Wear your rugby jersey to a soccer match?!
Daragh | June 2, 2006Ok, this is a strange one to come back home to! I’ve been glancing through my emails in the sunshine this afternoon, and in my inbox I received notification that UCD AFC are tonight launching a new, and curious initiative! They are granting free access to tonights Premier League soccer match between themselves and Derry City, to anyone who turns up at the gate wearing a Leinster Rugby Jersey!
Now, perhaps they’re desperately scraping the barrell to gain new fans, perhaps they’re finally realising that rugby really is a much better sport than soccer (c’mon, I had to!), or, perhaps they’re just being genuienly nice guys, and embracing all traditions! Either way, I think it’s a great idea, and though I’m a bit late getting around to posting this, if you’re looking for something to do this evening, in the beautiful Dublin sunshine, grab your Leinster Jersey and get yourself over to Bellfield.
If I hear of this happening again in the future, I’ll do my best to get it to you sooner!
Good idea but there are so few leinster supporters arround that it may not garner much additional support.
Also considering that this is a Dublin Blog i was surprised to find no mention by any of the contributors that this weekend sees Dublin start their campagin for Sam. They take on Longford on Sunday at 2.30 in what is a sell out game.
Maybe none of the bloggers like GAA ?
I went along to this with the free offer. Don’t know why I’ve never been before. The standard of play is a lot better than I thought. It’s no rugby (obviously!) but I’ll be going along to support UCD as my local team more often. That goalkeeper is really good.