Dublin GAA fans have been branded as the most disliked supporters in the country according to the results of a survey from Lottoland.
The survey shows that 39% of adults think that Dublin has the least likeable fans while Cork are a distant second at 7%.
Kerry’s fans rank third in the survey at 6% while Mayo and Kilkenny complete the top five with both counties’ fans ranking at 5% each.
“There’s no prouder nation when our sports teams, artists or business people are enjoying success on the global stage but strip it back and we just love a bit of good old fashioned local begrudgery,” said Lottoland’s Graham Ross.
Dublin’s senior footballers will open their Leinster Senior Football Championship. defence against Wicklow next weekend while their hurlers will head to Innovate Wexford Park this afternoon to take on Wexford in the second round of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.
Dublin’s footballers are aiming for a fourth consecutive All-Ireland title this summer but manager Jim Gavin said that he doesn’t define his side’s success by their medals but by their desire to be the very best.
“We don’t count success, genuinely, by medals,” Gavin said at the launch of the Leinster championship earlier this month.
“My drive is just to get a group of players who want to represent Dublin – they need to make that choice because there are a lot of sacrifices to be made, a lot of commitment, a lot of family events to be missed by committing to your sport.
“My mandate and remit is to get those guys to be the very best. During our time with the U-21s, we set out the exact same way.
“If you can imbue that culture to the guys, if they play to their very best, if you win along the way, it’s great. If you lose, once you know they have given everything, that’s all we’ve ever asked them.
“That’s what gives me the most satisfaction, walking off the pitch and reflecting on the game and going, ‘Yeah, we did our best for them and they did their best for themselves in representing the county.’ That’s the big drive. They have been doing that consistently the last number of seasons.
“It is a great testament of players that they are evolving with change and they are always going to grow.
“That is their desire to grow as a team, to learn new things, to try different methods.”
