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Rovers led 2-0 at half time but a weakened Portadown team came back to draw 2-2. Game overshadowed by a brick been thrown at the Rovers bus.
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Last edited by dahamsta; 01/02/2005 at 9:05 AM.
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
Met a couple of Portadown officials recently and they were genuinely nice people, we played a friendly up there last pre-season and there wasn't a minute's bother seemingly, everybody was very sound to our team and officials..we may be playing them again this pre-season now that we've avoided them in the Setanta..I've never met their fans but I don't see any trouble at Setanta games, there's too much at stake for everyone to let it happen
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
Not that it bothers me at all, but considering how uptight everyone gets when Waterford fans call City "C A W K", isn't this a case of double standardsOriginally Posted by A face
. FFS it's even banned on this board!!
A brick was thrown at the Rovers bus, according to The Corner's post so why would someone at the game supporting Rovers do this?
I take it you remember Clitonville fans having their buses wrecked on the way to Portadown. So much so that very few ever venture down their anymore. Seriously A Face this isn't an issue to be brought down to speculation because you don't like a team.
In case you need your mind jogged on the incident.
http://www.theredsgazette.tk/
Click on the box named 'the club' then on the link to 'paranoia?' Then you can find out about the lovely Portadown support.
Last edited by Pat O' Banton; 01/02/2005 at 10:38 AM. Reason: wrong link, sorry
Where am I now? I'm over here,
I've got those empty pockets and I can't afford a beer.
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Last edited by dahamsta; 01/02/2005 at 9:04 AM.
j'accuse!
Some of the portadown guys have been on corkcityfc already and it was a 13 year old kid who threw the brick, he was outside the ground and threw it in, he was caught immediately and it's being dealt with.
There was no trouble inside the ground, and I don't expect to see any when we go up there. Chill out a small bit.
Cork City: Making 'Dream Team' seem realistic since 2007.
In fairness to A face, the point he was making was actually spot on.
It's not really the Portadown fans themselves we have to worry about it's more a few of the knuckle dragging locals who'll be out to kick the sh!t out of some southerners. Portadown is not a particularly nice or welcoming town by all accounts, that's no reflection on the club but only on some of the people who inhabit the area.
Someone on the corkcityfc.ie forum made a good point about how hopefully this little incident will stay out of the press because if the bus companies get wind of it we haven't a hope of running a couple of buses up there.
Champions!
The trip to Portadown is long enough to only attract the diehard city fans. Hopefully it'll discourage any daytrippers looking to cause travel just to cause trouble.
"Portadown Vs Rovers....trouble"
The Corner - I'd say you just loved posting that heading.
KOH
No One Likes Us, We Don't Care
The Corner - I'd say you just loved posting that heading.
Do you have anything constructive to add?
Have Boot Disk, will travel
That is the gist of what i was trying to say .... admittedly i could have used a better choice of words. I am sorry if i upset anyone .... i hold my hands up !!
People .... as you've found out, i am only human afterall.
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
What's wrong with laying a wreath at Loughgall? Or is an SAS massacre acceptable now? I sincerely hope not but if the current demonisation of Bobby Sands is anything to go by nothing would surprise me.
KOH
No One Likes Us, We Don't Care
the simple fact is that games like these could well attract the once-a-year crowd who only go to matches looking for a scrap. that much is true. we se it ourselves at the cross every time rovers are in town, there's a bunch of scumbags who you won't see at a game until rovers next come down- and they're not dubs. Its up to all true fans (of city and fans of other clubs) to make this competition work, by not tolerating any **** from anyone. And labelling and stereotyping people won't help anyone
Too true, unfortunately.
Don't remember hearing that at the time or indeed since, however you may or may or not be right. However it should be remembered that the buses had several kids on them (one of which I seem to remember was narrowly missed by a brick) equally from the description on The Red Gazette website it seemed more of an organised protest then simply spur of the moment. Maybe you'd like to e-mail The Red Gazette directly to confirm or deny you points.
Where am I now? I'm over here,
I've got those empty pockets and I can't afford a beer.
Sure Pat why would he do that, sure would that not get in the way of a wind up and after all those chuckys from Belfast must have deserved it in his book.
Heard from some Cliftonville mates who were at the game, who said that all the buses were supporters club buses and the one that got the worst of the attack was the players familys bus (maybe one of the players kids had a Provo fit on the way to the ground
I'm sure the Monaghan GAA fans who were passing by Portadown on buses coming back from Casement Park a couple years ago in which they also suffered an attack by thugs with bricks and rocks must also have been acting the Provo in his book to have that happen to them.
Its crazy to see people be what society wants them to be but not me.
Look lads: If they're not in the Free State, they're not f*cking Irish. Cop yourself on willya, Sylvs!
This is the cooooooooooooolest footy forum I've ever seen!
Without wanting to turn this into a CliftonVILE thread, almost all the trouble thats been caused in the Brandy since we joined the LOI has been caused by a group of Cliftonville fans "supporting" Rovers when they play us.
Having been to Portadown more than enough times, as well as having seen enough IL games to know which teams I don't like, I'm well aware by now that Portadown is a bitter hole of a place and I wouldn't go out of my way to visit it. BUT the shiny shellsuit and cheap jewellery wearing crowd from Belfast are no angels as well and the association of some of their fans with Rovers is well known.
Bottom line is while there might be the potential for the odd bit of aggro, I'm sure the vast majority of Portydown fans will welcome Cork and I wouldn't let it put you off travelling.
Prob best not be waving the tricolours around all the same, but then you'd tell the Portadown fans the same in Cork with the Union Jacks....
LMAO! massacre? PIRA unit on active duty had just blown up the police station in Loughgall, were also armed then came unstuck when confronted by the SAS!
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