Famous eL Fans

**marinobohs** · 23/04/2010, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by Poor Student

Anytime you ever read about him and it mentions his interests it's mentioned he supported UCD. Sure even a young Pineapple Stu used to go watch Shamrock Rovers.

Remember seeing the bold Dermo at most Bohs visits to the old Belfield, not sure about his earlier days but deffo a UCD fan in later life.

**marinobohs** · 23/04/2010, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by niallsparky

Yeah that turned out to be a wikipedia founded rumour. I think he may have went as far as denying it in some interview...

Yesterdays Evening Helard would beg to differ ! Good picture of Samuel L complete with Bohs flag on page 12 ! Pat Ingoldsby deffo a Bohs fan in the past but not sure if he still attends, Caroline Moraghan RTE presenter was a Dalymount regular as was Eamon Carr (journo of Horslips fame) and Martin King (TV 3 and TODAY FM).

**HarpoJoyce** · 23/04/2010, 2:55 PM

Originally Posted by endabob1

On a similar note (geddit

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I remember seeing the drummer from the Sultans of Ping in St Mels for a Cork City game, 15+ years ago I'd say, so not sure if he's still a fan or indeed still the drummer in the Sultans.

Originally Posted by Harpsbear

Still looking for that jumper!!

Originally Posted by A face

Lads, just trying to get an idea of who supports who.

Cork City - Ashley Keating from The Frank and Walters

Some of the members of Frank and Walters or Sultans of Ping were featured in a Fanzone/Terrace Talk type early evening football magazine TV programme for one of the British stations.
They filmed them at the Shoping Centre End at Dalymount Park (HoIF), (sometime between 1983 and 2006).

The same programme had a fans-talk piece, in a port-a-loo where the fan could flush their considered comments down the bog after they uttered them.
The first match they filmed used this port-a-loo at was a Crusaders -Ards game, Crusaders were going for the Legaue.
Crues forward Roddy Collins was a spectator that day too.

**Dodge** · 23/04/2010, 4:08 PM

Programme was called 'Standing Room Only' I think. presented by a gob****e Scouser and Neil Webb's wife (possibly called something like Shellie). I reckon it was around about 1992/1993

It was defintely the Sultans of Ping drummer (oh and he was involved in the excellent Cork fanzine NMPP)

**Réiteoir** · 24/04/2010, 7:43 AM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Programme was called 'Standing Room Only' I think. presented by a gob****e Scouser and Neil Webb's wife (possibly called something like Shellie). I reckon it was around about 1992/1993

It was defintely the Sultans of Ping drummer (oh and he was involved in the excellent Cork fanzine NMPP)

Simon O'Brien was the presenter of Standing Room Only (also was in Brookside) - around 1991.

Not a bad little programme

**Dodge** · 24/04/2010, 8:57 AM

Yeah, was the first football programme that wasnt presented by people in their 50s and tried to play things for laughs.

**bennocelt** · 24/04/2010, 8:58 PM

Originally Posted by Réiteoir

Simon O'Brien was the presenter of Standing Room Only (also was in Brookside) - around 1991.

Not a bad little programme

Yeah I enjoyed it as well, gave a lot of air time to fanzines and the Webb one know her stuff as well

**historynut** · 26/04/2010, 10:33 AM

Suprised that Shamrock Rovers other Hollywood link not mentioned though she's from an earlier era - Maureen O'Hara. Per her details on wkipedia (!!!!!) father was a co-owner of the club and she has supported them since childhood.

**Magicme** · 02/11/2010, 1:20 AM

We finally have a celeb fan.....Ryan Sheridan. If you dont know who he is you will soon. He was at the game Sat nite and has played Oxegen, Electric Picnic and Benacassim among other festivals this summer and is doing well in the charts at the mo. Go on the Ryan boy!

**SwanVsDalton** · 02/11/2010, 12:01 PM

Is Declan Hughes, the crime fiction writer, a Shels fan? One of his books opens with his private eye protagonist Ed Loy attending a game at Tolka before some dodgy evildoer attempts to murder a player...but the setting may have as much to do with Shels' 'associations' rather than any particular fan worship.

And Sean Bean's a DCFC fan - been to one game, it's enough for me.

**DaveyCakes** · 02/11/2010, 2:50 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Yeah, was the first football programme that wasnt presented by people in their 50s and tried to play things for laughs.

So you could argue that it's responsible for Soccer AM, Colin Murray on MOTD, and all the other godawful "comedy" football shows that are polluting the airwaves now?