FabSwingers.com forum: Fans done yous proud

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Just watched the republic game crap result but the fans have done the hole of ireland proud .

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By *ornyHorwichCpl aka HHCCouple
over a year ago

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"Just watched the republic game crap result but the fans have done the hole of ireland proud ."

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By *ew directionsCouple
over a year ago

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yet again cheers to the fans

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

my friends who travelled to the games were in the papers and on the radio. Best fans!

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By *ouple1234Couple
over a year ago

BELFAST UK

its early doors, but on the proud thing there was one song i heard the fans sing that didnt really stand up to be proud of

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

greatest fans in the world,

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By *ardon 69Man
over a year ago

in Laois :-)

Ahh i must say we have the best fans in the world and this reflects best when any Irish person travels abroad!!

All i ever hear in spain is we love you Irish you drink have the craic and dont cause trouble like them ............ LOL

So proud to be irish!!

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By *ouple1234Couple
over a year ago

BELFAST UK

like them what?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

why when a team plays like complete dog poo do ppl go on about the fans?????? what about the players????? the choked big time

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

The way they sang their hearts out for last 15mins even tho getting well beat was brilliant,

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By *ardon 69Man
over a year ago

in Laois :-)

Ahh i think you know well Ryan...

Your a smart boy!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If want to 'win the singing' there is a separate competition that caters for this: it's called the Eurovision.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think the best fans in europe award was officially given to the Northern Irish fans....... given BY FIFA

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think the best fans in europe award was officially given to the Northern Irish fans....... given BY FIFA"

Light blue touch paper and stand well back......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just watched the republic game crap result but the fans have done the hole of ireland proud ."

The "hole" of Ireland.. that made me giggle ;p

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We As in ROI maybe the best fan in tournament but as a footballing side we are truly horrible!!

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By *omcattyMan
over a year ago

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DISASTER,,we went there to win a cpl of games,,,end up being the best,,at getting pissed and singing lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"If want to 'win the singing' there is a separate competition that caters for this: it's called the Eurovision."

Better to be known as a nation of good losers, being able to have a good time no matter what... than some nations where they get extra police ready just in case....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Low lie the field of athenry. Come on you boys in green. Thats all of ireland.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"If want to 'win the singing' there is a separate competition that caters for this: it's called the Eurovision.

Better to be known as a nation of good losers, being able to have a good time no matter what... than some nations where they get extra police ready just in case...."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Better that than being known as a country that exploits loopholes to steal players developed by other countries

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Explain loophole?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How can you steal a player?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"How can you steal a player?"

They probably get forced to slavery. Well paid slavery.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You buy a hiace van and drive to places like Derry and pile ppl into it!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just watched the republic game crap result but the fans have done the hole of ireland proud .

The "hole" of Ireland.. that made me giggle ;p"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

that's hijacking, not stealing! Don't you know the difference? lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Stealing is taking something that you havent got the consent to have,

A player CHOOSING to play for a team that he wants to play for is not stealing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

to be honest, I'm lost here... I don't know much about football and as a foreigner I may not fully understand what this 'stealing' discussion is about?

Can someone enlighten me, please?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

FFs Bbwitched hijaking and stealing all the same in the occupied 6!!!! Dooooohhhhh

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have no problems with choosing the RoI over Norn Iron however i dont think players should be able to switch allegiences to RoI when it suits them, not least without some sort of compensation.

James McClean for example was all to happy to play for NI when he was young and wasnt good enough to make it into the RoI teams but when he gets his chance at Sunderland, partly thanks to the efforts of IFA he then opts for Republic. (And he's not a kid, he's 23 now- and was an adult old enough to vote so would be old enough to know where his political allegiences lie when he was representing NornIron u21)

Under the same rules England could have picked Bale before he made a full competitive game for Wales but the home nations respect each other and the rules rather than look to exploit them for their own gain. To quote FAI chief Scout - "They have a small pool of players but in the long run, the less good results they get the more the dual players will want to come to us.”

IFA funding of grassroots football is the main reason that top Northern players such as Jonny Evans,Darren Gibson and James McClean are where they are today. ALOT of money was invested in youth football in Northern Ireland particularly in religiously divided communities such as Belfast and Derry as being united in sport changes tolerance in young people towards people that they would consider different whether this is in race or religion.

Would it be wrong not to fight for what the IFA have considered an investment for the future? Is it really ethical or indeed something to be proud of when RoI scouts go to hotels prior Northern Ireland u21 games and tell players to come join them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Boynextdoor all very very valid points! And I can at times feel sorry for northern ireland fans. But on the flip side it is eAch individuals own right after the signing of the good Friday agreement to be dual passport holders. For example te application for Irish passports has rocketed in the past few months as university education is free to people in Scotland to foreign nationals!! So what we have now is ppl utiiziling a loophole to there economic advantage!

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By *ouple1234Couple
over a year ago

BELFAST UK

At the end of the day NI is crap ROI is crap the only real team within the united kingdom to make any kind of impact in world football is england

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ok, I'm OUT. This has become way too political for me!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's the same as doing a job for five years becoming as good as you can be then another company offering you a job doing the same thing for more money and better prospects, anybody would take it up.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When have england made an impact worth noticing. Getting to the quaterfinal is not much better then what we did.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's the same as doing a job for five years becoming as good as you can be then another company offering you a job doing the same thing for more money and better prospects, anybody would take it up."

in football when that happens the other company have to pay to take you away

For a real world example, if the company has paid for you to do all manner of training to become as good as you are you are obliged/contracted to stay otherwise there are financial penalties

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nobody don't forget they won the world cup in 1966, they keep telling us about it fs. That's a massive impact.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fact : There are more english players playing professional football in ROI premier league( sorry for not known the proper name) than they are in the English Premier league

Fact: England doesnt have a hope in hell if beating Spain either.

Fact: There should be one international football team for irish football just like in rubgy and cricket.

Fact: England still think they created football

Fact: Football was played by the Aztecs and Incas except they used the flaming heads of there enemys as the ball.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Nobody don't forget they won the world cup in 1966, they keep telling us about it fs. That's a massive impact. "

England won it in 66? Are you sure? it sounds like something i'd have heard before

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

people let's English bash!! Yeahhhhhhh

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fact: There should be one international football team for irish football just like in rubgy and cricket.

FACT: saying 'fact' before stating your opinion doesnt actually make that opinion a fact

If there was a seperate Northern Ireland cricket and Rugby teams i doubt there would be as many defecting to the south

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By *ouple1234Couple
over a year ago

BELFAST UK

its still better than the impact that ireland have been making,and its better to have won than never to win at all

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lets all support spain plus england have never won this competition.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How many world and europen cups have germany won. Might go support then. Once again well done the irish people. You did this island proud.

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By *ardon 69Man
over a year ago

in Laois :-)

Its is great to be respected worldwide

Worth while looking at the amount of stewards at any Irish,French,Polish,Etc,Etc and then look at the amount of stewards at the english match, feel sorry for the decent english fans to be tarred with the same brush.

Seems like Ireland is going to get the "Fair Play"award from UEFA as the Mayor of Gdansk has confirmed he will be nominating Ireland.

Every cloud has a silver lining, not as good as winning but sure we all had fun anyway!

So what happened in 66 ???? LMAO

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Eric cantona was born

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By *ardon 69Man
over a year ago

in Laois :-)

"Eric cantona was born"

Good one!!

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By *omcattyMan
over a year ago

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At least we all agree on one thing,,there needs to be one irish team,,,,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"At least we all agree on one thing,,there needs to be one irish team,,,,"

HELL NO

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"At least we all agree on one thing,,there needs to be one irish team,,,,

HELL NO"

that sounds a bit aggressive, I shall explain...

I was born in a little country called Northern Ireland, in the rolling hills with the wineries and beautiful sunsets....

with the rugby, I've never known a N. Irish and a republic national teams, so I am OK with the Ireland rugby team, however...

Football, I class myself as Northern Irish, having been born, bred and buttered there, I cheered our boys from the stands through good and bad, and no matter what, I am proud of them. Calls for an amalgamated team, I see as someone trying to tear my national identity away, I wont stand for it at all.

I am proud of my country, the majority of my people and my history (barring the last 40 years of violence), most of all, proud of the Green and White Army

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"At least we all agree on one thing,,there needs to be one irish team,,,,"

I certainly dont agree with it but the reality is RoI can pick from all of Ireland as it is so why change anything.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There should be one ireland football team to represent the irish people as a whole ,the FAI and the NI equalivant should be disbanded and a new organisation setup , christ like our best(ROI) untested midfield player played with Derry City. If this island is ever going to achieve on the international stage of football we need to be united and without barriers.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

im so proud that my football team got a mention lol

(born and breed in sunderland)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There should be one ireland football team to represent the irish people as a whole ,the FAI and the NI equalivant should be disbanded and a new organisation setup , christ like our best(ROI) untested midfield player played with Derry City. If this island is ever going to achieve on the international stage of football we need to be united and without barriers."

I like most NI fans would never stand for this!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like most NI fans would never stand for this!"

To me, its like saying your country doesn't exist

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By *ouple1234Couple
over a year ago

BELFAST UK

so if its one team then will 'everyone' stand for god save the queen i think not

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By *omcattyMan
over a year ago

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Good,,,everyone agrees,,a united team would win the next world cup,,,,,

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By *ouple1234Couple
over a year ago

BELFAST UK

not everyone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"so if its one team then will 'everyone' stand for god save the queen i think not "

exactly!

where would home games be? Dublin? national Anthem? what about the soldiers song, that wont cause problems, what about when Irish president is in attendance? then you have to play irish national anthem

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do we sing god save the queen for rugby games ? No

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Do we sing god save the queen for rugby games ? No "

true, but you play irish national anthem, which is an issue for northern Irish players, hence Irelands Call was written. yet National anthem is still played when Irish President is in attendance.

furthermore, what about few years ago when Ireland played against Italy(I think Italy) at Ravenhill, they wernt allowed to fly the union flag, god save the Queen was refused (on british territory) and they tried to play Soldiers song

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

This has also gone WAYYYYYYY off topic

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By *ouple1234Couple
over a year ago

BELFAST UK

Seems times really havent changed its all one sided even on here

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Neil Lennon to replace trap

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By *omcattyMan
over a year ago

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Martin o'neill in charge of one united team,,,,worldbeaters,,,,,

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

When I posted it was to praise the irish fans for supporting their team even tho they got gubbed and would have said same if it was northern irish fans,didnt want it to become political or get out of hand so come on peeps surely we r all on here for bit of banter and a shag lol.

Ps wish h hadnt posted now.

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By *ouple1234Couple
over a year ago

BELFAST UK

It did start off as banter me being one giving it out and yes if it was me taking it, i would take no offence but its silly people pointing fingers and writing silly comments that just dont need said and trying to mix just changed the hole mood

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By *ardon 69Man
over a year ago

in Laois :-)

"When I posted it was to praise the irish fans for supporting their team even tho they got gubbed and would have said same if it was northern irish fans,didnt want it to become political or get out of hand so come on peeps surely we r all on here for bit of banter and a shag lol.

Ps wish h hadnt posted now.

Here, Here !!!

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By *omcattyMan
over a year ago

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How about one irish SEX team ?,,would that need an anthem i wonder,,lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We do have a football all ireland team. We play australia ever couple of years. As for the soccer maybe we should change our name to the republic of ireland and the all of a sudden popular catholic's that would have been bood and taunted but their own northern ireland fans. Its a bit to long so we will keep it as it is and welcome with open arms the good catholic players. Ole ole. Ole ole. We are all part of union jacks army, were of to play italy.

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