I am first and foremost a gaa man having come from a gaa playing and supporting family and played and watched hurling and football all my life. I also played a huge amount of soccer as a young fella and have followed a prominent English team all my life, with the fervour of my support waning slightly as I get older.
Iād say I have watched every Irish soccer international since the mid 80s and attended quite a few too.
Iāve even been to a good few league of ireland games and while not growing up near a team obviously affects what I think of this league I certainly wouldnāt go around bashing it, knowing how good the players who play in it actually are compared to average hackers like myself.
I never played sports like rugby or golf yet I would watch all the big events in these and would have no hang ups about either of the sports.
Iād say Iāve watched almost every Irish rugby international on telly since the late 80s and the big Heineken Cup games and would watch the majors and Ryder Cup in golf.
I would also have a passing interest in tennis, snooker, darts, boxing and have attended all these sports live.
The only major sport I had no interest in as a young fella would have been horse racing but in recent years I would have develeoped a passing interest in this, especially around Cheltenham and would have nothing against it in any way.
A lot of fellas I know would be the same.
Seems a lot of people on here have a chip on their shoulder about something or other. ie hating league of ireland, the Irish rugby team, leinster/munster rugby, the premiership, celtic, the boggers in the gaa etc etc etc despite generally classing themselves as big sports fans.
I would have always presumed this was a more Dublin trait as they live their lives in a far more class segregated way than us country folk.
Am I the only perfectly rounded (not in a flano/bandage way) sporting ecumenumimimist who posts here?