QuoteTheir support would be similar to Pats' and larger than Rovers' at the moment and Shels'. I agree with you that Rovers have the best potential for support in the future, especially with the move to Tallaght.Originally Posted by gspain
Bohs didn't win a league or FAI cup from the mid 30's until they turned pro in 1969.
I still believe the bohs fanbase is pretty small (not compared to limerick's obviously) even in cup finals they don't bring out huge numbers. They do have a decent steady average support though.
Shamrock Rovers are the Dublin club with huge potential latent support.
Their support would be similar to Pats' and larger than Rovers' at the moment and Shels'. I agree with you that Rovers have the best potential for support in the future, especially with the move to Tallaght.
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
Thanks. So why did Shels move from South to North? Is that not a big deal?
Not dissimilar to Cliftonville (regularly finished bottom of the IL up till the 70s), although Bohs have had more success since turning pro than the Reds.
Why is that? Because of past success? Because of geographical location?
The Limerick 37 name has grown on me, I quite like it now.
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Rovers are southside. The Tallaght thing is only very very recent and even still there'd be as many pats fans in Tallaght as Rovers. I'm guessing this will change
Pats original ground was Richmond Park but when we joined the LOI it was deemed unsuitable. Through the 50s we moved between Milltown, Chapelizod and Dalymount and back to Richmond in 1960. At the end of the 1989 season we moved to Harolds Cross for what was supposed to be a matter of months while Richmond was done up but we stayed until December 93. We've been in Richmond since and thanks to Kelleher we'll be here for a while yet
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Was looking at some old LOI tables. Looks like Pats joined the league and immediately "set it on fire" - how come they achieved such immediate success? Where had they been playing before they joined?
Pats had been playing in the Leinster Senior League. They were a strong side in the late 40's/early 50's. Had some good cup wins and reached the 1950 semi final and I think 48 as well (would need to check that one).
They won the league in their first season which was still quite an achivement.
Yeah we joined the AUL in 1929 and quickly won everything at Junior level (including FAI Junior Cup) before moving up to Intermediate Level and the LSL. Reached the semi finals of the FAI Senior Cup once as a non league side and also won the (then) prestigious Leinster Senior cup (which including league sides). Prior to being invited to the LOI we won the LSL 3 out of our last 4 years. As gspain said we won the LOI in our first year and won it a couple of other times in the mid 50s, before havinga wait of 36 years for our next title (the first of many in the 90s
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Cheers, guys.
Interesting stuff.
Great thread - the history of the club with the condensed and enhanced versions is very useful - perhaps this should be a sticky? And perhaps useful for some of the other clubs too...
Is it too late to say that I quite like the name now too?Thank you Kev, €10 in the post
That question was less stupid, though you asked it in a profoundly stupid way.
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