Great idea from Rovers

[Martinho II]

great idea from shamrock rovers. let the clubs govern themselves we dont need the fai dicating to us what to do... the atmosphere was class on telly last night what side of the ground were the germans on?

[Raheny Red]

Well the attendance was 4041 of which an estimated 1000 were German. As well as the poster circulating around the internet we had people handing them out in Dublin Airport to all the Gemans coming in and we had people handing them out in Temple Bar too.
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1000? wow - fair play

[sonofstan]

There were a fair few Germans at our game as well - can't imagine many of the Green and White Army go looking for local football* the night before the 'big' game

*though of course, in most countries there wouldn't be local premier games the night before an international.

[BohDiddley]

can't imagine many of the Green and White Army go looking for local football* the night before the 'big' game

Too true. Most would die of fright if they found out about it and had go to a match.

[swano]

Haven't used flares or smoke since the away game in Drogheda earlier in the season when we were fined. If the FAI fine the two clubs for making the league look good on national TV and to 1000 visiting supporters it will be a disgrace, but then again I'm well used to ridiculous decisions from the bumbling idiots in merrion square

[Anto McC]

Haven't used flares or smoke since the away game in Drogheda earlier in the season when we were fined. If the FAI fine the two clubs for making the league look good on national TV and to 1000 visiting supporters it will be a disgrace, but then again I'm well used to ridiculous decisions from the bumbling idiots in merrion square

You can say that again, they're a f*cking bunch of idiots. They are tyring to attract people to games but yet they are stamping down on the one of the few unique elements we have over British football.

[Terry]

I thought it was the german supporters that had the flares !! The FAI should fine the german FA for the unacceptable behaviour of their fans !

[CollegeTillIDie]

Fair play to Rovers on the German initiative. There is a small interest in the ELOI among genuine German football fans. We have had a few visitors in Belfield over the years from Germany. You tend to get a bit of interest in the summer during the Bundesliga close season, some people even coming to Ireland to see some football . Must be suffering from withdrawl symptoms, anyway whatever the reason we in UCD get a fair amount of Germans who want to see the only University in Western Europe playing in a Premier League , do it in person so to speak.

Speaking personally I like to check out local football when possible. I have been to two Romanian League games in the same weekend during one weekend for example.

[exiled_gufc_fan]

There were a fair few Germans at our game as well - can't imagine many of the Green and White Army go looking for local football* the night before the 'big' game

*though of course, in most countries there wouldn't be local premier games the night before an international.

many of them with Galway United scarves

On the bus in from the Airp[ort myself, I was giving bus numbers to English visitors and German fans off to Dalymount.

Fair play to the random Bohs fan who stepped up to the plate and made the souvenir shop announcement in German

[Cosmo]

Haven't used flares or smoke since the away game in Drogheda earlier in the season when we were fined. If the FAI fine the two clubs for making the league look good on national TV and to 1000 visiting supporters it will be a disgrace, but then again I'm well used to ridiculous decisions from the bumbling idiots in merrion square

I was talking to a few germans yesterday who were at teh drogs match and they raving abou the flags/smokes/atmosphere etc from both sets of supporters! Were well impressed with it!

[pineapple stu]

There were a fair few Germans at our game as well - can't imagine many of the Green and White Army go looking for local football* the night before the 'big' game

*though of course, in most countries there wouldn't be local premier games the night before an international.

Heard there was a decent Irish crowd at the Stuttgart Kickers match last September, though don't know how decent "decent" is. So it does happen. But 1000 is very impressive alright.

[A face]

I have also downloaded clips that Rovers make available on some website of the highlights of their games, the quality is A1. A lot better quality than TV3 clips which says it all really.

Is there a link to them?

[DmanDmythDledge]

Is there a link to them?

You can see all of them here. It would be great if all clubs could do something similar.

[NavanBohs]

You can see all of them here. It would be great if all clubs could do something similar.

http://youtube.com/user/BOHSTV

Thats ours, highlights/interviews usually up within a day or so, also has some other features and old footage of Bohs...

[HulaHoop]

Heard there was a decent Irish crowd at the Stuttgart Kickers match last September, though don't know how decent "decent" is. So it does happen. But 1000 is very impressive alright.

There was only about 60 Irish fans at that Stuttgart match.

[Marco]

There was only about 60 Irish fans at that Stuttgart match.

I thought the athmosphere was excellant, flares and all, Rovers fans sang thru the whole game. Great colour with all the flags etc.

[dcfcsteve]

Well the attendance was 4041 of which an estimated 1000 were German.

c. 1,000 Germans ?!?! That's a superb result. Well done Rovers.

You could see quite a few German flags around the ground - though I have to say, it didn't look like a 4,000 crowd on TV.

Any feedback form the Germans on what they thought of Friday night's match ? Was there no U21 international game on ?

[Kildare Lad]

Fair play to Rovers for the idea, and fair play to both sets of fans for impressing them aswell.

There was about 30 Germans at our match on saturday too. A very friendly bunch of lads.

[HulaHoop]

c. 1,000 Germans ?!?! That's a superb result. Well done Rovers.

You could see quite a few German flags around the ground - though I have to say, it didn't look like a 4,000 crowd on TV.

Any feedback form the Germans on what they thought of Friday night's match ? Was there no U21 international game on ?

It didn't look like 4000 on tv because we were in the Riverside (under the main camera). Feedback so far is that they enjoyed the flares/flags etc. and the atmosphere but they (understandably) thought the football was sh1te.

[dcfcsteve]

It didn't look like 4000 on tv because we were in the Riverside (under the main camera). Feedback so far is that they enjoyed the flares/flags etc. and the atmosphere but they (understandably) thought the football was sh1te.

That makes sense - the stand opposite the camera looked about 95% empty.

Weird how we always seem to have camera at EL games in the very stand where all the fans are (though I guess on both counts it's because they're usually the best stands).

Was there no U21 international on Friday ?