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Whats wrong with supporting England in the footy?

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  • #62
    Atomic Pineapple
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    i've never heard of him in my life! :D

    i've just realised i should be stumbling into a night club right now too .... ;)


  • #63
    darkman2
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    Ikky Poo2 wrote:
    Football aside.... WHAT????

    Bertie Ahern on Tubirdy Tonight said he wouldnt support them cause we'd 'never hear the end of it'.......interestingly the Scottish first minister said almost the same thing. Spot on.


  • #64
    ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,109 ✭✭✭ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV


    english fans are so bad is why! i heard about some incident in england today and 200 people were involved in a mad riot in a bar and 6 injured badly or something? dont have much details from the story but its something like that!


  • #65
    darkman2
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    leeroybrown wrote:
    TBH exactly the same can be said about the stereotypical Irish attitude towards the English.

    They do it very publically in a sly, condescending way thats really irritating.


  • #66
    Atomic Pineapple
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    as individuals english people are fine but when they get togethar in the name of supporting there national team they seem to turn into big headed idiots


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  • #67
    HelterSkelter
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    darkman2 wrote:

    TO THE ENGLISH: WILL YOU EVER SHUT UP ABOUT 196F*C*ING6! 1966 ON THE BRAIN! GET OVER YOUSELVES! 40 YEARS AGO, 40 FCUKING YEARS AGO! I MEAN JESUS WILL YOU GIVE THE WORLD A BREAK. ITS NOT ONLY THE IRISH THAT DONT WANT YOU TO WIN IT, ITS THE REST OF THE WORLD TOO BECAUSE YOU WILL GO ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON ABOUT THE 'SPIRIT OF 2006' FOR THE NEXT 40 YEARS! NOOOOOOOOOOO:eek: YOUR SELF MADE FAVOURITES AGAIN FOR THIS TOURNAMENT TOO AS EVERY TOURNAMENT SINCE.
    Rant over.

    Yeah, and will the irish ever shut the fcuk up about Ray Houghton putting the ball in the English net. Jesus, it was 18 years ago now and you never stop going on about it.

    Face it, we are as bad as them, and we are just jealous cos we never won the world cup. We would go on about it forever if we won.

    (BTW, I'm Irish)


  • #68
    Mr.Nice Guy
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    Part of the reason why I don't support England is due to them being our rivals but also due to their horrible media. As Dunphy pointed out on RTE, the Telegraph was waffling on about God being English. Unbelievable bullsh*t.

    The media think they are world beaters. Reality will soon come crashing down on them as has happened for Henman in Wimbledon year after year after year...


  • #69
    leeroybrown
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    darkman2 wrote:
    They do it very publically in a sly, condescending way thats really irritating.
    What's the difference between their dry jibes and the ones we have on our sports coverage.


  • #70
    Mr.Nice Guy
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    HelterSkelter wrote:
    Yeah, and will the irish ever shut the fcuk up about Ray Houghton putting the ball in the English net. Jesus, it was 18 years ago now and you never stop going on about it.

    Face it, we are as bad as them, and we are just jealous cos we never won the world cup. We would go on about it forever if we won.

    (BTW, I'm Irish)

    Huh? You think we go on about Houghton's goal as much as they go on about 1966? Get real.


  • #71
    InFront
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    draffodx wrote:
    as individuals english people are fine but when they get togethar in the name of supporting there national team they seem to turn into big headed idiots

    "Thats hurling now by, thats a game for men none of yer foreign cricket ****e heh" actual quote from Rosie O Gradys in Harolds Cross recently enough


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  • #72
    darkman2
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    HelterSkelter wrote:
    Yeah, and will the irish ever shut the fcuk up about Ray Houghton putting the ball in the English net. Jesus, it was 18 years ago now and you never stop going on about it.

    Face it, we are as bad as them, and we are just jealous cos we never won the world cup. We would go on about it forever if we won.

    (BTW, I'm Irish)

    No were not and for one reason and one reason only, they are not bombarded with OUR media - difference.


  • #73
    MrJoeSoap
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    Mr.Nice Guy wrote:
    Huh? You think we go on about Houghton's goal as much as they go on about 1966? Get real.

    No, but Houghtons goal was just that... a goal. England won the World Cup.

    If Ireland won the World Cup we'd still be going on about it in 50 years (although it would obviously be a much bigger achievement than England in 1966).

    Sometimes I think the best thing would be for England to win the WC again, have four years of boasting and then hopefully it would all die down...


  • #74
    Atomic Pineapple
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    InFront wrote:
    "Thats hurling now by, thats a game for men none of yer foreign cricket ****e heh" actual quote from Rosie O Gradys in Harolds Cross recently enough

    cricket is a brutal game though :eek:


  • #75
    darkman2
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    MrJoeSoap wrote:
    No, but Houghtons goal was just that... a goal. England won the World Cup.

    If Ireland won the World Cup we'd still be going on about it in 50 years (although it would obviously be a much bigger achievement than England in 1966).

    Sometimes I think the best thing would be for England to win the WC again, have four years of boasting and then hopefully it would all die down...

    Wishful thinking, a new generation would be tortured for the next 50 years about 2006.......i just think the world will end if they win it. Their so fixated on it that they will just get so big headed after it, it would be unbareable.


  • #76
    MrJoeSoap
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    darkman2 wrote:
    Wishful thinking, a new generation would be tortured for the next 50 years about 2006.......i just think the world will end if they win it. Their so fixated on it that they will just get so big headed after it, it would be unbareable.

    Probably. Only one way to find out though... :D


  • #77
    raheny red
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    Left out his name :o Stephen Cullen


  • #78
    InFront
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    [QUOTE=darkman2 Their so fixated on it that they will just get so big headed after it, it would be unbareable.[/QUOTE]

    Switch the channel if you dont like it! What do you want them to do, ignore it?! Its a bloody great achievment, and talking about it doesnt hurt anyone. Nice to have some light hearted news on the tv for once, and football is something most people love, why not go on about it


  • #79
    darkman2
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    MrJoeSoap wrote:
    Probably. Only one way to find out though... :D

    Id rather we didnt take that risk and they just got knocked out tbh. If they had any sense of modesty I wouldnt mind at all.....but they dont so I wont support them.


  • #80
    HelterSkelter
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    darkman2 wrote:
    No were not and for one reason and one reason only, they are not bombarded with OUR media - difference.

    That's not their fault, it's our choice, we buy their papers, we pay to watch their TV stations. If you only watched RTE & TV3, and only read Irish papers you would not be aware of the way their media act.


  • #81
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
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    darkman2 wrote:
    Bertie Ahern on Tubirdy Tonight said he wouldnt support them cause we'd 'never hear the end of it'.......interestingly the Scottish first minister said almost the same thing. Spot on.

    Jaysus! So much for political neutrality!! And it was your reference that Bertia was always right I was 'whatting' to!

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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  • #82
    darkman2
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    InFront wrote:
    Switch the channel if you dont like it! What do you want them to do, ignore it?! Its a bloody great achievment, and talking about it doesnt hurt anyone. Nice to have some light hearted news on the tv for once, and football is something most people love, why not go on about it

    Because it is headwrecking, thats why. Remember we have more of their media then our own so were in the firing line along with the Scots and the Welsh. You know what its actually sad and demonstrates their failure as a footballing nation that they still harp back like it was yesterday, of course they dont see it that way and they constantly use it as a stick with which to beat the germans which is another thing.


  • #83
    darkman2
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    Ikky Poo2 wrote:
    Jaysus! So much for political neutrality!! And it was your reference that Bertia was always right I was 'whatting' to!

    Well he is right on this:D Ppl want to be PC about it but the fact is were subjected to this every year, its rediculous.


  • #84
    HelterSkelter
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    darkman2 wrote:
    Remember we have more of their media then our own so were in the firing line along with the Scots and the Welsh

    HELLOOOOO. That's because IRISH PEOPLE choose to buy English newspapers. They wouldn't sell them here if there was no demand. They wouldn't broadcast their TV stations here if there was no demand.


  • #85
    darkman2
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    HelterSkelter wrote:
    That's not their fault, it's our choice, we buy their papers, we pay to watch their TV stations. If you only watched RTE & TV3, and only read Irish papers you would not be aware of the way their media act.

    We dont pay to watch their tv stations at all. The fact we get them is actually because the signal origionally got through from the North.


  • #86
    InFront
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    Nobody is bombarded, theres about 3 or 4 national broadsheets, 5 terrestrial tv staions, a heap of radio channels, and hundreds of foreign NON British, Tv channels... And the internet! how much media do you need


  • #87
    MrJoeSoap
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    darkman2 wrote:
    We dont pay to watch their tv stations at all. The fact we get them is actually because the signal origionally got through from the North.

    Plug out your cable, stick an aerial in the back of the telly and see what you get...

    (Depends on where you live obviously)


  • #88
    darkman2
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    HelterSkelter wrote:
    HELLOOOOO. That's because IRISH PEOPLE choose to buy English newspapers. They wouldn't sell them here if there was no demand. They wouldn't broadcast their TV stations here if there was no demand.

    Im talking about TV........and Im not one of those Irish ppl that buys the rags either.

    First of all the BBC is not actually meant to be broadcast here. We dont pay for it, it has nothing to do with us but we get it anyway.


  • #89
    HelterSkelter
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    darkman2 wrote:
    We dont pay to watch their tv stations at all. The fact we get them is actually because the signal origionally got through from the North.

    Irish people pay for SKY. Irish people pay for packages containing UK TV stations with NTL, Chorus, etc

    Irish people choose to tune in BBC & ITV on their TV sets.


  • #90
    darkman2
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    MrJoeSoap wrote:
    Plug out your cable, stick an aerial in the back of the telly and see what you get...

    (Depends on where you live obviously)

    In the 60s the signal came from Northern Ireland - FACT. They are technically not meant to be broadcasting here at all but they dont care and niether do we.


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  • #91
    HelterSkelter
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    darkman2 wrote:
    Im talking about TV........and Im not one of those Irish ppl that buys the rags either.

    First of all the BBC is not actually meant to be broadcast here. We dont pay for it, it has nothing to do with us but we get it anyway.

    Do you watch BBC and ITV?

    Why don't you just tune in RTE 1 & 2, TV3 & TG4 if the English upset you so much?


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