What Was Your Worst Moment As a Fan?

blu_sonic

marky4 wrote:

best moment is knocking shamrock rovers down last year

not to mention an 8 point deduction no it was all you yay.

therecklessone wrote:

I can think of plenty of terms other than "fan" to describe the followers of Rovers. Why don't you change the record?

i presume he'll change his record when you do, grow up "fan" what nonsence

therecklessone wrote:

Losing 6-4 to Rovers at Tolka Park a couple of years ago, seeing the visiting "fans" invading the pitch every time they scored.

but maybe this has something to do with it 6-4 you say? well i'd remember but you know with an honours list the length of ollies rap sheet you tend to forget these little wins. oh ps im sure your "fans" never invaded a pitch. such a self indulgent post.

shouldn't the post regarding italia 90 mention ireland's (or englands) beating etc?

mine was dropping down last year after 83 years in irelands top flight, a tarnish on the EL's greatest record 15leagues, the EL will never be the same again, or atleast till we get promoted

ullu

shouldn't the post regarding italia 90 mention ireland's (or englands) beating etc?

Probably not, given that we were never expected to beat one of the favourites for the tournament on their home soil after only scoring two goals in four games.

therecklessone

blu_sonic wrote:

i presume he'll change his record when you do, grow up "fan" what nonsence

I don't harp on about Rovers "fans".

blu_sonic wrote:

such a self indulgent post.

Aye son, aye...:rolleyes:

The Rooster

Sarge wrote:

As a celtic fan , Thursday 3 March 1994 been told that i would never watch the team my granfather loved and i loved play again, it was a shock then i was 11 at the time and been to parkhead since 1990. When the news broke that mccann bought celtic my grandfather just broke down(good rest his soul) he got a phone call from a friend who was standing outside the bank of scotland with the rest of the celtic fans.

Sorry for being stupid and not understanding. Can you explain exactly why when McCann bought Celtic on 3 March 1994 you were told that you would never watch Celtic again?
Have you actually been to a Celtic match since then?

cournioni

When Macedonia got that last minute goal against Ireland. Absolutely terrible feeling.

SCULLY

berengar wrote:

Chelsea Fan

Ok - The defeat to Barcelona in the 2000 CL 1-4 final after going to the
Nou Camp with a 3-1 lead.

the times being beaten by Arsenal 3 times in a season.

Liverpool knocking us out of the CL last year.

Eh let´s see oh yeah last night after watching the match in a bar in Barcelona
and the ABUSE I got from the catalans, they are the scum of the earth Barça fans.

That trip down memory lane is going to put me back in therapy!! (btw we lost 5-1 to barca - 2 goals in extra time after baba got sent off!!)

cournioni

SCULLY wrote:

For Ireland finding out that our best player couldnt be arsed playing for his country before I went out to Japan.

That is incorrect.

SCULLY

PORNAPSTER wrote:

That is incorrect.

You are right - it is incorrect, which is why I didn't say it (it was taken from a previous post by speriamo) - I've edited my post to clarify this:)

gimmick

Actually another low for me was when Cork City played Celtic in Turners Cross.

9000 people there, 8000 shouting against the home team, and actually were gloating at the end when the mighty Celtic scraped a 2-3 win.

It was pathetic seeing grown men outside the ground afterwards "sing 3-2 to the champions" and "shove your city up your hole" - in a Cork accent i might add.

And people wonder why I dislike Celtic

The Muppet

Footballing wise the 1979 cup final Arsenal v Man Utd , United come back from 2 0 down to bring the game to 2 2 only to be beaten in the closing n minutes by an alan sunderland goal. It still sickens me today when I think of it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2005/04/28/1979_facup_memories_feature.shtml



Form a non footballing point of view I saw both Hillsborough and Heysel as they happened the 1985 Bradford stadium fire also comes to mind .

Pigman II

gimmick wrote:

And people wonder why I dislike Celtic

I didn't know that was why, but I certainly didn't WONDER why. There's SO many reasons to choose from

Roddy23

My top three worst moments as a fan:
Macedonia - not gonna say anything other than I nearly smashed the tv screen with the remote.
Nayim - for obvious reasons
Owen in the Fa Cup Final,
theres been a few more, but the good times mostly outweigh the bad times, not many teams can say that.

YeatsCounty

Sligo Rovers:
1996 League Cup Final Second Leg versus Shelbourne. Rovers won the first leg 1-0, we were leading the second game 1-0 and 2-0 on aggregate until Shels got two goals late in the second half (the equaliser was very late in coming) to tie up the game. We then lost on penalties.

Getting relegated in 2000.

AC Milan:
Losing last season's Champions League Final. Have never been more gutted watching a match.

The 1995 CL Final.

The 6-1 defeat to Juventus a few seasons back.

Ireland:
Losing a two goal lead against Israel in Dublin.

Watching the 1995 game against England on TV.

The manner in which we were eliminated from the 2002 World Cup, in a game we really should have won.

Macedonia 1999.

Anfield 1995.

Brussels 1997

Losing to Mexico in 1994.

Saipan.

The first half on the match against Cameroon, our first after the above debacle.

EDIT: Somehow forgot THAT draw against Liechtenstein......

KdjaCL

In 1987 being told by "me da" that the Pats match we were going to was the last one ever as they were going out of business , Kerr you fcuking Legend!!!

Losing 5-0 to Zimbru and paying for the away trip just before the game. And then losing 5-0 away at least they were consistent. After the previous seasons exploits we actually thought we could get a result vs these unknown lads, man were we wrong

Playing at home to Celtic in Tolka in CL and being outnumbered by Irish Celtic fans. (altho the previous week was my best moment) Watching Irish people boo irish players playing for an irish club vs a British one is an odd/sickening experience.

Losing to Shels in FAI cup final semi final after 10 minutes injury time allowed them to equalise and then score the winner, and it gets the worse the next day in work the scorer abused me all bleedin day.

But the single worst moment ever has to be away to Dundalk in 2001 when we "won" the league on a thursday night by having more points/wins/goals then everyone else. But knowing the next day Shels were going to the high court to overturn the points decision. At the final whistle we had insurmoutnable points and the horriblest half hearted cheer of "champions champions" was wrong. Hopefully noone else will have to suffer that, except Shels.

Ireland vs Spain 2002........

kdjac

20 Times 20 Times

The Rooster wrote:

Sorry for being stupid and not understanding. Can you explain exactly why when McCann bought Celtic on 3 March 1994 you were told that you would never watch Celtic again?
Have you actually been to a Celtic match since then?

the bank was forclosing on celtic , eight minutes left and mccann saved celtic.

speriamo

SCULLY wrote:

You are right - it is incorrect, which is why I didn't say it (it was taken from a previous post by speriamo) - I've edited my post to clarify this:)

You are wrong. It is very correct. Thanks for the boards free speech too:rolleyes:

Forgot about Macedonia and Croatia away for Ireland.

Therecklessone that 6-4 win was in 1997 and there was no fans on the pitch....

blu_sonic

speriamo wrote:

Therecklessone that 6-4 win was in 1997 and there was no fans on the pitch....

there isn't any point in getting into it with them, look at the way they use inverted commas to decribe rovers fans, they obviously feel we're all hooligans, and just won't say it, or atleast use veiled attempts to express it.

by the sound of their decriptions of Rovers fans you'd need Chuck Norris, Mr T, Mike Tyson and Hulk Hogan acting as stewards to keep us in the stands.

Shaque attack

the 1996 FA Cup final, watched the game in the clubhouse and i was the only liverpool fan there, that and as somebody said half time may 25 2005.

Raskolnikov

Can't believe no one has mentioned this one, Ireland losing to Italy in Italia '90. It was our first time in the finals of the World Cup, beating Romania after peno's, I honestly thought that we were invincible. I can still remember Schillaci putting the ball past Bonner, broke my wee heart at the time.

gracehopper

Raskolnikov wrote:

Can't believe no one has mentioned this one, Ireland losing to Italy in Italia '90. It was our first time in the finals of the World Cup, beating Romania after peno's, I honestly thought that we were invincible. I can still remember Schillaci putting the ball past Bonner, broke my wee heart at the time.

I have memories of my da throwing a pen at the TV when they scored.

blu_sonic

Raskolnikov wrote:

Can't believe no one has mentioned this one, Ireland losing to Italy in Italia '90. It was our first time in the finals of the World Cup, beating Romania after peno's, I honestly thought that we were invincible. I can still remember Schillaci putting the ball past Bonner, broke my wee heart at the time.

i touched on it

therecklessone

speriamo wrote:

Therecklessone that 6-4 win was in 1997 and there was no fans on the pitch....

You either weren't at the match and don't know what you're talking about, or lying.

There were Rovers fan on the pitch after two (if not more) goals scored by Rovers.

blu_sonic

have your "fans" ever invaded the pitch? any pitch tolka/dailer/richers/milltown anywhere

therecklessone

blu_sonic wrote:

have your "fans" ever invaded the pitch? any pitch tolka/dailer/richers/milltown anywhere

Yes, whats your point?

blu_sonic

so why are you conplaining about our fans going onto the pitch, its just another case of one rule for us another for them. why conplain about hoops on the pitch when you do it too?

therecklessone

blu_sonic wrote:

so why are you conplaining about our fans going onto the pitch

Because that was my lowest point as a Shels fan. Collapsing to your shower and being taunted by pitch invaders, is it that hard to understand?

I'm sure if the roles were reversed you'd feel salt had been rubbed in the wound by the pitch invaders.

Rikand

Raskolnikov wrote:

Can't believe no one has mentioned this one, Ireland losing to Italy in Italia '90. It was our first time in the finals of the World Cup, beating Romania after peno's, I honestly thought that we were invincible. I can still remember Schillaci putting the ball past Bonner, broke my wee heart at the time.

If you check the third page, you will see that it was mentioned, by myself no less

Lemlin

As an Ireland fan:

All the play-off loses: Belgium, Turkey and Holland. Apart from the Dutch game at Anfield, I think we were more than capable of winning the other two.

Losing to Spain in 2002: Ireland left that game behind them. I don't think we matched Italy in '90 or Holland in '94 but we should of beat Spain.

Wrecking qualification to Euro 2000 in Macedonia/Croatia: We'd done well in the big games but lost out to last minute equalisers that shouldn't of happened.

As a Blackburn fan:

Shearer/ Daglish leaving: Gutted

Relegation: Still can't believe the team we had that went down.

Jack Walker dieing: He made Blackburn a force in football and then had to watch them fall apart.

Graeme Souness being hired as manager: I knew it'd end in tears from the start. Never liked the man and was happy to see him go.

blu_sonic

therecklessone wrote:

Because that was my lowest point as a Shels fan. Collapsing to your shower and being taunted by pitch invaders, is it that hard to understand?

I'm sure if the roles were reversed you'd feel salt had been rubbed in the wound by the pitch invaders.

but why put into inverted commas fan? it implies hooligan or at the very least not a fan ie the "fans" caused the trouble

Chucky the tree

Raskolnikov wrote:

Can't believe no one has mentioned this one, Ireland losing to Italy in Italia '90. It was our first time in the finals of the World Cup, beating Romania after peno's, I honestly thought that we were invincible. I can still remember Schillaci putting the ball past Bonner, broke my wee heart at the time.

invincilble? we could barely score goals. I was tempted to mention it, but when i look back on it, it brings happy feelings to me, rather then sad. We did so well in that world cup that it definitly cant be counted as a "worst moment". i certainly dont think so anyway.

Rikand

at the time, it was a worst moment

its not anymore, definately not for me, specially seeing how crap we are, makes me very happy now thinking back to that time

Benedict XVI

Lemlin wrote:

As an Ireland fan:

All the play-off loses: Belgium, Turkey and Holland. Apart from the Dutch game at Anfield, I think we were more than capable of winning the other two.

I think the 0-0 with Lichestien (sp) in June 1995 had to be the worst, the Dutch game in Anfield would never have happened if we beat Lichestien (sp) as we would have automatically qualified.

Oh why do they they always F**k it up whne it sin their own hands.

The 2 draws with Israel in 2005 where up there on the depression scale.

I am not a fan of any particular British club but watching both Hysel and Hillsborough unfold on live TV were very very disturbing

blu_sonic

just thinking the last game vrs sligo at miltown was the worst moment

therecklessone

blu_sonic wrote:

but why put into inverted commas fan? it implies hooligan or at the very least not a fan ie the "fans" caused the trouble

Two reasons:

1. I'm sick of Spearmio's continually questioning the right of people to support teams from outside the Republic, and so it was a wind up to show him that people continually question the bona fides of his own teams supporters. Maybe he should throw less stones when he's in his glasshouse?

2. I don't consider pitch invasions to be a valid expression of one's support for a club, at the end of the day it hurts the club more than anything. Therefore, not proper fans, i.e. people who care about the club.

Limerick Dude

As a Newcastle United Fan:
dyer and lee bowyer fighting on the pitcch last year. i had never been so disgusted in my life, it really was one of the worst feeligns ive ever had and they made a laughing stock of newcastle united.

the sacking of bobby robson and the hiring of graemme souness: worst decision made my freddy shepard, it just doesnt make any sense in the slightest, graemme souness has ruined what booby robson had built for us, fcuking CúNT.

selling andy cole: i was only about 7 at the time, and i remember my cousins slagging me off about it(they were all man u supporters) singing "andy cole has joooined man uuuunuted NA NA NA NA NA NA NA" ill never forget that lol!

as an ireland fan it would have to be us getting knocked out by spain in the world cup, i couldnt stop crying, fecking ian harte.

redspider

Jimboo_Jones wrote:

Hillsborough 1989 - waiting to see if my dad got back OK and seing how effected he was by it.

Yes, the unfortunate tragedies which resulted in deaths and injuries such as Heysel, Hillsborough, Bradford stadium (wasnt it), Ibrox crowd crush, Munich air crash and there are many more (an African team in an air crash), are undeniably the worst moments in the football world.

The OP was about pure footall events, so before the we roll-out too many worst moments in football, lets get a thread started on the Best Football moments, although we've had a few of those down through the years (threads I mean).

Concentrating on the worst moments too much is bad for us humans ..... was it Freud or Confucious or someone else less renowned that once said: Think Happy Thoughts

redspider

Lemlin

Zambia were the country in the plane crash in Africa I think.

Originally posted by chucky the tree
invincilble? we could barely score goals. I was tempted to mention it, but when i look back on it, it brings happy feelings to me, rather then sad. We did so well in that world cup that it definitly cant be counted as a "worst moment". i certainly dont think so anyway.

I'd imagine the user was referring to his thoughts at that time. I know I was only eight then and I thought Quinny was the best thing since sliced bread

Drag00n79

Pigman II wrote:

Ireland 3-1 Turkey (Istanbul 1991)

Yeah, that was depressing alright. I was living in Germany at the time and myself and a few mates decided to go into a Turkish bar to see if it was live on TV. We arrived a bit early ...2pm so we were well cut during the match but we were very much aware of the consequences of the result. We were getting news from home about the goings on in the England match. Also remember feeling gutted after losing to Holland in 88 Euro Championships thanks to Wim Kieft's spinning header with seven or so minutes left.

blu_sonic

therecklessone wrote:

Two reasons:

1. I'm sick of Spearmio's continually questioning the right of people to support teams from outside the Republic, and so it was a wind up to show him that people continually question the bona fides of his own teams supporters. Maybe he should throw less stones when he's in his glasshouse?

2. I don't consider pitch invasions to be a valid expression of one's support for a club, at the end of the day it hurts the club more than anything. Therefore, not proper fans, i.e. people who care about the club.

point 1 has nothing to do with me, i've never begrudged anyone their support of any club, i wish that everyone supported an EL club, even along side their other club, but its not my nor anybodies place to tell anyone who to support.

point 2, refere to your own clubs support with inverted commas also then, and personally i don't get too bothered by people going on the pitch in certain cases, ie, a big win against a rival, a cup win, a league win, (both as in final wins), survival, promotion etc.

i think EL fans are too quick to throw down the hooligan tag and "fans" nonsence to rovers, just because we've become the scape goats.

kensutz

Every weekend

therecklessone

blu_sonic wrote:

point 1 has nothing to do with me

Most sensible thing you've said do far. Neither post was addressed at you, you took up someone else's fight off your own bat.

blu_sonic wrote:

point 2, refere to your own clubs support with inverted commas also then

I'll condemn the Dutch Gold Brigade when they drag our club's name through the mud. They are a tiny, and not very vocal, minority of our support.

blu_sonic wrote:

i think EL fans are too quick to throw down the hooligan tag and "fans" nonsence to rovers, just because we've become the scape goats.

And my experience has been that your fans are the most likely to misbehave, more so than any other club in the EL that I have experience of. Once bitten, twice shy? That said, I still wouldn't tar every Rovers fan with the same brush, and I think the two reasons I've posted above cover that.

blu_sonic

therecklessone wrote:

And as a Shels fan...

Losing 6-4 to Rovers at Tolka Park a couple of years ago, seeing the visiting "fans" invading the pitch every time they scored.

thats the post i was questioning you about none of your in fighting with speriamo, he obviously took exception to the "fan" thing too, oh by the way the duch gold brigade are a minority in our support too

speriamo

Wow talk about being obsessed. Its 9 years later and he still remembers it. You will find that most pitch invasions are spontaneous moments of joy.

And I dont mind people here "supporting" a foreign club once they support an Irish club first.

And you talk about glasshouses. In the last few years I have seen shels fans on the tolka pitch EVERY time we played there no matter what the result. But I suppose thats alright when the guy running the club is a convicted criminal. Grow up kid.

Back on topic forgot about Liechtenstein in 1995. Beautiful place but what an awful result.

SCULLY

speriamo wrote:

And I dont mind people here "supporting" a foreign club once they support an Irish club first.

Your generosity knows no bounds......

speriamo

SCULLY wrote:

Your generosity knows no bounds......

Thanks ollie

mchurl

Ireland 0-0 Liechtenstein (sp?) has to be one of the lowest points ever! Also conceding that last minute equaliser to Macedonia over there.

As a saints fan, it would have to be relegation last season on teh final day, especially after we had started so well against united.