Maybe its me and I expect to take stick for this, but I cannot stand walking into a pub on a sunday and suddenly realising there is a premiership match on. All the lads are decked out in the latest Teams gear (allegedly Man Utd have got three new strips over a short period if you include the much lamented loss of the grey shirts).
Shouts of "go on my son" in their best English accents, roaring "you'll never walk alone" to anyone in earshot, scarves up in the air, beer all over their jersey, their kids playing pool in the corner.
Why do people support these teams, I have two friends exactly like above who support Arsenal, neither have ever been even in England let alone Highbury, there are zero Irish players playing for Arsenal and it has been that way for a long time.
The players are reprehensible, overpaid, arrogant and prone to diving at every oppourtunity in an attempt to get their marker sent off, how they can look themselves in the mirror when they go down holding their face in agony when their marker clearly was nowhere near him.
Although admittedly cleaned up an awful lot, there is still violence at soccer matches, there are many places where you could not bring your kids for the hatred and bile thrown between supporters. Contrast this with a rugby match between Ireland and England or an All-Ireland football final, the crowd is always hospitable and the banter is friendly.
The amount of people that travel over to these matches from Cork, Dublin, Galway every year but would not be seen dead going to Turners Cross, Tolka Park, Terryland. I have a friend that plays for Galway United, who are always on the verge of going under, struggle to bring in more than 200 people and their friends are heading off lining Roman's and Malcom's pockets, supporting teams that are filled with Italians, French, Spanish millionaires!
Give me Rugby or the GAA anyday, at least we are supporting our countrymen, premiership fans are idiots, I think it is just an excuse to get a sunday afternoon away from the missus!
Shouts of "go on my son" in their best English accents, roaring "you'll never walk alone" to anyone in earshot, scarves up in the air, beer all over their jersey, their kids playing pool in the corner.
Why do people support these teams, I have two friends exactly like above who support Arsenal, neither have ever been even in England let alone Highbury, there are zero Irish players playing for Arsenal and it has been that way for a long time.
The players are reprehensible, overpaid, arrogant and prone to diving at every oppourtunity in an attempt to get their marker sent off, how they can look themselves in the mirror when they go down holding their face in agony when their marker clearly was nowhere near him.
Although admittedly cleaned up an awful lot, there is still violence at soccer matches, there are many places where you could not bring your kids for the hatred and bile thrown between supporters. Contrast this with a rugby match between Ireland and England or an All-Ireland football final, the crowd is always hospitable and the banter is friendly.
The amount of people that travel over to these matches from Cork, Dublin, Galway every year but would not be seen dead going to Turners Cross, Tolka Park, Terryland. I have a friend that plays for Galway United, who are always on the verge of going under, struggle to bring in more than 200 people and their friends are heading off lining Roman's and Malcom's pockets, supporting teams that are filled with Italians, French, Spanish millionaires!
Give me Rugby or the GAA anyday, at least we are supporting our countrymen, premiership fans are idiots, I think it is just an excuse to get a sunday afternoon away from the missus!
