Worst LOI Ground?
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Topic: Worst LOI Ground?
Posted By: Trap junior
Subject: Worst LOI Ground?
Date Posted: 23 May 2017 at 8:44pm
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Posted By: Jason Kelly
Date Posted: 23 May 2017 at 8:56pm
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Oriel Park for an away fan anyway. |
Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 23 May 2017 at 9:13pm
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Did we not do this before? It's Oriel, close the thread. ------------- He is Karl Pilkington in the LOI section and Karl Marx outwith it |
Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 23 May 2017 at 9:55pm
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Dundalk. ------------- '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: thebronze14
Date Posted: 23 May 2017 at 10:06pm
Finn Park But kind of the best in a way!
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Posted By: Nah Nah Nah Nah
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 9:14am
| Drogheda |
Posted By: Twoinarow
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 9:15am
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The Home of Football, Oriel! ------------- 2 in a row and we won it in Tallaght |
Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 9:22am
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How's Tolka Park these days? I thought it was a fine ground back in the late 90's. Last time I was there was Shels v Rosenberg in CL qualifiers in 2000. I've heard it's not the best now. ------------- YBIG Quiz Champion 2016, 2017 & 2018. As You Were Three in a row |
Posted By: kevincronin2000
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 9:31am
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Most clubs cant really post here, with very few exceptions but toilet facilities for females at away grounds are apauling, never mind needing a baby changing facilities. Recently at dalymount a request was made by one of our board of management to see if a female supporter could have access to the jodi stand to use the toilet facilities, gardai rightly imo refused this request on the security grounds. I think club licencing (lol) should have a look at this going forward where portaloos are no longer acceptable, there should be seperate male, female, and wheelchair accesable toilets with toilet paper, warm water and soap. Its 2017 after all ------------- time is the stuff that life is made of, don't waste it. |
Posted By: Gary McKay
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 9:54am
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ALL with the exception of Tallaght. ------------- "Smalling and Jones.... have the potential to be the PL’s best ever pairing in my opinion." - SlurAlex |
Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 10:05am
I hate Tallaght, absolutely soulless, wind whips through it, too far from the pitch, give me an old kip with a bit of atmosphere any day
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Gary McKay wrote:Posted By: AnCearrbhach
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 10:36am
I would hate to have to go there every second week. ------------- Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile. |
Posted By: ccfcmurphy
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 10:50am
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Dungawk ------------- There's no point being the richest man in the graveyard |
Posted By: AnCearrbhach
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 10:53am
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It's Drogheda, has to be. In an ideal world with the 10 team league the likes of Oriel and United Park wouldn't get a license and they'd have to play somewhere decent until they were at at acceptable level. At least Dundalk seem to be making an effort now in that regard. ------------- Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile. |
Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 10:57am
+1 |
Posted By: gufct
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 10:58am
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Drogheda its an absolute sh*thole on every level especially their toilets which are sub human. ------------- One City,One County,One Club GUFC will be back. |
Posted By: Tony Cousins
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 11:01am
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Whatever about atmosphere in grounds, the view for away fans is appaling everywhere bar Tallaght and Turners Cross. |
Posted By: irelandfan
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 11:06am
Gone to sh*te a capacity of once around 10,000 is now down to about 2,000. Ballybough end is sinking and can't be used anymore toilets fit for dogs the groundshare divides opinions but in all honesty can't keep playing in an in unfit for purpose stadium and with simply no funds to build a new ground there simply isn't an option. Bohs will enjoy their time in Tolka for what could be the next 5 years. ------------- I'm the gaffer whatever I say goes. |
Posted By: Gary McKay
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 11:42am
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The question was 'Worst Ground' !!! No-one mentioned atmosphere. ------------- "Smalling and Jones.... have the potential to be the PL’s best ever pairing in my opinion." - SlurAlex |
Posted By: Lostandfound
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 11:52am
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Away section at Dalymount is falling apart. |
Posted By: thebronze14
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 12:10pm
Depends on your criteria of what makes it the 'worst ground'! I love the likes of Drogs away end tbh!
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Posted By: Tony Cousins
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 12:30pm
Exactly, a lot of the complaints about lack of atmosphere in tallaght really means lack of occupancy in the away section. Tallaghts away section is big, most away supports are small. PAOK had no trouble creating an atmosphere. |
Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 12:38pm
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No it doesn't, never noise from home end when I've been there and ever if there was, the stadium is built as such it isn't captured in like it is in other grounds. Doesn't say much that the stadium needs to be full for the atmosphere to be good either. Compare that to Drogs, for instance, where next to nobody can make a great atmosphere, add to that you're nearly on the pitch.
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Posted By: Shoco
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 1:10pm
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Drogheda by a long way. As bad as parts of our ground is, it still gets a European license up to a certail lever, hunky dorey didn't -------------  YOUR 3 IN A ROW LEAGUE CHAMPIONS |
Posted By: Twoinarow
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 2:03pm
Defo the best ground for atmosphere. ------------- 2 in a row and we won it in Tallaght |
Posted By: Jason Kelly
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 3:20pm
At least Drogheda has a roof. |
Posted By: Los Aros
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 3:34pm
| Cork is the worst for toilets in the away section. Two portaloos for a few hundred fans to share. |
Posted By: Borussia
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 3:38pm
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My first "proper" game I remember attending was a LOI selection against Everton at United Park in 1988. Judging by what I can see on Soccer Republic, the ground hasn't changed at all since !
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Posted By: Jason Kelly
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 4:41pm
Its grand for a piss. Who takes a dump in a LOI ground? |
Posted By: Los Aros
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 5:20pm
The queue is the problem. Did cork not get a grant a few years ago that was supposed to go towards toilets in the away section? I remember reading something like that before.
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Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 5:24pm
We have planning permission for a toilet block in the away end. Something to do with property ownership is holding it up. It's supposed to be sorted this year. ------------- '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: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 5:28pm
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Posted By: Jason Kelly
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 5:36pm
No, the MFA did. They own the ground. |
Posted By: Jason Kelly
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 5:37pm
If someone is that badly stuck they'll leave them use the toilets under the Donie Forde stand. |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 5:42pm
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There is no real 'right' answer to this question, I am sure it has been done to death before anyway, and what you want from a football ground is very different in the circumstances. As an away fan Oriel was definitely my least favourite, a falling down kip without any of the charm of some other grounds that are in need of repair. It doesn't even feel like a football ground in the away end, I am sure if you have been turning up regularly there for 20 or 30 years you will hold a different view. The RSC is another one like that, although seems to be improving. I used to always get the feeling I was in the wrong ground and that I wouldn't be watching Cork City but the under 14 heptathlon. United Park is mentioned a lot but I have always enjoyed it, I think it is the Kenilworth Road of the LOI; a run down ground in a dodgy area, only I have never had to dodge local young fellas throwing stones in Luton! Turners Cross hasn't really felt like a football ground since they knocked the Shed either, great location and quite comfortable but the ground lost its soul when the Shed went. Everything that was good about Cork was in there and it has been replaced by a 'Joe Delaney Stand' full of kids banging drums and repeating incongruous Celtic chants. It is a shame that Dalymount and Tolka have both become so rundown, the former especially, it really felt like the home of Irish football down the narrowest of alleys which made it feel like an occasion. The Jodi is still the best stand in the league, I hope the renovation can hold on to the history. Tallaght is as bad a new build as you can get, very soulless and very badly designed, I don't know how much of an impact the prolonged court case may r may not have had on it but I would hate to have to go there every fortnight. Flancare is another worthy of a mention, located where it is makes it quite soulless as well, it always seemed much bigger than it is. I always enjoyed Colmans, the Carlisle, the Showgrounds and Terryland, all for different reasons but they all maintain some form of character. ------------- 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: nvidic
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 6:26pm
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That sums it up for me Also, athlone is like a half tallaght, another one I didn't like |
Posted By: saintjoey
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 6:42pm
| I hate going to oriel and finn park. Love drogs away shed. Tallaght has proper toilets etc but same as above its not somewhere id wanna go every 2 weeks. Galway is a decent ground too |
Posted By: 1980
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 8:53pm
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Limerick and their 2 golf stands and Standing areas, well they aren't terraces. Best 3 - Cork, Sligo, Derry(Brandywell) |
Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 24 May 2017 at 9:54pm
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Wexford's place is awful. The location makes it worse. ------------- '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: Dugs
Date Posted: 26 May 2017 at 10:27pm
| Has to be finn park. Ive see better haysheds out in the sticks. |
Posted By: trevwaterford
Date Posted: 27 May 2017 at 2:47pm
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There were a lot of complaints from Waterford fans about toilets and general facilities in Tolka Park from game earlier in season. I haven't been to game there in a few years but even then I remember the toilets at one end of stadium were a disgrace and should be closed down. It's sad to see what was once one of Ireland's better grounds in such a poor state and it will be hosting Premier Division matches next season too when Bohs move there. I think Wexford's ground is ok with a nice clubhouse but a good bit away from town centre on a country road. |
Posted By: Tony Cousins
Date Posted: 29 May 2017 at 11:07am
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Toilet situation in Turners Cross is like something out of Auschwitz. |
Posted By: skinnymalinx
Date Posted: 29 May 2017 at 7:32pm
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Worst ground is oriel Pk, and the fact it passes the FAI test every year only shows up the FAI for what they are. Some strong handed decisions are needed in the licence dept, to improve this league once and for all. ------------- beware the ides of march |
Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 29 May 2017 at 7:54pm
Just think of the clubs that wouldn't get a licence because of their stadium; Harps, Pats, Bray, Drogheda, Wexford, Dundalk. The only clubs that have good stadiums are clubs who don't own their stadiums. ------------- '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: Twoinarow
Date Posted: 29 May 2017 at 8:49pm
It can host Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round games ------------- 2 in a row and we won it in Tallaght |
Posted By: Saint Tom
Date Posted: 30 May 2017 at 12:19pm
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Posted By: OnTheOneRoad
Date Posted: 30 May 2017 at 1:17pm
Richmond isn't that bad a ground, certainly not by league standards. United park is a kip. ------------- No thank you Turkish......I'm sweet enough |
Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 30 May 2017 at 7:39pm
Ya, I suppose for a club like St Pats it's alright but some clubs are trying to build their support. ------------- '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: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 30 May 2017 at 9:15pm
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Ah yeah, nobody from anywhere, ever, has moved to an area and started going to watch the local football team..... ------------- 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: corkery
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2017 at 2:06am
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Some clubs get fans to help put cleaning up and painting etc. In Oriel Park tonight there was a fully grown plant and thorn bush in the away end. The flood lights are been taken over by ivy. One day would get rid of this. It's not hard. Have another day of painting. ------------- '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 |