The Sunderland 'Craze'

**SunderlandBohs** · 06/09/2007, 8:53 AM

What I don't understand is why people can't follow an Irish club, foregin club & there GAA team? Surely it's not that hard.

**OneRedArmy** · 06/09/2007, 9:23 AM

Originally Posted by SunderlandBohs

What I don't understand is why people can't follow an Irish club, foregin club & there GAA team? Surely it's not that hard.

"Follow" as in go to as many of the games as possible or "follow" as in read the report in the paper and watch the highlights?

I struggle to get enough time to follow (in the former rather than the latter sense) one team.

**SunderlandBohs** · 06/09/2007, 10:23 AM

Follow as in go to matches. It's not hard. The LOI runs from March to November & the August to May. I go to see Bohs on Friday nights & fly over to see Sunderland play on Saturday. The matches with Irish & English teams never clash. Yeah it's hard to get to away games & you might have stupid things like weddings getting the way. But I don't understand how people can't follow two teams? Most Dublin GAA fans only go to the big football championship matches. Just look at the attendances at the National League games & the hurling. They must have time on there hands.

**Fivesilver** · 06/09/2007, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by SunderlandBohs;

I go to see Bohs on Friday nights & fly over to see Sunderland play on Saturday

I don't understand how people can't follow two teams?

How are you fixed for a dig-out?

**bennocelt** · 06/09/2007, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by jebus

Some of us think he is a violent thug that should have been kicked out of football altogether after admitting that he set out to injury Haaland on purpose, and subsequently ended his career. And that's not even mentioning Saipan. So many of us feel that this Jesuslike worship of Keane is moronic. end of

and thats where we differ

and i find it moronic how people dont follow the fortunes of one of irelands best ever players

**Bucky-O'Hare** · 06/09/2007, 8:19 PM

This is my first football post on here so i dont really know what the terms of engagement are.

I dont think that theres anywhere near as big a sunderland craze as Quinn and his boys had invisaged. Im happy about that!

I would like to think that a lot of the people who ventured out to watch them were put off by their supporters half covering EL stadiums in england flags!

I watched the cork match against them and I saw some woman wearing a cork gaelic jersey sitting beside what i presume was her husband wearing a sunderland jersy. How people has the brass to put a sunderland or any other in front of their locals in such an obvious fashion makes me sick.

**SunderlandBohs** · 07/09/2007, 10:04 AM

Yeah, Robbie. We've plenty of LOI armchair fans in this country as well. I know a lot of armchair Bohs fans. I mean Drogheda Utd should be getting 10,000 at a game instead of 1,200 with the population of Drogheda & towns like Balbriggan, Stamullen, Gormanstown etc. I'm not picking on Drogheda Utd, I'm just using example & I know Utd Park couldn't hold 10,000. If the 5 Dublin teams could get 10% of the population of Dublin there would be in or around 10,000 to 20,000 fanbase per club. We're not even getting 5,000-6,000 at games. I know some people can make due to college, work, family reason. As for the woman in the Cork jersey sitting beside the man wearing a Sunderland shirt. Maybe she was from Sunderland & bought the Cork shirt to show her friends back home. Or she could be from Cork & married a man from Sunderland. Or they could be relations of Charlie Hurley. A true Cork & Ireland legend!

**bigmac** · 07/09/2007, 2:45 PM

Originally Posted by bennocelt

and i find it moronic how people dont follow the fortunes of one of irelands best ever players

Me too - I make it a point to always tune into the Premiership when Liam Brady is a pundit, and I also supported Leeds and then Villa when David O'Leary was managing them...

**The Man Himself** · 07/09/2007, 4:11 PM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Probably says as much about Dundalk as it does the Sunderland craze....

It is just fcuking stupid the whole Sunderland thing. I can't wait until the bubble inevitably bursts - and the way results are going, I may not have to wait too long.

me to, i hate quinn and his sunderland shyte

**Bucky-O'Hare** · 08/09/2007, 10:25 PM

Did anyone see the Sunderland flag in the middle of all the tricolours in Slovakia tonight? Hilarious!

I wonder what was going through that persons head?!

**NY Hoop** · 10/09/2007, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by robbiesdrogs

drobably snarled at someone he seen wearing a el shirt

Not at all. Was hanging around with us in Aarhus. Sound lad. And he is actually from sunderland. For some reason he goes to every Ireland game!

Good to see the new Rovers flag there too.

KOH