw the last 20 minutes or so of the first half but one thing that surprised me was the ovation Conor Downey got from the Linfield fans when he went off. OK, maybe a lot of the surprise is down to my own preconception of Linfield fans but it was a pleasant eye-opener for me.

Outside of perhaps one Israeli side, I don't think there's any team in the world who's fans wouldn't recognise the efforts of their players on the basis of their religion.

Can't really see the point of anyone singing the Billy Boys at a Linfield-Glentoran match, unless there's some kind of bizarre competition to out-Prod each other (no offence).

There is a 'super prod' tendancy at Linfield-Glens games. For some reason, the lead in this usually seems to come more from the Glens fans than Linfield to me, though that could just be perception. It seemed to be almost entirely Linfield fans on Monday.

Mind you, it wasn't as silly as our scrotes singing "What's it like to have a queen?" at the Portadown fans last week. I was kinda hoping they'd respond with "We're quite chuffed about it actually"

That's just tragic - those lads clearly haven't grasped the less-than-subtle nature of football banter.

What next : "What's it like to have good jobs....?"

[dcfcsteve]

Rule Britania is just funny at this stage. They don't even rule Scotland anymore.

Really ? You might weant to tell the government of the 'United kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' that they can no longer include Scotland in that !

Just because Scotland can play with things like education (which they always could any way) and health care doesn't mean they're still not an integral part of the UK. Also - 'Rule Britannia' refers directly to Defence/Foreign Affairs ("Britannia rules the waves"), which are still firmly under the cxontrol of Westminster.

Though it is a comical song. Someday, they'll sing songs that are more about Northern Ireland and less about a concept of 'Britishness' that even Britain itself is turning its back on slowly.

[Lim till i die]

Does it not annoy us Irish, when the Liverpool fans sing the ''Fields of Athenry'' theme, and even worse put their own words to it.

It's not even half as annoying or pathetic as Munster Rugby "fans" singing it without changing the words

Ammmmm. It's in Galway lads

[TonyD]

Not half as annoying as the irish with their tri-colour wrapped around them before after and during them game.

You're dead right. It's tragic behaviour really.

[Lux Interior]

There is a 'super prod' tendancy at Linfield-Glens games. For some reason, the lead in this usually seems to come more from the Glens fans than Linfield to me, though that could just be perception. It seemed to be almost entirely Linfield fans on Monday.

Bizarre in the extreme. And utterly wide of the mark.

Our support have virtually cleaned up the bad exesses of the 70s (Ballybofey)and 80s (1988 League Cup Final) and usually just jeer when Linfield fans strike up their repertoire. Their right on working-class-prod-torch-carrying means little to most Glens lads.

I was, however, disappointed that a section of our support berated arch-thug McAreavey with "durty feenyan *******" chant.

Althouh I think we've travelled well in the Setanta, there were a few 'faces' at Tolka last year, who ended up jousting with each other.