Cork City flag has become famous

eirebhoy

If you have been watching the Swizz-Croatia, Sweden-Bulgaria and Czech-Latvia match you will have noticed the Irish flag with Cork City written on it. It has been mentioned on RTE Radio 1, RTE Net 2 and BBC Radio 5. I have a sister living in London and she's saying a load of people have been asking her about it.

Fair play to them. I'm sure they'll be at a few more matches, they could also have been at other matches out of the camera's view.

Pigman II

Apparently there's this Irish footy fan who's a real nutcase and every finals tournament draws up an itinary to visit EVERY GROUND and see EVERY SINGLE team during the run of the tournement at least once . He's been doing it since Mexico 86 and has managed it every time so far - even for the JapanKorea tournment which I'd have considered logisitically impossible to achieve?

Anyway, maybe he's involved with the flag popping up all over the place - tho contracticing that I vaguely remember it said he came from Ennis? Meh, if a Serb can play for Sweden, a Canadian for England and a Brazilian for Germany then anythings likely.

Pacifico

Yeah i saw this also. Very good indeed

Mind you ive seen Irish flags at most matches....

thejollyrodger

I was wondering about that come on Cork

KdjaCL

Anyone hear what RTE commentator said when he saw it?

"A Cork City flag what are they doing here ,is there Eircom league on around here"

kdjac

naitkris

Originally posted by KdjaC
Anyone hear what RTE commentator said when he saw it?

"A Cork City flag what are they doing here ,is there Eircom league on around here"

kdjac

yeah, i remember something like that being said. seen the flag 3 times now or something.

on a different note, i know just about every country does it, but isn't writing stuff on a national flag not allowed, or if there is no law on it, it is disrespectful? i heard this somewhere, but i could've heard wrong.

KdjaCL

Np pubnames are allowed on them UEFA/FIFA deemed it cheap advertising.


kdjac

BaZmO*

Wasn't there an Irish fan that used to the same but for Irish games moreso?

I think he used to get sponsored from his local pub I think?

"Davey Keogh, Says Hello"

Think that 's what it used to read.

B.

KdjaCL

Originally posted by BaZmO*


"Davey Keogh, Says Hello"

he used to my football manager , goers everywhere still does.

Nice bloke too.

kdjac

Third_Echelon

I have a picture of me and my dad at the ireland vs norway game in USA'94 and that cork city flag is in the background, so he is going that long alright....

some dedication since 1986 to do all that travelling...