You cant beat a Cork Supporter Thread

[go on the dan]

1... Win lose or draw, we'll always have the craic!

[go on the dan]

2.... We are always and always gracious in defeat

[go on the dan]

3.... We turn up for games hours in advance(unlike the dubs)

[go on the dan]

............... why are cork number one in supporting ranks?

[homer jay]

4... with an iron bar you could

[Some user]

3.... We turn up for games hours in advance(unlike the dubs)

On RTE before the match they had this old Cork fella on who had left home at 6am and was in Dublin for 9.30am!! He was delighted telling RTE that there wasn't a car on the road before the customary cheer of 'up the rebels' from the crowd in the background. I love it.

[go on the dan]

Cork people travel and we dont mind the travelling.... To be honest, its a come down when u find out the match is down the park and we dont really have a day out!!! Quite funny really.

How many times do the dubs play away from dublin... other than longford in June, i really dont think its too many!

[kerrybabe]

One hundred reasons why we follow the Kerry Team:

1. The Miltown Massacre.

2. Mikey Sheehy's chip in 1978.

3. Con Houlihan's description of said chip in The Evening Press. 'Mike Sheehy was running up to take the kick - and suddenly Paddy dashed back towards his goal like a woman who smells a cake burning ... Paddy crashed into the outside of the net and lay against it like a fireman who had returned to find his station ablaze'.

4. Charlie Nelligan weighed 15 and three quarter pounds at birth. Had he been born elsewhere, a career in sumo would have beckoned. Kerry slimmed him down and he gathered seven All Ireland medals.

5. Six players on the Millenium team.

6. 33 All Irelands.

7. 70 Munster Championships.

8. Dara Ó Cinnéide's All-Ireland acceptance speech.

9. Paidí Sé's centenary final 'hello' to Joe McNally.

10. The proceeds from Kerry's 1913 game went towards the purchase of Jones' Road. Croker is Kerry's second home for more than one reason.

11. Jerome O'Shea's catch in 1955.

12. The Kingdom gives other counties great days out. Waterford in '57, Derry in '58 and Clare in '92.

13. The Ghost Train.

14. The Seán Murphy All Ireland of '59.

15. Eddie Dowling drinking 18 bottles of beer at Rineanna before boarding the plane for The Polo Grounds.

16. Eddie Dowling's brilliance beneath the Manhattan skyline, 1947.

17. Sean Walsh catching Dublin clouds in 1979

18. Kerry have better nicknames.

19. The Bracker.

21. Gega.

21. Purty and Roundy.

22. The Bawn.

23. Aeroplane O'Shea.

24. Ogie - the only man to win eight All Irelands in the one position.

25. Der Bomber - The Bearded Giant from Ballybunion.

26. Big Ned Roche's culling of Heffo in '55. Kerry strike a blow for the culchies.

27. Fitzgerald Stadium hosted an All Ireland.

28. Tadhgie Lyne - The Prince of Forwards.

29. John O'Keeffe - The Prince of Full Back Play.

30. Maurice Fitz.

31. Danno Keeffe and Johnny Foley and the famous horseshoe.

32. The 5 in a Row T-Shirts.

33. Jack O'Shea's goal against Offaly in 1981.

34. A meeting of legends. Con Brosnan and Babe Ruth's handshake in Yankee Stadium.

35. The one pair of boots that carried Ballybunion's Bob Stack to six All Irelands.

36. Bob Stack and Dr Pat O'Callaghan rowing out to Loop Head as part of the latter's Olympic training prior to securing gold in Los Angeles in 1932.

37. Four time All Ireland winner, Eamonn Fitzgerald, missing out on bronze medal in the '32 Olympics Triple Jump by four inches. He'd have won gold only for a dodgy ankle.

38. Mick O'Dwyer's training sessions. The wire to wires, 35 nights in seven weeks, 50 laps a night...

39. John Egan driving to training on a flat tyre. Nobody was late for Micko's training.

40. Paddy Kennedy - the other iron man from Tom Crean country, Annascaul.

41. Kerry's Croke Park demolition of Cork in 2002. As good as it gets.

42. DJ Crowley's goal in 1970.

43. Puke Football will never be played in Kerry

44. The Past V Present game in 1968.

45. Paul Russell was the first wing back to score a point from play.

46. The day Tom Long beat St. Vincents on his own in the Dublin County Final.

47. The Killimer Ferry that allows the good folk of West Clare see decent football.

48. Maurice McCarthy won his first All Ireland in 1903. At 70 years of age he cycled all the way from Tralee to Galway to see his son in Merlin Park Hospital, Galway.

49. Connell.

50. Jimmy O'Brien's pub in Killarney.

51. Maurice Fitzgerald, going eyeball to eyeball with Tommy Carr, then splitting the posts against the Dubs in Thurles.

52. The Sheehys from Boherbee - John Joe, Paidi, Niall and Sean Óg.

53. Tommy Doyle, captain in '86, pushing the four minute mile in Tralee.

54. Was it a push in '82? Yes or no, no complaints.

55. Tom Ashe wore the hoops of Glasgow Celtic.

56. Johnny Culloty's save against Offaly in the '69 final.

57. The Spillanes of Templenoe.

58. The one handed catches of Sean Brosnan.

59. Always check your change in Kerry. They could slip you a celtic cross by mistake.

60. Kerry's answer to David Fairclough. Sean Walsh - The Super Sub.

61. Seamus Murphy's versatility.

62. Bill Dillon and his beagles and storing his bacon in the Sam Maguire.

63. The Rock - Kerry's street of champions.

64. Miko Doyle - Four All Irelands before his 21st birthday.

65. Miko Doyle's haircut.

66. Listowel Race week with Sam on the sideboard.

67. The Joe Keohane Roundabout.

68. The Dan Spring Road.

69. The John Joe Sheehy Road.

70. Dickeen Fitz was the greatest GAA man of them all.

71. Weeshie Fogarty's Terrace Talk.

72. Camp - where there's more All Irelands per head of population than any other village in the country.

73. Jack O'Shea V Brian Mullins.

74. Paddy Bawn against Cork in '52. Prevented those hoors from annihilating us in the Munster Final.

75. Mixie Palmer - great horse, better footballer.

76. The Gerald O'Sullivan photograph versus Mayo in 1951.

77. Aeroplane O'Shea's novel idea of writing a book on the All Irelands Kerry lost.

78. Dick Fitzgerald's book 'How To Play Gaelic Football'.

79. Mick O'Connell's 'A Kerry Footballer'.

80. Dr Eamon O'Sullivan's grasp of tactics.

81. 'If you drink ten pints a night, cut it back to five. If you drink six a night, cut it back to three'. Dr Eamon's winning philosophy.

82. The Dunloe Cup.

83. Footballs role in healing Kerry's Civil War wounds.

84. Caid - what old timers still call football in Kerry.

85. The Boston Beer Party. Prohibition was relaxed in Massachusetts for the Kerry footballers on their US tour of '27.

86. An Muantáin - Europe's most westerly sporting haggard; where Dan Kavanagh first kicked ball.

87. All Ireland winners Kerry gave to other counties : Joe Fitzgerald, captain of Dublin in 1942; Mick Falvey, Dublin '42, and the great Jack Flavin, All Ireland winner with Kerry in '37 and Galway in '38. To name but three.

88. Maurice Fitzgerald's pass to Mike Frank versus Armagh in 2000.

89. The Golden Years video.

90. The Bendix Ad.

91. Keeping the Dublin exiles in shape during the golden years, thanks to Micheál O'Muircheartaigh.

92. Putting manners on The Dipper, Aussie Rules in the 80's.

93. The Shronedraugh Warrior - Seamus Moynahin.

94. Kerry's World Tour to Amsterdam, Turkey, Singapore, Jikata, Perth, Sydney,
Melbourne, New Zealand, Fiji, Honolulu, San Francisco, Chicago and New York.

95. Kerry had a Tiger before Woods was born. Corner back Tim Tiger Lions.

96. John Kerry O'Donnell. The godfather of New York football.

97. Donie O'Sullivan training with the New York Jets.

98. Paidí O'Sé's All Ireland speech, 1985.

99. Jackie Lyne's quote : 'With them bast**ds of mountains in front of us, and those hoors of lakes behind us, sure there's nothing to do but play football'.

100. The Gooch.

[Captain Planet]

Cork people travel and we dont mind the travelling.... To be honest, its a come down when u find out the match is down the park and we dont really have a day out!!! Quite funny really.

How many times do the dubs play away from dublin... other than longford in June, i really dont think its too many!
its like we enjoy invading other counties

[go on the dan]

its like we enjoy invading other counties


We'll take over the world captain planet....with ure help, we'll surely do it!

[Sound]

One hundred reasons why we follow the Kerry Team:

1. The Miltown Massacre.

2. Mikey Sheehy's chip in 1978.

3. Con Houlihan's description of said chip in The Evening Press. 'Mike Sheehy was running up to take the kick - and suddenly Paddy dashed back towards his goal like a woman who smells a cake burning ... Paddy crashed into the outside of the net and lay against it like a fireman who had returned to find his station ablaze'.

4. Charlie Nelligan weighed 15 and three quarter pounds at birth. Had he been born elsewhere, a career in sumo would have beckoned. Kerry slimmed him down and he gathered seven All Ireland medals.

5. Six players on the Millenium team.

6. 33 All Irelands.

7. 70 Munster Championships.

8. Dara Ó Cinnéide's All-Ireland acceptance speech.

9. Paidí Sé's centenary final 'hello' to Joe McNally.

10. The proceeds from Kerry's 1913 game went towards the purchase of Jones' Road. Croker is Kerry's second home for more than one reason.

11. Jerome O'Shea's catch in 1955.

12. The Kingdom gives other counties great days out. Waterford in '57, Derry in '58 and Clare in '92.

13. The Ghost Train.

14. The Seán Murphy All Ireland of '59.

15. Eddie Dowling drinking 18 bottles of beer at Rineanna before boarding the plane for The Polo Grounds.

16. Eddie Dowling's brilliance beneath the Manhattan skyline, 1947.

17. Sean Walsh catching Dublin clouds in 1979

18. Kerry have better nicknames.

19. The Bracker.

21. Gega.

21. Purty and Roundy.

22. The Bawn.

23. Aeroplane O'Shea.

24. Ogie - the only man to win eight All Irelands in the one position.

25. Der Bomber - The Bearded Giant from Ballybunion.

26. Big Ned Roche's culling of Heffo in '55. Kerry strike a blow for the culchies.

27. Fitzgerald Stadium hosted an All Ireland.

28. Tadhgie Lyne - The Prince of Forwards.

29. John O'Keeffe - The Prince of Full Back Play.

30. Maurice Fitz.

31. Danno Keeffe and Johnny Foley and the famous horseshoe.

32. The 5 in a Row T-Shirts.

33. Jack O'Shea's goal against Offaly in 1981.

34. A meeting of legends. Con Brosnan and Babe Ruth's handshake in Yankee Stadium.

35. The one pair of boots that carried Ballybunion's Bob Stack to six All Irelands.

36. Bob Stack and Dr Pat O'Callaghan rowing out to Loop Head as part of the latter's Olympic training prior to securing gold in Los Angeles in 1932.

37. Four time All Ireland winner, Eamonn Fitzgerald, missing out on bronze medal in the '32 Olympics Triple Jump by four inches. He'd have won gold only for a dodgy ankle.

38. Mick O'Dwyer's training sessions. The wire to wires, 35 nights in seven weeks, 50 laps a night...

39. John Egan driving to training on a flat tyre. Nobody was late for Micko's training.

40. Paddy Kennedy - the other iron man from Tom Crean country, Annascaul.

41. Kerry's Croke Park demolition of Cork in 2002. As good as it gets.

42. DJ Crowley's goal in 1970.

43. Puke Football will never be played in Kerry

44. The Past V Present game in 1968.

45. Paul Russell was the first wing back to score a point from play.

46. The day Tom Long beat St. Vincents on his own in the Dublin County Final.

47. The Killimer Ferry that allows the good folk of West Clare see decent football.

48. Maurice McCarthy won his first All Ireland in 1903. At 70 years of age he cycled all the way from Tralee to Galway to see his son in Merlin Park Hospital, Galway.

49. Connell.

50. Jimmy O'Brien's pub in Killarney.

51. Maurice Fitzgerald, going eyeball to eyeball with Tommy Carr, then splitting the posts against the Dubs in Thurles.

52. The Sheehys from Boherbee - John Joe, Paidi, Niall and Sean Óg.

53. Tommy Doyle, captain in '86, pushing the four minute mile in Tralee.

54. Was it a push in '82? Yes or no, no complaints.

55. Tom Ashe wore the hoops of Glasgow Celtic.

56. Johnny Culloty's save against Offaly in the '69 final.

57. The Spillanes of Templenoe.

58. The one handed catches of Sean Brosnan.

59. Always check your change in Kerry. They could slip you a celtic cross by mistake.

60. Kerry's answer to David Fairclough. Sean Walsh - The Super Sub.

61. Seamus Murphy's versatility.

62. Bill Dillon and his beagles and storing his bacon in the Sam Maguire.

63. The Rock - Kerry's street of champions.

64. Miko Doyle - Four All Irelands before his 21st birthday.

65. Miko Doyle's haircut.

66. Listowel Race week with Sam on the sideboard.

67. The Joe Keohane Roundabout.

68. The Dan Spring Road.

69. The John Joe Sheehy Road.

70. Dickeen Fitz was the greatest GAA man of them all.

71. Weeshie Fogarty's Terrace Talk.

72. Camp - where there's more All Irelands per head of population than any other village in the country.

73. Jack O'Shea V Brian Mullins.

74. Paddy Bawn against Cork in '52. Prevented those hoors from annihilating us in the Munster Final.

75. Mixie Palmer - great horse, better footballer.

76. The Gerald O'Sullivan photograph versus Mayo in 1951.

77. Aeroplane O'Shea's novel idea of writing a book on the All Irelands Kerry lost.

78. Dick Fitzgerald's book 'How To Play Gaelic Football'.

79. Mick O'Connell's 'A Kerry Footballer'.

80. Dr Eamon O'Sullivan's grasp of tactics.

81. 'If you drink ten pints a night, cut it back to five. If you drink six a night, cut it back to three'. Dr Eamon's winning philosophy.

82. The Dunloe Cup.

83. Footballs role in healing Kerry's Civil War wounds.

84. Caid - what old timers still call football in Kerry.

85. The Boston Beer Party. Prohibition was relaxed in Massachusetts for the Kerry footballers on their US tour of '27.

86. An Muantáin - Europe's most westerly sporting haggard; where Dan Kavanagh first kicked ball.

87. All Ireland winners Kerry gave to other counties : Joe Fitzgerald, captain of Dublin in 1942; Mick Falvey, Dublin '42, and the great Jack Flavin, All Ireland winner with Kerry in '37 and Galway in '38. To name but three.

88. Maurice Fitzgerald's pass to Mike Frank versus Armagh in 2000.

89. The Golden Years video.

90. The Bendix Ad.

91. Keeping the Dublin exiles in shape during the golden years, thanks to Micheál O'Muircheartaigh.

92. Putting manners on The Dipper, Aussie Rules in the 80's.

93. The Shronedraugh Warrior - Seamus Moynahin.

94. Kerry's World Tour to Amsterdam, Turkey, Singapore, Jikata, Perth, Sydney,
Melbourne, New Zealand, Fiji, Honolulu, San Francisco, Chicago and New York.

95. Kerry had a Tiger before Woods was born. Corner back Tim Tiger Lions.

96. John Kerry O'Donnell. The godfather of New York football.

97. Donie O'Sullivan training with the New York Jets.

98. Paidí O'Sé's All Ireland speech, 1985.

99. Jackie Lyne's quote : 'With them bast**ds of mountains in front of us, and those hoors of lakes behind us, sure there's nothing to do but play football'.

100. The Gooch.

101. It's cheap when we only travel for finals.

[Captain Planet]

We'll take over the world captain planet....with ure help, we'll surely do it!
Ah GO ON THE DAN! GO OOOOOOON THE DAN

[norrie rugby head]

One hundred reasons why we follow the Kerry Team:




pity that everyone in kerry seems to stay at home to try and think up internet stuff, instead of actually going to the match

[Rebelred]

One hundred reasons why we follow the Kerry Team:


hang on!...you mean there's more than the one man and his dog who turned up for the munster final replay amongst yer support?

[go on the dan]

How many dublin supporters go to league games???

[Rebelred]

How many dublin supporters go to league games???
they usually come close to filling parnell park for their home games and depending on the location of the away game they do tend to bring more support than most other counties, but taking the population into account its a small percentage really.

[mentlebilly]

my dear, you seem obsessed with this site... are there no kerry sites at all...apart from the building site round the back of the Goat in killorglin.

However, there is something more than casual sarcasm in my contacting you. Your point is well made about the proceeds of that match going to buy Jones Road. But who was it named after?? Yes, my dear, Archbishop Croke, the outspoken critic iof IRB controlling of the GAA in its early years.

And where was that particualr fine man from??

Why, from the same place as Sam Maguire and Liam MacCarthy.

Give it up hun, it's Cork's Temple. There just isn't anyway round it.

but I do admire your well-researched grasping at straws.

tis funny, like.

:D

[Some user]

my dear, you seem obsessed with this site... are there no kerry sites at all...apart from the building site round the back of the Goat in killorglin.

However, there is something more than casual sarcasm in my contacting you. Your point is well made about the proceeds of that match going to buy Jones Road. But who was it named after?? Yes, my dear, Archbishop Croke, the outspoken critic iof IRB controlling of the GAA in its early years.

And where was that particualr fine man from??

Why, from the same place as Sam Maguire and Liam MacCarthy.

Give it up hun, it's Cork's Temple. There just isn't anyway round it.

but I do admire your well-researched grasping at straws.

tis funny, like.

:D

Brilliant. Laughing my ass off.

[Some user]

pity that everyone in kerry seems to stay at home to try and think up internet stuff, instead of actually going to the match

Classic! :D

[kerrybabe]

my dear, you seem obsessed with this site... are there no kerry sites at all...apart from the building site round the back of the Goat in killorglin.

However, there is something more than casual sarcasm in my contacting you. Your point is well made about the proceeds of that match going to buy Jones Road. But who was it named after?? Yes, my dear, Archbishop Croke, the outspoken critic iof IRB controlling of the GAA in its early years.

And where was that particualr fine man from??

Why, from the same place as Sam Maguire and Liam MacCarthy.

Give it up hun, it's Cork's Temple. There just isn't anyway round it.

but I do admire your well-researched grasping at straws.

tis funny, like.

:D

Ran out of straw boss

[mentlebilly]

OH MY GOD ARE YOU TOTALLY INSANE kerrybabe?????

Im writing this in Italics because I want to draw your attention to something...everyone please go to number 36 in kerrybabe's list

DR. PAT was from DROMTARIFFEE in WEST CORK!!!!!!!

you nutty girl, he was from my parish, how dare you try to claim him!!!!! And by the way, he won two gold medals, 1928 and 1932.


How many gold medals do kerry have???


Awaiting your reply............... ...........

By the way hun, like the majority of history teachers in this country, Im from Cork. Don't mess with the sacred details........ I have plenty patience for the ramblings and rantings of kerry people, but please, leave the history teaching to us.

Dat's a good girl now.

[Forsberg]

OH MY GOD ARE YOU TOTALLY INSANE kerrybabe?????

Im writing this in Italics because I want to draw your attention to something...everyone please go to number 36 in kerrybabe's list

DR. PAT was from DROMTARIFFEE in WEST CORK!!!!!!!

you nutty girl, he was from my parish, how dare you try to claim him!!!!! And by the way, he won two gold medals, 1928 and 1932.


How many gold medals do kerry have???


Awaiting your reply............... ...........

By the way hun, like the majority of history teachers in this country, Im from Cork. Don't mess with the sacred details........ I have plenty patience for the ramblings and rantings of kerry people, but please, leave the history teaching to us.

Dat's a good girl now.

Where??????

[mentlebilly]

where what?

[mentlebilly]

Dromtariffee...In Duhallow...north west cork...near Millstreet...wakey wakey

represented Cork in one All-Ireland in the 1890's

where they got their red and white from, some allege....

[mentlebilly]

and please stay tuned for the 500, yes, FIVE HUNDRED REASONS for being a cork fan.

Watch this space, Kerrybabe...it'll make your eyes water........

[kerrybabe]

and please stay tuned for the 500, yes, FIVE HUNDRED REASONS for being a cork fan.

Watch this space, Kerrybabe...it'll make your eyes water........

I'm looking forward to it. :-D

[KolaKubes]

Kerry people. There is a reason they put you as far away out at sea as they could, just remember that.

[kerrybabe]

Kerry people. There is a reason they put you as far away out at sea as they could, just remember that.

Hmmm...Mizen Head comes to mind :rolleyes:

[KolaKubes]

Hmmm...Mizen Head comes to mind :rolleyes:

Sorry that should have read Kerry people and West Cork people.

Same difference as far as I'm concerned.

[kerrybabe]

Sorry that should have read Kerry people and West Cork people.

Same difference as far as I'm concerned.

*In fits laughing*

[KolaKubes]

*In fits laughing*

Well it's true.

Actually I might be going over the top lumping ye in with West Cork.

I remember going down to West Cork as a kid and being frightened by all the rocks sticking up out of the fields.

I think I'm going to start a thread on the main forum about this.

[Sandy Cove]

2.... We are always and always gracious in defeat


That is the biggest load of bollocks I've ever heard. Billy Morgan gracious in defeat!! Ha.

He got his excuses in even before the Kerry game by saying they were cynical.

As for the Cork fans who were spoiling for a fight with the Kerry boys in Flannery's after the semi, you can't but call them sore losers. Only looking for a fight to vent their frustration.

[kerrybabe]

That is the biggest load of bollocks I've ever heard. Billy Morgan gracious in defeat!! Ha.

He got his excuses in even before the Kerry game by saying they were cynical.

As for the Cork fans who were spoiling for a fight with the Kerry boys in Flannery's after the semi, you can't but call them sore losers. Only looking for a fight to vent their frustration.

Thanks for that, Sandy.


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[Superdave]

25. Der Bomber - The Bearded Giant from Ballybunion.

.

and here was me thinking he was German.

[kerrybabe]

and here was me thinking he was German.

LOL!!

He was actually one of the original Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bombers. Kerry decided that he should be used to support the team directly by striking targets at or near the enemy.

[Superdave]

LOL!!

He was actually one of the original Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bombers. Kerry decided that he should be used to support the team directly by striking targets at or near the enemy.

i heard he eats babies.

[kerrybabe]

i heard he eats babies.

Toddlers actually.

[mentlebilly]

ehhh sandycove...tell me about you..you know where Im from etc....so be a man...lets hear about you..........or are u a kilkenny/kerry fan in disguise???

That was sad Sandycove
And I wont let it rest.......


So let the battle be joined..........

As for Kerry babe...well darling....... you stand accused and CONVICTED of pawning a true Cork Champion off as a kerry man

as one kerry fan said to me in the bar today here in dublin...(where I live and work).....

''Kerry people are afraid. Afraid of the past and what it shows about Cork people (especially West Cork people;)) Underneath it all, they're afraid of losing their place....... ''

Fair play to you, John Farrell, 71 years of age, Killarney. A true kerry fan .... A real Munster man.

By the way kerry babe... I worked half my life in kerry...........Rath more, Killarney,

and you darling.... you dont know where its at.

Your case may be rested, but its full of holes. A little pathetic.

Get your own website, .............hun.

[kerrybabe]

ehhh sandycove...tell me about you..you know where Im from etc....so be a man...lets hear about you..........or are u a kilkenny/kerry fan in disguise???

That was sad Sandycove
And I wont let it rest.......


So let the battle be joined..........

As for Kerry babe...well darling....... you stand accused and CONVICTED of pawning a true Cork Champion off as a kerry man

as one kerry fan said to me in the bar today here in dublin...(where I live and work).....

''Kerry people are afraid. Afraid of the past and what it shows about Cork people (especially West Cork people;)) Underneath it all, they're afraid of losing their place....... ''

Fair play to you, John Farrell, 71 years of age, Killarney. A true kerry fan .... A real Munster man.

By the way kerry babe... I worked half my life in kerry...........Rath more, Killarney,

and you darling.... you dont know where its at.

Your case may be rested, but its full of holes. A little pathetic.

Get your own website, .............hun.


Sad...Really...