Didnt no you had to sit down at croker these days!

handsomebastard

Sitting in the Canal end today, good seats and all that when five minutes into the match i was told to sit down by two Louth supporters behind me!.Now it wasnt as if i was constantly standing, am i not entitled to get excited and stand up when a Dublin player is bearing down on goal in a match which is more or less a derby?.He then tells me its very unfair as he cant see while im standing, so i told him listen mate when the people in front of me stand and i cant see then what am i mean to do, i paid 25 quid like everyone else and im quite entitled to see the match.To my amazment he still isnt happy and says oh its very unfair of you, whats it coming to these days:D ,now ill go easy as it was probably their first big day out at croker:p, anyone else ever have anything similar happen at croker?.Myself and the girlfriend were just laughing at the cheek of them on the way home in the car, found it hilarious myself.

smashey

Hmmm, imagine that. Sitting on a seat. Why didn't you tell the guys in front of you to sit down?

handsomebastard

What all three thousand of them?

applehunter

Find that annoying too.

handsomebastard

Find what annoying?people standing, listen lads you have obviously never been in croke park in your entire lives and are armchair supporters

smashey

I've been to Croke Park many times and if somebody stands in front of me, I ask them to sit down.

handsomebastard

Do you ask all forty rows in front of you to sit down? wow your amazing you must be some kind of miracle worker.Just out of intrest what county are you from?:o

smashey

Well if you consider that the seating is raked, there would be no need to ask all forty rows to sit down. If you read some other threads here, you'll soon find out what county i'm from.

Dundalk Daily

Seating is tiered so it would only be row in front blocking your view. So why ask 40 rows in front of you to sit down.

handsomebastard

The seating may be raked but considering im a short arse as i like to say;) if someone two or three rows in front of me is 6foot and is waving a flag how am i meant to see?.Have u ever stood up at croke park? you seem like a right laugh, asking people to sit down at a Gaa match, maybe you should sit up with Bertie and the rest of the suits and sit there and applaud in your little chair for the game.
In future i will refer to you as the barrel the laughs, my god if you asked me to sit down at a a game like that you be told where to go:D

smashey

handsomebastard wrote:

The seating may be raked but considering im a short arse as i like to say;) if someone two or three rows in front of me is 6foot and is waving a flag how am i meant to see?.Have u ever stood up at croke park? you seem like a right laugh, asking people to sit down at a Gaa match, maybe you should sit up with Bertie and the rest of the suits and sit there and applaud in your little chair for the game.
In future i will refer to you as the barrel the laughs, my god if you asked me to sit down at a a game like that you be told where to go:D

Aye, there's the rub. Considering I am 6' 6" tall, I am fairly conscious of the fact that when I stand up, quite a few people aren't going to see past me. That isn't to say that I don't leap from the seat to offer the ref a few words of wisdom or indeed for the occasional celebration. Do you still want to tell me where to go?

handsomebastard

Oh no the big bad barrel of laughs is out to get me;) wouldnt matter if u were 7ft and 20stone, if you asked me to sit during a really exciting moment of a championship match then you be told if you dont like it go home and watch it in the comfort of your home.Sure u would be the same height as me when sitting down:D

Flukey

It's the old thing of when everyone sits down, everyone can see. I was on the Upper Canal yesterday. Through the first half, as Dublin made attacks on goal, people stood up to get a "better view" despite having a perfect one. Strangely enough, the second half did not have the same problem, even when Meath were bearing down on goal.

extrafluff

I was at the Dublin V Westmeath match last year - In the Lower Hogan and, naturally, as handsome mentioned, when a Dublin(whatever county you're from) player is nearing the goal, you're going to get excited & stand up then cheer/jump/go mental/throwsupporterfrombalcony if the ball goes in, or over. I do it every match (League & Championship) emotions are running high and all you want is your team to score. So there you are, shouting like there's no tomorrow and waving your fists in the air like a lunatic & then, as the Dublin player, swings his leg back & starts the motion of kicking the ball, a hand emerges from behind you, drags you back so you nearly end up in the row behind you. "SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN!" the unfamiliar sound of a Westmeath woman shouting behind me, whose hand is after dragging me back. This was highly uncalled for i thought, as a few minutes previous, i had just seen the same person & her friends stand up & egg their team on. There was no manners, they didn't ask me could i sit down, or would i sit down, so i refused & i stood infront of her for 20 minutes. She was going nuts.

I'll also add, that the same woman took a few swings at me with her programme, hit me in the arm a few times. So i grabbed it off her & plonked her on the head and slid it down the back of the seat infront of me.

I understand that everyone wants to see the match, they've paid their money & are entitled to see the match like everyone else however, i am not going to stay seated while my team is nearing the goal, as most other people

Flukey

Stand up and cheer when we score!!! Like this in my video of a Dublin goal against Donegal in 2002:

A goal for Dublin

lynchtp

The Dineen Hill 16 is for standing.

Smarmore

Flukey wrote:

Stand up and cheer when we score!!! Like this in my video of a Dublin goal against Donegal in 2002:

A goal for Dublin

I don't mind people standing up and cheering after a team score but while the play is still going on it's just pure ignorant. Croke Park is a very well designed stadium where you can see down to the touchline from anywhere in the stadium. So why stand up? I was at the game with my old man and lucky enough there were no idiots in front of us. He's had a couple of back operations and would not have been physically able to stand up and sit down like that all through the game. I would have gone ballistic if there were people in front of me doing that and if I had to I'd report them to the stewards. Btw, extrafluff, what a hero! He stands in front of an old woman for 20 minutes and then turns around and hits her on the head. The youth of today huh!!

extrafluff

So is the small space infront of my seat in the Hogan. As i said, if my team are nearing the goal, excitement takes over, so i'm not going to stay seated. For anyone.

Floppybits

It could have been their first day out at croker. I go to every Dublin match in Croker and if there is a dub bearing down on goal, I will stand because otherwise I wont be able to see whats happening because everyone else in front is standing. And there is no way you can tell everyone that is standing up in front to sit down.

smashey

Flukey wrote:

Stand up and cheer when we score!!! Like this in my video of a Dublin goal against Donegal in 2002:

A goal for Dublin

Dammit Flukey, I was at that game and remember that goal well. I stayed firmly rooted to my seat while the Dub I was along with danced around me.:D

kevmy

Yeah I don't mind people standing and shouting and dancing when a team scores and/or controversial situation but doing it during the the general run of play is annoying. One thing that really annoys me is the waving of flags randomly while play is going on.
One time there was a whole two or three rows shouting down at this lad (about 15-17 yrs old) to take down his flag. Wouldn't do it. Then a big bear of a man told to take down the flag or he'd plant it were the sun don't shine. Young lad turned around to give two-fingered salute but the second he saw this guy he thought the better of it and didn't start waving the damn flag again either.

Haven't a Clue

smashey wrote:

Dammit Flukey, I was at that game and remember that goal well. I stayed firmly rooted to my seat while the Dub I was along with danced around me.:D

Was that the drawn game? If so, Adrian Sweeney's fist over the bar in front of the hill was bloody sweet that day.

smashey

Haven't a Clue wrote:

Was that the drawn game? If so, Adrian Sweeney's fist over the bar in front of the hill was bloody sweet that day.

I was at both.