ulsterman the republic cant take northern ireland players any more because of the good friday agreement.fifa have ruled on that.

mikeyjohn (Galway) - Posts: 305 - 05/04/2009 20:52:17    248758

ulsterman goodnight im going to watch bbc2 to try and learn a liile more about ulster.

mikeyjohn (Galway) - Posts: 305 - 05/04/2009 21:03:19    248773

Earth to mikey, earth to mikey Where have you been the past few weeks? FIFA President Sepp Blatter was in Belfast about a month ago and gave his opinion on the passports row. He stated that ANYONE born in the North and holding a valid Irish passport IS deemed eligible to play for the Republic as their Irish identity and citizenship are enshrined in the Good Friday Agreement. It is a binding international agreement and FIFA are about to make a ruling and give a statement on this is the near future. The Northern IFA have lost this battle and anyway why should an Irish kid born in Belfast, Derry or Newry be denied the chance to play for their country? FIFA's legal people have recognised this and that is why it is a done deal, a non arguement. Having said that I have no problem with ANYONE born in the North wanting to play for the North. It is all about choice but be under no illusions we do have the choice. However many Northern Nationalists look South for their sport and culture whether some people want to realise it or not.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9819 - 05/04/2009 21:04:01    248775

Frank Og, Brian and Tommy McGuigan all born in the states as well. Not too sure if they hold American passports or Irish Passports like the rest of us up here in Tyrone.

mugsys_barber (Tyrone) - Posts: 2160 - 06/04/2009 10:29:48    249150

Although it pains me to say it joe sheridan was born across the water,annone from the six counties is technically foreign..

keep_the_faith (Meath) - Posts: 400 - 19/04/2009 12:56:52    262019

Now Now (Keep the faith) we will have none of that

williewentwell (Tyrone) - Posts: 1712 - 19/04/2009 15:25:21    262099

haha if thats your mentality it must really pain you to see a county from the six counties having the All Ireland in their possession.

Armaghgeddon (Armagh) - Posts: 539 - 19/04/2009 15:51:21    262111

In relation to the last three posts,keep_the_faith although you are technically right saying that it's not in the spirit of the Gaa and obviously it offends the last two members

Pitchfork_Bobby (Meath) - Posts: 9 - 19/04/2009 17:35:05    262178

Im not in the slightest bit offended. I find it more amusing than anything.

Armaghgeddon (Armagh) - Posts: 539 - 19/04/2009 17:47:40    262193

Pitchfork_bobby and keep_the_faith are you two the same? You both seem to use the same vocabulary and the way in which the sentences are put are the same.

Armaghgeddon (Armagh) - Posts: 539 - 19/04/2009 17:56:15    262199

keep_the_faith
County: Meath
Posts: 264

262019 Although it pains me to say it joe sheridan was born across the water,annone from the six counties is technically foreign..


Anyone who believes the above is technically a MORON

derryman (Derry) - Posts: 3246 - 19/04/2009 18:12:21    262203

19/04/2009 15:25:21
williewentwell
County: Tyrone
Posts: 729
Now Now (Keep the faith) we will have none of that
Listen willie,weather you or me or anybody else like it or not that is technicallytrue,There is no border as far as gaa goes..no harm intended but you have to see what i meant when i posted that..

Armaghgeddon
County: Armagh
Posts: 234

262111
haha if thats your mentality it must really pain you to see a county from the six counties having the All Ireland in their possession;
Geddon of coure it pains me to see another county have sam,the fact that its an ulster county is completely irrelevant,i do not have any bias or a stigma about ulster teams..
Pitchfork_bobby and keep_the_faith are you two the same? You both seem to use the same vocabulary and the way in which the sentences are put are the same.
The fact that you are even comparing me with this lad is disappointing,he either has nothing to say because i have never seen him before today,Or he is a complete hs rookie,going by the way he structures his posts anyway he hasnt been around very long,thanks for that geddon..

keep_the_faith (Meath) - Posts: 400 - 19/04/2009 22:04:18    262386

Holy God it was bad enough mugsy losing frank to the states for ten or so years, imagine if we'd lost Frank, brian and Tommy aswell, and here's hoping young shay will be a chip off the old block...

HokeyPokey (Tyrone) - Posts: 1744 - 19/04/2009 22:53:51    262467

elaborate please hokey pokey..!

keep_the_faith (Meath) - Posts: 400 - 19/04/2009 23:54:07    262513

Ollie (Louth) Is Owen Zamboglou foreign born or his parents?

Real Louth fan (Louth) - Posts: 3157 - 23/04/2009 17:19:58    266550

Why do these debates always come back to attacking people in the north of Ireland? Isn't it enough that they were treated like dirt all through their history there by unionists and now they're being discriminated against by their own in the south. For the people who constantly refer to northern Irish people as being 'foreign' - grow up and count yourselves lucky that you're not in their situation.

LilMaighEo (Mayo) - Posts: 34 - 23/04/2009 17:35:59    266579

Real Louth Fan,

Owen's father, Manolis, came to Ireland to manage a hotel near where i came from in Cavan. He came from Greece. He then went to Dundalk to manage another hotel. The one which was knocked to make way for the Carrickdale. A lovely man who married a Cooley woman i believe !! Used to know him well !!

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 23/04/2009 18:07:38    266633

Joe Sheridan was born in Birmingham and played under age football and hurling in Birmingham for John Mitchel's. That shouldnt pain anyone to say

your.right (Longford) - Posts: 74 - 23/04/2009 18:49:00    266671

Fair play Slasher.

So Owen Zamboglou's Lordship born and bred!

Real Louth fan (Louth) - Posts: 3157 - 23/04/2009 20:26:10    266744

Good god lads/ladies, why does the simplest of topics in this country inevitably end up in a row/discussion about the North, UK, 800 years of opression blah blah blah, please go onto some of the many political websites out there if you wish to discuss the aforementioned subjects, as this allegedly is a GAA website, although you would wonder sometimes.

gilly0512 (Galway) - Posts: 1176 - 23/04/2009 21:14:12    266787