#GreatestLeagueInTheWorld LOI 2019 pt 2

Captain Havoc

Just heard former Cobh and Shels striker Tony Izzi passed away. RIP

dan1895

Very sad. One of very few League of Ireland players I had heard of before I started going to games. Must have only been in his 50's.
RIP

D14Rugby

https://amp.independent.ie/irish-news/news/toxic-fai-brand-must-change-shamrock-rovers-tells-ministers-38412812.html

But surely this can't be true. Sure none of them even said anything on twitter about it and everyone knows only Mike "the great white hope" Treacy is the only one brave enough to stand up to the bullies in the FAI who are known friends of the Rovers board...

Irishmale0399

D14Rugby wrote: »

https://amp.independent.ie/irish-news/news/toxic-fai-brand-must-change-shamrock-rovers-tells-ministers-38412812.html

But surely this can't be true. Sure none of them even said anything on twitter about it and everyone knows only Mike "the great white hope" Treacy is the only one brave enough to stand up to the bullies in the FAI who are known friends of the Rovers board...

Funny how this comes out when his mates in UEFA and without a doubt the FAI (Mooney must have reported to his boss that they have dirt on JD) decide they want to distance themselves from him publically. First the suspension from UEFA and then this......Timing is everything :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: Up the Rovers.....

D14Rugby

Irishmale0399 wrote: »

Funny how this comes out when his mates in UEFA and without a doubt the FAI (Mooney must have reported to his boss that they have dirt on JD) decide they want to distance themselves from him publically. First the suspension from UEFA and then this......Timing is everything :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: Up the Rovers.....

Did you actually read the article at all or just not very well?

joeysoap

CSF wrote: »

The 2nd one of those has already been basically debunked and the first one is fairly difficult to prove.

Don’t believe everything you read.

Gavin Shels said Riga were rubbish. Just as well we didn’t believe that either

osarusan

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Just heard former Cobh and Shels striker Tony Izzi passed away. RIP

Played for Limerick too, scored 4 goals in a game for us once.



Just looked it up, he was only 48. Fell ill a month ago.

Zebra3

joeysoap wrote: »

Gavin Shels said Riga were rubbish. Just as well we didn’t believe that either

No, think he said they were rubbish a couple of years ago.

joeysoap

Zebra3 wrote: »

No, think he said they were rubbish a couple of years ago.

A story he made up to cover a boys away weekend in Ibiza

osarusan wrote: »

Played for Limerick too, scored 4 goals in a game for us once.

Just looked it up, he was only 48. Fell ill a month ago.

Played for Dundalk too.

https://www.dundalkfc.com/tony-izzi-r-i-p/

R.I.P.

dan1895

osarusan wrote: »

Played for Limerick too, scored 4 goals in a game for us once.



Just looked it up, he was only 48. Fell ill a month ago.

That's no age.

Ronan|Raven

It is amazing. The little ***** who ****ed off supporting Shels when times were tough seem to have made their way back.
Success draws the little **** moths back to the **** flame.

Ronan|Raven

Annd9 wrote: »

I can see 2 seats that looks purposely smashed the others look like they bent from people standing on them which happens easily

Happens easily from standing on them? Im a fat **** at 20 stone and they never bent under me!

CSF

Did this conversation shift from Shels fans smashing up a pub and the stadium to one about whether Shels fans were overly careless?

Which is the argument at this stage? because it’s becoming tricky to follow? Did anyone personally see anyone actually do anything wrong?

Zebra3

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

It is amazing. The little ***** who ****ed off supporting Shels when times were tough seem to have made their way back.
Success draws the little **** moths back to the **** flame.

No, I don’t think those who stopped supporting the club 13 years ago have suddenly reappeared in sizeable numbers.

But it’s amazing how Longford supporters seem to know so much about things they haven’t a clue about.

dan1895

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

It is amazing. The little ***** who ****ed off supporting Shels when times were tough seem to have made their way back.
Success draws the little **** moths back to the **** flame.

They haven't aged a day in those 13 years.

Omackeral

Anybody know the attendance of Bohs vs UCD on Friday night?

If it interests anyone, myself and another guy keep tabs on every facet and stat of Bohs season. There's another fella that does it for Pats.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Bohemian_F.C._season#League_of_Ireland

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Any stand out performers for shelbourne fc last night?

CSF

LuckyDude12 wrote: »

Any stand out performers for shelbourne fc last night?

Realistically, everyone was fantastic, but the 2 CBs and Oscar Brennan in particular were everywhere.

flas

CSF wrote: »

Realistically, everyone was fantastic, but the 2 CBs and Oscar Brennan in particular were everywhere.

Your keeper, made 3 brilliant saves from what were I think our only 3 chances... The one he got down and pushed out for a corner and the free kick late on that was going in...

flas

CSF wrote: »

Did this conversation shift from Shels fans smashing up a pub and the stadium to one about whether Shels fans were overly careless?

Which is the argument at this stage? because it’s becoming tricky to follow? Did anyone personally see anyone actually do anything wrong?

There was a piece of broken seat thrown onto the pitch by shels fans after their first goal... I know the town photographer was asked by garda and faí to get a photo of it before it was moved off the pitch, which he did, the seats were from just lads bouncing around on them and kicking them etc, from looking at tolka it seems that just what they do to seats.
Fair play, they were by far the better side last night, and it was nice to see so many of them after a quarter of that crowd were there for the first game against them this season...
For the shels fans complaining about being put in the "cage".. That's not the clubs decision, it's the guards and the FAI... The last thing Longford want is to pay for that many guards etc, costs a ****in fortune

diusmr8a504cvk

Omackeral wrote: »

Anybody know the attendance of Bohs vs UCD on Friday night?

If it interests anyone, myself and another guy keep tabs on every facet and stat of Bohs season. There's another fella that does it for Pats.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Bohemian_F.C._season#League_of_Ireland

Boom

https://twitter.com/chippie1974/status/1163198213060538368?s=19

Gavin "shels"

flas wrote: »

Your keeper, made 3 brilliant saves from what were I think our only 3 chances... The one he got down and pushed out for a corner and the free kick late on that was going in...

Ye McCabe has come on since becoming No.1, still not 100% on him but he is proving himself. Some turnabout since he had a bad shoulder injury at the start of the year which could have seen him not signing for us.

LOL at all the Longford BS rumours.... between being ejected from Valetine's, to smashing up a pool table, to causing nearly €4k worth of damage to a petrol station.... Granted all the rumours seem to stem from one lad on Twitter - bitter chap. Can also safely say, I didn't see anyone smash a seat purposely and I was right in the middle of the crowd - after the goals there was chaos - no malice in it.

Tchaikovsky

Who smashed up most of the seats in Tolka?

artanevilla

Think they were all smashed during the mayhem that was the Under 19s Euros.

dan1895

Gavin "shels" wrote: »

Ye McCabe has come on since becoming No.1, still not 100% on him but he is proving himself. Some turnabout since he had a bad shoulder injury at the start of the year which could have seen him not signing for us.

LOL at all the Longford BS rumours.... between being ejected from Valetine's, to smashing up a pool table, to causing nearly €4k worth of damage to a petrol station.... Granted all the rumours seem to stem from one lad on Twitter - bitter chap. Can also safely say, I didn't see anyone smash a seat purposely and I was right in the middle of the crowd - after the goals there was chaos - no malice in it.

I'm hearing what happened at the petrol station is much funnier than the rumours and videos going around.

Captain Havoc

Could ye not spray the moss now and again?

pgj2015

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Could ye not spray the moss now and again?

it looks like an abandoned football stadium. the staff in charge should be ashamed of themselves.

joeysoap

Is that stand still in use ?

dan1895

That photo is about two years old. The moss is long gone as well as some of the more weathered seats.

dan1895

https://twitter.com/DrGavinJennings/status/1125405818369773569?s=19

A more recent photo of Tolka. Your looking at where that moss would have been.

Gavin "shels"

dan1895 wrote: »

I'm hearing what happened at the petrol station is much funnier than the rumours and videos going around.

The players loved it anyway! A dessert may or may not have been damaged... :pac:

dan1895

Gavin "shels" wrote: »

The players loved it anyway! A dessert may or may not have been damaged... :pac:

Ah that's shocking behaviour. I'm sure yourfriend on Twitter has forwarded the incident to the FAI and/or the Gardaí.

artanevilla

pgj2015 wrote: »

it looks like an abandoned football stadium. the staff in charge should be ashamed of themselves.

*volunteers

Zebra3

pgj2015 wrote: »

it looks like an abandoned football stadium. the staff in charge should be ashamed of themselves.

Feel free to contact Dublin City Council with your complaints.

D14Rugby

pgj2015 wrote: »

it looks like an abandoned football stadium. the staff in charge should be ashamed of themselves.

Aren't you a dundalk fan?

Omackeral

D14Rugby wrote: »

Aren't you a dundalk fan?

Going up there tonight. Can't wait for the away end. A real throwback to the Yugoslavian 3rd Tier circa 1980.

artanevilla

Hope it doesn't rain!

Tchaikovsky

Omackeral wrote: »

Going up there tonight. Can't wait for the away end. A real throwback to the Yugoslavian 3rd Tier circa 1980.

Spartak Phibsboro SSR

Salmon Leap

artanevilla wrote: »

Hope it doesn't rain!

Don’t you need rain for the full Oriel Park away experience?

dundalkfc10

Omackeral wrote: »

Going up there tonight. Can't wait for the away end. A real throwback to the Yugoslavian 3rd Tier circa 1980.

Rains on the way according to the weather.

Bohs could have as many fans as us tonight

tayto lover

Don’t worry lads.
I’ll be selling umbrellas outside.
2 for the price of 3.

dfx-

Omackeral wrote: »

Going up there tonight. Can't wait for the away end. A real throwback to the Yugoslavian 3rd Tier circa 1980.

Oriel was modelled on the aftermath of the Red Star v Dinamo Zagreb riot in 1990.

Omackeral

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

Rains on the way according to the weather.

Bohs could have as many fans as us tonight

What's the general feeling towards this fixture and the League Cup up your way?

Zebra3

dfx- wrote: »

Oriel was modelled on the aftermath of the Red Star v Dinamo Zagreb riot in 1990.

Thought it was Chernobyl.

tayto lover

Omackeral wrote: »

What's the general feeling towards this fixture and the League Cup up your way?

There wasn’t a huge crowd at the last game at home against St. Pats but it’s a good opportunity to see fringe players in action.

artanevilla

tayto lover wrote: »

There wasn’t a huge crowd at the last game at home against St. Pats but it’s a good opportunity to see fringe players in action.

Only here to see the Bohez.

Strumms

Bohs one down, typically inconsistent

Strumms

Now two, grrr

diusmr8a504cvk

Wexford listed as Wexford Youths on Soccer Republic....

Dr. Bre

Game over