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    Posted: 18 Apr 2018 at 1:02pm
What's your favourite grounds as an away fan? Talking purely about the stadium and matchday experience there so not the surrounds (I'd have Pats even higher up for the pre match pints across the road based on that for example).

Mine, from where I've been are.

Top tier
1. Bohs - two bars, good view, good atmosphere, history, everything you could want
2. Drogs - could equally be bottom but I love how close you get to the pitch

Look forward to the visit
3. Cork
4. Pats 
5. Galway
6. Cabo - great to have a bar overlooking the pitch
7. Dundalk (crap ground but you're right on top of the action)
8. Derry (not been to the new one)


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9. UCD
10. Limerick
11. Shels
12. Wexford
13. Harps

Soulless grounds you're miles from the pitch

14. Waterford (to be fair, I went with less than 200 people there, prob different now)
15. Tallaght - I really don't like it, cold, open, never been an atmosphere when I've been (with Bray or not) and even if there was I can't imagine the stadium could contain it, too far from the pitch, everything that is wrong with new build stadiums.
16. Athlone 

Not been to the others

If I was judging Bray as an away fans just on the ground I'd have had it pretty close to the bottom I'd imagine.
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Haven't had a  bad experience( apart from results) yet but haven't been to them all but so far...

1: Harps Ground: Friendly and surprisingly had a good away experience, get to stand beside the pitch in the away section. And the Homemade Soup they do is worth it and needed up there.

2: Limerick: Good Experience, Nice to have a stand to hide under in the rain. 
3: Dundalk: Good but the waiting around a is a pain.
4: Rovers: Grand. Good Jacks, No Queues.


Have been to games only been to Cork and Pats ans Neutral, both good grounds and look forward to doing them as a fan.

Look forward this year to getting to...
Cork, Derry, Sligo, Waterford.

and revisit limerick again. But Would have really liked that Galway were still about.





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depends for what your looking for really, if its bright modern stadiums your looking for then Tallaght, RSC and Turners Cross top the league, But for me I always love the trip to Dalymount Park, always feel the nostalgia that is surrounding you even if the away end is an absoloute kip. 
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Best for me are
 Galway(stewards and everyone at the club always welcoming, decent ground. Best away trip for me.
 
Cork (New toilets are excellent although the mens got blocked off for away fans after the game, guards are a bit over the top, will try and push you onto a bus even if you didn't come down on one)

Sligo

Worst ones
 Bohs (Being behind the goal is bad enough without being below pitch level.)
 
Bray (Always rains when we play there, wind is worse than Tallaght)

 Dundalk(Can't see all of the pitch, kept back for about 30 minutes everytime, just looks like a dump.)
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Obviously the experience for home fans in these grounds will be different, as it will be for clubs who bring no support, i.e. 2 portaloo's maybe ok for 20 people, not ok for a couple of hundred

Dalymount: shed is a disgrace can't see the match

Inchicore: same problem as dalymount with the shed, section of the stand is inadequate with only one entrance, horrible geebag monitoring the entrance to the stand. New "soulless" stadium can't come quick enough for me

Oriel: can't see the pitch, no cover, no toilet facilities.

Turner's Cross: excellent

Waterford: excellent bar inadequate toilet facilities

Brandywell: don't know where away fans will be in the new brandywell, view in the old section was bad, everything else excellent

Bray: kip

Sligo: can't see the match due to too many poles, no toilets

Limerick: excellent bar inadequate toilet facilities.
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My favourite is Ballybofey and like Galway, Drogheda and Sligo....
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Bohs - Although rarely go to Des Kelly, Jodi is great even if the rest has fallen apart. 
Pats - Very close to the pitch in the away end and view not bad
Galway - Lovely ground
Brandywell - Haven't been to the new one, looking forward to heading up next month, delighted the hill has been sorted. 
Sligo, Athlone, Tallaght, Longford - inoffensive modern grounds
Shels - Decent four sided ground even if it's also fallen into disrepair
Limerick - Big improvement on Jackman anyway, pitch is sh*te though
RSC - Looks good on telly but hate grounds with running tracks so being there in person is not great
UCD - like the club it's perfectly nice if a little boring
Cobh - First Ground I was ever in, definitely not worthy of a Premier License
Bray - Uncovered away section and no home fans, the dart and hibernian saves it a bit but criteria was grounds only
Dundalk - Everyone knows about Oriel, no point going through it again.
Drogheda - Have to wrap a scarf around your nose to go to the jacks, mad to think that they won the league there not that long ago, it's a sh*tehole


Haven't been - Wexford, Cabo, Finn Harps
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Originally posted by AnCearrbhach AnCearrbhach wrote:

 
Cobh - First Ground I was ever in, definitely not worthy of a Premier License


And when was that??? Have you been back since??Ermm
 
Ramblers only have a 1st division licence and I can think of far worse grounds with premier licences


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Originally posted by Tony Cousins Tony Cousins wrote:

Obviously the experience for home fans in these grounds will be different, as it will be for clubs who bring no support, i.e. 2 portaloo's maybe ok for 20 people, not ok for a couple of hundred

Dalymount: shed is a disgrace can't see the match

Inchicore: same problem as dalymount with the shed, section of the stand is inadequate with only one entrance, horrible geebag monitoring the entrance to the stand. New "soulless" stadium can't come quick enough for me

Oriel: can't see the pitch, no cover, no toilet facilities.

Turner's Cross: excellent

Waterford: excellent bar inadequate toilet facilities

Brandywell: don't know where away fans will be in the new brandywell, view in the old section was bad, everything else excellent

Bray: kip

Sligo: can't see the match due to too many poles, no toilets

Limerick: excellent bar inadequate toilet facilities.




Was never able to find the bar in Market Fields or the RSC
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Originally posted by ShamtheRam ShamtheRam wrote:

Originally posted by AnCearrbhach AnCearrbhach wrote:

 
Cobh - First Ground I was ever in, definitely not worthy of a Premier License


And when was that??? Have you been back since??Ermm
 
Ramblers only have a 1st division licence and I can think of far worse grounds with premier licences

Been back a handful of times, wouldn't be a regular or anything.  I agree with you on there being terrible grounds with Prem licenses but that wasn't really my point. 
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Originally posted by Reildogg Reildogg wrote:


Was never able to find the bar in Market Fields or the RSC


I see what you did there. Bar has several meanings, and you pretended that you misinterpreted the meaning I intended, to comic effect. Clap


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I would consider Colman's Park as one of my favourite places to watch football and I have never been quite able to pin down exactly why. It has this wonderful feel to it that makes it quintessentially Irish, defiantly local but never parochial.
 
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Big fan Of Dalymount i must say love the Jodi for some reason .

 As for bad i think St Mels, Athlone was as bad as anywhere i have ever been , thanks goodness it has gone .
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Bohs - Always enjoy visiting Dalymount...Good view, great bars and so much history 
Pats - Great little ground that serves it's purpose. Good bars nearby and a godd mix of terrace and seating
Galway - A pleasant surprise. Great views from the stands. Sound people. Not falling apart like most others
Brandywell - Not been in it since it's been done up. Main stand was grand, greyhound track lost it marks and the feeling of not being safe outside the ground doen't help
Sligo - Been done up really well. Was in bad shape in the 90s when I visited first. Good away end to make noise but not a great view in certain parts
Athlone - Souless spot. Gave me 50 quid back instead of twenty though which I only realised later which was nice of them
Tallaght - Never been
Longford - Decent ground. Too big for the crowds they get though and a bit far out of town
Shels - Very delapitated. Don't really enjoy watching games ther
Limerick - Main stand looks good...Away stand is sh*te as were the stewards. Pure jobsworths
RSC - Really nice ground and friendly welcome...only downside is athletics track
UCD - Nice little ground. Novelty value of being in the middle of a college
Cobh - Class spot. Tidy little ground and a good bar
Bray - Good place for a pint but the ground itself I wouldn't be a fan off
Dundalk - Kinda like the place for some strange reason. Away end is so bad it's good
Drogheda - Really like the away end. They were mad to search me for pyro and or/drugs that they actually asked to inspect my wallet!
Cabo - Never been
Harps - Home. Falling apart but I love it
Cork - Really nice ground, friendly knowledgable supporters. Free bbq in the pub nearby beforehand was a bonus
Wexford - Never been

Bar Harps my rankings would be

1. Cobh
2. Bohs
3. Pats
4. Cork
5. Drogs
6. Galway
7. Sligo
8. Dundalk
9. RSC
10. Derry
11. Longford
12. Limerick
13. UCD
14. Bray
15. Shels
16. Athlone



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Originally posted by Tony Cousins Tony Cousins wrote:

Originally posted by Reildogg Reildogg wrote:


Was never able to find the bar in Market Fields or the RSC


I see what you did there. Bar has several meanings, and you pretended that you misinterpreted the meaning I intended, to comic effect. Clap

Got me - but it stemmed from me *actually* misinterpreting the RSC on while scanning. Haven't been there since I was a kid and got so excited.
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so the fai announce a new stadium in partnership with Louth county council, for a team with no fans in drogheda.

Meanwhile there's another game in Louth tonight were fans can't attend as the stadium is sold out due to limited capacity

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Originally posted by Shoco Shoco wrote:

so the fai announce a new stadium in partnership with Louth county council, for a team with no fans in drogheda.

Meanwhile there's another game in Louth tonight were fans can't attend as the stadium is sold out due to limited capacity

With all due respect it wasn't that long ago that Drogheda were League Champions and Dundalk played in front of 50 people on a Thursday in the first division. 
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Originally posted by Shoco Shoco wrote:

so the fai announce a new stadium in partnership with Louth county council, for a team with no fans in drogheda.

Meanwhile there's another game in Louth tonight were fans can't attend as the stadium is sold out due to limited capacity
anyway as we all know things things never happen...
you've go your lovely American backers and all that uefa money.... build one yourselves...
 
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