League of Ireland

[seafoid]

Noted the butcher's apron behind the goal into which Rovers scored 3 times. Unionist supremacy isn't what it used to be

[Truthsayer]

Larne 1-4 Rovers - tanked them. Carl may go back to his own team.. Crues.

[trileacman]

Don't Larne have a Catholic manager and a scatter of Catholic players?

[Truthsayer]

Don't Larne have a Catholic manager and a scatter of Catholic players?

I've no idea what the religion of the players on either team is

[trileacman]

Don't Larne have a Catholic manager and a scatter of Catholic players?

I've no idea what the religion of the players on either team is

Who were ya supporting?

[Truthsayer]

Don't Larne have a Catholic manager and a scatter of Catholic players?

I've no idea what the religion of the players on either team is

Who were ya supporting?

I wanted Rovers to win.

[Easttyrone23]

Don't Larne have a Catholic manager and a scatter of Catholic players?

Would love to know what the relevance of this post is?

[Truthsayer]

Don't Larne have a Catholic manager and a scatter of Catholic players?

Would love to know what the relevance of this post is?

I took it to be sectarian... as if the religion of players or manager has any relevance whatsoever.. 

[trileacman]

Don't Larne have a Catholic manager and a scatter of Catholic players?

Would love to know what the relevance of this post is?

There is an inference that Larne are a Unionist team. Seafoid mentioned the Union Jack behind the goals.

[Truthsayer]

Don't Larne have a Catholic manager and a scatter of Catholic players?

Would love to know what the relevance of this post is?

There is an inference that Larne are a Unionist team. Seafoid mentioned the Union Jack behind the goals.

Fan base would seem to be very much Unionist. Most, maybe all clubs, have players and managers of different religions.

[JoG2]

Don't Larne have a Catholic manager and a scatter of Catholic players?

Would love to know what the relevance of this post is?

There is an inference that Larne are a Unionist team. Seafoid mentioned the Union Jack behind the goals.

They are though, they just happen to have a few catholic born men on their hefty payroll, happens all the time, wee Pat @ Linfield for example didn't make Linfield a non-Unionist team at the time

[trileacman]

Don't Larne have a Catholic manager and a scatter of Catholic players?

Would love to know what the relevance of this post is?

There is an inference that Larne are a Unionist team. Seafoid mentioned the Union Jack behind the goals.

They are though, they just happen to have a few catholic born men on their hefty payroll, happens all the time, wee Pat @ Linfield for example didn't make Linfield a non-Unionist team at the time

I'll give you Linfield, who do seem to make a conscious decision to bring politics into their identity. But as for Larne and some of the other Irish league teams why do they have to categorised as belonging to a certain political cache? Why does pretty much everything in NI have to be viewed through the prisms of politics here? Teams in England aren't viewed as Tory or Labour teams, teams in the south aren't viewed as fg or ff teams.

Someone asked me the relevance of the players religion. I could equally ask what really is the relevance of the political view of the fans of a football club.

[Truthsayer]

Don't Larne have a Catholic manager and a scatter of Catholic players?

Would love to know what the relevance of this post is?

There is an inference that Larne are a Unionist team. Seafoid mentioned the Union Jack behind the goals.

They are though, they just happen to have a few catholic born men on their hefty payroll, happens all the time, wee Pat @ Linfield for example didn't make Linfield a non-Unionist team at the time

I'll give you Linfield, who do seem to make a conscious decision to bring politics into their identity. But as for Larne and some of the other Irish league teams why do they have to categorised as belonging to a certain political cache? Why does pretty much everything in NI have to be viewed through the prisms of politics here? Teams in England aren't viewed as Tory or Labour teams, teams in the south aren't viewed as fg or ff teams.

Someone asked me the relevance of the players religion. I could equally ask what really is the relevance of the political view of the fans of a football club.

Be very hard for nationalists to get behind a team where the supporters are waving union jacks as is the case of Larne. Supporters of Dungannon Swifts, albeit it there aren't that many of them, don't have flags of unionism or nationalism so you don't know really what their political allegiance is.

[imtommygunn]

I would know a few from Larne from "our" side and I don't think they have had any issues with inver park etc and some would have played junior with the inver colts etc. I am not sure, despite the fact that Larne is construed as a very sectarian place, that the football club is perceived like this at all. I don't think it's part of the identity. Anything I have seen it looks inclusive enough.

[Truthsayer]

I would know a few from Larne from "our" side and I don't think they have had any issues with inver park etc and some would have played junior with the inver colts etc. I am not sure, despite the fact that Larne is construed as a very sectarian place, that the football club is perceived like this at all. I don't think it's part of the identity. Anything I have seen it looks inclusive enough.

Fair enough. I was just going by the union flags which I'd find a turn-off... and Larne's rep as a place. But true I never heard negative bout their supporters