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Thread #67606 Message #1134973
Posted By: GUEST,Beachcomber
12-Mar-04 - 02:10 PM
Thread Name: BS: England 13 Ireland 19
Subject: RE: BS: England 13 Ireland 19
Ard Mhaca , you must have been born within the last ten to fifteen years if you are not aware of the difficulties for soccer people in gathering funds for anything, much less a stadium, over the years .
I have been involved for a lot longer and could tell many tales of the reception given to people like me at the doorsteps.
Not like the one given the GAA lads who were (and still are in places) seen as the only "true gaels".
The kind of money collected over the last 60 to 70 years by the GAA was never available to soccer clubs around the country. That includes the clubs formed in the rural areas after the '66 world cup on television.
The rugby and GAA officials always had the "upper class" and working class (rural especially) shelling out to them.