Your clubs biggest rivals?

DUBLIN DOC wrote: eire32 wrote: Arlington was always the big derby for us! Was this in kiss chasing eire ?

Combined countys league!

Cabra Hoop wrote: All credit to Cark at the end of the day for their recent pulling prowess. Must be the langer thing they always go on about.. Is getting numbers through the turnstiles is the benchmark for measuring the size of clubs ? If so, then based upon population numbers Dundalk and Sligo would far outdo Cark over the recent past. On saying that if you travel abroad and talk football very few will have ever heard of any of our teams with one notable exception.

Killarney Celtic ? I have heard their name being sung in some far flung places in the past

Wheelo wrote: In fairness rovers are the only club that would have any chance of benefiting globally. They're the most famous Irish club abroad. Why they never took advantage of this, I'll never know. Surely there's money to be made with Irish Americans in America? Did I read before (mightve even been on here) that they tried an american your in 80s?

I remember reading about that ages ago too. I think it was when the Yanks were setting up there league they invited a few clubs over to play in a makeshift league in the summer. Shamrock Rovers went, Linfield, Aberdeen and maybe a few English clubs too.

Edit: found a bit out about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Soccer_Association

It wasn't Linfield it was Glentoran that went. All the clubs represented franchises that were about to be set up. It happened in 1967. Stoke, Wolves, Hibs, Aberdeen and Dundee United also went.

Shams are definitely missing a trick by not targeting Irish areas in America like Boston and Chicago. I`m sure at least 5,000 - 10,00 Shamrock Rovers jerseys could be flogged over there. Half the people buying them wouldn't even know anything about Shams but just create a bit of a brand. Its very fashionable to show off your "Irish roots" in these areas.

I read a few months back that a small Spanish club was going bust so they set up a GoFundMe account and apparently got a nice few bob from people in Ireland. So the international root is something to look at.

Edited by Bitored - 09 Apr 2015 at 9:03pm

1980 wrote: anyone who follows the Waterford whispers page, story on there today sums up the Cork Fans on here.

I enjoyed that alright Sure where better

Wheelo wrote: In fairness rovers are the only club that would have any chance of benefiting globally. They're the most famous Irish club abroad.

Fame has nothing to do with it really. For a lot abroad its about Irish identity and to have a jersey called 'Shamrock' is about as big a cliché as your going to get. A jersey called 'Bohemian or 'Wanderers' doesn't have the say right to it. Something like that would be hard to get off the ground in fairness.

Edited by GoneToShowgies - 10 Apr 2015 at 9:25am

Shoco wrote: Jaysus the cork fans in here  Pity they haven't the bottle to go with being a big club

I suppose you'd have to pity Dundalk being a big club but not having a pitch or stadium worthy of the name.

Richmond Ultra wrote: I suppose you'd have to pity Dundalk being a big club but not having a pitch or stadium worthy of the name.

To be fair to the Dundadalk fans, and I rarely am, they barely even claim to be the biggest club in Louth.

For most hoops it will be Bohs due to historical purposes and battles through the years, the only ones this might be different for would be oldschool hoops around in the Drums days who may still feel more of a rivalry with other culchie teams, however there is nowadays since the Tallaght move a few of the younger generation especially those around Ballyer etc who would find Pats more their derby, couple with Bohs collapse over the past five years.

Bohs home/away and the first fixture of the season are my first games I look for when the games come out, followed by Cork, Derry and Galway away as the three best trips in the league I find

Jaysus the bait here.... Some people are too easy