Sligo Rovers take a 2-1 lead back to The Showgrounds after victory away to Bala Town on Thursday evening. It was strikes from Max Mata and Aidan Kenna that secured the first leg, Europa Conference League qualifying win.
The Bit O'Reds supporters have been given plaudits for their phenomenal support in Wales, but it was the appearance of internet sensation 'Bootlegger' which has gone down well on Twitter.
Bootleggger is a football vlogger who has over 50,000 subscribers on Youtube and a whopping 334,000 followers on Twitter. The football fan has had many viral videos over the years due to his humour and funny videos released over the years.
Prior to Sligo Rovers game against Bala Town, hundreds on fans took the pubs in Oswestry. A video was shared on Twitter of Bootlegger leading chants inside a pub filled with Rovers fans.
Bootlegger can be heard leading the crowd of Sligo Rovers fans in the their song 'We are Rovers, Sligo Rovers."
The video now has almost 90,000 views on Twitter since it was posted on Thursday night.
@bootlegger1974 the main man showed up @sligorovers pic.twitter.com/v0dyTtffAq
— Gannon ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (@Gannon1981) July 7, 2022
Reaction to Bootlegger's appearance with Sligo Rovers fans
The appearance of Bootlegger has gone down extremely well on social media, with fans taking to Twitter to share their thoughts on the fantastic Sligo Rovers support.
Former Sligo Rovers player David Reid tweeted this.
Brilliant.Cant wait to see this when the troops come to visit Motherwell👏👏👏 @sligorovers https://t.co/tB6jbUx2LX
— David Reid (@reidy1701) July 8, 2022
I am so outrageously jealous of the Sligo fans after watching the game earlier, and this had made it worse 😂 brilliant 👏🏼👏🏼 https://t.co/NLbZ4z0Mh3
— Seán (@sean_tougher) July 7, 2022
That’s class we need to get him to the showgrounds asap https://t.co/K9B6rJDdzQ
— dyaln (@dylansrfc2014) July 7, 2022
Bootlegger is a die hard Wrexham supporter, the club owned by Hollywood superstars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.
Should Sligo Rovers progress to the next round, they will face Scottish Premier Football League side Motherwell for a place in the third qualifying round.
If Sligo's away support is anything to go by, next week's second leg tie at The Showgrounds is bound to be fill to the brim and louder than ever.
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