What do you define as "Football"

CiaranC wrote: »

So true leto. As Shankly said "Some people believe soccer is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."

He'd such a dry wit, missed by so many who take that quote literally, loved the Liverpool reserves quote and Everton. Football fan logic. So many people in half a decade who don't have a clue of context.

CiaranC wrote: »

I thought it was called soccer?

Yeah, the subject of the thread, which you seem to be taking rather seriously, you realise its largely a pisstake thread in AH?

And you might not believe it, but the people of Liverpool had several real live football teams long before your local GAH club got Sky Sports installed. The werent even in the League Of Ireland either!

LOL.

The bitterness is strong in this one.

The inferiority complex of LoI diehards. Thought you'd be reminiscing about days of 20/30,000 at LoI matches.

CiaranC wrote: »

Its a superiority complex old chap

PremiershipGAHman is my favorite type of confused barstool fan at the moment - die hard Liverpool/Manchester right up until the second he has to dive in and defend the association from "West-brits" on the internet. Wont even admit what the sport or team he "supports" is called. These lads are even more craic than the "nationalist" Celtic fans!

Why so serious?

can we all not just get along?

It's kind of sad that people feel the need to refer to Gaelic Football as Bogball.

lucylu wrote: »

since the Dubs won the Football Final last year.. .does this mean the Dubs are boggers ?

The ones that go to watch bogball are generally kids of culchies.

They'll usually follow Tipp or some other boggers in the other sport the Gah have.

I say football=football , Gaelic Football= Gaelic Football. I just don't like people saying soccer, but I don't massively object either. It's just very American and I cringe when I hear Americans talk about 'soccer'!

But sometimes it depends on who I'm actually talking to! If I'm talking with friends football = Messi, Ronaldo, etc. But when I talk to other people, especially colleagues that I know that are big GAA heads, I'd ask how Cork did in the football.

What does bother me is being specifically pulled up on it by someone who knows what I'm talking about but just wants to be a prick. That's mostly GAA fans with a chip on the shoulder in my experience.

stovelid wrote: »

Actually one thing that annoys me is when people call the BigotDome, "Headquarters".

Is that a pseudo-Ra affectation or what?



They should probably be expelled from Dublin. That said, the overwhelming majority only go to about 2 big games a year.

25,000 at the Dublin Armagh league game, not bad. How many were at LoI Dublin club games?

stovelid wrote: »

The Gahliban are out on patrol I see. What has league of Ireland got to do with bigot ball?

stovelid wrote: »

Like a lot of bitter people, my direct, painful experience with culturally hegemonic bigots has led to a regrettable state of what can be termed as Specific Reverse Sporting Bigotry, if you will.

Love it!

Such incandescent rage, LoI fundamentalists are great at it, like all fundamentalists really, loud, vociferous and obnoxious just undermines their argument.

LoI is soccer, GAA is football, what does it have to do with it? Its the OP of the thread.

Ah, its just too easy, soccer fan logic! I really shouldn't!

LordSutch wrote: »

Agreed, although I suppose if you were raised down the country then maybe Gah was the only football in town?.

Indeed. Somebody else brought up the point that in many areas that are hurling strongholds, football, Gaelic or otherwise barely exists, Kilkenny a great example, soccer club went bust and the football team is dire!