The English Football Thread

Unknown Soldier · 02-18-2010, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by goodfoot

never knew they had any..

The Irish connection with Manchester Utd and Liverpool is fairly well known....surprised you didn`t know that!!! Most Irish football supporters in London tend to follow Arsenal, because a large % of the Irish population of London traditionally lived in NW London and Arsenal was their nearest BIG team (even though Highbury is north central London and not NW)

Whereas Tottenham being from NE London do have a Jewish connection.

Then there is West Ham, with their scabby eastend thugs and their loveable mates Millwall just south of the river in Bermondsey, without doubt one of the arse ends of London.

No respectable Londoner supports West Ham or Millwall.

goodfoot · 02-19-2010, 12:45 PM

the only oirish connection i no of at man utd is George best, and he was an ulster protestant...

this goal should have stood

loveissucide · 02-19-2010, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by goodfoot

the only oirish connection i no of at man utd is George best, and he was an ulster protestant...

Jackie Carey
Dennis Byrne
Harry Gregg
Tony Dunne
Sammy McElroy
Kevin Moran
Paul McGrath
Norman Whiteside
Roy Keane
Denis Irwin
Frank Stapleton
John O Shea

And Ulster Protestants have every claim to Irishness if they see fit.Many key Irish nationalists were Protestant, such as Wolfe Tone, Isaac Butt, CS Parnell, WB Yeats and Douglas Hyde.

Unknown Soldier · 02-19-2010, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by goodfoot

the only oirish connection i no of at man utd is George best, and he was an ulster protestant...

this goal should have stood

Whether he is a Protestant or a Catholic, that should actually be quite irrelevant....we are in 2010!!! and I find it amazing, that people feel that this crap is still important!

Do you have any Catholic friends?

I know that was a rhetorical question..........but you never know.

right-track · 02-19-2010, 01:49 PM

goodfoot seems to have issues that goes beyond football.
Ironically, Best was the only protestant in the 1968 European Cup winning team.
United themselves started out as a catholic run football club in the days they were known as Newton Heath.
The Irish connection doesn't begin and end with football, but is ingrained in Manchester history.
The links with Ireland run through not just the history of the club, but through the history of the city too. http://www.prideofmanchester.com/mancirish/history1.htm

goodfoot · 02-19-2010, 01:57 PM

i was asked about man utd's irish connection, i was assuming by oirish he meant catholic, oop's!!! my bad...

right-track · 02-19-2010, 02:04 PM

You posted a badge with sectarian overtures and it wasn't the first time you've made references to religious and political divides in football. Both of which have no place in the game.

goodfoot · 02-19-2010, 03:01 PM

just trying to spice up a dull football thread, to much back slapping going on here, not enough badass posters, long live archie mitchell, a good west ham man....

right-track · 02-19-2010, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by goodfoot

just trying to spice up a dull football thread, to much back slapping going on here, not enough badass posters....

BBC Sport - Football - Champions League blow for Scottish clubs

^ How dya like them eggs?...losers!

Worse than Belgium!!!!

goodfoot · 02-19-2010, 03:07 PM

rangers 10 pionts ahead in the s.p.l. not our problemo...

02-19-2010, 01:49 PM	#2295 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	goodfoot seems to have issues that goes beyond football. Ironically, Best was the only protestant in the 1968 European Cup winning team. United themselves started out as a catholic run football club in the days they were known as Newton Heath. The Irish connection doesn't begin and end with football, but is ingrained in Manchester history. The links with Ireland run through not just the history of the club, but through the history of the city too. http://www.prideofmanchester.com/mancirish/history1.htm Last edited by right-track; 02-19-2010 at 01:55 PM.

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goodfoot Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: scotland Posts: 408	the only oirish connection i no of at man utd is George best, and he was an ulster protestant... this goal should have stood

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goodfoot Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: scotland Posts: 408	i was asked about man utd's irish connection, i was assuming by oirish he meant catholic, oop's!!! my bad...

02-19-2010, 02:04 PM	#2297 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	You posted a badge with sectarian overtures and it wasn't the first time you've made references to religious and political divides in football. Both of which have no place in the game.

02-19-2010, 03:01 PM	#2298 (permalink)
goodfoot Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: scotland Posts: 408	just trying to spice up a dull football thread, to much back slapping going on here, not enough badass posters, long live archie mitchell, a good west ham man....

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goodfoot Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: scotland Posts: 408	rangers 10 pionts ahead in the s.p.l. not our problemo...