2nd stand at Tallaght

**London-Irish** · 16/09/2009, 12:46 PM

Anymore news on when the 2nd stand at Tallaght will be completed please?

**fergalr** · 16/09/2009, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by London-Irish

Anymore news on when the 2nd stand at Tallaght will be completed please?

Its completed and has been in use for the past 3 or 4 games there.

**The Betting Man** · 16/09/2009, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by fergalr

Its completed and has been in use for the past 3 or 4 games there.

Not the whole of the Stand is open as far as I know

**fergalr** · 16/09/2009, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by The Betting Man

Not the whole of the Stand is open as far as I know

At Pats game all was fully in use except for edge of the section closest to the Square and even there was somewhat in use because of the congestion in the rest of the ground.

**fergalr** · 16/09/2009, 12:59 PM

Some good shots of the new stand here (see the photos of the Ultra's display and those of Twigg's penalty).
http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/compone...st-pats-040909

**London-Irish** · 16/09/2009, 1:03 PM

Thanks for the info lads. Apart from the Real Madrid game, what is the biggest crowd Rovers have had so far at Tallaght? And what is the timescale for a third stand to be built?

**fergalr** · 16/09/2009, 1:10 PM

Originally Posted by London-Irish

Thanks for the info lads. Apart from the Real Madrid game, what is the biggest crowd Rovers have had so far at Tallaght? And what is the timescale for a third stand to be built?

5,500 or so for the Pats game with quite a few disppointed fans outside when tickets sold out.

No timescale for future development. I guess If Rovers continue to regularly get capacity crowds then SDCC will have to look at building a 3rd stand - at least we know know they can throw a decent one up in a couple of months.

Interesting, the Bohs game on Oct 2nd would easilty get a crowd matching the Real Madrid game if capacity allowed.

**Steve Bruce** · 16/09/2009, 3:49 PM

It's amazing what a permanent home does to a club. The attendances have doubled. Although this could also be because the clubs results are very strong as well.

**sonofstan** · 16/09/2009, 4:17 PM

Originally Posted by Steve Bruce

It's amazing what a permanent home does to a club. The attendances have doubled. Although this could also be because the clubs results are very strong as well.

Well, it's where the new home is as well - Tallaght is the size of Derry, and, until now, without much in the way of local distractions.

**Mr A** · 16/09/2009, 4:39 PM

Does criminality count as a distraction?

**brianw82** · 16/09/2009, 8:04 PM

Originally Posted by Mr A

Does criminality could as a distraction?

I don't think routine could be classed as a distraction.

**fergalr** · 16/09/2009, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by Mr A

Does criminality count as a distraction?

Top class humour there. And original. A worthy addition to the conversation.

**dcfcsteve** · 16/09/2009, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by sonofstan

Tallaght is the size of Derry, and, until now, without much in the way of local distractions.

Surely you mean Londontallaght...?

**Mr A** · 16/09/2009, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by fergalr

Top class humour there. And original. A worthy addition to the conversation.

You're very welcome.

**mypost** · 17/09/2009, 8:56 AM

Originally Posted by Steve Bruce

It's amazing what a permanent home does to a club. The attendances have doubled. Although this could also be because the clubs results are very strong as well.

Doubled?

Our home attendances are 4 times last season's, and the season before.
For local away games, we have as much there as we had for home games last season.

This was before we became competitive in the championship.

**Steve Bruce** · 17/09/2009, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by mypost

Doubled?

Our home attendances are 4 times last season's, and the season before.
For local away games, we have as much there as we had for home games last season.

This was before we became competitive in the championship.

I think my point still stands regardless of the multiple times the support has increased.

It is amazing how much the attendance has increased with a permenant base and also the better results have also attributed to the increase as well.

If you where sitting in the lower half of the tables, your support wouldn't be as good as it has been, although would still be far greater than previous seasons.

Do you not agree?

**dcfcsteve** · 17/09/2009, 12:32 PM

The bottom line for me here is that Rovers need to learn from City's experience of when we came back into senior football.

Huge initial interest that lasted four years, then slowly began to taper off, before falling-off more drastically from the mid-90's onwards as the whole novelty wore off and the season-to-season drudgery of following a club (and one that wasn't as succesful as it should've been) sunk in.

Rovers need to ackowledge that the current buzz and crowds around the club may not last, and put in-place measures and strategies to ensure the novelty effect is converted into deep, long-term support.

With that in-mind, you could argue that flogging macot spaces at approx E175 a time may actually be killing the golden goose.

**Mr A** · 17/09/2009, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

With that in-mind, you could argue that flogging macot spaces at approx E175 a time may actually be killing the golden goose.

Or you could argue that the experience on the day could weld the child to Rovers for life.

**mypost** · 17/09/2009, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by Steve Bruce

I think my point still stands regardless of the multiple times the support has increased.

It is amazing how much the attendance has increased with a permenant base and also the better results have also attributed to the increase as well.

If you where sitting in the lower half of the tables, your support wouldn't be as good as it has been, although would still be far greater than previous seasons.

Do you not agree?

We were 6th in the table on opening night in Tallaght. Even when we were outside the top 3, games were almost always sold out. Leaving aside the novelty aspect of the stadium, Tallaght is an enormous area to call on for support, a one-club town, with a state-of-the-art stadium on it's doorstep. Despite the quality of some of the players, and at times the style of play, people keep coming back. So it's not necessarily the success rate of the team that's attracting them in.

**fergalr** · 17/09/2009, 1:01 PM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

The bottom line for me here is that Rovers need to learn from City's experience of when we came back into senior football.

Huge initial interest that lasted four years, then slowly began to taper off, before falling-off more drastically from the mid-90's onwards as the whole novelty wore off and the season-to-season drudgery of following a club (and one that wasn't as succesful as it should've been) sunk in.

Rovers need to ackowledge that the current buzz and crowds around the club may not last, and put in-place measures and strategies to ensure the novelty effect is converted into deep, long-term support.

Fair point Steve. So lets learn from the Derry experience. What measures and strategies can you teach us?