It's good to see the anti foreign sports peddling their boring views again. How often can the same boikey arguments be made about Manu Liverpool etc? If you were beginning how pathetic and pointless they were they pop up and remind you.

ochonlir (Cavan) - Posts: 4343 - 21/04/2011 10:13:00    916091

LADS IF YOU ARE UP IN DUBLIN GO TO THE O NEILLS SHOP ON THE LONG MILE ROAD YE CAN GET JESERYS FOR BETWEEN 20 AND 40 EURO AND LOTS OF OTHER THINGS

delboydub (Dublin) - Posts: 665 - 21/04/2011 10:16:55    916093

b.mullins
County: Dublin
Posts: 517

whether you support a team from liverpool manchester london or spain has nothing to do with pretending to being from there im a fan of liverpool and Proud of it im also a Dub fan and equally as Proud of that as has been discussed in another thread the ban on watching and playing other sports is gone and thank God for it, so stop with the de valera era rubbish people can follow whatever sport they feel like and be equally passionate about them

Perfectly true.

However there are soccer teams in Dublin too.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13711 - 21/04/2011 13:41:45    916293

b.mullins
County: Dublin
Posts: 517

i prefer the t-shirts meself


U still got the one that says 'I SHOT JR'?

blu (Down) - Posts: 1240 - 21/04/2011 15:28:09    916388

True mes rovers are only 10 mins from the house I wouldn't say I'm a regular but myself and the son do go the odd time and he plays for the u9s

@blu Tee hee

b.mullins (Dublin) - Posts: 1413 - 21/04/2011 18:09:17    916505

mesamis thats not the point we were talking about. of course anyone is entitled to follow who they wish. we don't live in a dictatorship, and the argument is not about so called foreign games either. what we were saying is thats its quite odd to be passionate about something you have no attachment to. for example, in soccer ive always liked barcelona, i tune into their games when they are on, ive even went over a couple of times to camp nou. but i still dont get the feeling that the catalans get. but if we take the dubs, im from here, ive supporter and followed them since i was young. the attachment is much greater. ill make no excuses that i can relate to these people more than die-hards of teams they've never seen bar on a television. its the same in GAA, id say us folk that travel they country to see the blues get more out of it that the sunshine fans. we will feel a little more when we eventually get back to the top table again. its not about being dis-respectable to sunshine fans or armchair fans. its just an observation.

seany16 (Dublin) - Posts: 1658 - 21/04/2011 20:05:12    916567

b.mullins
County: Dublin
Posts: 518

916505 True mes rovers are only 10 mins from the house I wouldn't say I'm a regular but myself and the son do go the odd time and he plays for the u9s

Rovers?

I think Liverpool would be more palatable!!

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13711 - 21/04/2011 20:15:00    916574

seany i get your point about having a connection because its our county as opposed to teams in england of course there will always be more of a connection with the Dubs for me but there are some people on this site who think you should burn in hell for following another sport apart from GAA

b.mullins (Dublin) - Posts: 1413 - 21/04/2011 21:20:55    916612

Yeah some people still think the GAA ban on "foreign" sports still applies. I'd rather wear a Limerick jersey myself but if someone wants to wear a Man U/Liverpool jersey, so what? There isn't a proper soccer league in this country. The league of Ireland is only equivalent to division 3/non-league in England, there's no identity to soccer clubs here (apart from some Dublin ones maybe) so it's understanable that people follow premiership teams.

county man (Limerick) - Posts: 1102 - 22/04/2011 13:57:45    916791

county man
County: Limerick
Posts: 427

916791
Yeah some people still think the GAA ban on "foreign" sports still applies. I'd rather wear a Limerick jersey myself but if someone wants to wear a Man U/Liverpool jersey, so what? There isn't a proper soccer league in this country. The league of Ireland is only equivalent to division 3/non-league in England, there's no identity to soccer clubs here (apart from some Dublin ones maybe) so it's understanable that people follow premiership teams.

Yes there is.

Part of the reason the standard is where its at (also not as low as you think) is your attitude.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13711 - 22/04/2011 17:20:05    916918

This is a GAA forum, but if you're trying to tell me a soccer league with only semi-professional & amateur teams with many going into administration, crap grounds and only a few hundred supporters at most matches is a proper league then you're having a laugh.

county man (Limerick) - Posts: 1102 - 23/04/2011 13:25:51    917160

look! you cant tell me that wearing a jersey from an overseas soccer team can have an equal level of pride attached as wearing your club or county jersey. the arguement is absolutely nonsensical.... the thing that makes the gaa and the county set ups and hence support so unique is that we are all a part of it. we play with guys who represent the team from underage to senior, family members are part of the team, we contribute to the team by coaching / mentoring up and coming players, we stick with our team and dont jump to who is the current champions, we make sandwiches for the team, we shout them on and encourage from development squads to seniors, we support the kids, women, mens teams hurling handball and football with pride,we are loyal, we are different. when we say "we can win this year" we really mean WE. we are part of it.

you simply cannot equate this to wearing an overseas soccer team. anyone who says otherwise is deluding themselves.

no1 (Louth) - Posts: 115 - 23/04/2011 14:53:03    917193

No1 No one is saying supporting an overseas team is the same as supporting your county

Stick to the facts son don't be twisting it to suit your own argument

b.mullins (Dublin) - Posts: 1413 - 23/04/2011 15:46:55    917218

b.mullins - son - it is you that said "im a fan of liverpool and Proud of it im also a Dub fan and equally as Proud of that".
Fact!!!

no1 (Louth) - Posts: 115 - 24/04/2011 13:10:08    917507

Folks the fact of the matter is that football/soccer is easily the most popular sport on the planet, go to Asia and you truly will be amazed at how big the Premiership is over there, yet I bet they don't have to put up with the local zealots giving them grief for wearing 'foreign' football jerseys. The fact of the matter is that a sizable proportion of people in this country love soccer and in particular English football, yet this is probably the very point that bothers so many people in this country, the fact that it is English football. Were the entire country walking around wearing Real Madrid or Barcelona tops you probably wouldn't hear a word said, yet when its something English the republican comes out in so many people, and you hear the usual complaints about how they should be wearing their county jerseys etc rather than English football tops. I find it all quite sad if not pathetic, I am a Galway hurling fanatic, but I'm also a huge Liverpool fan which is something I've had since I grew up watching Match of the Day and buying Shoot magazine. So what if I wasn't born in Liverpool or have no family there, Liverpool will always be 'my team' and to hell with anybody who has a problem with that.

gilly0512 (Galway) - Posts: 1176 - 24/04/2011 13:15:23    917509

Gily - dont try muddy the waters. i fail to see what your reference to anti english/republican has. we are talking about wearing jerseys. in my post i refer to over seas, not english. most people play/played soccer so to say it is not an anti foreign sport thing. in my opinion i fail to see how one can have the same level of pride in an OVERSEAS soccer jersey than their local club or county jersey. €60 euro a pop regardless of club is a rip off.

no1 (Louth) - Posts: 115 - 24/04/2011 13:46:54    917524

no1 at the end of the day if it came down to Liverpool or Galway it would not even be a choice, but at the same time I would not knock people from this country who would have more time for Man Utd or Liverpool, their choice as obviously GAA is not their thing. I appreciate what your saying, but you have also to appreciate that there is a sizable amount of people out there who have no interest in GAA, be it their county or local club?

gilly0512 (Galway) - Posts: 1176 - 24/04/2011 15:19:22    917567

of course there will always be more of a connection with the Dubs for me

no1 yes i am proud to be a fan of both but have a look at all my posts, is that clear enough for you kid?

b.mullins (Dublin) - Posts: 1413 - 24/04/2011 20:54:59    917815

About the cheapest you will pay for a current rugby league or afl shirt here in Oz is about 120 dollar and that a kids size one. Now that's a joke!

Nick (Wexford) - Posts: 1100 - 25/04/2011 13:25:15    917977

I'm afraid for once I must agree with the bould George Hook when asked about our being content with second best he said "we have a colonial mentality".

mod (Mayo) - Posts: 859 - 25/04/2011 15:50:57    918059