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Poll Question: In your opinion whats the overall state of the current league stadia?
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    Posted: 13 Aug 2015 at 4:37pm
So I fell down a Wiki black hole last and I ended up looking up the SPL stadia. I was surprised as they are all pretty good grounds but (outside of Ibrox and Celtic Park) nothing exceptional and certainly achievable in this league.
What are peoples overall opinions of our current Stadia and hopes for the future?
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Some very good, some ok, some unsafe. Quite like most leagues. Overall better than most GAA county grounds
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Plenty of crap stadiums; Bohs, Sligo and Derry all standing out in my mind. 
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Jodi is far from crap, probably my favourite in the league
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Originally posted by nvidic nvidic wrote:

Jodi is far from crap, probably my favourite in the league

The Jodi Stand is good but they shoved us in the Des Kelly stand last time, full of massive weeds, no toilets and no food/drink outlets. The other two stands look even worse. 
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Sligos stadium is very good as well...finn park is the nou camp of loi😜
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Eamonn Deacy park and turners cross are 2 fine grounds
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Originally posted by irish_goat irish_goat wrote:

Originally posted by nvidic nvidic wrote:

Jodi is far from crap, probably my favourite in the league


The Jodi Stand is good but they shoved us in the Des Kelly stand last time, full of massive weeds, no toilets and no food/drink outlets. The other two stands look even worse. 


Ah yeah it does look fairly sh*t, we rarely have proper away ends open for us so not been on a lot of them

Oriel away is a disgrace, as is drogs but I love the place.

Cork, Galway, Pats all good grounds. UCD a nice set up too

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Originally posted by irish_goat irish_goat wrote:

Plenty of crap stadiums; Bohs, Sligo and Derry all standing out in my mind. 

The Showgies? Ah stop. Has to be top 3 grounds in the league.
Even the away end is comfortable compared to some of the pig pens in other grounds.
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Bitored, setting up a thread to have a go at the league because once again Sligo after their brief tilt at the windmill are back in their first for existence. If you live Sligo,expect the knock on the door soon.





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Originally posted by Cabra Hoop Cabra Hoop wrote:

Bitored, setting up a thread to have a go at the league because once again Sligo after their brief tilt at the windmill are back in their first for existence. If you live Sligo,expect the knock on the door soon.




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Originally posted by nvidic nvidic wrote:

Jodi is far from crap, probably my favourite in the league
Try the Shed or the deathtrap that is the Connaught Street stand. Unnaceptable at every level.
 
Oriel, Dalymount, Tolka and United Park are unsafe and not fit for purpose. Tallaght, Turners Cross and the Showgrounds are perfectly fine and the best smaller stadia on the island. The rest are int he 'ok' area.
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Sligo is a lovely ground, certainly far from being in the "crap" category. 

Turners Cross is the best in the league, 4 all covered all seated stands right up into the pitch with about 6 pubs within a 5 minute walking distance. New toilet block being built at the away end also. Nothing like it.

Tallaght and Eamonn Deacy would be great if only the ends were filled out somehow, especially in Tallaght. 

Richmond Park is by far my favourite ground in Dublin, nice and close to the pitch again.

Oriel is just dangerous but thats been done to death so we'll leave that be. 

Longford is a weird one cause its a nice design but its in the middle of nowhere.


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Dalymount ~ 1 decent stand the rest fit for demolition 3/10
 Carlisle Grounds ~ No cover for away fans, couldn't class it as a stadium 2/10
 Turners Cross, 4 covered all seater stands, lacks toilet facilities at st annes end 8/10
 Brandywell, 1 decent stand, its a greyhound stadium 3/10
 United Park, Fit for demolition, 2/10
 Oriel Park, 1 old stand with bar facilities, time for a major facelift 3/10
 Eammon Deasy Park, 1 decent stand and 1 other all seater stand, serves its purpose 6/10
 Markets Field, I haven't been so I cant rate 5/10
 City Calling Stadium, 1 covered stand, no cover for away fans 5/10
 Richmond Park, 1 covered all seater stand, poor toilet facilities 4/10
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 Showground's , Decent effort could do something behind the goal 7/10
 

 
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Originally posted by roverstillidie roverstillidie wrote:

Some very good, some ok, some unsafe. Quite like most leagues. Overall better than most GAA county grounds
 
How many GAA county grounds have you visited?
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RTID clueless again.

I played in a host of county grounds and LOI grounds and I can safely say the GAA county stadiums are way ahead of LOI grounds for the most part.

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Looking forward to a response if it ever comes, RTID usually out of his depth regarding most subjects but his crusade against the GAA is laughable LOL
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Originally posted by cm79 cm79 wrote:

How many GAA county grounds have you visited?
A number of them. The GAA recently had to reduce capacity in almost all of them as there were massive health and safety concerns. Most county grounds are aged kips - even relatively modern onces like Parnell Park are nothing special.
How many of the listed would you consider even ok?
 


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