Soccer Pitch ploughed during night on instrutions of GAA Club

[meriwether2]

Originally Posted by The_SR

This dovetails into the Tallaght/Lusk debate nicely. The GAA is applying political pressure and using the courts to be 'included' in football facilities.

Here is another example of when they get involved in a commnity based project that they throw the rattle and act the lout.

Would you groundshare with these people?

Shouldn't you be beating up a Latvian somewhere?

[The_SR]

Originally Posted by greasytrucker

Its a nasty org which personifies the petty perochialism of the republic.

They are very nasty elements within the GAA, but the majority of its members are decent sporting people.

Besides, petty and parochial are more readily applied to your neck of the woods...

Originally Posted by greasytrucker

They got land given in my area, they dug up the tennis court on the land, which was free to the community.

Thats what they do. They are nicknamed the Grab All Association for a reason.

Originally Posted by greasytrucker

Anyway outside catholics in Ireland no ones intrested in it anyway.

And less and less of us are anymore. GAA membership and playing numbers are way down and last year saw a slump in attendences.

[The_SR]

Originally Posted by meriwether2

Shouldn't you be beating up a Latvian somewhere?

I think you must have gotten a sliotar too many to the head. I was the one commending the FAI for their stance.

As I said in the other thread, its just a pity other sports who have signed up for the "Show the Racism the Red Card" campaign haven't implemented the programme.

[meriwether2]

Originally Posted by The_SR

I think you must have gotten a sliotar too many to the head. I was the one commending the FAI for their stance.

As I said in the other thread, its just a pity other sports who have signed up for the "Show the Racism the Red Card" campaign haven't implemented the programme.

The FAI are to be commended.

Its just a pity they have such a nasty grassroots membership full of racists.

Would I like to share a campaign with these people? I dont think so.

[bobbysands81]

Originally Posted by The_SR

At least they didn't spread broken glass over it, which is what the GAA in Kerry used to do to football pitches.

Its progress I suppose.

Why would the GAA spread broken glass over one of their own football pitches?

[The_SR]

Originally Posted by meriwether2

The FAI are to be commended.

Its just a pity they have such a nasty grassroots membership full of racists.

Would I like to share a campaign with these people? I dont think so.

A member of the GAA accusing football of racism?

April 1st was yesterday

[KingKane]

Can we try and keep this to the topic at hand and not have one of these free ranging GAA/FAI bashing threads? Cos if I have to intervene here I'll be cracking skulls.

[The_SR]

Originally Posted by bobbysands81

Why would the GAA spread broken glass over one of their own football pitches?

The broken glass was on local football club facilities and is well documented as you know.

The pitch in this instance is held in trust by the GAA for the community and Croke Park have 'instructed' the local club to annexe it for GAA use only. Are you seriously going to try and claim that if the GAA have always owned the pitch that they just let a local football club use it for free for 20 years? Pull the other one.

Between trying to get their grubby hands on Lansdowne Road, Abbotstown, Tallaght, Lusk and now this, there is a clear policy of liebestraum from the Gah blazers. Attempt to grab any land they can at no cost to the association. Is it 1950 again?

Hopefully the courts and local politicians stand up to these bullies and sporting fascists like they did in Tallaght

[The_SR]

Originally Posted by KingKane

Can we try and keep this to the topic at hand and not have one of these free ranging GAA/FAI bashing threads? Cos if I have to intervene here I'll be cracking skulls.

The GAA centrally instructed a local GAA club to take possession of a football pitch. This is part of a wider policy of the GAA.

Much as I see where you are coming from, I find it hard to see what other direction a discussion on this will head.

[meriwether2]

Originally Posted by The_SR

A member of the GAA accusing football of racism?

April 1st was yesterday

Yes. It appears that the Leinster league is riddled with racism.
I wouldn't like to be a non-national playing in the leinster league.