harlands plater 16,957 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Met folk from Cork and Limerick on different holidays and got on great with them. Although a guy I knew from here, a Cetic-supporting RC, lived in Dublin for a few years and told me there were some areas of the city where there was plenty of support for the terrorists. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilberforce1 605 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Was in Kosovo in 2002, during the World Cup. Their army had a base just outside Lipjan. The hospitality shown to us was first rate. I was in their bar the day of the Spain v RoI match. Fantastic atmosphere, even though they eventually lost. They also knew I was a Rangers fan - the worst I got was some friendly banter. The rest couldn't have cared less. Great bunch of blokes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae 15,286 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Credit where it's due ... nice to see the good face of football for a change at the Euro's Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 1,167 Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 6 minutes ago, Thermopylae said: Credit where it's due ... nice to see the good face of football for a change at the Euro's Wait until our game v Motherwell on 16/07.The bile and hatred directed towards us will begin and this gesture will be but a distant memory. I predict we will witness unsurpassed levels of bitterness this season. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mailman 330 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 59 minutes ago, jcb said: Wait until our game v Motherwell on 16/07.The bile and hatred directed towards us will begin and this gesture will be but a distant memory. I predict we will witness unsurpassed levels of bitterness this season. Yeah we will but it will come from Scotland not Ireland Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieD 18,878 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 5 hours ago, harlands plater said: Met folk from Cork and Limerick on different holidays and got on great with them. Although a guy I knew from here, a Cetic-supporting RC, lived in Dublin for a few years and told me there were some areas of the city where there was plenty of support for the terrorists. Definitely, Just look at Anthony Stokes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 71,344 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Seen this on Twitter earlier. To France to dance and cheer He went to see his national team In a place he'd never been To support the boys in green With friends and fellow supporters They wooed the worlds reporters The opposition applauded As their behavior it was lauded From the town of the 7 Towers He would chant and sing 'We're not Brazil We're Northern Ireland' To his sporting stars. A son of dear old Ulster His name will be immortalized The chant of Dar Dar will be made Remembering the young man from the braid France has taken many a young Ulsterman All remembered fondly each minute of the day Our Dar Dar sleeps calmly with that band As he watches Northern Ireland Play. Forever in our thoughts Darren Rodgers - Football Fan Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranter 136 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Met a member of the guarda in our holiday hotel in 1977 at the height of the troubles. Couldn't meet a nicer bloke. He hated the ira and the trouble they caused both sides of the border. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siam69 26,824 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 3 minutes ago, ranter said: Met a member of the guarda in our holiday hotel in 1977 at the height of the troubles. Couldn't meet a nicer bloke. He hated the ira and the trouble they caused both sides of the border. The cunts killed a good few Guarda down south. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 I just can't stomach them cause their end always looks like a Celtic away end But credit where it's due, that's a fantastic gesture and it looks like everyone joined in. It does seem most Irish football fans follow the likes of Man Utd and Liverpool. Very rare you see an Ireland flag at a Celtic game that's actually owned by an actual Irish person Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Let's be honest here lads, a nice looking burd with a southern Irish accent is sensational. But there's probably more chance of meeting a leprechaun Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ger4life_1872 29,428 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Heard them talking about this today on talksport and they were saying it hadnt really been picked up by any english papers or that which is a bit shit Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMac 1,405 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 This article changed my view of the Irish. The fact that it was allowed to go to press in an Irish newspaper led me to believe that Ireland is a far more progressive society than Scotland. Had it been published in Scotland the taigs would have burnt the newspaper office to the ground. http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/kevin-myers/riots-knifings-and-arson-happy-st-patricks-day-26522368.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluegeneBop 157 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 This article changed my view of the Irish. The fact that it was allowed to go to press in an Irish newspaper led me to believe that Ireland is a far more progressive society than Scotland. Had it been published in Scotland the taigs would have burnt the newspaper office to the ground. http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/kevin-myers/riots-knifings-and-arson-happy-st-patricks-day-26522368.html That was a good read , thanks. Together with what the ROI fans did at the Sweeden game,i have a new found respect for the ROI. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eejay the dj 31,964 Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 On 14/06/2016 at 1:47 PM, harlands plater said: Met folk from Cork and Limerick on different holidays and got on great with them. Although a guy I knew from here, a Cetic-supporting RC, lived in Dublin for a few years and told me there were some areas of the city where there was plenty of support for the terrorists. Yes from small parts through Rebel Country Dundalk up to Belfast. The further you go away from Dublin and shiteholes like Dundalk ,the more beautiful the place becomes . And so do the people ,especially the ladies .Galway ,Kildare .Go to a race meeting ,you won't fail to pull Bet if you did a poll in these places . The beggar support of the scum from eastend would be about 5/10%. As I said before .They are all horse loving people ,Rugby . If it is football, then the favourite clubs would be Man Utd ,Liverpool Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 71,344 Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddiqi_drinker 14,635 Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 2 hours ago, ForeverAndEver said: Not signed in Fuk, I had to google GAWA Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianferguson 2,619 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Sadly I've always thought ROI fans would be no different from the plastic paddy's, but never in a million years would the darkside have shown respect in this way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Kool Blue 139 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 1 minute ago, ianferguson said: Sadly I've always thought ROI fans would be no different from the plastic paddy's, but never in a million years would the darkside have shown respect in this way. The vast majority of real Irish people are pretty cool and regularly shake their heads at the antics of Glasgow's faux-Irish contingent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabawsa 888 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 On 14/06/2016 at 11:33 AM, jcb said: Agree 100%. Nearly all the people from the ROI that i have spent time with were either Man Utd or Liverpool fans. As you rightly said none were interested in Celtic. Too true. I visit customers regularly in Limerick and most follow Man U or Liverpool,then rugby.Remember that invite tournament in Dublin.at the Aviva Stadium a couple of years back.when Septic took on Liverpool?Heard them talking about being Ireland's biggest supported club.Turned out Liverpool fans outnumbered them at least 4 to 1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigo 32,526 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 2 minutes ago, mabawsa said: Too true. I visit customers regularly in Limerick and most follow Man U or Liverpool,then rugby.Remember that invite tournament in Dublin.at the Aviva Stadium a couple of years back.when Septic took on Liverpool?Heard them talking about being Ireland's biggest supported club.Turned out Liverpool fans outnumbered them at least 4 to 1. At least. This gives you an idea... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghorn leghorn 608 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I read somewhere that they tie horses to lamp posts in Limerick, makes a change from tying a sheep to lamp posts in Aberdeen. I believe they like most us Scots, unless we support the Queen's eleven and the Black and Tans. Still hope James McClean's mob get fecked. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlBear. 8,499 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Where's @StrongbowLoyal with his ducks when you need him... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxterboy 476 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 The gesture is a good one and they should be applauded for it. But the suggestion that the bad element is exclusive to scottish plastic paddies is fucking bullshit and naive. 300,000 republicans in eire voted for sinn fein, the political wing of the ira terrorists - cunts like gerry adams, devlin, stokes and his faither. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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