Even As A Linfield Fan......

[Duncer]

..................this saddens me.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21508510

Who will I hate if they go out of business?

[SirOracle]

Celtic !!! ???.

[ichkeria]

Glentoran helped us out when we were in trouble so I hope they'll be OK. If Coleraine can survive I'm sure Glentoran will.
Just now tho' Belfast has a different Big Two!

[redman41]

Irish Football is poorly supported !
Each weekend Fans pour through Holyhead and Liverpool from the Ferries to watch their favourite Premier League Teams to the detriment of their local sides.

[Duncer]

................and Glasgow, and London, and Manchester.

Most annoyingly, very many pub football fans back home denigrate Irish League as being sh1te, despite never having got off their hairy @rses and given it a go. It is very afforable and good entertainment.

Incidentally, many types of football are poorly supported thanks to the glory hunters going elsewhere, but I can't really see what the answer is, although I have no doubt that the Premier League's bubble will well and truly burst. In fact it has started already.

[Duncer]

Celtic !!! ???.


Whether Glentoran go out of business or not, I'm sure I will manage to maintain a certain level of opprobrium towards this club.

[joeluke]

Duncer...'many pub football fans back home denigrate Irish League as being sh1te'

So how would Irish league teams compare to English League quality wise?

League One (or 3rd Division as it should still be known) maybe?....and that's me being kind

[Duncer]

The standard is irrelevant; judging something without seeing it is stupid, that's why I said that Joe.

I suspect last year's Linfield would easily have challenged for League Two and gone on to be successful in League One, however, being a small country, we lack true depth. This season we have flopped due to truly erratic form.