TheBoysinGreen Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Folk should remember that football isn't the biggest sport in Ireland. It might even be as low as 4th. The order of popularity is as follows Gaelic Football Hurling Soccer Rugby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Folk should remember that football isn't the biggest sport in Ireland. It might even be as low as 4th. What's that got to do with Irish football fans gloryhunting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 The order of popularity is as follows Gaelic Football Hurling Soccer Rugby Is that going up the way or doon? I thought Rugby was the most popular? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goozay Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Is that going up the way or doon? I thought Rugby was the most popular? Rugby is 4th. Only big in Limerick, the posh schools of Dublin and the protestant side of the north. Gaelic football is big everywhere. Hurling is big in Kilkenny, Offaly, Tipperray, Cork and Galway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betsy123 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 So you're a glory-hunter? Plain and simple. You won't go support a team because they are normally fighting against relegation? But you can buy Sky Sports and support a foreign team. That's pathetic. Hardly a glory hunter,originally from a place close to Shamrock Rovers stadium.(10km) I support the local team, a glory supporter would support Rovers (Irelands most successful club) I now live 80 km from where my team plays, would you honestly travel every second weekend to watch sub standard football. Ireland are my passion and come ahead of Everton,Bray Wanderers and any other team you care to mention. Have no problem travelling up to Ireland games every few months/weeks as its not as costly as going every second week. Also don't have sky sports, have BT and Everton have been on that twice this year I think. Also football in Ireland is not the most popular sport, I would imagine it is Second or third behind Hurling and Gaelic football which are both doses of parochial crap in my opinion, but the majority in this country like them so the LOI finds it hard to compete against them. Would you justify going to a league where the CAO of the FAI makes 400,000 per year while the league winners get 200,000. Clubs can't even afford to sign players for more than a year, and the same players play for different teams each year. I thought after Rovers received a few million for qualifying for the Europa League that league was going to improve,but god knows what has ever happened to that money because Rovers have gotten worse since then. Its a league full of mediocrity competing with The EPL and the Powerful GAA. The media also rams Rugby down our throats here, as its the game of the elite. Dundalk bet Cork City in the league decider the other day but the newspaper I was reading had half a page of a report while the Premier League, GAA and rugby dominated the sports pages. Also imo there a one or two LOI who are better than current players in the Ireland squad, but will never receive call ups, however as soon as they move to England they are considered "International Standard" you can't call me pathetic because these views have been forced down on Irish people and the FAI are mostly the ones who enforce these negative views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave78 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 The order of popularity is as follows Gaelic Football Hurling Soccer Rugby Surely rugby is more popular that soccer? You probably get more fans at a Munster home match than the entire LoI combined attendence. When i moved to Dublin my local team were Shamrock Rovers. Decided not to support them though (probably cos they play in Celtic strips ) and picked the next closest St. Pats. I don't go as often as i should, but i still think it's important to make the effort to support a local team with your cash by going to games/buying merchandise or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betsy123 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Surely rugby is more popular that soccer? You probably get more fans at a Munster home match than the entire LoI combined attendence. When i moved to Dublin my local team were Shamrock Rovers. Decided not to support them though (probably cos they play in Celtic strips ) and picked the next closest St. Pats. I don't go as often as i should, but i still think it's important to make the effort to support a local team with your cash by going to games/buying merchandise or whatever. Yeah but thats because Leinster represents 2.5 million people and Munster represents 1.2 million people,if there were 4 provincial football clubs you would get these attendances too, I am guessing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320lichtie Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Betsy is an armchair fan? Who woulda thunk it? Still rattling on and rating players by what club they play for? Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320lichtie Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) I watched my team in the 4th tier of Scottish football Saturday with a 'official' crowd of 1150.. Standard wasn't that great though so might just pick a EPL team out the hat and start supporting them, Betsy supporting the 'most Irish' EPL team that has 2 real Irishman in it, 1 dud that never plays and Coleman. Lol. Actually I'd take an Arbroath game over watching a team on the tele any day of the week, I watched the El Classico, Chelsea United this weekend but the game I genuinely enjoyed the most was the Arbroath one. These armchair fans just dinna get it. Hopefully I never get to that stage, kin when you start judging players down to the club they play for or who's better rated on Champ Man? The Hearts Hibs game on Saturday even in our 2nd tier was a fantastic watch with some very good quality. Edited October 27, 2014 by 1320lichtie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betsy123 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I watched my team in the 4th tier of Scottish football Saturday with a 'official' crowd of 1150.. Standard wasn't that great though so might just pick a EPL team out the hat and start supporting them, Betsy supporting the 'most Irish' EPL team that has 2 real Irishman in it, 1 dud that never plays and Coleman. Lol. Actually I'd take an Arbroath game over watching a team on the tele any day of the week, I watched the El Classico, Chelsea United this weekend but the game I genuinely enjoyed the most was the Arbroath one. These armchair fans just dinna get it. Hopefully I never get to that stage, kin when you start judging players down to the club they play for or who's better rated on Champ Man? The Hearts Hibs game on Saturday even in our 2nd tier was a fantastic watch with some very good quality. Sorry pal,but who did McCarthy and McGeady play for,and what kind of passport do they hold? Said 4 irish internationals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo2576 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I watched my team in the 4th tier of Scottish football Saturday with a 'official' crowd of 1150.. Standard wasn't that great though so might just pick a EPL team out the hat and start supporting them, Betsy supporting the 'most Irish' EPL team that has 2 real Irishman in it, 1 dud that never plays and Coleman. Funny you want phil bardsley called up though?? Can't have it both ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320lichtie Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I watched my team in the 4th tier of Scottish football Saturday with a 'official' crowd of 1150.. Standard wasn't that great though so might just pick a EPL team out the hat and start supporting them, Betsy supporting the 'most Irish' EPL team that has 2 real Irishman in it, 1 dud that never plays and Coleman. Funny you want phil bardsley called up though?? Can't have it both ways. What's that got to do with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hope Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Ridiculous how angry/wound up some folk are getting on here over what team a guy supports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betsy123 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Really don't get why Scots are lourding it over me that I supoort Everton,in the grand scheme of things I couldn't give a about club football,its all about Ireland for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girvanTA Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Consider yourself famous...well at least on this thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gordon-mcqueen-hope-james-mccarthy-4601708 Apologies for posting a link to this rag but McQueen is spot on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gordon-mcqueen-hope-james-mccarthy-4601708 Apologies for posting a link to this rag but McQueen is spot on! Good article that. I only read the headline, but I really enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave78 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gordon-mcqueen-hope-james-mccarthy-4601708 Apologies for posting a link to this rag but McQueen is spot on! That story has been causing a big stooshie on all the Irish sports sites. The most popular response on the Setanta Sports facebook page is the comment "Bitter orange b@stard". Lovely stuff Very hypocritical comments from McQueen though. We could have done without them IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Very hypocritical comments from McQueen though. We could have done without them IMO.What makes him a hypocrit? He was Scottish and thus played for Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave78 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 What makes him a hypocrit? He was Scottish and thus played for Scotland. The stuff about Wilson and Rioch. If he's ok with them growing up in England as Scots, then why is he not ok with McGeady and McCarthy growing up in Scotland as Irishmen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 The stuff about Wilson and Rioch. If he's ok with them growing up in England as Scots, then why is he not ok with McGeady and McCarthy growing up in Scotland as Irishmen? McQueen's interest starts with Scotland and ends with Scotland. He doesn't give two hoots about other nations. He just sees who wants to play for us. But I can see where you are coming from though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighlandScot Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Gordon McQueen is no hypocrite but one of the best and most patriotic defenders to pull on a Scotland shirt. I am in complete agreement with him. McGeady and McCarthy were both born in Glasgow and had the advantage of being schooled and coached there. McGeady was mentored and heavily influenced by Tommy Burns, and McCarthy benefited from the Hamilton youth academy. They were nurtured by the Scottish system and their response was to reject it. At best this displays lack of gratitude and at worst treason. The grandfather rule is a complete piece of nonsense that dilutes the concept of playing for a country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green_Tide_Rising Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 . At best this displays lack of gratitude and at worst treason. Will you get a grip like a good man.....bloody hell!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320lichtie Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Good article that. I only read the headline, but I really enjoyed it. Haha!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Hunt Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 If Messrs McGeady and McCarthy are to be given pelters at CP - behaviour, if you believe the Daily Record that is endorsed by The Two Gogsies Strachan and McQueen, the will ingerland fans not be justified in 'joining in the fun' on the following Tuesday by dishing up similar to James Morrison to name but one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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