Racism.....

[Pablo Escobar]

Originally posted by Jeff Jefty Jeff
Thanks for the information. So, here's another quick question, out of interest. What does the Eircom League lack that Premier League football provides (apart from matches throughout the winter)? Also, out of all you supporters out there who have read this or have already replied, do you support a team in another country, like a Premier League or Scottish Premier League club?

You seem fairly interested!
If you are from/living in Ireland, you really don't no what your missing!

Why not turn up at an EL game before the end of the season and judge for yourself, as far as I know it's legal to support an Irish Club!

The Premiersh1t means nothing to me!

[tiktok]

Originally posted by Pablo Escobar
it's legal to support an Irish Club!

Originally posted by Silvio Dante
Its also legal to watch paint dry and grass grow....

and since Silvio believes Celtic to be an 'Irish Club' he must finally have become aware that the scottish league is boring

[sadloserkid]

Hmm. slk likes football. slk also finds football to be more interesting if you have some kind of a vested interest. His favouritest team in the whole wide world by the proverbial country mile are [COLOR=blue]Limerick[/COLOR]. However he also watches out for the results of several other teams, including but not limited to [COLOR=purple]Aston Villa[/COLOR] (lots of Irish players when slk was a nipper), Bolton Wanderers (Ex-Limerick boss), [COLOR=green]Celtic[/COLOR] (slk doesn't think they're Irish but fúck it, they try to be! ), [COLOR=darkblue]Sampdoria[/COLOR] (ah the pain of relegation...), [COLOR=silver]Real Madrid [/COLOR] (in my warped little mind, Real were proud to be Spanish like nationalists are proud to be Irish while filthy Barca are like Unionists pretending not to belong) and amongst others Benfica, Monaco, KV Mechelen, Ajax and so on and so on. None of these teams come between me and my weekly Limerick fix though I'm planning trips to Parkhead, Easter Road, Goodison Park and possibly Hillsborough this season. I also pop along to Turners Cross and occasionally Terryland Park when possible.

Football is round. And they're equally round in England and Armenia too!

I still prefer Irish balls though!

[sadloserkid]

Originally posted by Conor74
What the f...?

Completely the other way round.

I know that now Conor! I didn't when I was 6.

[Schumi]

Originally posted by Conor74
I suspect Catalan in Barca might be stronger than spoken Irish in Derry

But not as widely as spoken Derryish in Derry which doesn't seem to bear much relation to English as spoken in the rest of the country!

[sadloserkid]

Actually hand on heart when we walked into our first pub in Derry (with our nice blue scarves remember, after hours of abuse from maggots who thought we were Rangers/Linfielders looking to start something) I had no idea what the first guy who spoke to me said. Though it turned out he knew we were from Limerick and he wanted to buy me a drink! Ah what a night, Derry folk are great once they know you're not really blue - I didn't buy a pint of 7-Up all night!

[Schumi]

We got the opposite (also in blue don't forget); as we were walking up towards the Derry fans' bar, someone shouted "Provo w@nkers" at us. What with coming to the massive peace-line wall about a minute later, it wasn't the best introduction to the town. The Derry fans were as sound as they come though.

[BanagherOK!]

I like watching the English premiership teams on Sky (the top six that is) but no one comes before Celtic,,,if you think you were treated well in Derry you should try a trip to Parkhead or join the Celtic support on a european away game,,no better place if your Irish.

[MariborKev]

Originally posted by Conor74
(though I suspect Catalan in Barca might be stronger than spoken Irish in Derry),

According to the last government survey- 30% of the population can speak Irish

[MariborKev]

Originally posted by BanagherOK!
if you think you were treated well in Derry you should try a trip to Parkhead or join the Celtic support on a european away game,,no better place if your Irish.

maybe i'm mad but I would tend to think that an Ireland away trip would beat that

[CollegeTillIDie]

Well organised or not , Racism in any shape or form at Eircom League games is totally unacceptable. Players such as Mark Rutherford , Mbabzi Livingston and Wes Charles have enhanced the game in this country.

When Jason Sherlock played for UCD he used to received terrible abuse especially from the Shed in Turners Cross. That was and is totally unacceptable. Just because he was a Northside Dubliner!

Equality includes Dubliners , Northside Dubliners and people from Finglas too.

[dortie]

Originally posted by Maribor
According to the last government survey- 30% of the population can speak Irish

Too true Maribor...in fact there is now 7 Irish pre-school nurserys in Derry so that figure will rise in the next 10 years.

And Schumi......any wonder you got that ....you practically walked through the only protestant estate in the Cityside ya mad fecker. Not the best short cut to the Oakgrove

[Schumi]

Originally posted by dortie
And Schumi......any wonder you got that ....you practically walked through the only protestant estate in the Cityside ya mad fecker. Not the best short cut to the Oakgrove

I see. I must remember not to go that way again, if only I could remember what way we went that time!

They should make these things more obvious, paint the road blue white and red or something!