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[HarpoJoyce]

Sligo Rovers FC now 3-0 up.

[Boo_Boy]

They're not called Shams, no-one apart from a few Sligo fans on here calls them Shams.
On here Sligo fans seem to take every opportunity to fit the word Shams in to any sentence possible, and seem to revel in making cringey statements along the lines of "Why do Bohs hate Rovers when we're on the other side of the country...I thought you hated Shams hahaha". It really seems to appear that one of Sligos big gripes is over the fact that the most succesful/one of the most famous clubs in the country are referred to Rovers, instead of Sligo.

I've never seen a Sligo Rovers fan say anything like that on here.(Can you direct me to a post please?)

Should i just refer to Shams as 'The Scum' from now on?, it would get very confusing for people if it was Rovers v Rovers

example: Rovers had a great chance there, but the keeper made a great save.

who am i talking about?, im not going to start call Rovers 'Sligo', so when im talking about both clubs its going to be Rovers - Shams, when a Shams fan is talking about how Rovers dominated them at the showgies () it will be Rovers - Sligo.

damn i've got a pain in my head

[Boo_Boy]

3 - 0 up Boco!

[Boo_Boy]

Cork fans call their team Cork, Derry call theirs Derry, Galway call theirs Galway, Bray call theirs Bray, but you don't call yours after your town's name. Not exactly very many NL teams in Sligo, is there??

where have you been?

And Sligo is a City

[HarpoJoyce]

3-1 now

Sligo defence was distracted by what name to call their opponents.

[Boo_Boy]

3 - 1

Doyle pulls one back for Shams

[Boo_Boy]

3-1 now

Sligo defence was distracted by what name to call their opponents.

how long after you posted the score did it take you to come up with that and edit your post?

[HarpoJoyce]

Longford Town 3:0 Athlone Town FT
Hardy 1
Kelly 13
Davoren 90

[HarpoJoyce]

how long after you posted the score did it take you to come up with that and edit your post?

Quicker than you could say "Shhhhh......."


I have always known Sligo fans to describe the hoops as Shams. I don't have a problem with it.

[Boo_Boy]

3 - 2

Shams also down to 10 men

EDIT:
Flynn sent off for hitting Alan Moore when he was warming up

FT: Rovers 3 - 2 Shams, Shams nearly equalised in the 4th minute of added time, ball cleared off the line.

[paudie]

Cork fans call their team Cork, Derry call theirs Derry, Galway call theirs Galway, Bray call theirs Bray, but you don't call yours after your town's name. Not exactly very many NL teams in Sligo, is there??

When talking to other Cork City fans I would always refer to them as City.

TBH everyone i know would use the term City almost always rather then Cork.

[forza rovers]

Cork fans call their team Cork, Derry call theirs Derry, Galway call theirs Galway, Bray call theirs Bray, but you don't call yours after your town's name. Not exactly very many NL teams in Sligo, is there??

this is not the g.a.a and by the way we are a city

[Aaron]

If someone said to me Rovers were 2-0 up, I would automatically think of Shamrock Rovers, not Sligo. Gets confusing when Sligo fans say Rovers

[sligoman]

Cork fans call their team Cork, Derry call theirs Derry, Galway call theirs Galway, Bray call theirs Bray

Cork, Derry and Galway-No. Don't know about Bray

we are a city

Eh, no we're not.

Gets confusing when Sligo fans say Rovers

Awww...oh well.

[dcfcsteve]

And Sligo is a City

Since when....?

P.S. Shams is the gayest team nickname ever.....

[sligoman]

P.S. Shams is the gayest team nickname ever.....

Makes it more fun to use it so

[Jicked]

Makes it more fun to use it so

A great example of how it makes Sligo look small time.

[sligoman]

A great example of how it makes Sligo look small time.

Say what you like. Sligo = GAA team. We = Rovers. Shamrock Rovers = Shams. It doesn't bother me what the rest of the league calls them, nothing will change that.

EDIT: That 'makes it more fun to use it so' comment was a joke btw. dcfcsteve said it's gay, I didn't.

[kdjaC]

I call them shams as it annoys them, they call us junkies. Tis a fair compromise.



kdjac

[Fivesilver]

This whole childish (or as one genius devastatingly terms it, 'small-time') exchange started with some troll deciding to tell Sligo Rovers (clear enough?) supporters how they should refer to their own and other teams. This was followed by a very ill-informed post about what fans in other towns call their teams.
I grew up in Sligo. I refer to my team as Rovers, like the way most fans refer to their teams by the nickname rather than the location. Therefore, Shamrock Rovers were always going to be referred to as something else. To me, it doesn't matter whether every other person on the planet means the Dublin side when they say Rovers - I have a very pragmatic reason for calling them what I do. As to whether this sounds 'small-time', 'gay' or anything else, for god's sake grow up, lads.
I'd say what Sligo people call his team is fairly low down Pat Scully's list of worries tonight.