World Cup 2026

[gallsman]

So "has Irish links" includes "an Irishman moved to the country 350 years or so ago".

Fascinating.

If a club is named after an Irishman, even indirectly, there is an Irish link.

It's not.

There's not.

[Mourne Red]

So "has Irish links" includes "an Irishman moved to the country 350 years or so ago".

Fascinating.

If a club is named after an Irishman, even indirectly, there is an Irish link.

It's not.

There's not.

"The "Sarsfield" in Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield comes from the 19th-century Argentine politician and lawyer Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield, who had direct Irish heritage. His grandfather, George Sarsfield, was an Irish nobleman who emigrated from Ireland to Argentina in the early 1700s."

This p***k acting like he knows everything again.

Irish links

[Baile Brigín 2]

So "has Irish links" includes "an Irishman moved to the country 350 years or so ago".

Fascinating.

If a club is named after an Irishman, even indirectly, there is an Irish link.

It's not.

There's not.

So Sarsfield is an Argentinian name?

This is pigheaded thickery.

[Baile Brigín 2]

So "has Irish links" includes "an Irishman moved to the country 350 years or so ago".

Fascinating.

If a club is named after an Irishman, even indirectly, there is an Irish link.

It's not.

There's not.

"The "Sarsfield" in Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield comes from the 19th-century Argentine politician and lawyer Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield, who had direct Irish heritage. His grandfather, George Sarsfield, was an Irish nobleman who emigrated from Ireland to Argentina in the early 1700s."

This p***k acting like he knows everything again.

Irish links

Exactly. It's not Celtic or Hibs, but the club is directly named after a fella with an Irish mother.

[Milltown Row2]

The Argentine football club Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield was named after the nearby "Vélez Sarsfield" railway station in Buenos Aires. The founders took shelter in the station to escape rain in 1909 and decided to name their newly established club after it

[Armagh18]

Lad's its about 25 degrees outside would ye not go for an ice cream and a walk instead of arguing about some f**king club on the other side of the world lol

[johnnycool]

Almirante Brown in Buenos Aires are named after William Brown, a fine Mayo man and founder of the Argentinian navy.

[Baile Brigín 2]

Almirante Brown in Buenos Aires are named after William Brown, a fine Mayo man and founder of the Argentinian navy.

Gallsman will be along to tell you William Brown wasn't from Mayo and the club are named after another William Brown.

[In hiding]

Lad's its about 25 degrees outside would ye not go for an ice cream and a walk instead of arguing about some f**king club on the other side of the world lol

I had a 99 at lunchtime and it was delicious

So was the train station named after an Argentinian lawyer with Irish links ?

I got a bit of brain freeze from the ice cream and I'm a wee bit confused

Wikipedia getting some hammering this afternoon

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Hoping we do the Falklands tomorrow

[Milltown Row2]

Genoa C.F.C  'cricket football' not sure there is any Irish in there, plenty of teams in Italy have cricket in them apparently

[In hiding]

This place is so educational

[gallsman]

"The "Sarsfield" in Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield comes from the 19th-century Argentine politician and lawyer Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield, who had direct Irish heritage. His grandfather, George Sarsfield, was an Irish nobleman who emigrated from Ireland to Argentina in the early 1700s."

This p***k acting like he knows everything again.

Irish links

Who the f**k was questioning as any of that, you thick ****? Do you think that's some sort of revelatory gotcha? We're all able to use Google and Wikipedia. Actually, maybe not all of us.

The club is named after a f**king train station, which is named after the politician, who had Irish ancestry.

"Irish links" my hole.

Gallsman will be along to tell you William Brown wasn't from Mayo and the club are named after another William Brown.

Why on earth would I do that? Disingenuous, imbecilic nonsense.

[Baile Brigín 2]

Genoa C.F.C  'cricket football' not sure there is any Irish in there, plenty of teams in Italy have cricket in them apparently

English merchants set up sports clubs that the locals took on when they left. The cricket didn't endure

[gallsman]

Genoa C.F.C  'cricket football' not sure there is any Irish in there, plenty of teams in Italy have cricket in them apparently

Genoa was literally founded by Englishmen.