Behave Yourselves- at least ’til Sky goes?
To the many people trying to make local soccer into a profitable, enjoyable and family-friendly spectacle, tonight’s first ever live broadcast of an Irish League game on Sky Sports will be viewed as an important step forward. The game ended with a 2-2 draw between Linfield and Cliftonville.
Yet I was struck by a part of the BBC Radio Ulster Sports bulletin tonight which highlighted how Cliftonville FC were warning fans on their website that a ‘zero tolerance’ approach would be taken against any supporter bringing the club into disrepute through bad behaviour on the night.
The language used in the website message was unequivocal:”Any individual – through physical or verbal means – causing damage to the club and its reputation will be identified, removed from the ground and banned for life from Solitude.”
But surely Cliftonville- along with the other clubs in the Irish League- should be adopting the same ‘zero tolerance’ approach to thuggish/ sectarian behaviour regardless of the presence of the Sky camera crews, particularly if the local clubs are serious about attracting families through the turnstiles of local stadia every weekend.
ZIZNIVY yeah and i suspose you only watch coronation street because she does:-)
Incidentally I still don’t get your point. If it is that IPL football isn’t any good, then I’m sure you will continue not to go. If it is that it shouldn’t be on Sky, don’t watch it or if it annoys you so much, cancel your subscription. If it is (as I suspect) just to pointlessly witter on then perhaps you’re better ignored.
Maybe you could channel your concern more usefully and tell us what the Irish League would need to do to win you over / raise standards?
Incidentally I hope you continue to enjoy the sterile atmosphere of Old Trafford, that big shopping complex populated by cardboard cut outs and Japanese tour parties.
Gareth, “she” hates soap-operas as much as I do and the only TV problems we have is if her beloved rugby is on at the same time as the football. And if Liverpool are playing there’s only going to be one winner there!
“we’re not brazil we’re norn iron”
and you’re not gareth mccord your a fecking parrott repeating the same shit for the last 3 pages that where debunked 3 pages ago. Repeating the same point over and over again does not make your point right, it simply makes you ignorant because you can’t see the wood for the trees.
Slugger for all intents and purposes delivers a wide variety of opinions and view points, yet you are the only one crying your heart out because local Irish League football is now shown on Sky. Myself and others have pointed out convincingly why it’s good that Sky are showing a few live games. Give it up man your iceskating up a mountain.
Willowfield,
“As for VFM, £7 to watch an IPL match or £35-40 to watch an English Premiership match – which gives better VFM?”
The footballing world extends past England. You could watch Bayern Munich in the 69,000 capacity state-of-the-art Allianz Arena for less than the price of an IPL match.
So IPL and EPL are not value for money.
pounder calm down take a deep breathe and the penny will soon drop:-)
“we’re not brazil we’re norn iron”
For God’s sake Pounder – let yer man Gareth have the last word – maybe he’ll let it drop – “We’re not Brazil” blah blah – yes we get it. Now don’t go away angry Gareth – just go away!
Taxi for Gareth.
George,
its a more expensive than that is it not, think Hamburg charge about £6, but as far as I know Germany has laws against overcharging, which is also the reason why German teams havent fared too well in Europe in recent years. Watched Barcelona last year & it was about £15.
i.p.l. followers i’m looking a couple of tickets to watch a match on saturday but the problem is all the TOP GAMES are sold out can anyone help:-)
Yeah Gareth – I can pull a few strings and get you a couple of tickets for the Outer Hebrides Charity Shield this Saturday – I’ll even pay for your flight – one way of course.
DEMOCRAT thanks but i dont want to miss the quality of the I.P.L. and by the way that match is being shown live on sky so i can record it and watch it on sat night after my I.P.L. excitement:-)
cant wait until saturday
“we’re not brazil we’re norn iron”
fuck off and die painfully troll.
Gareth: “dread i talk about this thread using facts and humour, you just take swipes at my non journalistic puntuation and not good england?? ”
In no particular order…
1) You haven’t used much in the way of actual fact, merely tarted up your own opinions and presented them as “FACT.”
2) Humor, pretty much definitionally, involves some level of amusement on the part of the audience. In reading this thread, I stand by my original analysis — you may think you’re a wit, but you’re not even half right.
3) One presumes that you meant to say “non-standard punctuation and English,” not “England”
Gareth: “As iVe SaID keeP uP thE rE hab aNd PIck A fiGHT fAcE tO fAce yOU muPPET aND stOP beiNG a SnoB ”
What, no threatinging me with your Da’ this time?
gareth, you’re being a troll. Go crawl back under your bridge and interfere with the passage of livestock.
“cromwell one word CHAMPIONS:-”
Of ENGLAND Gareth, of ENGLAND.
We’re not ENGLAND, We’re Norn Iron – has the penny dropped yet?
dread what do you think about the topic and stop being so interested in me, your starting to be a blogger stalker (or i’ll get my maa) By the way dread you can say anything about someone who is dead thats why we never sued the b.b.c.(i know its a joke but apparently its true)?? So how did your close relative get off with that charge of child porn and having kids in his garden shed locked up with a cocktail of drugs, before he mysteriously died??(get my point)!!
pounder im having a laugh with a bit of seriousness but you i’m sure are too?(wind your neck in and unhook my line you muppet)
George
“The footballing world extends past England. You could watch Bayern Munich in the 69,000 capacity state-of-the-art Allianz Arena for less than the price of an IPL match.”
Really George so when I paid 45euros to watch Munich there last season, I was ripped off.
Realist fair point but again there is champions and there is chumpions and guess were Linfield fits the best:-)
“we’re not brazil we’re norn iron”
(i’m being surrounded here i’m getting my daa):-)
Well done for being able to play the game in Solitude.