QuoteOriginally Posted by Conor H
Which is a hell a lot more than the FAI did.
The €300 fine is a sad joke which sends out a message that racism is tolerated.
Yeah, he should have seen the aforementioned comment coming.
In general, any interviews by TG4 are done pitchside at the final whistle, and it's the first time i've seen such an incident occur.
Last edited by Red&White Rover; 18/08/2008 at 4:59 PM.
Which is a hell a lot more than the FAI did.
The €300 fine is a sad joke which sends out a message that racism is tolerated.
Agree, the FAI should have either done nothing - accepting the fact that Galway united apologised to player and club - or if they were going to draw attention to the incident with a fine it needed to be a hefty one. One which Sligo can definitely do without of course in their current financial circumstances - maybe this formed part of the reasoning behind the paltry fine.
Not making any excuses but i would imagine it's only E300 as it was one individual and not a section of the support.
Nevertheless we were lucky to only get fined E300.
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"Cause Galway are MASSIVE"-RW Rover on 24/8/07 00:29am
If the comment came from where the ultras/casuals/whatever you want to call them, usually stand in Terryland then I find it hard to believe that there isn't one GUST member who doesn't know who said it to be honest. I've always said that it's mostly down to a club's supporters to keep each other in check, when that doesn't happen the club get disgraced, and I'm pretty certain that if GUST made their own enquiries into this incident they'd be able to find who said it.
No the comment came from a group of teenagers that were not recognised by anyone from GUFC or the Trust.
Fully agree with you Jebus but rest assured if any semi-intelligent GUFC supporter had heard any such abuse they would have dealt with the individual themselves.
The tape has been viewed numerous times and unfortunately nobody could be identified.
Also UTD do not have a casual group and along with every other club in the country bar Rovers we do not have an Ultra group.
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"Cause Galway are MASSIVE"-RW Rover on 24/8/07 00:29am
Fair enough, although it's debatable as to whether the Rovers Ultras even count as a proper Ultras group to be honest, although I agree that they are the best candidates from Ireland for that mantle*
*(I assume we're talking about the proper Rovers from Dublin here as well)
Chrsyt yes.Shamrock Rovers are "Rovers".
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"Cause Galway are MASSIVE"-RW Rover on 24/8/07 00:29am
Time for a real Rovers fan to step in,jebus you are underestimating alot of ultra groups in Ireland.F45U,SRFC Ultras and the two groups in Derry are very active and colourfull groups
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F45u ?
There from Drogheda and they are mostly thick
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This has gone off on a tangent. Can we close it please Mods?
No, let's just bring it back on topic.
300 is a joke. FAI really need to cop on with their decisions.
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Granted the club should get fined but they are already fooked for cash, and as has been noted the club has tried everything they could to find the culprit and realistically it is hard to hold the club inself responsible for one or two idiots remarks.
300 euro is pretty weak but in the crcumstances lets just live with it
Jeff Kenna used the term "potential banana skin" in an interview tonight on MNS.
Every club at one time or another has had similar incidents so people should get of their high horse.
We all know we have d1ckheads at our clubs so we must keep up what we are doing to keep racism out of our league.
BTW This is the new stand for UCD fans when they travel to away games to make sure they are segregated.
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Don't agree Galway should be fined a lot of money because of a couple of wasters.
Could have been any of our clubs.We all have 2/3 of them hanging around just looking for something stupid to do.
I agree where possible, culprits should be named and shamed.
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Such a racist bast***
I am in no way defending the person who said the racist comment. but i can bet a lota money, the majority of people here,who have posted comments in some time of their life has laughed at/or told some sort of racist joke.(thats different is it? i dont think so.)
is it ok if the actual person who is at the blunt of the joke doesnt hear it?
dont try and come on here and say no, u never have.
it was discraceful from the galway supporter. but there are clowns out there who are like that.
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