For the 50th time in 125 years.
What a club.
Didn't know they still played the irish league. Are Newry City still in it?
Quote from: Uladh on April 26, 2011, 06:14:32 PM
Didn't know they still played the irish league. Are Newry City still in it?
newry city were relegated today.
They must be one of the top clubs in Europe in terms of domestic domination.
They're a special outfit.
Quote from: ONeill on April 26, 2011, 06:51:10 PM
They must be one of the top clubs in Europe in terms of domestic domination.
They're a special outfit.
Great passionate fans too.
David Jeffrey - what a manager! The mickey harte of the irish league.
* kicks heels, taps desk, trying desperately not to rise to bait. Ah feck it *
ONeill, you need your head examined! Linfield's dominance is because they have a huge financial advantage through the revenue earned by OWC playing their matches at Windsor Park.
Quote from: SHEEDY on April 26, 2011, 06:22:01 PM
Quote from: Uladh on April 26, 2011, 06:14:32 PM
Didn't know they still played the irish league. Are Newry City still in it?
newry city were relegated today.
Ballyholland are a bigger club FFS
Ach come on now Orior. There are two clubs with higher wage bills. Linfield are where they are because of what they stand for - a well run club with a rich tradition and an excellent manager. Playing in that blue jersey is a dream for both sides of the divide.
"Up to our knees in fenian blood" ::)
Quote from: mayogodhelpus@gmail.com on April 26, 2011, 08:19:35 PM
"Up to our knees in fenian blood" ::)
Ach sure don't the City and Liverpool fans sing of Munich. Don't the Utd fans sing of Heysel and Hillsborough. There are sc**bag fans everywhere, especially soccer.
Even London in Tyrone.
Quote from: ONeill on April 26, 2011, 08:16:50 PM
Ach come on now Orior. There are two clubs with higher wage bills. Linfield are where they are because of what they stand for - a well run club with a rich tradition and an excellent manager. Playing in that blue jersey is a dream for both sides of the divide.
Dont know who those other two clubs are. Glentoran and Crusaders?
You cant ignore the fact that Linfield have benefited from the OWC revenue stream. Plus, when the going got tough, didnt Linfield play all their away matches with Cliftonville in Windsor Park. How many home advantage points was that worth?
On another note, why was Belfast Celtic wound up?
Riots between the teams, Boxing day pitch invasion by the lovely Linfield fans
But there were other issues as well, think financial issues that ended it for them.
I think the BC board were up to their necks in debt and folded. The Park Centre is fairly crap though.
In all seriousness is there any other team in the world with the financial luxury of being bankrolled by their football association?
(Bugger all to do with secterianism or anything like that - logistically every other team is ten steps behind them to begin with. If they weren't dominant domestically then they would be nothing short of a disgrace.)
They are unreal at underage level as well, we play in the same under 11 league and they have failed to win a game only once in 2 seasons. We are one of the better teams in the league and they beat us 13-0 and 9-1 this season. They beat Newry city 27-1 in a preseason tournament.
All our players come from the Newtoenabbey/Ballyclare area, they have players from Enniskillen, Omagh and Coleraine
Quote from: David McKeown on April 26, 2011, 10:06:15 PM
They are unreal at underage level as well, we play in the same under 11 league and they have failed to win a game only once in 2 seasons. We are one of the better teams in the league and they beat us 13-0 and 9-1 this season. They beat Newry city 27-1 in a preseason tournament.All our players come from the Newtoenabbey/Ballyclare area, they have players from Enniskillen, Omagh and Coleraine
Someone tell me how that is allowed in an under 11 league? No mercy rule over there?
A lot of teams in our league forfeited the second fixture against them because they are too strong. Its a little pointless tbh as they have already won two three trophies and have the final in the third next week. Thankfully they only enter our league at under 11. What they used to do was once they were knocked out of the NIBFA Cup they would move their U11 team to play U12 (in the national league) and replace their U11 with an under 10 team who wouldn't have yet played competitive football but this season the NIBFA Cup has been delayed and they are still in it.
And to be fair, their underage side has at least one Antrim GAA minor.