Quote1994 when rovers won the cup was class, i was 12 then only. some great players in that squad, mcstay, gabbiadini, annand. prob only sligo people will know remember these.....
Nostalgia Thread
Seems a number of posters believe the old days were great so about time we had a dedicated thread to cater for the stories...
1994 when rovers won the cup was class, i was 12 then only. some great players in that squad, mcstay, gabbiadini, annand. prob only sligo people will know remember these.....
I think that foot.ie could do with a dedicated history forum like the one on the Irish League Supporters Forum. It has some fascinating threads about football in bygone days.
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I remember the epic cup semi between ramblers and sligo in the early 80s and the game the replays in cork and sligo with crowds of 20,000,dont see that these days!
Friday 11th November 2005.
The night we beat Shamrock Rovers 1 - 2 to stay up.
And of course it was Rovers so it was even sweeter.
And what was EVEN SWEETER was that we put them
into the promotion/relegation play- off against Dublin City,
who beat them over two legs to RELEGATE THEM FOR
THE FIRST TIME. And because Dublin City are no longer in existance
you could say, we relegated them.
AAAhhhhhh, it was withhout a doubt, The BEST Night Of My Life B.T.I.D.
Shamrock Rovers - 1 - 2 - Waterford United
Friday 11th November 2005
The BEST night of my life. B.T.I.D.
This thread was much better the last time it was done.
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
20k? At the Lodge? Seriously doubt it could take that crowd.Originally Posted by Ramtillidie
The 4 games attracted a combined 99k , massive crowds at the lodge as there wasn't any cork teams that year, open for correction but I think the final game in Cobh had an attendance of 38,000.
5000 replies it used to get back in the day, all crammed into dahamsta's little 3000-post server. Course, it didn't mind back then - men were real men and servers were real servers...
No i think it was 23k for the final game at the lodge.
Shouldn't this be in the History Forum?
http://foot.ie/forumdisplay.php?f=102
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I was at the first game in the Lodge and the attendance was about 20,000. We were on the grassy bank opposite the main stand and it was crowded. The Lodge could take quite a crowd back then. My Dad was also at the 3rd game in the Lodge and that had a similiar crowd. I think the crowds in Sligo were 12,000 or so but that would have filled the showgrounds then. Rovers always turned out in force for the cup and there was a huge novelty factor with Cobh. Hibs v Waterford league decider in 1972 had about 25,000 at it.
Cork had no senior team that season nor the following one so it was an opportunity for the local football public to turn up in force.
Sligo seemed dead and buried until Mick Graham came up with a late late equaliser.
1999 cup final.
0-0, 2-2, 2-1.
Jayo, you legend. Honourable mention to Tarz as well.
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What year was the 3-way play off between Bohs, Dundalk and Shels, I think? Was at a packed Tolka for one of those games and thought every LOI game would be like that.
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God, I remember when that was the Current Affairs Forum...
2 games in the one season. They are both against the same team. I remember in '88 a innocent 9 year old begging my father to take to the Derry game in Oriel. He was reluctant at first but my Mam insisted he did as then my father couldn't have a drink so he'd be straight home after the game. We went two goals down and it looked that way and that our league campaign was over but then last 10 minutes we banged in 3 goals in the last 10 minutes. The effin roar at the winner still puts shivers down my spine. Dessie Gorman scored the winner and Barry Kehoe must of been possibly one of the greatest players ever to play for dundak.
The second one obviously was the cup final against Derry. First cup final and great occasion. For Derry fans who remember it was a penalty. A lot of dundalk games come close (winning the league in 91, 94 and the cup final against bohs in 02 but that year clearly was the greatest)
Long Live King Kenny
Do you mean the 1992/93 season when Cork won the second play-off round ahead of Bohs and Shels? One of the greatest LOI cockups ever, there was no provision for goal difference or goals scored as a tie-breaker after the regular season or play-off round so they had to organise a second play-off round.What year was the 3-way play off between Bohs, Dundalk and Shels, I think? Was at a packed Tolka for one of those games and thought every LOI game would be like that.
Except there was provision for goal difference when it came to deciding the top 6/bottom 6 that season
And yes I'm still bitter, and yes I still HATE ken De Mange
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Oh how I missing standing on grassy banks & mud. Those were the days when we played before a few hundred people in Bishopstown, the pitch was constantly waterlogged & ye olde mud patch on the edge of the box had many an assist. Things were so good that we held European games in a rugby ground.
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