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Fulham Owner trying to buy Wembley

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  • #52
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    munstermagic11 wrote: »
    Wembley would be regarded as a far greater historic landmark than Croker.

    I really don't think it would. The events you list have a place in British sporting history, but not national history. Unlike Bloody Sunday and the massacre at Croke Park, which were part of the history curriculum that every Irish schoolchildren studied for decades. Hosting the European Cup Final has no real historical significance at all compared to "scene of a massacre, because those who attended that venue were seen as an enemy"


  • #53
    j8wk2feszrnpao
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,438 ✭✭✭j8wk2feszrnpao


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I really don't think it would. The events you list have a place in British sporting history, but not national history. Unlike Bloody Sunday and the massacre at Croke Park, which were part of the history curriculum that every Irish schoolchildren studied for decades. Hosting the European Cup Final has no real historical significance at all compared to "scene of a massacre, because those who attended that venue were seen as an enemy"
    I was speaking in terms of the grander World stage.
    Wembley is a still a renowned stadium the World over (along with the events it's hosted). Croker is not.


  • #54
    lassykk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,603 ✭✭✭lassykk


    Rekop dog wrote: »
    But it's all open to perception though. People attach their own significance to things. If you think holding a 100 year grudge is a valid reason for not allowing the hypothetical example of a English side move to Croker I believe you're being as hateful as those nationalist opposing the Wembley sale. Most extreme nationalist fronts at their core are racist/sectarianist/xenophobic.

    Ha, I forgot about this thread but I think it's hilarious that me stating Wembley and Croke Park are not comparable due to the history of what happened at both stadiums somehow makes me hateful / racist / sectarian / xenophobic :rolleyes:

    I would have no personal issue with anyone using Croke Park of any nationality for any reasonable purpose.

    The point I was making is that the historical significance of the venue versus Wembley is completely different. That has nothing to do with perception either. Nothing on the same scale of Bloody Sunday has ever happened in Wembley (thankfully) and comparing both venues from a historical standpoint is not reasonable.


  • #55
    Harry Palmr
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    Offer withdrawn.


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