Club or Country?

**Fivesilver** · 02/09/2007, 9:04 PM

Cupcakes, obviously you've no memory of the extended lunacy that gripped Sligo after the FAI Cup win in 1994.
Some of my favourite memories: Fraser Brown with the tears rolling down his cheeks in front of the RTE cameras in 83; my mother, in her mid-50s, climbing the fence in Lansdowne and evading two stewards to join in the celebrations in 94; Johnny Chadda's "glittering morning star" speech - I pity people who have never followed a team closely enough to have savoured such euphoria.

**Anto McC** · 02/09/2007, 10:24 PM

To all 26 people so far who voted for the 2nd option - Ha

**Risteard** · 02/09/2007, 10:47 PM

When is this Ireland v City competitive match?
Latest in a line of dopey pointless argument-for-the-sake-of-it threads.

**BohsPartisan** · 02/09/2007, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by Risteard

When is this Ireland v City competitive match?

It was on during the summer when they toured the country...
Oh sorry that was Sunderland. I find it hard to distinguish them.

**dcfcsteve** · 02/09/2007, 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by osarusan

Pretty poor comparison.

At least Cupcakes is comparing the same people. You're trying to compare different groups of people.

It's common to use extreme examples to make a point Osarun.....

Anyways - Fishcakes is self-evidently a WUMming moron.

**osarusan** · 03/09/2007, 2:35 AM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

It's common to use extreme examples to make a point Osarun.....

Anyways - Fishcakes is self-evidently a WUMming moron.

Disagree with the first, as I don't see the point you're trying to make. But my full and complete agreement on the second part is enough to let the matter rest there. (As long as you start spelling my name right

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**Bald Student** · 03/09/2007, 7:02 AM

How could I support Ireland? They don't even have corporate boxes in Lansdown, let alone table service.

Anyone who expects me to take a dump while not watching the telly is clearly not a real football fan.

**dcfcsteve** · 03/09/2007, 9:18 AM

Originally Posted by osarusan

Disagree with the first, as I don't see the point you're trying to make.

My point was Pishcakes attempt to formulise celebration into some Bill Gates-style standard - 'Windows Euphoiria 1.0'.

Unless you're weeping for at least 3.5mins and hug a minimum of 4 unknown adults of the same gender whilst hopping around for a period of no less than 16 mins, then the event you are allegedly joyous about and celebrating obviously means little to you. Or at least not as much as it did to the text-book formulaic benchmark of those crazy Oirish men and women of Euro 88...

**monutdfc** · 03/09/2007, 5:13 PM

Must be a whole 3 months since we had this one!

**A face** · 03/09/2007, 9:44 PM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

My point was Pishcakes attempt to formulise celebration into some Bill Gates-style standard - 'Windows Euphoiria 1.0'.

Unless you're weeping for at least 3.5mins and hug a minimum of 4 unknown adults of the same gender whilst hopping around for a period of no less than 16 mins, then the event you are allegedly joyous about and celebrating obviously means little to you. Or at least not as much as it did to the text-book formulaic benchmark of those crazy Oirish men and women of Euro 88...

Any link to let Fairycakes download that?

**rebelarmyexile** · 03/09/2007, 11:46 PM

Club without a shadow of a doubt.

**harry crumb** · 04/09/2007, 12:47 AM

No contest.

Club

**galwayhoop** · 05/09/2007, 9:33 AM

Originally Posted by robbiesdrogs

1.drogs
2.liverpool
3.ireland

what is your association to LFC robbie?

while i personally would vote Ireland and then GUFC i can understand people voting (en masse as above poll suggests) for their local club who they support week in week out, but Liverpool before your country of birth?????

not WUMming here just curious how an English team would attract a higher sense of association/support than your own national team?

**Battery Rover** · 05/09/2007, 9:52 AM

Club without doubt.

Go to the Ireland matches but would know very little about the players as I don't watch or even read about soccer cross channel

**Hibs4Ever** · 05/09/2007, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by robbiesdrogs

i voted club in this when it came up first and i tell you one thing the anger i felt at drogs losing tonight even that display in cyprus wouldnt have made me half as angry.in fact id go as far to say its like this

1.drogs
2.liverpool
3.ireland

English club before your country! Now thats a head scratcher

**dcfcsteve** · 05/09/2007, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by galwayhoop

while i personally would vote Ireland and then GUFC i can understand people voting (en masse as above poll suggests) for their local club who they support week in week out,

I used to be Country over Club GH. I can remember as a kid in the run-up to Italia 90 posing myself the hypothetical question - if someone said to me Ireland could win the World Cup, but only if Derry didn't win anything for a decade, which would I choose ? Back then - I remember thinking I would want Ireland to succeed over City.

Recently, however, the international team has just waned in importance to me. A big factor in it was City's UEFA Cup run last year, as that really put into perspective how much City and Irealnd's relative success actually means to me.

As a result, in the space of 2 season's I've gone from a fan who went to loads of Ireland away games to one who can't really be bothered with the international set-up any more. But I'd go to the moon and back to see a City match.

**R�iteoir** · 05/09/2007, 11:42 AM

Most definitely club before any kind of country thing

Down with Petty Nationalism...

**dcfcsteve** · 05/09/2007, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by R�iteoir

Down with Petty Nationalism...

Up with petty parochialism instead......!

**sligoman** · 05/09/2007, 4:09 PM

I noticed some of the people who voted 'club' are missing there EL team's game this weekend because they're going to Ireland's game in Slovakia. Care to explain yerselves?