Maybe a few of our members in the 06 can help me with this............
I've always wondered which of the football teams in Northern Ireland are mostly supported by the Nationalist community and which ones are mostly supported by the Unionist community.
I know Linfield are the Rangers of the O6 and I believe Donegal Celtic and Cliftonville are supported mostly by the Nationalist community.
The rest? I have no idea. So can you help me fill in the blanks................
Linfield - Unionist
Portadown - Unionist
Cliftonville - Nationalist
Coleraine - Unionist
Crusaders - Unionist
Glentoran - Unionist
Donegal Celtic - Nationalist
Ballymena - Unionist
Dungannon - ?
Distillery - Mixed
Glenavon - Mixed
Carrick Rangers - ? I'm guessing Unionist with that name.
Ards - ?
Oh.......and Lower Maze - ?(I only ask because I've just taken them over on FM :icon_mrgreen:)
Thanks in advance. :50:
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Cliftonville and Newry Town are about the only Catholic teams.
The rest are either mixed or Huns. Unfortunately, my home-town team (ha), Portadown, are most definitely Huns. -
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[FONT="]Portadown - Unionist
Coleraine - Unionist
Glentoran - Unionist
Ballymena - Unionist
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Surely Donegal Celtic are mostly supported by Nationalists too?
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yea dc are a nationalist team based on the suffolk road west belfast, they play in green and white hoops mate:50:
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Lisburn Distillirey are pretty mixed i think, my mates brother played for them and said they were a decent enough bunch -
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dungannon is a mainly nationalist area aswell .
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Donegal Celtic doesn't get that much support...spend most of their time outside the Premier Division.
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I completely would've forgotten about DC if someone hadn't mentioned it. They're a small club.
I've largely ignored the game in NI, to be honest, as it is basically a Protestant market. I recall vaguely being interested in it when Cliftonville won the league in '97-'98 (same year we did it!), which seemed like fate finally coming good.
But that may have been down to it being my first year of any active interest in the game. :56:
Also, the Troubles were still ongoing... -
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Personally I think Cliftonville, Newry City and Donegal Celtic should move to the league of Ireland like Derry City did. Then leave the Irish league to the Huns and let them * about with themselves and there awful * thing they call a league.
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But aye it would be nice to see a few other northern teams in the league of ireland. -
Thanks for the input guys. Just a few left on the list..............
Crusaders ?
Dungannon ?
Glenavon ?
Ards ?
Lower Maze ? -
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Cant imagine Dungannon being Unionist surely?
Ballymena are hun * btw. Know a few of them -
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Crusaders are most definately a hun team. theyre very close to C'Ville, they take in the unionists of the area. -
Think Glenavon's Mixed a few of my mates play/played for them and said they're mixed
Lower maze im pretty sure are unionist not 100% sure though -
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