“There are no League of Ireland fans and non-League of Ireland fans,” ventured Republic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny. “I think what we have emerging in Ireland now are football fans, people who love the game and that’s at all levels. And people can follow teams passionately in Ireland and simultaneously in other countries if they want to do that, and that’s not an issue.”
Maybe so, but some tribes remain the same. Take Friday’s Dublin derby. Bohs hate Rovers as much as Rovers hate Bohs. Relations got embarrassingly shouty last season when Bohemians fans were banned from Tallaght Stadium, which prompted a tit-for-tat response denying the Hoops faithful from visiting Dalymount Park.
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- March 11, 2022
