7.35 in Pigsboro on friday
cant wait for this - probably coming a bit early for the superhoops but would love to see both the glasgow huns & the dublin huns take a beating within 7 days of each other
im expecting a bumper rovers crowd & am predicting a 5-0 win for Rovers
Meant to say it corncrake, well done last Friday night. No bull shit, happy for ye to finally have a home. Best of luck with it.
thanks
decades, every meeting of Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers has raised the temperature on the pitch and in the stands to unique levels in Irish domestic football. And while many have pointed to the classic encounters in the 1970s for the origins of the rivalry, the roots of the relationship can be found even earlier.
On April 23rd, 1945, a record crowd watched the northside versus southside battle in the FAI Cup final. The following day The Irish Times reported: Before a crowd of 37,348 (gate receipts, 2,240), Shamrock Rovers won the FAI Cup for the 10th time at Dalymount Park yesterday, with success coming through a single goal, scored ten minutes after the interval . . . 10 minutes after the restart Glennon brought the ball far up the field and lost possession. Before he could get back to aid the defence the ball had travelled through Farrell and Rogers to Delaney, who put it square across and Gregg, lying unmarked, scored with a shot which hit the inside of the upright, giving Collins no chance.
In fact, the duelling between the clubs began when Shamrock Rovers defeated Bohemian FC 3-0 in the Free State final, in April, 1929 this paper commenting Rovers backs preserved a very even method, which upset the amateurs.
Bohemian FC would maintain their amateur status for another 40 years and the switch would signal a big improvement for the clubs fortunes, with Bohs claiming two league titles, two FAI Cups and two league cups in the 1970s.
The previous decade was the heyday of Drumcondra FC, who won the domestic league in 1961 and again in 1965, when holding reigning champions Shamrock Rovers to second place, with Bohemian FC finishing third (the following season Rovers and Bohs would finish second and third again respectively though this time with Waterford FC taking the honours). Rovers would get very used to finishing second during the following seasons, though they were masters in the FAI Cup winning the cup seven times in the 1960s.
Any talk of a big Dublin derby at the time inevitably included Drumcondra FC. However, when the northside club left the scene at the start of the 1970s, the path was cleared for Bohemians versus Shamrock Rovers to take centre stage.
In the quarter-century between Drumcondra FCs last top-flight title, in 1965, and the dawn of the 1990s, the only Dublin clubs to claim the League of Ireland crown were Bohemian FC (in 1975 and 1978) and Shamrock Rovers (four in a row from 1984). In that time, the top-flight trophy travelled the country, going to Waterford (six times), Dundalk (five times), Athlone Town (twice), as well as Cork Hibernians, Cork Celtic, Sligo Rovers, Limerick FC and Derry City. It was left to Bohs and Rovers to fly the flag for Dublin though never in unison.
When Rovers won the four in a row in the 1980s, Bohs finished second twice, fourth and then third, with every meeting between the two being life or death. And when Bohemians won the league in 1977-78, Rovers finished just four points behind their fierce rivals.
Johnny Giles was then player-manager of Rovers, and would lead the club to the 1978 FAI Cup. Rovers had a high-profile, polished feel, with Giles lining up alongside Eamon Dunphy in midfield, Eoin Hand in charge at the back and Ray Treacy commanding forward operations.
In contrast, Bohs didnt have the names, but in the citys derby ties that didnt seem to matter much and with Turlough OConnor and Eddie Byrne in attack the home supporters knew goals were possible.
And arrive they did, two in the first half OConnor scoring twice the second a superb free-kick to the top corner of the net. Shortly after the break, the shed erupted when Byrne claimed Bohs third.
During the era the tensions between the supporters boiled over on more than one occasion, and in recent years there have been several regrettable scenes linked to the rivalry between the sides.
In March, 2000, the Dublin derby had to be halted for more than 20 minutes when fighting broke out between supporters at Dalymount Park. And in September 2003, both sets of supporters clashed again after a derby meeting at Richmond Park, which resulted in Shamrock Rovers who never like to rest their hat anywhere for too long anyway being told they were no longer welcome to play their home games in Inchicore.
And during the 2-2 derby meeting in April, 2004, a pigs head was thrown on to the pitch at Dalymount apparently in response to Bohemians signing of former Shamrock Rovers players Tony Grant and James Keddy.
While an unsavoury element can be difficult to shake off, it surely didnt help that Rovers have spent so much time homeless. It also certainly damaged the clubs fortunes on the field.
This season, however, there is a new confidence that accompanies a new home. And when Rovers travel to Dalymount on Friday they will arrive as confident visitors, but with the local knowledge of a home side. And they will need that edge against the reigning league and cup champions.
Fridays fixture has the feel of a new era in domestic soccer. But with all the tradition of an old affair.
fantastic comedy on the MNS show the other night, a bus load of chavs from the northside on their way to a football match stopping briefly outside some housing estate in the southside to sing a made up song. all back on the bus and off to tallaght.
a mixture of cringe and disbelief
[quote=“HBV*”]fantastic comedy on the MNS show the other night, a bus load of chavs from the northside on their way to a football match stopping briefly outside some housing estate in the southside to sing a made up song. all back on the bus and off to tallaght.
a mixture of cringe and disbelief[/quote]
does the RTE website show MNS?
Routine home win written all over this one. It’s not as much fun beating the pigs as it once was, they’re such a non-entity these days.
It does indeed, there is even a fantasy footall game on it this season
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a mixture of cringe and disbelief[/quote]
Thats what your dessies thought when they sprogged you.
;)[quote=“Flano”]Thats what your dessies thought when they sprogged you.[/quote]
post of the year so far:D
love in alert
try and find it, comedy gold so it was.
im sure some of these yobs were the same yobs who boycotted rovers games in the 80s which makes it all the more bizarre
I think there will be trouble at this game. I’d speculate that it will kick off before and after the game and I predict the Gardai will have triple its normal amount of cops on duty.
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im sure some of these yobs were the same yobs who boycotted rovers games in the 80s which makes it all the more bizarre[/quote]
100% true that they are the same people
i predict high jinx
I Predict A Riot
passed Tallaght Community Stadium at 6.30 last Friday evening, a good few skangers in hoodies and green and white Celtic scarves hanging around and the Maldron looked nicely stuffed with Celtic supporters also but what struck me was the amount of Guards on duty.
You don’t get that at GAA matches or rugby matches. Ridiculous waste of Garda resources.
2 hours later some poor cunt took a bullet and died a few hundred yards up the road.
Where were the cops?
[quote=“HBV*”]passed Tallaght Community Stadium at 6.30 last Friday evening, a good few skangers in hoodies and green and white Celtic scarves hanging around and the Maldron looked nicely stuffed with Celtic supporters also but what struck me was the amount of Guards on duty.
You don’t get that at GAA matches or rugby matches. Ridiculous waste of Garda resources.
2 hours later some poor cunt took a bullet and died a few hundred yards up the road.
Where were the cops?[/quote]
big time - crazy waste of pig resources considering there is never any trouble between Rovers & bog rovers
i guess the oinkers have to make up for the pension levy with overtime
Down at the football, I’d wager.
Read back over your post - the answer’s within it.