Overall state of LOI Stadia?
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Topic: Overall state of LOI Stadia?
Posted By: Bitored
Subject: Overall state of LOI Stadia?
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2015 at 4:37pm
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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? ------------- I won the Player of the Century award thanks to the people.Pele was second.He also came second behind Aryton Senna as Brazil's greatest sportsman.The award FIFA gave Pele isn't worth sh*t - Maradona |
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Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2015 at 6:06pm
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Some very good, some ok, some unsafe. Quite like most leagues. Overall better than most GAA county grounds ------------- He is Karl Pilkington in the LOI section and Karl Marx outwith it |
Posted By: irish_goat
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2015 at 9:08pm
| Plenty of crap stadiums; Bohs, Sligo and Derry all standing out in my mind. |
Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2015 at 9:10pm
| Jodi is far from crap, probably my favourite in the league |
Posted By: irish_goat
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2015 at 9:13pm
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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nvidic wrote:Posted By: thebronze14
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2015 at 9:14pm
| Sligos stadium is very good as well...finn park is the nou camp of loi😜 |
Posted By: gufct
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2015 at 9:22pm
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Eamonn Deacy park and turners cross are 2 fine grounds ------------- One City,One County,One Club GUFC will be back. |
Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2015 at 9:25pm
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 |
Posted By: Bitored
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 1:06am
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. ------------- I won the Player of the Century award thanks to the people.Pele was second.He also came second behind Aryton Senna as Brazil's greatest sportsman.The award FIFA gave Pele isn't worth sh*t - Maradona |
Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 1:41am
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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. ------------- " BFC always gives me a laugh........ " |
Posted By: Nah Nah Nah Nah
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 9:20am
Take it easy on the buckfast on a Thursday night CH
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Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 10:11am
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. ------------- He is Karl Pilkington in the LOI section and Karl Marx outwith it |
Posted By: RKBarmyArmy
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 10:39am
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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. |
Posted By: kevincronin2000
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 10:55am
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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 Tallaght Stadium, Purpose built modern sports arena with room for expansion 8/10 Showground's , Decent effort could do something behind the goal 7/10 ------------- time is the stuff that life is made of, don't waste it. |
Posted By: cm79
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 11:33am
How many GAA county grounds have you visited?
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Posted By: Green Devil
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 11:50am
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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. The dressing rooms in Dayler  Athlone Towns "were" a disgrace.Inchicore dressing rooms were as basic as you come, pretty poor when i played there. ------------- "He drives two Ferraris; I think he's a very lucky lad to have 50 caps for Ireland," Eamonn Dunphy on Glenn Whelan |
Posted By: Bo Jackson
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 12:44pm
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  ------------- You don't know Bo? 2018 YBIG Fantasy Football Champ! |
Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 1:10pm
http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/gaa-faces-200000-loss-in-ground-capacity-26794939.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/gaa-faces-200000-loss-in-ground-capacity-26794939.html
How many of the listed would you consider even ok?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gaelic_Athletic_Association_stadiums" rel="nofollow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gaelic_Athletic_Association_stadiums ------------- He is Karl Pilkington in the LOI section and Karl Marx outwith it |
Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 1:14pm
------------- He is Karl Pilkington in the LOI section and Karl Marx outwith it |
Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 1:21pm
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Rovers, Cork, Sligo, Waterford and Galway are up to standard. The rest are far behind. ------------- 'The younger generation as in 17 -25 are certainly gayer than their predecessors. I think they may cause the extinction of the human race with their activities.'- Baldrick |
Posted By: Tony Cousins
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 1:59pm
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Jinx Avenue side in sligo is not up to standard. The view is obscured by poles and fences and the seats are broken. |
Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 2:58pm
Hmmm I suppose you're right. I suppose it's the best stadium in the league that is owned by a club. ------------- 'The younger generation as in 17 -25 are certainly gayer than their predecessors. I think they may cause the extinction of the human race with their activities.'- Baldrick |
Posted By: cm79
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 3:24pm
Like f**k you have. Some of the grounds are not great but the vast majority are better than any of the LOI grounds I have been to. |
Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 3:39pm
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Rubbish. Places like Navan, Sligo and Drogheda are absolute holes, far worse than any LoI ground. Pairc Ui Caoimh is another stalinist armpit.
Or put another way, what county ground has the facilities and spectator comfort of Tallaght or Turners Cross? Casement, the Gaelic Grounds and possibly Semple stadium. The rest are way off the standard of better LoI venues. ------------- He is Karl Pilkington in the LOI section and Karl Marx outwith it |
Posted By: RKBarmyArmy
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 3:44pm
Thank fcuk this has been 80% demolished in the last few weeks.
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Posted By: cm79
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 3:56pm
 Have you seen the state of Casement Park lately http://www.sportsjoe.ie/gaa/video-drone-footage-of-abandoned-casement-park-is-an-embarrassment-to-the-gaa/32699" rel="nofollow - http://www.sportsjoe.ie/gaa/video-drone-footage-of-abandoned-casement-park-is-an-embarrassment-to-the-gaa/32699 Tullamore and Pearse Stadium are at a better standard than most LOI grounds.
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Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 4:05pm
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Jesus you Gahliban are touchy. The simple and uncontroversial point was relative to other sports in Ireland, LoI grounds are in the main quite good. It takes some class of zealot to get all offended on behalf of the Gah over that statement. ------------- He is Karl Pilkington in the LOI section and Karl Marx outwith it |
Posted By: Bitored
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 4:13pm
I agree completely Tallaght County Council Stadium would be of far more use as a windmill farm. ------------- I won the Player of the Century award thanks to the people.Pele was second.He also came second behind Aryton Senna as Brazil's greatest sportsman.The award FIFA gave Pele isn't worth sh*t - Maradona |
Posted By: cm79
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 4:32pm
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Posted By: Bitored
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 4:33pm
This is nonsense. We only have one ground with 4 sides to it. Most grounds are lucky to have one toilet (that isn't a porta potty). We do have some nice grounds but compared to other sports we are a long way off. Have we better grounds than GAA? Absolutely not Rugby? Thomand, RDS, Ravenhill and the Sportsground. Bar the Sportsground the other stadia would be top grounds in this league. We have some nice grounds no doubt about that. The top 3 are fairly obvious but 2 of those can be classed as works in progress. Then we have nice grounds like Deacy, RSC and Inchicore. I do have a lot of hope for the future. Finn Harps are building a new stadium. Money is in place for a brand new Brandywell and Dalymount is going to get fixed up too. Have a look at the SPL grounds and its far from a top league. St Mirrens stadium is beautiful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scottish_Premier_League_stadiums I would love to think the infrastructure here could get to that level but St.Mirren spent £8million (about E10 M) and I don't see where any of our sides would get that kind of money from and a lot of them would certainly need to improve facilities to that level for it to have an effect on attendances. ------------- I won the Player of the Century award thanks to the people.Pele was second.He also came second behind Aryton Senna as Brazil's greatest sportsman.The award FIFA gave Pele isn't worth sh*t - Maradona |
Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 5:02pm
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Let's try this another way. Which is the better stadium? Markevic Park or the Showgrounds? ------------- He is Karl Pilkington in the LOI section and Karl Marx outwith it |
Posted By: cm79
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 5:19pm
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I have not been to either so I can't comment. Is Tallaght Stadium better than Croke Park?
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Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 5:45pm
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Is Croke Park a county ground? ------------- He is Karl Pilkington in the LOI section and Karl Marx outwith it |
Posted By: The U
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 5:54pm
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The GAA heads haven't got the memo rtid spouts so much nonsense it's barely worth replying to him at this stage props for using 'gahliban' though . |
Posted By: cm79
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 5:58pm
Its not, you got me there. I would say that Parnell Park is in better shape than any LOI ground in Dublin.
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Posted By: cm79
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 5:59pm
I know what he is like, this is just keeping me entertained while I am waiting to finish work and go to Dalymount.
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Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 6:58pm
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Posted By: ABFC
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 7:01pm
Tallaght is only marginally better
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Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 7:42pm
Parnell is without a doubt a better ground than Tallaght. |
Posted By: cm79
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 7:45pm
| I was on about LOI grounds in Dublin, I never mentioned Wicklow |
Posted By: ABFC
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 7:48pm
Why do Bohs fans always make the Wicklow joke? It's f**king moronic. It was never funny
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Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 9:22pm
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Posted By: PanteirA
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 10:26pm
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Posted By: starryplough
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 9:17am
Ibrox is not an SPL ground ------------- Some Clubs Are Bigger Than Others |
Posted By: starryplough
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 9:28am
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I won't go as far as the first division but in the premier we have a
very mixed bag with some huge gaps between the best and the worst
stadiums. Licensing really needs to be enforced on the culprits down at the bottom, some of them are in appalling state Top of the class Tallaght, Turners Cross Good Eamonn Deacy, Showgrounds Okay but need improvements Flancare, Markets Field (putting it in this category as can only go from what I've seen on the box since the upgrade), Richmond Very poor need extensive work Brandywell, Dalymount, United Park Terrible simply not good enough Carlisle Grounds, Oriel ------------- Some Clubs Are Bigger Than Others |
Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 9:37am
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EDIT: Wrong thread |
Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 10:11am
Capacity, 4 sides, location (as in~ not in the f**king mountains with a gale blowing through most games) 4/5 pubs within 3 minute walk, bar on site open to all, served by 7/8 bus routes and the Dart is 4 min walk away As someone else said your fascination with the GAA is embarrassing |
Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 10:33am
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How exactly is bray not good enough? Need new jacks but that's it Saying it's worse than hunky dory is a joke |
Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 1:25pm
Pearse Park in Longford has no fire cert and they have to knock the main stand. ------------- 'The younger generation as in 17 -25 are certainly gayer than their predecessors. I think they may cause the extinction of the human race with their activities.'- Baldrick |
Posted By: trevwaterford
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 2:22pm
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The Regional Sports Centre is a better ground than both Walsh Park and Fraher Field in Waterford which are 2 of the poorest county grounds around. I'm not saying that in a point scoring way as support both teams but it's a fact. Two modern covered stands at RSC versus 1 old stand at both GAA grounds with uncovered gravel or grass banks for the rest of the ground. Some LOI grounds could do with improvement but funds are the issue. Waterford City council run the RSC and could get grants as also used for athletics. |
Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 2:58pm
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Posted By: Bitored
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 5:21pm
Showgrounds obviously. The park is falling apart. But the question is overall. To pick one of the worst GAA grounds in the country is stupid. Anyway the GAA infrastructure is miles ahead of the combined grassroots/LOI/international team infrastructure. ------------- I won the Player of the Century award thanks to the people.Pele was second.He also came second behind Aryton Senna as Brazil's greatest sportsman.The award FIFA gave Pele isn't worth sh*t - Maradona |
Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 10:38pm
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Well Waterford, Cork and Longford is the same story according to posters here.... ------------- He is Karl Pilkington in the LOI section and Karl Marx outwith it |
Posted By: Bitored
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 11:04pm
I have no idea why you have dragged the GAA into a discussion about LOI stadia. But what you have done is pick the best LOI grounds and pitted them against the worst GAA grounds. If you want to do a comparison pick the top 5 GAA grounds and pit them against the best 5 LOI grounds. I reckon GAA grounds come out on top. Now take the likes of Stradbrook and St. Coleman's park and pit them against marcevicz park. I reckon the GAA still comes out on top. As most people have already told you here you're argument is like comparing apples with oranges. We may as well compare our grounds to EPL stadia. Its along the same line of pointlessness. We need to improve our stadia and so do other codes. The fact remains the GAA will take in 16million from the hurling semis (possibly could be football semis). Our league can only dream of that kind of revenue. Their stadia works for them by and large ours don't. If you need me to hammer home the point even more Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada in the home to Leitrim GAA in Carrick on Shannon. It has one stand with a capacity of 3000. If you offered it to our sides 10-15 of them would take it. ------------- I won the Player of the Century award thanks to the people.Pele was second.He also came second behind Aryton Senna as Brazil's greatest sportsman.The award FIFA gave Pele isn't worth sh*t - Maradona |
Posted By: starryplough
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2015 at 10:30pm
Theres not much between the two in fairness, but all fans in United Park have cover at least, they have a decent bar as well but I've not heard of any part of United Park literally collapse mid game. No matter the weather any away fan in Bray is guaranteed a cold evening in that away terrace ------------- Some Clubs Are Bigger Than Others |
Posted By: irish_goat
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 9:58am
| To clarify, when I mentioned the Showgrounds I was referring to the Jinks Avenue side they put the away fans in. Was in there last night, big pot hole in the middle of the gravel dirt floor, few broken seats and the view is very obscured at parts if you don't stand down at the front. The main stand looks decent to be fair. |
Posted By: newrygreen
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 11:46am
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Have only been to Dundalk, Derry, Bray and Drogehda in the LoI but I think the grounds are fast falling behind even in comparison to Irish League grounds. The likes of Seaview, Solitude, Mourneview Park and of course the new Windsor(I wont count that though) are at a much higher standard. Of course the IL has some terrible grounds too. The Oval is in an awful state, Taylors Avenue isn't great either and Warrenpoints ground is pretty small but relatively modernized compared to those LoI I've been to. ------------- Twitter: @50SavesOfDeGea |
Posted By: AnCearrbhach
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 11:49am
To be fair that's a pretty bad selection of LOI grounds, some nice little ground and some like some of the ones you mentioned pretty terrible. ------------- Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile. |
Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 11:49am
Scotland is an interesing one as they are roughly the same population wise - no question they are miles ahead. Attendences, TV money and Taylor funds help.
Where do we compare with Cyprus, Croatia, Scandanavia etc? Scandanavia has massive state investment in sport at all levels so are by and large miles ahead. Other smaller countries would be interesting. Anyone know what the likes of Slovakia and Hungary etc have? ------------- He is Karl Pilkington in the LOI section and Karl Marx outwith it |
Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 11:51am
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Posted By: irish_goat
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 11:57am
Don't hold your breath on that.  |
Posted By: newrygreen
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 12:13pm
Hopefully get to visit these grounds at some stage as well  ------------- Twitter: @50SavesOfDeGea |
Posted By: Bitored
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 3:21pm
I think the bench mark we are comparing league of Ireland grounds to are other small/medium range clubs in countries of similar size and resources. The top of that hill would be the likes of Maribor who have a beautiful 8,000 seater stadium. There`s no point comparing it to GAA grounds because realistically our teams will never have grounds with 40k plus capacity or anything close to it. I think having 5 or 6, 5-8 k 4 sided modern grounds is achievable in the league. We have Turners Cross. The Showgrounds and Tallaght are close but need more work. Dallymount and the Brandywell ae in the pipeline and have public money committed so we would need 2 or 3 more sides to also improve their grounds. The sickening thing is when you realise some of the debt clubs like Drogheda and Shels got into blowing money on players. I`m sure their fans would have been much happier if they were in debt now but had superb facilities to show for it. Its also worth saying that it isn't all about building more stands. The league has to get the basics right too. There has to be minimum standards for things like toilets and flood lights. It sounds ridiculous but the FAI should be spot checking toilets at the beginning of matches. A reasonably nice toilet is very important to people particularly people with children. No one wants their child wading through 2 feet of piss. Having all your bulbs working on your floodlights should also be a requirement for a match to go ahead. At the beginning of the year the league took promo shots with the league trophy and there were clear smudge marks on the trophy. Those pictures then went into most papers in the country. I watched a documentary about Cork City a few weeks back and one of their committee members was standing beside a big club crest stuck on the wall and one side of it was peeling down. Those types of things are too common. All those things stuck in my head and they stick in the head of potential new fans too. Minimum standards are essential to promote the league. ------------- I won the Player of the Century award thanks to the people.Pele was second.He also came second behind Aryton Senna as Brazil's greatest sportsman.The award FIFA gave Pele isn't worth sh*t - Maradona |
Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 4:34pm
Then they can sit in the home stand as many, possibly even the majority, do |
Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 4:38pm
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Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 5:05pm
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Seeing as you've had f**k all there lately, yes Dundalk had well over a thousand in in last year |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 5:07pm
Away fans count as double with Shamrock though ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 5:37pm
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Posted By: joe lapira
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 5:38pm
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I know this is about the state of grounds in the LOI but I think the Athletic Grounds in Armagh should be an example to all sports organisations in Ireland. They very simple cut their cloth to their measure. |
Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 5:41pm
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Seeing as they were all in the home stand, yes |
Posted By: starryplough
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 6:52pm
The home stand holds less than 1,000 which would not be nearly enough. Good luck getting all our fans to fit in there, on top of your own home fans ------------- Some Clubs Are Bigger Than Others |
Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 7:04pm
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Ground holds 4800, home stand holds more than a thousand, there wasn't one person anywhere but the home stand last year against dundalk and dundalk estimated the attendance at 2k %20" rel="nofollow - [http://www.dundalkfc.com/bray-1-1-dundalk Anyone who wants to be in the home stand when the weather is bad can go in, I really don't see the issue |
Posted By: starryplough
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 7:09pm
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http://www.footballgroundguide.com/leagues/republic-of-ireland-premier-league-clubs/bray-wanderers.html#awhat-are-the-carlisle-grounds-like "this new stand lacks the character of the stand it replaces, nevertheless the green canvas roof is in keeping with the club colours, the seven rows of green plastic seats providing cover for 985 spectators." ------------- Some Clubs Are Bigger Than Others |
Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 7:13pm
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Dundalk off by a thousand so? Not once in the last few years has anyone had to Stand in the say end in bad weather that didn't want to, with the possible exception of bohs who the Gardaí won't let into it People having a go for the sake of it |
Posted By: starryplough
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 7:19pm
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I'm not have a go, its quite a small stand, 7 rows deep apparently? So 985 actually surprises me, I'd have gone for 800 myself. Dundalk being way off in their estimation wouldn't surprise me in the least. Not a dig at all ffs ------------- Some Clubs Are Bigger Than Others |
Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 7:21pm
Not aimed at you, lot of people there having a cut, it was put down as worse than drogs! |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 7:23pm
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I like the Carlisle myself, nice little ground in a great location. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Shoco
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 10:09pm
There was loads of us on the away terrace that night! Easily a couple of hundred, I got in early enough so that I had a bit of shelter standing to the right of the media box in the middle of the stand, could only see half the pitch but had a bit of shelter -------------  YOUR 3 IN A ROW LEAGUE CHAMPIONS |
Posted By: Mulvanystrasse
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 10:27pm
| The Carlisle Grounds was always a really good pitch to play on both when Bray Wanderers were in the Leinster Senior League or after they joined the League of Ireland. |
Posted By: The Boy Z
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 10:37pm
There was 3 or 400 getting pissed on on the terrace that night. The stand was rammed tho. Everyone standing in the aisles etc. Bray were great that night too  ------------- Theres only one sport that matters.. |
Posted By: Shoco
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2015 at 10:40pm
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Should have beaten us that night, this they hit the woodwork near then end ------------- YOUR 3 IN A ROW LEAGUE CHAMPIONS |
Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2015 at 7:21am
| My memory has gone bad then, I could have sworn everyone was in the home end! never seen worse conditions at a game, was a great day! |
Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2015 at 8:11am
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Posted By: Gary McKay
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2015 at 8:55am
More vociferous. More educated. More affluent. More sophisticated. So yeah I'd agree with you. KOH. ------------- "Smalling and Jones.... have the potential to be the PL’s best ever pairing in my opinion." - SlurAlex |
Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2015 at 9:04am
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They never make a peep in bray anyway, always very quiet Jacks situation in bray is very bad alright. |
Posted By: billyoung
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2015 at 6:07pm
| Love the carlisle personally,great spot.medical facilities for the players though,oh dear.wearen for bohs the other night had to go off for stitches,couldnt get in the dressing rooms as they were locked.then neither the bray doctor nor the johns ambulance had the nescessary in their medical kits.ambulance arrived 15 mins later and sorted it apparently,not the best situation when the club doctor cant sort a couple of stitches ffs. |
Posted By: starryplough
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2015 at 7:25pm
Do Bohs not send their own doctor to games now? ------------- Some Clubs Are Bigger Than Others |
Posted By: Bitored
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2015 at 7:59pm
That's nuts, you would think the first thing a paramedic or Doctor would carry would be a stitching kit. Bray must be paying for them to be there and when they are needed they are useless. ------------- I won the Player of the Century award thanks to the people.Pele was second.He also came second behind Aryton Senna as Brazil's greatest sportsman.The award FIFA gave Pele isn't worth sh*t - Maradona |
Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2015 at 8:18pm
| Was awful weird on Fri alright, between the two clubs and the St John's ambulance it's bits nobody could throw a few stitches in |
Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 28 Aug 2015 at 12:27pm
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