Bertie at Tolka?

**Dodge** · 18/06/2007, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by reder

Tony Blair is from Edinburgh, grew up in Durham and is a Aston Villa (Birmingham) fan. In Bertie's defence at least he shows an interest in the sport, unlike most of the others. If my local club died tomorrow and our rivals moved into our home, there is no way I would go to a game there.

Fairly certain Blair is a Newcastle fan (which would be fine for a bloke from Durham)

**BohsPartisan** · 18/06/2007, 11:50 AM

Originally Posted by reder

I dont buy that Dodge. Home Farm is just up the road right?. Thats like telling me supporting the bitters if Liverpool went bust. Never gonna happen. Who would you support if Pats went bust.

Not really the same thing. Home farm were a junior club who made the step up to Senior Football in an attempt to replace the Drums, so it would be more like 'Pool going bust and Marine or someone moving into Anfield and playing league football.

**Dodge** · 18/06/2007, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by reder

I dont buy that Dodge. Home Farm is just up the road right?. Thats like telling me supporting the bitters if Liverpool went bust. Never gonna happen. Who would you support if Pats went bust.

Way to miss the point there fellah. I meant bohsmug forgot that fact that Home Farm played in Tolka for about 15 years before Shels moved in there.

Originally Posted by bohsmug

It may be but if I was his age and from Drumcondra I'd have supported them. I think if anything Shels moving into Tolka park would of annoyed me. If Bohs went out of business and Shelbourne moved in to Dalymount and referred to it as "home" I'd be fairly sure I wouldn't just nip in for a look. It would sicken me.

Originally Posted by reder

I dont buy that Dodge. Home Farm is just up the road right?. Thats like telling me supporting the bitters if Liverpool went bust. Never gonna happen.

I was this close <> to having a laugh at your expense at the fact that they're both about the same distance from you (500 miles and a change of currency)

**Poor Student** · 18/06/2007, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Fairly certain Blair is a Newcastle fan (which would be fine for a bloke from Durham)

Yeah. I think he claimed to have watched Jackie Milburn on the terraces as a young boy, which is not possible.

**pete** · 18/06/2007, 1:09 PM

Rovers had a promotion for free entry to all those ex-Rovers taxi driver supporters from the Milltown era. Maybe Shels should have a promotion for former Drums supporters including politicians?

**Saint MacDara** · 18/06/2007, 4:45 PM

Free entry to eircome league games for politicans,they show their brown envelopes at the gate

**John83** · 18/06/2007, 5:56 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Fairly certain Blair is a Newcastle fan (which would be fine for a bloke from Durham)

Originally Posted by Poor Student

Yeah. I think he claimed to have watched Jackie Milburn on the terraces as a young boy, which is not possible.

That's right. There was a bit of a fuss about it. Milburn retired just before he was born or something like that.

Bertie's claims of Drumcondra fandom are no more credible for me. When they played UCD in the cup a few years back, there was no sign of Bertie.

**MariborKev** · 18/06/2007, 6:59 PM

Surely someone still has a copy of that letter from Bertie�s brother that appeared in the IT a few years back.

It was on the back of when the Dubs played Derry at Clones and Bertie was booed.

Bertie�s brother wrote in to explain how Bertie had picked gooseberries to pay for his Drums season ticket.....