colin_hanley
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Anyone know why Boh's have this nickname ? Just something that has been bugging me for a while.
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colin_hanley said:Anyone know why Boh's have this nickname ? Just something that has been bugging me for a while.
colin_hanley said:Bohs and Shamdock Rovers mates
40coats said:Its been bugging me too ,but now I kmow why they are called the gypsies because they play football like a bunch of cream crackers !!!!!!!
Rovers Forever.........
Grew up near Glenmalure and attended regularly as a kid. Then emigrated to UK for a number of years and when I came back in the nineties it was difficult to find where Rovers' home ground was from week to week....plus, must confess that after watching mainly Division 2 (now Championship) in England, the LofI was pretty much unwatchable on my return. If I wanted to watch overweight, unfit and untalented blokes running around I just had to look down at myself.ClubMan said:Question for oysterman and 40coats: do either/both of you actually attend Rovers games or is your support all talk? If you do go to games what do you think of the behaviour of a large minority of Rovers supporters before, during and after games - such as on Friday?
oysterman said:Grew up near Glenmalure and attended regularly as a kid. Then emigrated to UK for a number of years and when I came back in the nineties it was difficult to find where Rovers' home ground was from week to week....plus, must confess that after watching mainly Division 2 (now Championship) in England, the LofI was pretty much unwatchable on my return. If I wanted to watch overweight, unfit and untalented blokes running around I just had to look down at myself.
As for behaviour? You pay your money and if you want to slag off opposition/own team/manager/board that's largely your own business. If the behaviour was as thuggish as you suggest, however, that's another matter and may well trace to the loss of the traditional supporter core as they moved from ground to ground.
Or some of us would just call it maturity - recognising the LofI for what it is and choosing to spend our time and money otherwise.ClubMan said:So it's all talk after all - thanks for clearing that up. Funny the number of so called Rovers supporters who don't actually go to games.
Apparently your lifetime of Bohs supporting may not trace back to the 70's when the only time there was ever trouble at a Rovers home fixture was when your predecessors came to support the Mourning Good Queen Victoria 11.ClubMan said:In all my years supporting Bohs this is certainly not the first time that Rovers have caused trouble. Even when they were in Milltown it was the same so thuggish behaviour can't be so easily dismissed as something new and resulting from their homless status.
oysterman said:Or some of us would just call it maturity - recognising the LofI for what it is and choosing to spend our time and money otherwise
Apparently your lifetime of Bohs supporting may not trace back to the 70's when the only time there was ever trouble at a Rovers home fixture was when your predecessors came to support the Mourning Good Queen Victoria 11.