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ROSS TIERNEY SCORED the game’s only goal as Bohemians beat fierce rivals Shamrock Rovers in Sunday’s Dublin derby at the Aviva Stadium.
Watched by 33,208 — a record crowd for a League of Ireland fixture — Tierney’s strike on 26 minutes claimed all three points for Bohs.
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This attendance and level of interest really shows that there is a gap in the Irish market for investors to really transform some LOI clubs. Build a 20/30k stadium and watch the crowds increase over time and revenue will follow. Bit of investment in squad players and will likely get into Europe. Shamrock rovers are making over 7€ million in Europe alone this year so far…
@J B: most anti semitic team on the globe? Legia Warsaw, Hamburg, Partizan and SS Lazio are all far worse. They actually hate Jews, and it has nothing to do with Palestine. They don’t give a f about Palestine. I mean you could list off dozens of clubs who are anti semitic and have been for decades.
@Joe Willis: I somehow forgot Dresden. They are without a doubt the most anti semitic club on the globe, for obvious reasons.
@J B: most anti Genocide team ! well done bohemians standing on the right side of history
@J B: Any proof with that lie.
I remember attending bohs v Finn harps 10+ years ago and there wasn’t 500 at it how times have changed it’s great !
@SirMr: Not really, yes, you get a big attendance today but there are matches that get very few spectators and I amn’t just talking about the First Division.
@Brian D’Arcy: Name a few games last season that had these low attendances? Take into account the current capacity of the stadiums too
@Brian D’Arcy: Sorry but completely wrong. In 50 odd years following LOI I’ve never seen such a level of support as there has been since COVID. Full houses or near all over the country.
I’m not a soccer fan,but it’s great to see the Irish soccer clubs and league on the rise. It will be great to see more Irish club jerseys around the place rather than that money going to English clubs for theirs.
I have a theory that Man Utd becoming unwatchable has led to an increase in interest in the league of Ireland. That and the sort of random scattergun of billionaires just taking over any club and playing premier manager with them.
If the LOI is to progress further though the stadiums have to improve. It will always appear amateurish otherwise.
@John Moore: What billionaires? You have Desmond who spends very little on Shamrock Rovers, a lot of the time it’s the fans that generate the money and increase support, I mean with Rovers it is a fan owmed club.
@Brian D’Arcy: he is taking about England
@John Moore:
@John Moore: It has nothing to do with the unwatchability, it has all to do with the affordability and the quality of the league improving massively, players from across the water are more interested in playing here now as it would be as competitive as League 1/2, we just need to get to a point where the players pay matches what they get in those leagues
@Adam J: have a drop of 7 up next time in the smithwicks it’s desperate rte showing it enough said
Fantastic for the LOI. Delighted we won but we were useless in 2nd half. It shows if we had better stadia and facilities it would be by far the number one sport in this country or at least Dublin.
Great crowd but not a record crowd for LOI fixture as stated.
@Brian M: What LoI game holds the record?
@Ajax Penumbra: back in the ’70′s etc it was the norm to have massive crowds of 30,000 upwards
@Brian D’Arcy: no, it was the 50s
@Brian M:
@Brian D’Arcy: ’70s?? Lucky to get 3000, not 30 000! You mean the ’50s?
I’m a soccer fan that who supports spurs and I go to watch them a lot . But I’m from Kildare and I’d only love Kildare to have an other team again as I’d follow them everywhere. But I just can’t follow another Irish team as I’m Kildare true and true
@Trevor Harris: Give it time, Kerry FC have shown its possible to grow year on year and slowly establish themselves into the league, 2 years in and they already have a win against former Premier division Finn Harps, next few year might see a few more expansions with Mayo FC stated to join next year, Meath expressing an interest too, Kildare is a massively growing population, only makes sense for a team of their own, maybe re-establish Kildare County FC again…
@Trevor Harris: if you are kildare to the core why have you latched onto a london club?
@Trevor Harris: You’re not though Trevor. You are ok with having a sporting allegiance that involves driving to an airport, flying to England, and getting the Stansted Express train to a team in London. That should make it easier for you to get your head around crossing the Kildare border on a Friday night.
@Trevor Harris: You do know that the paddies who travel over to support english teams, the locals laugh at them and consider them to be halfwits?
@Trevor Harris: yet you follow a foreign team? Makes no sense. Pick an Irish team, it’s not the GAA, there will never be 32 premier league teams.
@Declan Young: it’s true. I gave up supporting United many moons ago over comments made by an English lad to me.. respectfully too. Made it worse. But most of Europe laugh at us die hard English football supporting Irish people. It’s absolutely ridiculous how bad we look! When I was in Greece once, a lad asked me who my team was. I said Man Utd and he couldn’t wrap his head around it. Genuinely. He was asking me if I was English or come from there etc… I explained the whole ‘best league in the world’ thing and he couldn’t stop laughing. We are brainwashed fools running after English clubs. I’ve heard every argument about for it.. none of it washes with me anymore. Been supporting Bohs for years now and so do my sons. Zero interest in the premier league now so they do.
@Le Merchelant: I worked in pubs in London in late 80’s early 90’s. Cops would call in during the week to say no opening on Saturday,nasty fans would slash you up for being Irish,I dread seeing Irish wearing english soccer jerseys
@Jb Walshe: that had nothing to do with football JB. They were going to slash you anyway.
How is this even a story,silly fai curropt f#####s
GAA Dublin win last ngt,mayo win today and Donegal are a team counties should be feared of,journal isn’t chatting about them though,west brit eat your heart out
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