Most Popular UK Football Team In Ireland?

Anto McC · 30-08-2007 10:59PM

Born and bred in Dublin with a soft spot for Rangers. Well to be honest i'll do anything to piss off Selthick fans.

Mahou · 30-08-2007 10:59PM

zabbo wrote:

Only scumbags support Celtic, Fact

Henrik7 · 30-08-2007 11:03PM

Terry wrote:

Oh it is.
Just wait until the faithful arrive.

Also expect some grief for supporting Celtic.
Apparently the only Irish people who are allowed to support them are gun toting 'Ra heads.

I always found that strange.
Hibernia is the Roman name for Ireland, Caledonia was Scotland and Britannia was England and Wales.
You would think that those who wanted to support an Irish type of team would support Hibs instead of a team with a hard "C".

There is actually a debate about what the correct pronounciation and spelling of keltic/ celtic is. Last I saw, they were saying that Celtic is the correct pronounciation.

As a life long fan of my local team, I have never really got the whole 'support the team thats winning the league' mentality. I am a fourth generation celtic fan and grew up with rangers winning 9 in a row, so I'm definately not a glory hunter.

Guys who pick Chelsea or Blackburn because they won the league/ are playing well will never really know how good it feels for lifelong born an bred fans when the ball hits the nit in the 93d min. They might think they are happy, they might jump up and down, but they will never really feel the way a lifelong Man U will feel when they score against Liverpool.

As for Irish people supporting Chelsea? Have they ever met their supporters? I cant imagine they'd welcome irish catholics. Don't they have a fascist element?

biko · 30-08-2007 11:03PM

Most Popular UK Football Team In Ireland?
It's called soccer here.

Terry · 30-08-2007 11:06PM

Feynooooord

As for Irish people supporting Chelsea? Have they ever met their supporters? I cant imagine they'd welcome irish catholics. Don't they have a fascist element?

I have absolutely no idea. and I don't really care.

Anto McC · 30-08-2007 11:09PM

Actually now i think of it, the most popular UK football team in Ireland is probably the National team. Where it seems no Irish need apply.

Timans · 30-08-2007 11:11PM

I really don't think that this is a very good image for Celtic fans. Like, why must people look beyond FOOTBALL!?

They're football teams, not fascists, not religious biggots, football teams!

Support who you want, preferably your hometown.

admiralofthefleet · 30-08-2007 11:12PM

if i had my way rangers would be the most popular foriegn team here, c'mon the gers.

Anto McC · 30-08-2007 11:13PM

admiralofthefleet wrote:

if i had my way rangers would be the most popular foriegn team here, c'mon the gers.

A man talking sense

mike65 · 30-08-2007 11:18PM

biko wrote:

It's called soccer here.

Indeed but only to differentiate it from bog-ball.

The most popular team is almost certainly Manchester Utd simply due to 17 recent years of winning stuff which always helps. Liverpools upturn is down to the same thing - the 2001 treble and 2005 CL has got a new bunch of 8-16 year olds wearing Gods true colours.

Some of us feed off the folk memory of actually picking up the league championship.

Supporting Celtic is a reflex/inherited action if you live here. No one would if they thought about it in footballing tems.

Mike.

Pherekydes · 30-08-2007 11:20PM

Terry wrote:

I can lock this thread now, or I can allow it to descend into chaos. The choice is yours.

Chaos, FTW!

Yay, I get to post on a soccer thread!

Here's a few bonus exclamation marks before Terry bans me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Terry · 30-08-2007 11:22PM

Feynooooord

Nobody picked up on my mistake, so I'll continue stirring the pot.

Why don't you all support your local team instead of spending your money on foreign teams?
If you gave enough money to LOI teams, then the players might not leave for foreign teams.
Or maybe those you are supporting are just in it for themoney.
I remember my friend getting "Kanchelkis(sp) on the back of his ManU jersey, only for the guy to leave a few weeks later for more money elsewhere.

philstar · 30-08-2007 11:25PM

glasgow celtic...."great irish club"........oh ya???:rolleyes:

the last time i heard glasgow is in scotland.....which makes them scottish and british

Timans · 30-08-2007 11:26PM

Terry wrote:

Nobody picked up on my mistake, so I'll continue stirring the pot.

Why don't you all support your local team instead of spending your money on foreign teams?
If you gave enough money to LOI teams, then the players might not leave for foreign teams.
Or maybe those you are supporting are just in it for themoney.
I remember my friend getting "Kanchelkis(sp) on the back of his ManU jersey, only for the guy to leave a few weeks later for more money elsewhere.

Well, what about people who can't get lifts to all the LOI matches?

I would love to support Wexford Youths more but I cannot get to the matches as much as I would like where as, I can 80% of the time, watch a match on tele.

mike65 · 30-08-2007 11:27PM

No amount of money from the fickle public will turn the LOI into anything other than what it already is. Nope, Russians is whats required.

Mike.

Terry · 30-08-2007 11:36PM

Feynooooord

Timans wrote:

Well, what about people who can't get lifts to all the LOI matches?

Allow me to give you an example.
I'm a big U2 fan (yeah, shoot me, I like what I like).
In 1993, when I was 17 years old, I made my way to Cork to see them. I had nowhere to stay overnight, but I didn't care because I got to see them play.
If you are that comitted, you will find a way.

mike65 wrote:

fickle public

Nail. Head. Hit.

Anto McC · 30-08-2007 11:39PM

It's funny because these same people who claim it's a problem to get to Tolka park/ Finn park/ Terryland park etc also regularly travel to Old Trafford/ Parkhead/ Anfield once or maybe twice a year.

Remember my mate laughing at me for travelling to Cork to see Shels and then a week later he went to Anfield.

Timans · 30-08-2007 11:42PM

Terry wrote:

Allow me to give you an example.
I'm a big U2 fan (yeah, shoot me, I like what I like).
In 1993, when I was 17 years old, I made my way to Cork to see them. I had nowhere to stay overnight, but I didn't care because I got to see them play.
If you are that comitted, you will find a way.

Nail. Head. Hit.

Ok then, would you do that Every Weekend then?

robinph · 30-08-2007 11:42PM

Other (named and flamed)

Accrington Stanley anyone?

Nope, thought not.

LeixlipRed · 30-08-2007 11:44PM

Supporting foreign teams is stupid. Simple as. I support Shels. An Irish team. Not Celtic, a team with a tenuous link to Ireland. Watching your team every week on TV is not support. That's being a fan of a team. Those who pay in every week, go to away trips are the real fans. Travelling all the way to Derry and back last year in one day to see Shels lose on penalties in the League Cup final eafter having 80% of the possesion is what real football supporters do

mike65 · 30-08-2007 11:45PM

Accrington Stanley anyone?

Give them 4 years and they'll be in the Prem.

Mike.

shane86 · 30-08-2007 11:46PM

Ive never met a Portsmouth fan here in my life. The list would be

1- Man U (unfortunately)
2- Liverpool
3-joint between Chelsea and Arsenal
4- A sought after place between Spurs, Man City, Everton and Newcastle
5- There are still some die hard Leeds lads around praying to the gods to restore them

And an honourable no.1 goes to SunderIreland. Nobody gave a bollix 2 years ago but everyone wants to see Keane say **** you to every prem team bar their own.

As said, Celtic is seldom a stand alone club, most Celtic fans support a prem team too, more often than not Liverpool.

Also OP, Glasgow, best ****ing city in these islands

Zaph · 30-08-2007 11:47PM

robinph wrote:

Accrington Stanley anyone?

Accrington Stanley? Who are they?

Dyr · 30-08-2007 11:52PM

Terry wrote:

Nobody picked up on my mistake, so I'll continue stirring the pot.

Why don't you all support your local team instead of spending your money on foreign teams?
If you gave enough money to LOI teams, then the players might not leave for foreign teams.

In all fairness though Terry, Not only is sacar a durty ould barracks sport but LOI is run by bowsies and cornerboys, roddy collins and all that shower. Add to that the amount of skobies that follow the big LOI teams and sure you'd be mad to have anything to do with them.

In annyways Sky sports doesnt show LOI matches, how could your average irish soccer fan be expected to follow it?

KdjaCL · 30-08-2007 11:56PM

mike65 wrote:

No amount of money from the fickle public will turn the LOI into anything other than what it already is. Nope, Russians is whats required.

Mike.

maybe this lad

kdjac

LeixlipRed · 30-08-2007 11:58PM

Bambi wrote:

In all fairness though Terry, Not only is sacar a durty ould barracks sport but LOI is run by bowsies and cornerboys, roddy collins and all that shower. Add to that the amount of skobies that follow the big LOI teams and sure you'd be mad to have anything to do with them.

In annyways Sky sports doesnt show LOI matches, how could your average irish soccer fan be expected to follow it?

If you had a clue about LOI football you'd know that Roddy Collins hasn't been in a job in 2 and a hlaf years. And English football has far more problematic fookers going to games then the few kids we have causing trouble

Dyr · 31-08-2007 12:22AM

then the few kids we have causing trouble

note the few "kids" causing trouble

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrzTpaa6tqw

bowsies, i tell ye, durty bowsies.

Plug · 31-08-2007 12:27AM

Stekelly wrote:

I dont in the slightest. I'd imagine Celtic sell a hell of a lot more jerseys here than there are actual fans.

In before lock

Agreed, I just bought the jersey because it looks nice,
I actually hate soccer, its for a shower of bastards:mad:

ninebeanrows · 31-08-2007 12:31AM

There are one set of supporters whom in the majority i wholey dislike and that is Celtic Fans, those Celtic Cross Tatooes etc, they are a horrible group of narrow minded baffoons..

Anyhow i'd say there is a good number of spurs fans aussi.

LeixlipRed · 31-08-2007 12:38AM

Bambi wrote:

note the few "kids" causing trouble

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrzTpaa6tqw

bowsies, i tell ye, durty bowsies.

30 people, "fans" of 2 of the leagues 22 clubs. 20,000 people attend LOI games every week. I'll leave you to work out the percentage yourself

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