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Sunderland flags on the main streets of Dublin? I never thought I'd see the day. What's going to be the next fad to follow when Keane parts ways with Sunderland? Ridiculous, there are some muppets we have to share our country with.
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I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
To be fair the fact that Charlie Chawke owns the bar and a stake in Sunderland is a good explanation. Not justification mind.Originally Posted by youngirish
So the scandal is that someone who part owns a club has a flag of that club outside his pub?
I'd ask again if Roman Abramovich had a Chelsea flag outside his business premises in Moscow would that be a disgrace.
I sense that the real issue here is that Sunderland are English and this is just a bit of anti English bashing. I guarantee that if an Irish consortium had bought Heerenven, appointed our most famous player as manager and been relatively succesful with some Irish players no-one would be so offended. In fact we'd think it all a bit cosmopolitan.
It's a completely different situation IMO. I don't think we should be flying English flags on our main streets. Considering our history it's ridiculous and shows a level of ignorance that's painful to observe. I've no problems with the English today but I don't want their flags waving in O'Connell Street, Grafton Street, Dame Street etc.
Do you see German flags being displayed on the main streets of Paris or by the Israelis in Tel Aviv? No wonder foreigners think we are dumb.
Rant over.
Last edited by youngirish; 10/05/2007 at 4:22 PM.
I'm sure there's some estalished Sunderland fans who are viewing this the other way around. They probably view the situation as the "greening" of their English club.
Theres already "SundIreland" scarves in existence. If its not happened already, we'll probably see some band wagon jumpers from Ireland travelling to home games dressed in Leprechaun suits.
The farcical elements of this aint all one way traffic.
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As a lifelong Sunderland fan its interesting in the last few games ive been over to in Sunderland the growing number of Irish on the flights. Mostly though from what ive seen they are groups of lads on stags who are just catching the game rather than new Sunderland supporters. If we can attract new supporters to the club why not ? Was the manu superstore in dublin not a bit more in your face than a little flag on dame st ? Down the line when Keane leaves many will lose interest but hopefully a lot will stick with the club and it can only help the club as a whole.
Spot on. It's an absolute joke.
What I can guarantee you is that if Ireland were playing england in the very same bar you would have people booing their anthem, if it wasnt turned down, and foaming at the mouth about their supposed "hatred" of england. It's the laughable hypocrisy that gets me.
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Stag parties in Sunderland? Voted one of the worst cities in Britain and the biggest city in Europe with out a cinema. I´d imagine the craic is great.
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In fact, I think I should get both parachutes, in case one doesn't work.
Plenty of Irish people to laugh at, which makes up for the lack of Laurel and Hardy films.
You'd want to go to the cinema for your stag?? Please don't invite me!
More seriously, Newcastle is a very popular destination for such escapades so with all the brouhaha over Sunderland it's not surprising a group of lads would go to the Stadium of Light to catch a bit of footie before the trip to the cinema, then back to the hotel for tea and crumpets and exalting the groom's pre-marriage chastity.
Sunderland is a kip.
So if they're on a stag in Newcatsle and want to watch a bit of football to keep themselves off the sauce then, erm, why not go to watch the Toon play...?
Oh I forgot - Newcastle's token Paddy quotient isn't high enough, and they're just not as bright and shiny as their mackem neighbours are at the moment....
Two words for these sort of people. Birth control.
Yes why would people want to go and see their countrymen play. I hear there are lots of Spaniards going to see Livepool matches despite the fact they could got to see Everton, I suggest we nuke Spain. Christ some people really need a sense of perspective.Oh I forgot - Newcastle's token Paddy quotient isn't high enough, and they're just not as bright and shiny as their mackem neighbours are at the moment....
Two words for these sort of people. Birth control.
Two words for the above sort of people. Annoyingly righteous.Sunderland is a kip.
So if they're on a stag in Newcatsle and want to watch a bit of football to keep themselves off the sauce then, erm, why not go to watch the Toon play...?
Oh I forgot - Newcastle's token Paddy quotient isn't high enough, and they're just not as bright and shiny as their mackem neighbours are at the moment....
Two words for these sort of people. Birth control.
I've no problem with Irish people watching Sunderland to see how the Irish players are doing. Indeed I've been known to do the same at Reading a few times but following Keane around like flies on sh*te is embarrassing. What does he have to do with our beloved boys in green anymore? Nothing.
As for flying English flags in the main streets of Dublin? West Brit ar*es.
Woo-hooo ! Just because you support English football yourself Kingdom !
Sunderland is a kip, the nightlife is sh!t, and anyone on a stag in Newcastle has a bigger and better team/stadium on their doorstep. So they're clearly daft to then trundle off to a different club down the road, and it's clearly all about that club's current 'shinyness' to the magpies of European football that the Irish are. Hence why any normal, rational person would describe those people as a bit daft.
Actually quite a decent city so it is and great night out ... most of the stags stay up in the kip up the road but dont know where you got your cinema information from anyway not that ive been but there is a multiplex in sunderland ..
Far from a kip and has great nightlife better than up the road which when ive been out in newcastle seems to be full of scallys fighting between themself. Great night out in sunderland but obviously you havent been . They trundle down the road to Sunderland because its better crack and the locals are decent people unlike the folk up the road who are up their own arse.Woo-hooo ! Just because you support English football yourself Kingdom !
Sunderland is a kip, the nightlife is sh!t, and anyone on a stag in Newcastle has a bigger and better team/stadium on their doorstep. So they're clearly daft to then trundle off to a different club down the road, and it's clearly all about that club's current 'shinyness' to the magpies of European football that the Irish are. Hence why any normal, rational person would describe those people as a bit daft.
My oh my. So, any normal, rational person will go to watch the bigger and better team in a bigger and better stadium? I thought you despised that sort of reasoning Steve?Woo-hooo ! Just because you support English football yourself Kingdom !
Sunderland is a kip, the nightlife is sh!t, and anyone on a stag in Newcastle has a bigger and better team/stadium on their doorstep. So they're clearly daft to then trundle off to a different club down the road, and it's clearly all about that club's current 'shinyness' to the magpies of European football that the Irish are. Hence why any normal, rational person would describe those people as a bit daft.
I love these generalisations. People in Newcastle are are up their own arse and Sunderland people are fantastic. I have not been to either but I would say its probabl like the rest of the world where each as a similar perecentage of ass holes and sound people.
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