Oh dear

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**oh dear** is an Irish football club based in Galway that competes in the EA Sports Pro Clubs League. It was founded in 2017 as oh dear and known as **oh dear II** in the 2020-21 and 2022-23 seasons. The club's home ground is the Big Man Arena in Muckanaghederdauhaulia, to which they moved in 2020, having played at the oh dear Stadium previously. oh dear adopted their pink home shirts in 2017, in the very first season, but has changed colours numerous times in the 2022-23 season after the league didn't allow the colour to feature on the club's jersey. Since its inception, the club has won twenty three league titles, four No Rules Cups, two EA Cups, four Survival Cups, one Long Range Cup and two Mystery Ball Cups.

oh dear received considerable financial investment both in playing staff and facilities following its takeover by the ruler of the Big Man Caliphate and oh dear player, Derotiquo Sodiq Drueloaloep (more commonly known as Big Man) through Big Man Ltd. in 2020. This started a new era of unprecedented success, with the club winning countless league titles and cups. Under the management of PowerPoint, oh dear won the Division 3 title in the 2022-23 season, reaching Division 2 for the first time in the club's history. Following PowerPoint's resignation in 2023, the club appointed Clopas Barjacob which lead to outrage amongst the fans and staff and an investigation was put forward by the oh dear Sports Group which suspended Jesus from oh dear action and found out that Jesus had personally handed him the job and he was his Uncle. This lead to Clopas being let go and manager John McHugh was subsequently appointed and in his first full season, McHugh won the Division 4 title after winning all seven games and in his 4th full season, won the Division 2 title, getting the club into Division 1 for the very first time. McHugh stepped down from his post as manager of the club in August of 2023 and with no immediate options available, then player Pope Francis took the mantle as player-manager of the club and after he retired he was appointed as the new club manager.

## Identity

### Colours

Since their foundation, oh dear have represented both the provinces of Connaught and Leinster and the country of Ireland. The black and white in the club's crest represent both common colours found in county flags but also the transparent nature of the club and its runnings, holding the fans close to the heart of the club. The pink represents male and female players being able to play on the same team and not divided by gender. Finally the gold crown symbolises the royal connections the club has like the Big Man Caliphate and Duloc.

The club's kits traditionally consisted of a pink base with other accent colours, commonly white but during the 2022-23 season the club switched between multiple kits as the pink that was used since the club's founding was banned. The club used kits to represent occasions, like the St, Patrick's Day kit, but the club also wore kits in support of different groups and people like the kits for the Irish Cancer Society and following the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

### Anthems

Oh dear uses multiple different songs and chants during games, but the club has famously used songs like "Love Me Again" by John Newman, "Samba de Janeiro" by Bellini and "Vibes on Tap" by AC Slater for their goal sounds and has used "You'll Never Walk Alone" for its walk-out anthem

### Club Badge and Colours

Since the clubs founding, they have used pink, white and cyan as their three main colours, while also using green and black in some instances, but during the 2022-23 season the governing body banned the pink that oh dear had been using so they were forced to turn to Nike for a solution and they now use a yellow and red-pink for their home kit. During February 2023 oh dear donned an all black kit in celebration of Black History Month and an all white kit to raise awareness for cancer in support of Irish Cancer Society. Following devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria oh dear revealed a red, white, green and black kit with all money raised being donated to the relief effort in those countries

They changed the badge once to an almost all white version of the original one to raise awareness for cancer in support of the Irish Cancer Society.

### Home Kit Suppliers

 Jordan
 Nike, Puma

## Grounds

### Stadium

Main article: Big Man Arena

The **Big Man Arena** in Muckanaghederdauhaulia, formerly known as the **Sheikh Oil Money Stadium** until 2021, is the home ground for both the oh dear first team and the oh dear B team. It has been the club's home since the start of the 2020-21 season, when oh dear moved from the **oh dear Stadium**. The stadium was originally named as a means of mocking the Middle Eastern takeovers of football clubs until it was changed in honour of oh dear legend, Big Man. The inaugural match at the new stadium was the club's first game of the 2020-21 season in Division 10. The pitch was redeveloped in 2022 letting the ground be used for rugby, American football, GAA games and even for concerts, hosting former oh dear player Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia Tour in April 2022 The stadium's capacity sits at over 68,000 after the Pope Francis End was redeveloped ahead of the 2022-23 season.

### Training Facilities

Located in Muckanaghederdauhaulia, the oh dear Sports Complex has been the club's training ground and sports complex since its foundation. Owned and financed by the club, the venue brings together all of the football clubs owned by the oh dear Sports Group based in Ireland, namely the first team, Elite Development Squad, academy and Martin Hudson's club; Hudson FC.

## Supporters

Since moving to the Big Man Arena, oh dear's average attendances have exceed 50,000. Even in the oh dear Stadium, it was almost always nearly full, usually averaging to 31,000

Since moving to the Big Man Arena, the club's average attendances have been some of the best in Europe, usually over 60,000. Even in the seasons before the takeover and building of the Big Man Arena, home attendances were in the region of 30,000. Research carried out by oh dear and other independent organisations in 2021 estimated a fanbase of 440,000 in Ireland and the United Kingdom and a total in excess of 2 million worldwide, although this was before the current era of dominance after the Big Man takeover and that figure is believed to have since ballooned to many times that size.

## Honours

### FIFA

#### Leagues

* Division 10 (1): 2020-21
* Division 9 (4): 2020-21, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23
* Division 8 (4): 2020-21, 2021-22, 2021-22, 2022-23
* Division 6 (2): 2022-23, 2022-23
* Division 5 (3): 2021-22, 2021-22, 2022-23
* Division 4 (5): 2021-22, 2021-22, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2022-23
* Division 3 (2): 2022-23, 2022-23
* Division 2 (2): 2022-23, 2022-23

#### Cups

* No Rules Cup (4): 2020-21, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23
* EA Cup (2): 2020-21, 2022-23
* Survival Cup (4): 2020-21, 2021-22, 2021-22, 2021-22
* Long Range Cup (1): 2021-22
* Mystery Ball Cup (2): 2022-23, 2022-23