Different League: The Derry City Story......

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Different League: The Derry City Story......

Post by Srg1882 » Sun Apr 18, 2021 9:53 pm

.....BBC2 Tomorrow 9pm.....Documentary about how a football club make their comeback in the league of Ireland. Seen a preview of this and it looks and sound a really good watch . A city with a massive religious and political divide even to this day . Be interesting to see how it has an effect on the sporting side of the city
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Re: Different League: The Derry City Story......

Post by tiger76 » Sun Apr 18, 2021 10:03 pm

Yes I spotted this doc myself meant to post but it slipped my mind. Should be a good watch, and I'm curious how sport is impacted by the long political and religious troubles, or if it's immune to it all, and it can act as a uniting force.
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Re: Different League: The Derry City Story......

Post by Srg1882 » Sun Apr 18, 2021 10:09 pm

tiger76.....my thoughts too mate . Think it will be a really good watch

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Re: Different League: The Derry City Story......

Post by claretfern » Sun Apr 18, 2021 10:10 pm

Recently read Johnny Crossan's autobiography 'The Man They Couldn't Ban' where his early career at Derry covered the political and sporting problems that affected the city
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Post by Tribesmen » Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:26 am

Yep Derry great bunch of lads just love the fans .

Try and get to watch this tonight if anyone ever wanted to to visit the city it really has a lot to offer .

Hey sure Derry on here can tell us all about it with crowds of 10,000 plus which is massive for the when they first joined the league of Ireland .

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Post by Srg1882 » Mon Apr 19, 2021 9:50 pm

What a great documentary . Just goes to show you what our beloved game can do . I hope the "big six" and the rest of the ESL mercenaries were watching that

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Re: Different League: The Derry City Story......

Post by Wile E Coyote » Mon Apr 19, 2021 10:19 pm

very good programme.
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Post by mikeS » Tue Apr 20, 2021 8:04 am

What a brilliant story and documentary this was.

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Re: Different League: The Derry City Story......

Post by Woodleyclaret » Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:13 am

I watched and it was interesting their take on McGuinness. I also remember our player from Derry, Danny Lafferty.

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Re: Different League: The Derry City Story......

Post by Tribesmen » Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:54 am

Very good indeed i must say .
Love the older lad who was watching the FAI Cup Final on the tablet then got all tearer , just love the passion i must say .
Maybe wrong here but when they said 19,000 went to the 1/4 final in Cork have to say it could be wrong as where they played the game only held 14,000 .

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Re: Different League: The Derry City Story......

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:59 am

Have recorded it - will be watching it
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Re: Different League: The Derry City Story......

Post by Mayoclaret » Tue Apr 20, 2021 12:16 pm

Certainly very well worth watching .... a great story, which if someone had made up, you simply wouldn't believe, especially given the years in which it is played out. Some very interesting interviews/anecdotes and great football footage.

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Post by MalaysiaMo » Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:52 pm

I played soccer at the Brandywell ~ an Irish Cup game v Oxford United Stars (the team that Danny Lafferty played for as a youth) - in 1984. That was the year before Derry City was allowed to re-enter senior football (but in the Republic of Ireland rather than Northern Ireland) and during the peak of the troubles. The game was a draw after normal and extra time and went to penalties. I was standing in the centre circle along with my team mates from Coleraine as the penalties were taken when one of the opposition players came over to me (he must have realised I was English from my accent) and pointed to a row of houses overlooking the ground. "There's a sniper in one of those bedrooms with his rifle trained on you". Fortunately I never did find out whether he was being serious.....

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Re: Different League: The Derry City Story......

Post by Aclaret » Tue Apr 20, 2021 5:23 pm

Cheers for the heads up Srg1882, enjoyed it, great football story.
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Re: Different League: The Derry City Story......

Post by Srg1882 » Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:59 pm

Aclaret

Was a brilliant documentary wasnt it. Just goes to show what football can do . The way it galvanised that community was unbelievable. Thoroughly enjoyed it
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Re: Different League: The Derry City Story......

Post by edison » Thu Apr 22, 2021 12:07 pm

Worth a watch. Interesting history.

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Re: Different League: The Derry City Story......

Post by CleggHall » Thu Apr 22, 2021 8:54 pm

Saw Glentoran v Derry City in Belfast late 1960s. Derry greeted with “away home yee Fenians” by the Glens fans despite Glentoran being Belfast’s premier Catholic side.
I never did understand Ulster politics/religion and still don’t!?

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Re: Different League: The Derry City Story......

Post by Spijed » Thu Apr 22, 2021 8:56 pm

As an aside, has anyone been round the Bogside? Interesting area, along with the museum of Free Derry.

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Re: Different League: The Derry City Story......

Post by claretfern » Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:42 pm

'Gunshots & Goalposts' by Benjamin Roberts is an enlightening book. A look at football in Ulster and the origins of sectarianism within the game.

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