Good Arsenal Pub in Limerick to watch soccer tonight?

brousuka

Hi Guys and Gals, just wondering is there any pro-Arsenal pub to watch the CL in tonight. I heard some time ago that Willie Sextons on Henry St. is one, does anyone know about this? and any other gunners pub? Thanks in advance.

YFlyer

Sure why not try The Stillhouse

goingpostal

Kennedy O'Briens is where the Limerick Arsenal Supporters club watch all the arsenal matches, so that place might be worth a look.

Paulegend

YFlyer wrote: »

Sure why not try The Stillhouse

liverpool pub

brousuka

Thanks for that! I know Kennedy O'Briens pretty well but haven't been in in years. BTW where is the stillhouse?

brousuka

Ah right! knew I might be open to some bustling!! Ha!

YFlyer

Paulegend wrote: »

liverpool pub

And don't forget Spurs as well...........

YFlyer

brousuka wrote: »

Thanks for that! I know Kennedy O'Briens pretty well but haven't been in in years. BTW where is the stillhouse?

Around the corner from Brown Thomas. Down from Aubers in Thomas Street.

brousuka

YFlyer wrote: »

And don't forget Spurs as well...........

Ah Ja$us! can't be goin there then!

YFlyer

There might be a few gunners in Halpins on the Dublin Road.

brousuka

YFlyer wrote: »

There might be a few gunners in Halpins on the Dublin Road.

Bit too far out for me.

Azphyxi8

Go to the still house, you'll always get a mix of supporters in there. It's mainly Liverpool tho.

brousuka

goingpostal wrote: »

Kennedy O'Briens is where the Limerick Arsenal Supporters club watch all the arsenal matches, so that place might be worth a look.

Thanks lads, if the supporters club meet here this looks like the venue.

The Bull O'Shea

Do we really have pubs in the city that align themselves with English soccer teams? I really dont believe this

jonski

I thought the Arsenal supporters watched the games in The Spotted Dog in Janesboro ? ...........

Amazotheamazing

The Bull O'Shea wrote: »

Do we really have pubs in the city that align themselves with English soccer teams? I really dont believe this

Romatic Ireland's dead and gone, Bull.

JerryHandbag

The Bull O'Shea wrote: »

Do we really have pubs in the city that align themselves with English soccer teams? I really dont believe this

Dont like "foreign sports" no?

goingpostal

I guess pubs have to align themselves to anything that sells beer nowadays. The brightly coloured, nylon-shirted brigade is a valuable market.

The Bull O'Shea

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Dont like "foreign sports" no?

I watch the premiership and the Champions League. I cant find anything to bond myself to some team from England strongly though. I knew young men of Limerick wore the replica tops and screamed at Sky Sports in many of the pubs in Limerick. They often sing songs/chants that they copy from our brethren across the sea. I have heard them berate "Scousers" and "Mancs". I didnt honestly realise we have gotten to the point of aligning certain pubs with teams from areas of England

Would it not be better to support our own Limerick team. If they received half the money spent on premiership jerseys in the city, what kind of a team would they have

betonit

i think people can do wharever they want if doing no harm

The Bull O'Shea

betonit wrote: »

i think people can do wharever they want if doing no harm

Obviously they can do what they like but it does make me a little sad that we dont support our own. Do we feel good by trying to align ourselves with these teams.

I would find it hard to revel in the glory of a team from London, Newcastle or Rome winning a trophy in the same manner I would Munster or Limerick hurling (although this isnt going to happen for a while).

Can anyone tell me why a win from a team in Liverpool can send many young men of Limerick into absolute ecstasy

TheLoc

Paulegend wrote: »

liverpool pub

The still house is every supporters pub. as most pubs are anyway. I don't think there is any official club supporters pub in Limerick. would be sad if there was. anyway Arsenal were brilliant last night and utd are going to play usless again. only this time they won't win by playing useless as usual. they'll just get trashed. haha

TheLoc

The Bull O'Shea wrote: »

Do we really have pubs in the city that align themselves with English soccer teams? I really dont believe this

I know its mad. I'm a massive soccer fan and support arsenal all the way but the thought of a pub assigned to an English soccer club in Ireland is just weird and sad.

JerryHandbag

The Bull O'Shea wrote: »

Obviously they can do what they like but it does make me a little sad that we dont support our own. Do we feel good by trying to align ourselves with these teams.

I would find it hard to revel in the glory of a team from London, Newcastle or Rome winning a trophy in the same manner I would Munster or Limerick hurling (although this isnt going to happen for a while).

Can anyone tell me why a win from a team in Liverpool can send many young men of Limerick into absolute ecstasy

We had this in another thread.....not EVERYBODY in Limerick follows rugby and the GAA you know (me included), and the reason why someone from Limerick would be delighted with a win by Liverpool, or United in my case, is because their is a connection there that goes back to the 60s/70s (long before the Munster bandwagon rolled into town ), Irish internationals have played with these clubs to make a living because there was no money here, and soccer fans could identify with this....the having to leave and make a living overseas. And its not like we are supporting teams for Azerbaijan! Its only over the water dont forget...

And this week of all weeks shows that 'link', with the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, just look at our soccer forum to see how many people have memories of that awful day.

It really wrecks my head but theres an attitude out there that Limerick people should only follow the rugby team and the GAA and following a soccer team is 'silly'. Each to their own. Rant over

Amazotheamazing

JerryHandbag wrote: »

We had this in another thread.....not EVERYBODY in Limerick follows rugby and the GAA you know (me included), and the reason why someone from Limerick would be delighted with a win by Liverpool, or United in my case, is because their is a connection there that goes back to the 60s/70s (long before the Munster bandwagon rolled into town ), Irish internationals have played with these clubs to make a living because there was no money here, and soccer fans could identify with this....the having to leave and make a living overseas. And its not like we are supporting teams for Azerbaijan! Its only over the water dont forget...

And this week of all weeks shows that 'link', with the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, just look at our soccer forum to see how many people have memories of that awful day.

It really wrecks my head but theres an attitude out there that Limerick people should only follow the rugby team and the GAA and following a soccer team is 'silly'. Each to their own. Rant over

I don't think anyone's saying you shouldn't, I just don't see why anyone would.

I went to school with the guys on the Munster and AIL teams, and with the guys on the Limerick team. I just couldn't dream up a connection with a city in England, Spain, Germany or Italy for no reason.

jonski

TheLoc wrote: »

I know its mad. I'm a massive soccer fan and support arsenal all the way but the thought of a pub assigned to an English soccer club in Ireland is just weird and sad.

A lot of the time it is due to the owner being a fan of said team . I know the Still House was a leeds supporters pub for a while because the owner was a leeds supporter .

Amazotheamazing wrote: »

I just couldn't dream up a connection with a city in England, Spain, Germany or Italy for no reason.

It isn't for no reason , if you like football you sit down and watch it on TV , it is more exciting if you are cheering for one team over another , as with any sport , it is more exciting again if you cheer for one team over a particular tournament . Eventually you see something you like in one team over another and follow their fortunes . Then you have kids and they hear and see you doing this and take up the mantle . And it is not a city that people are supporting , it is a team .

goingpostal

I don't think kennedy o'briens or any other pub has aligned themselves with any team. I think what happened is the Limerick branches of the supporters club of the various teams (Liverpool, Arsenal, Man United etc.) just pick certain pubs to gather in for the big matches. The publicans aren't going to turn away the business.
Arsenal, Liverpool, Man United and Chelsea aren't really English teams anymore anway. How many English players played for those 4 teams over the last two nights? Not very many by my count. All their managers are European too (apart from the whiskey-guzzling one). So they are really European teams who happened to be based in England. Lots of the fans at those matches probably travelled from all over Europe and the world to be at those matches too. We live in a globalised world now.

TheLoc

Na man I love football. Rugby is class too. I just support the whole lot except GAA. I on the other hand went to school in nessans with plenty of GAA heads and I couldn't stand the sight of them. they just remind me of clown from UL. students jumpin around callin everyone mush and drinkin guiness not because its nice, just because they are proud to be irish. I just love the sport. the skill and speed of football is amazin. like arsenal last night, or that goal from ronaldo even though I hate the pussy. Munster rugby is good too and the matches are always amazin. but everyone can support whoever they want. Arsenal is more of an international team anyway. not much english there. in london they're known as the frenchies haha.

Amazotheamazing

jonski wrote: »

It isn't for no reason , if you like football you sit down and watch it on TV , it is more exciting if you are cheering for one team over another , as with any sport , it is more exciting again if you cheer for one team over a particular tournament . Eventually you see something you like in one team over another and follow their fortunes . Then you have kids and they hear and see you doing this and take up the mantle . And it is not a city that people are supporting , it is a team .

Perhaps, maybe it's just because I don't rate the product that I can't understand the obsession.

The Bull O'Shea

I think some are missing the point. I love watching the premiership and CL. I love to watch soccer actually but I dont get how someone from Limerick aligns themselves with an English club. Limerick FC are the only team I could get in any way animated about if they won a trophy.

The Bull O'Shea

The Bull O'Shea wrote: »

I think some are missing the point. I love watching the premiership and CL. I love to watch soccer actually but I dont get how someone from Limerick aligns themselves with an English club. Limerick FC are the only team I could get in any way animated about if they won a trophy.

Another point is that if all of the premiership wearing Limerick men spent the same amount of money supporting the local team there would be a better product. This goes for the whole country. You would surely take better pleasure in seeing Limerick with an Irish soccer league than Manchester, chelsea winning an English league

goingpostal

The Bull O'Shea wrote: »

Another point is that if all of the premiership wearing Limerick men spent the same amount of money supporting the local team there would be a better product. This goes for the whole country. You would surely take better pleasure in seeing Limerick with an Irish soccer league than Manchester, chelsea winning an English league

I saw Limerick FC beat shelbourne 3-2 up in Jackman Park two years ago after they had been behind for most of the match. It was great craic.

TheLoc

The Bull O'Shea wrote: »

Another point is that if all of the premiership wearing Limerick men spent the same amount of money supporting the local team there would be a better product. This goes for the whole country. You would surely take better pleasure in seeing Limerick with an Irish soccer league than Manchester, chelsea winning an English league

In fairness. Everyone says it, the english premiership is the most entertaining and best footballing league, soccer wise, in the world. Thats why it has so many followers. were not as bad as other countries. did you see when that gob****e bekham landed in japan? all hell broke loose. I played in jackman park 2 years ago and play it myself. I think to love football you have to play it and just love watching good football no matter where it comes from. Barcelona and arsenal are my favourite but largely because of 3 legends Ian wright, Thierry henry and paddy vieira. its not that I don' support limerick but I couldn't be bothered stadin in the freezin cold at a crap atmosphere to watch crap football. that sounds bad but... no other explanation

goingpostal

If its a choice between sitting in the comfort of my own living room and watching the best footballers in the world or paying 12 euro to stand and watch Limerick FC, after standing at work all day, there is usually only one winner.If they even had a few seats up there, I would go more often. Or charge an entrance fee more commensurate with the facilities and quality of entertainment on offer. Me and my brother went to see them play Cork City last summer and the most entertaining thing about it was this really fat pakistani kid who was playing in the under 12s match at half time and his shorts fell down. Hardly worth 12yoyos to see that though!

Amazotheamazing

goingpostal wrote: »

If its a choice between sitting in the comfort of my own living room and watching the best footballers in the world or paying 12 euro to stand and watch Limerick FC, after standing at work all day, there is usually only one winner.If they even had a few seats up there, I would go more often. Or charge an entrance fee more commensurate with the facilities and quality of entertainment on offer. Me and my brother went to see them play Cork City last summer and the most entertaining thing about it was this really fat pakistani kid who was playing in the under 12s match at half time and his shorts fell down. Hardly worth 12yoyos to see that though!

I'll buy you your first pint back in the Market's field


Limerick FC make Markets Field return a priority


EMMET MALONE
SOCCER LEAGUE OF IRELAND: REPRESENTATIVES of Limerick
Football Club, the FAI, Bord na gCon and a number of other
organisations will make a presentation to a specially convened
meeting of Limerick City Council on Monday afternoon as part of a
process that could result in the first division club returning to the
Markets Field this summer – 25 years after senior football in the city
moved away from what many still regard as its spiritual home.

Talks about the club switching from its current base at Jackman Park
to the greyhound stadium on what would initially be a temporary
basis are at an advanced stage. However, the prospect of the move
being completed depends on a package being put together for the
purchase of the stadium from Bord na gCon and its transformation
into a multi-sport municipal stadium.

The FAI and Bord na gCon recently commissioned Gilroy McMahon,
the firm of architects behind the redevelopment of Croke Park to
produce “a vision” for the 5.3 acre site and Des McMahon is due to
present his ideas to Monday’s meeting.

It is believed that in addition to Limerick FC, a new
rugby league club, Limerick Flame, which plans to enter a team in the
British based Championship in 2010 is anxious to play out of a
revamped stadium while the Munster Branch of the IRFU and
local GAA authorities have
apparently expressed enthusiasm for the idea of a 5,000 to 7,000
seat venue so close to the centre of the city.

In addition, it is envisaged that the adjacent Limerick City College
and other local educational institutions would use rooms in the facility
for meetings and classes as they do at English clubs like Sunderland
and Charlton Athletic.

In total the proposals are estimated to have a price tag approaching
€12 million with a third of that likely to go to Bord na gCon, who plan
to move to a new stadium at Dock Road next year.

“A lot of stars still have to become aligned if it’s going to happen, but
so far there certainly seems be a will to move it forward and that’s a
start,” says Limerick FC’s American-based owner Jack McCarthy.

The club’s CEO, Andrew Mawhinney, will be amongst those at
Monday’s meeting and he is hopeful that the club could start playing
there either after the mid-season break or at the start of next season
while remaining pessimistic about the future if the move doesn’t
come off.

“I think from the point of view of the club, the Markets Field is do or
die at this stage,” he says. “The club needs to offer something that’s
attractive to the spectator if it’s going to survive.

“The football we played last year was good, but you only have to
look at the size of the crowds we attracted to see that that isn’t
enough. I’m not saying it would be easy but at the Markets Field
there is at least the possibility of putting some serious numbers
together.”

The FAI has been extremely supportive of the proposal with John
Delaney and Richard Fahey, the association’s Director of club
Licensing and Facilities Development, having already attended a
considerable number of meetings in relation to the scheme.

Bord na gCon are anxious to facilitate the move with a spokesman
for the organisation making it clear yesterday that if the basis for a
long term deal could be agreed then they could make the stadium
available for football matches within a matter of weeks.

“We’re very enthusiastic about the idea of Limerick FC getting what
can be a semi-permanent and hopefully permanent home there,”
says Rob Hartnett.

Representatives of the city’s government backed regeneration
agencies have also been enthusiastic about the project’s capacity to
provide a significant boost to the city’s sporting and educational
infrastructure although the stadium, which is in the Garryowen area
of the city, lies outside their target areas.

That, acknowledges Brendan Hayden of the Southside Regeneration
Agency prevents the body from providing funding for the move, but,
he says, “we have been active in getting all of the relevant parties
together around the table”.

Council support for the project now is vital if it is to move forward
and the city’s mayor, John Gilligan, is anxious to see that it is
forthcoming. “I’ll be lending as much support as I can,” he says.

Cooperation on the project would also cement the developing
relationship between the various sporting organisations in the city,
something that has already given rise to plans by Limerick FC and
the FAI to use Thomond Park.

Limerick hope to host a number of friendlies there in July with
Sunderland having agreed to come and Real Madrid, Aston Villa and
Celtic said to have reacted positively to approaches while the FAI is
expected to stage two friendly internationals there in August and
September.

This article appears in the print edition of the Irish Times

goingpostal

Markets field would be brilliant if it comes off. Here's hoping!

brousuka

OP here, wow I was amazed at the kinda can of worms I opened by starting this thread with a simple question!! As I sit here happily with still the remnants of a hangover from last night (Ooh to, ooh to be, ooh to be a Gooner)!!!! I must clarify that as mentioned above, I knew there is not really any pub aligned or associated particularly with any one team but some pubs may have a bias or some tie with a particular hostelry and in saying that it's nice to cheer your team on with a bunch of lads of the same mind. Btw I follow soccer, rugby and golf in the main but I like all sports and the reason i love soccer is because although I'm Irish I grew up as a kid in London and the rest is history. I do not see anything strange at all about local lads who are passionate about English football because that what soccer is all about - Passion - it's a sort of way of life something to get excited about for 10 months of the year every week and imo not really matched by any other sport.

JerryHandbag

Soccer is the biggest sport in the world, and if a Limerick lad is gonna follow someone its invariably gonna be a Premiership club, thats where most of the Irish players play and it has much more exposure/hype/money than the Irish league, so its easy to see why.....my uncle has followed United since the 50s!!

That said, I do look out for Limerick FCs results and would love if they won a trophy soon. But in fairness if a young child is gonna choose a team to follow then hes gonna look at whats on telly/in sticker albums, and thats gonna be Steven Gerrard or Cristiano Ronaldo, not Limerick FCs striker

brousuka

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Soccer is the biggest sport in the world, and if a Limerick lad is gonna follow someone its invariably gonna be a Premiership club, thats where most of the Irish players play and it has much more exposure/hype/money than the Irish league, so its easy to see why.....my uncle has followed United since the 50s!!

Very true, I have been to Old Trafford on many ocassions and the amount of Irish there is phenomenal - and couldn't get over the amount of Irish catholic Priests there as well!