Irish Leeds Utd Fans. Was there a Holocaust?

ClovenHoof

This is more of sociological comment than a sport one. I can recall when Leeds United had half the people in Ireland supporting them. Now, they nearly all gone. The vanishing of LU's Irish supporters happened in direct proportion to the crash and burn of LU as a top club

The sociological part:

The Irish are the most fickle, bandwagon-jumpers on earth. They are like children who have to be connected with the winners.

This is why I can't take any Irish soccer fans seriously unless they support a League of Ireland club.

The 'passion' of the 'greatest fans in the world' is more akin to teens who go mad for One Direction and then lose interest when another commercial hyped up crap act comes along.

A_Sober_Paddy

A lot of them are currently Chelsea or Man City fans, I know of 2 who jumped ship, I've stuck with them, but why...I just don't know

PinkFly

Yeboah till I die

ClovenHoof

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

A lot of them are currently Chelsea or Man City fans, I know of 2 who jumped ship, I've stuck with them, but why...I just don't know

Leeds UTd need to win something and your fallen comrades will arise from their graves.

joe stodge

I too know one who jumped ship to city.

dxhound2005

ClovenHoof wrote: »

This is more of sociological comment than a sport one. I can recall when Leeds United had half the people in Ireland supporting them. Now, they nearly all gone. The vanishing of LU's Irish supporters happened in direct proportion to the crash and burn of LU as a top club

The sociological part:

The Irish are the most fickle, bandwagon-jumpers on earth. They are like children who have to be connected with the winners.

This is why I can't take any Irish soccer fans seriously unless the support a League of Ireland club. The 'passion' of the 'greatest fans in the world' is more akin to teens who go mad for One Direction and then lose interest when another commercial hyped up crap act comes along.

You probably mean some Irish, not the Irish.

Shady Tady

I know one who started following Mayo he's on 15 tablets a day now

Planemo

I read the title as asking Leeds Utd. fans if they're holocaust deniers.

Either way, football forum's ^ thataway.

SEPT 23 1989

I have supported Manchester City for 25 years

no mentally stable adult jumps to another team

Vito Corleone

Liverpool till I die.

Rasheed

Shady Tady wrote: »

I know one who started following Mayo he's on 15 tablets a day now

You don't start following a county team. You either are from there or you're not. But I get your point, I'd be on tablets or an alcoholic by now if I was from Mayo.

oldyouth

You can change your Missus but you can never change your club. Leeds United, MOT

DEFTLEFTHAND

Many Blackburn supporters suffered a similar fate it seems.

dxhound2005

There are still a few Rams around. Never very many Forest strangely.

danniemcq

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