Shamrock Rover's Homeless Years: 1987-2009

[@mrhairyman]

Nice article. I'm from Milltown, and was there throughout the 80s, including being on the field in protest at the Sligo Rovers game. I remember the attendance figures you mention at Glenmalure in the 80s being much higher than those quoted by Louis Kilcoyne

[@johndorney7812]

That's just the Kilcoynes' party line. It's very irritating to see it still repeated.

[@larrymulryan5305]

Not a hoops fan but good video and glad the Rovers now have a place to call home.

[@coyotelong4349]

Exactly, even as a Bohs fan I feel the same

[@franoloughlin3495]

It isint rovers ground. They rent it. The council own it.

[@willscanlon9515]

​@franoloughlin3495 so you can't call a place home if you are only renting is that what you are trying to say ?

[@coyotelong4349]

@@franoloughlin3495 Do most clubs in world football own their own stadiums? I doubt it

[@thomasargue3827]

@@coyotelong4349Man City 1 of the biggest clubs in the world don’t own the stadium but you never see or hear English fans throwing that at them,it’s just our Irish bullshit about owning your own field

[@johndorney7812]

That thing where the Kilcoynes claimed that attendances at Milltown had fallen between 800-1000 at Milltown is absolutely not true. Yet it gets repeated all the time. But it actually comes from what Louis Kilcoyne said about the sale of Milltown in the 2000s. What they said at the time was that attendances for league games in 1986/87 had fallen to av. 2,000 or so. This is leaving out European games and cup games which had bigger crowds. Rovers had also sold plenty of players to English and European clubs for substantial sums. If they Kilcoynes were losing money as they claimed, that was their own fault for failing to market the club, improve facilities or budget correctly.

[@shamrockgerry]

Fantastic insight to history of. Shamrock rovers football club years. Homeless. ☘️🇮🇪🏆. Hopefully all league of Ireland clubs can get government sports council help to redevelopment of there stadiums. 6,000 to 10,000. Capacity.uefa 3

[@iplayfhorn]

Great video! Do you know of anyone who was around in the summer of 1967 when Rovers played as the Boston Rovers in the United Soccer Association in the US?

[@crumdub12]

Fantastic Video, Thank you

[@user-br6jv7rq7s]

Nice work ❤

[@niall246]

Super work.

[@NikCan66]

Still have my KRAM badge

[@nc2933]

Beaurocacy and ireland goes hand in hand

[@got2bstuck]

Home game in cork aswell

[@josephlarmor550]

I think it should be “Shamrock Rovers’ homeless years”. I know the apostrophe is going out of fashion, but in this instance it is important. Unless the football club’s name is “Shamrock Rover”!

[@imaguineapig]

Good video

[@fintanb8413]

No mention of Windy Arbour? We played there before Milltown. I'm told it was at the bottom of Bird Avenue and was called Logan's or Rogan's field. The attendance figures put forward by the Kilcoynes (spit) were misinformation to justify the move. I was there and no way the gates were that. No mention of home games in Cork, UCD (League Cup), Santry Stadium and I think there was a home game in Baldonnell.

[@everythingleagueofireland]

Couldn’t find any mention of them tbh, even Richmond isn’t mentioned in rovers history pages, only evidence was an article from 2003. The leagues history as a whole on the internet is sparse, often have to go digging in archives just to find evidence something actually happened

[@fintanb8413]

@@everythingleagueofireland Thanks, to be honest even the book from the 90s missed a lot. First recorded Rovers game was away against Roesemont which is just up the road from Windy Arbour. 😃

[@shanegilmartin6057]

That was a different club

[@thomasargue3827]

Picture at 2.02 not Miltown,it’s the RDS Great video

[@grahamstewart615]

How long did Dublin City last?

[@waynemolloy4250]

Ive to do an assignment on the port tunnel for college could you do a video on that please 😂😂

[@StrangeUrr]

Did they play a few home games in United Park in Drogheda as well?

[@fergusdesmond546]

Shamrock Rovers’ not Rover’s. It’s pronounced KRAM as in cram so not spelled out. Also it’s the RDS 2 minutes in not Milltown. You can easily edit these but as someone who was there for all of that period it’s a good effort. Yes Rovers rent Tallaght Stadium but it is home now.

[@Afc.editzz1010]

You should do the history of Dundalk

[@PatrykOfficial09]

We hate rovers, cause everybody hates SHAMROCK ROVERS

[@ryangillen7618]

They’re still homeless they just borrow SDCCs ground

[@KOD459]

You fuming Ryan? Hhahahahaha 4 in a row baby

[@shamrockgerry]

South Dublin people are the council and we own that stadium 🏟️. Dalymount park. A kip full rats 🐀. And rainbow 🏳️‍🌈 flags. I hear there opening a new trans nite club under Jodi stand called Black n blue 💙 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@FionanUaMurchadha]

They are still homeless thats the funny thing they are tenants they don't own Tallaght Stadium 😂

[@laurencecavanagh9506]

Milltown is a car park….🤣 De Bohwez!

[@shamrockgerry]

Bohs. Are in Rainbow 🏳️‍🌈 cup 🏆 they have new trans 🏳️‍⚧️ team and Marxist 🇻🇳 Antifa away strip 🤣🤣