Worst county to be a supporter of?

pmy.murphy

Its sad to see what has happened to Offaly, at this moment in time Id say a day out in Croker means a lot to them

Waitsian

52 posts in and nobody has mentioned Louth. Wouldn't know one end of a hurley from the other and the football team hasn't won an all-Ireland or a Leinster since 1957.

Tigger

Mayo
they win Connacht all the time get to the finals regularly and still can't get there

also football is soo important to them that they annexed some of roscommon


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballaghaderreen

Syferus

Tigger wrote: »

Mayo
they win Connacht all the time get to the finals regularly and still can't get there

also football is soo important to them that they annexed some of roscommon


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballaghaderreen

Ballagh is in Roscommon and those that can play for the closest Roscommon clubs. Some poor Roscommon souls like Sean Kilbride, Andy Moran, Pierce and Cian Hanley and Sharoize Akram weren't so lucky.

Lemlin

Nib wrote: »

Kildare would have to be up there. We're probably the most unpredictable football team in Ireland. McGeeney's first year started with a defeat to lowly Wicklow but somehow ended up in a QF and were a kick of a ball and a bad refereeing decision away from an AI final a year later. The Donegal QF extra time defeat in 2011 was heartbreaking as well. Self destruct mode at it's finest.

This year has been similar, lose to an average Meath team in the opening round then go up the Newry and hammer a decent Down team by 10 points. God only knows what tomorrow has in store.

Our minor, U21s and junior teams have all been hugely successful in recent years, but for whatever reason, our seniors just cannot buy silverware.

Our County Board are a laughing stock within the county. Showing McGeeney the door because 1 or 2 clubs got upset because he wouldn't release players for league games. Jason Ryan has not improved the situation on this front, yet there's not a word said. Don't get me started on the whole SJ affair..

Other than Kildare, I would say Mayo. Surely nobody could begrudge them an All Ireland.

Kildare wouldn't even be close on this. You've had plenty of days out. The likes of Leitrim have never even played in an All Ireland QF.

KevIRL

New York. One game a year and if they win that it causes all kinds of hassle with them unable to play the next round in ireland. At least they always get a picture in 'season of Sunday's' each year

deadybai

I'd hate to be from a county that never wins anything. I'd say a big county like Wicklow is the worst to support because at least in a small county like Louth or Leitrim you might know a few players personally. When you think about it, what the hell goes on in Wickow? A County of that size should be at least competitve.

To say KK wouldnt appreciate the All Ireland as much as another county is bull. When Tipp beat us in 2010 there was some depression in the county. And when we beat them in 2011 the joy was like nothing else. KK would have to win at least ten in a row before it would start getting a bit stale :P

fermanagh_man

Fermanagh has the smallest number of clubs to choose county players from in Ireland
Our expectations aren't high when it comes to the county team but winning an ulster is the aim each year

The Fermanagh county boards approach to underage development is very poor

Hammer Archer

Nib wrote: »

This year has been similar, lose to an average Meath team in the opening round then go up the Newry and hammer a decent Down team by 10 points. God only knows what tomorrow has in store.

Does not compute. Meath are "average" yet Down are "decent"? We beat Down in the league this year with a bigger injury list than three weeks ago. Down are a very poor side this year.

Wouldn't have Kildare or Mayo anywhere near the top of this list. You can make cases for/against a lot of the smaller teams. Carlow would be up there though they've had some success at underage hurling level. Fermanagh also, having never even won a provincial title though they were just a point away from making an All Ireland final 10 years ago. I think Wicklow would be my choice. For a county that size never to have won a provincial title (unless you count the Bray team that represented Dublin from the 1800s)

The only thing about supporting a so-called "weaker" team, is that if/when relative success comes along, that success is savoured and appreciated so much more by their supporters than the same success for bigger teams.

tayto lover

mod9maple wrote: »

52 posts in and nobody has mentioned Louth. Wouldn't know one end of a hurley from the other and the football team hasn't won an all-Ireland or a Leinster since 1957.

AND were robbed of a Leinster title in 2010 by a last minute try and blind officials.

RoscommonTom

Sligo, never win anything and going nowhere

auldgranny

deadybai wrote: »

I'd hate to be from a county that never wins anything. I'd say a big county like Wicklow is the worst to support because at least in a small county like Louth or Leitrim you might know a few players personally. When you think about it, what the hell goes on in Wickow? A County of that size should be at least competitve.

To say KK wouldnt appreciate the All Ireland as much as another county is bull. When Tipp beat us in 2010 there was some depression in the county. And when we beat them in 2011 the joy was like nothing else. KK would have to win at least ten in a row before it would start getting a bit stale :P

See depression in the county when you lost an all-ireland and joy the next year. Kk had to wait one year from depression to joy. You have no idea what it's like to be from a regular county.

Aislinn.B

Carlow

rossie1977

RoscommonTom wrote: »

Sligo, never win anything and going nowhere

sligo had a good run last decade to be fair. a number of connacht finals, numerous wins over mayo and galway at senior level (something we haven't done since 2001 ). we have won multiple connacht club, minor and under 21 titles since 2005 and still can't beat mayo or galway at senior level.

i was in croke park in 2002 when sligo beat tyrone, i was in the hyde in 2007 when they beat galway. supporters of counties like offaly, wicklow, carlow etc would give their right hand to have had some of sligos success over the last 10 years.

Nib

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Does not compute. Meath are "average" yet Down are "decent"? We beat Down in the league this year with a bigger injury list than three weeks ago. Down are a very poor side this year.

Wouldn't have Kildare or Mayo anywhere near the top of this list. You can make cases for/against a lot of the smaller teams. Carlow would be up there though they've had some success at underage hurling level. Fermanagh also, having never even won a provincial title though they were just a point away from making an All Ireland final 10 years ago. I think Wicklow would be my choice. For a county that size never to have won a provincial title (unless you count the Bray team that represented Dublin from the 1800s)

The only thing about supporting a so-called "weaker" team, is that if/when relative success comes along, that success is savoured and appreciated so much more by their supporters than the same success for bigger teams.

Down are hardly a poor side, but for a late Cavanagh free they would have beaten Tyrone this year. The league means absolutely nothing come championship time. Meath are an average Division 2 outfit and will be lucky to be within 15 points of Dublin tomorrow.

Take the green and gold blinkers off.

Dublin Red Devil

Mayo Constant almost there seasons. Always falling at the final fence. Put their fans through emorional and financial pain

Lemlin

Nib wrote: »

Down are hardly a poor side, but for a late Cavanagh free they would have beaten Tyrone this year. The league means absolutely nothing come championship time. Meath are an average Division 2 outfit and will be lucky to be within 15 points of Dublin tomorrow.

Take the green and gold blinkers off.

Maybe you should take the green and gold chip off your shoulder.

I've never seen the like of ye Kildare lads. Meath beat yas a few weeks ago and yas are obsessed about trying to prove ye are better than them since.

The game happened 3 weeks ago and Kildare lost. That's what matters.

ShatterProof

Worst county must be Dublin. Imagine have to listen to 80,000 Dublin accents in Croke Park for each game. Must be head wrecking.

Nib

Lemlin wrote: »

Maybe you should take the green and gold chip off your shoulder.

I've never seen the like of ye Kildare lads. Meath beat yas a few weeks ago and yas are obsessed about trying to prove ye are better than them since.

The game happened 3 weeks ago and Kildare lost. That's what matters.

Have you got some sort of alarm that goes off every time Kildare is mentioned on Boards.ie? Your obsession with all things Kildare is hilarious.

I know you have no vested interested in the All Ireland race anymore after Cavan's hammering last week, but for God's sake tone down the Kildare fascination. You're starting to embarrass yourself.

Hotfail.com

Definitely not the worst county, but it isn't easy being a Cork football supporter.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Syferus wrote: »

Ballagh is in Roscommon and those that can play for the closest Roscommon clubs. Some poor Roscommon souls like Sean Kilbride, Andy Moran, Pierce and Cian Hanley and Sharoize Akram weren't so lucky.

It was worth hanging on to Ballagh just to hear Rossies complain about it over a century later.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Offaly.

First year going to matches was 1997.We destroy everybody in Division 4 and win the Leinster championship playing a faboulous brand of football.

1998: Footballers win the NFL and Hurlers win the all ireland.

Since then nothing but heartbreak and now hopelessness as both teams are as bad as they have been for a very long time..

At least if you support a bad team you can accept that and not have any hope, there is nothing quite as bad as hope as it leads mainly to disappointment. Anyone who started supporting Offaly around my time was set up for a fall and has had to suffer for a fair few years with no signs of improvement.

Diabhal Beag

Hotfail.com wrote: »

Definitely not the worst county, but it isn't easy being a Cork football supporter.

The heart does bleed for a team that won an All-Ireland in the last 5 years alright.

Oasis_Dublin

Wicklow in football. They've never won Leinster, which is surprising given how decent their club football champions can be. Certainly competitive enough to reach a Leinster Final in the 20th century anyway!

Hurling wise. Take your pick of about 20 counties.

Hotfail.com

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

The heart does bleed for a team that won an All-Ireland in the last 5 years alright.

It's more the tradition of underperforming on the big day that I was getting at, got to 24 finals and lost 17 of them, that's only 4 less losses than Kerry who got to 57 finals.

Obviously not the worst, but far from the easiest to support.

radharc

Lemlin wrote: »

The likes of Leitrim have never even played in an All Ireland QF.

But they have played in an All-Ireland Semi Final.

Lemlin

Nib wrote: »

Have you got some sort of alarm that goes off every time Kildare is mentioned on Boards.ie? Your obsession with all things Kildare is hilarious.

I know you have no vested interested in the All Ireland race anymore after Cavan's hammering last week, but for God's sake tone down the Kildare fascination. You're starting to embarrass yourself.

Good man yourself. For a start Kildare weren't mentioned in your post I responded to but for your interest:

It's impossible to avoid Kildare when they're brought up on every thread. The Dublin Meath match thread was even turned into a discussion about Kildare being better than Meath.

Now you're coming onto this thread throwing unnecessary digs at Meath again.

You also entered the Cavan thread recently to mention a former Kildare player.

The only thing embarrassing is that you feel you're in some sort of dick measuring contest to prove how good Kildare are.

Lemlin

radharc wrote: »

But they have played in an All-Ireland Semi Final.

Yes, 20 years ago. For worst county to support I'd be thinking of counties that haven't played in Croker in that length of time.

The QFs were introduced in 2001 and I'd be looking at counties have yet to make a QF. Kildare have made plenty of QFs and a semi in that time and are far from the worst county to support IMO.

OldMrBrennan83

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Trixy_Trollox

It's clearly dublin. If we don't win we're laughed at and when we do we apparently cheat 'cause we play in Croker

Hotfail.com

AugustusMinimus wrote: »

In fairness, the fans of the likes of Kilkenny and Kerry win all the time. Another All-Ireland to them, is just that, another All-Ireland.

Fans from those counties will never experience the insane high that other counties get from winning All-Irelands.

Wouldn't say they think of it as "another All-Ireland", there is obviously a sense of joy and satisfaction attached to it, but I'd say there's no comparison between how they feel and how supporters of teams such as Armagh/Tyrone/Mayo would feel if they won the football or if Waterford ever win the hurling again :P

Amprodude

Hotfail.com wrote: »

Definitely not the worst county, but it isn't easy being a Cork football supporter.

I agree we probably have one of the worst records in AIFs.

Amprodude

Kerry because when they lose are very bad sports people. I reckon its because they win so often and rarely taste defeat.

Nib

Lemlin wrote: »

Good man yourself. For a start Kildare weren't mentioned in your post I responded to but for your interest:

It's impossible to avoid Kildare when they're brought up on every thread. The Dublin Meath match thread was even turned into a discussion about Kildare being better than Meath.

Now you're coming onto this thread throwing unnecessary digs at Meath again.

You also entered the Cavan thread recently to mention a Kildare player.

The only thing embarrassing is that you feel you're in some sort of dick measuring contest to prove how good Kildare are.

Johnston's not a Kildare player.

Lemlin

Nib wrote: »

Johnston's not a Kildare player.

Edited to include the word "former".

cabledude

citykat wrote: »

P***take surely?

No, he's talking about football fans. Kilkenny don't play football. They are 1 trick ponies.

Hibbeler

Meath after today we were shocking

FREETV

Hibbeler wrote: »

Meath after today we were shocking

The worst team ever in a Leinster Final against any Dublin team and I primarily blame the management team as the players looked as if there minds were elsewhere and they weren't with it or in to it.
No guile, hunger, intelligence, focus, basic ball skill, concentration, agression until it was far too late.

The match was really won by halftime.

Hibbeler

FREETV wrote: »

The worst team ever in a Leinster Final against any Dublin team and I primarily blame the management team as the players looked as if there minds were elsewhere and they weren't with it or in to it.
No guile, hunger, intelligence, focus, basic ball skill, concentration, agression until it was far too late.

The match was really won by halftime.

Agreed the game plan if there was one simply didn't work

FREETV

Bernard Flynn would be able to get the most out of that panel of lads.
Mick O' Dowd is too nice and soft and unfortunately isn't up to the job.
No malice intended.
I have never seen as bad a performance as that.

I cannot see him lasting beyond this season unless things change drasticly for the better.

BobbyPropane

Limerick footballers excluding the last 3 years. All those really close games against Cork and Kerry where we were on top for the majority only to lose in the final moments

Pegasusbridge

FREETV wrote: »

The worst team ever in a Leinster Final against any Dublin team and I primarily blame the management team as the players looked as if there minds were elsewhere and they weren't with it or in to it.
No guile, hunger, intelligence, focus, basic ball skill, concentration, agression until it was far too late.

The match was really won by halftime.

Were you at the game? Dublin were far better but Meath worked hard the whole game and never gave up. This dublin team has a great mix of experience and youth and are playing great football. Meath were a division 3 team last year. We're improving but we still have a long way to go.

FREETV

Dublin can run faster, are able to create many chances, they are able to read the game, have vision, pass accurately, get in to the proper positions when needed, can easily keep posession of the ball and can easily shake off the man marking them.
They have hunger and look like they enjoy the game.

Meath haven't even got the basic skills down yet.

Pegasusbridge

FREETV wrote: »

Dublin can run faster, are able to create many chances, they are able to read the game, have vision, pass accurately, get in to the proper positions when needed, can easily keep posession of the ball and can easily shake off the man marking them.
They have hunger and look like they enjoy the game.

Meath haven't even got the basic skills down yet.

So that is a no then. Dublin were better in those areas but a lot of things went there way too. That happens. Meath aren't nearly as bad as you are letting on.

tippy25

Leitrim. (shakes head)

LeoB

No county is "worst" to follow. You follow them because its in your veins.

I have great admiration for the like of Carlow, Leitrim, Longford, Wicklow who will never win a Senior title. The people are just as passionate there as anywhere else. Look at the playets they produce from time to time, Mickey Quinn, Emlyn Mulligan, Simon Rea, Paul Bardin, Leighton Glyn. Real All Stars never properly recognised by GAA

Nidgeweasel

Always thought it must be shi'te being an Antrim Hurling fan.

Out on their own in Ulster but well behind the rest. Must feel like a pointless exercise at times.

Don't agree with the Waterford shouts, some great provincial wins over the past 10/15 years or so and some great results.

Donegal was a tough one. 19 years failing over and over and over again when all we wanted for one fecking Ulster title. Just one. Had some great times from '93-'10 but we were left in the doldrums on many occasions. Still, we pull in big crowds and we love the craic of it all. Even when the team was part football team part stag party!

Also, the Kerry/Kilkenny thing doesn't wash with me. They are bred and reared on winning All Irelands. I can't imagine that would ever get stale. They have their own comparators and things to judge themselves against internally. Fair enough you probably won't ever get the scenes like after Donegal in '92 or even from Mayo when they win it next but they have their own standards, and they're fairly weighty and massively important to them.

citykat

Nidgeweasel wrote: »

Even when the team was part football team part stag party!
.

Really?

Nidgeweasel

citykat wrote: »

Really?

Yes.

Dublin in 2002, The run to the semifinal in 2003, beating Tyrone (AI champions) out the gate in '04, beating Fermanagh to get to the QF in 2006, winning the league in 2007, finally beating Armagh in the championship with a late goal in 2007.

That's just off the top of my head. Of course after these results we usually woke up to stories of the players antics in the Abbey hotel that night.

LeoB

No county is "worst" to follow. You follow them because its in your veins.

I have great admiration for the like of Carlow, Leitrim, Longford, Wicklow who will never win a Senior title. The people are just as passionate there as anywhere else. Look at the playets they produce from time to time, Mickey Quinn, Emlyn Mulligan, Simon Rea, Paul Bardin, Leighton Glyn. Real All Stars never properly recognised by GAA