QuoteYep, they were needed to host the group games, if they weren't put in the only option was Landsdowne RoadOriginally Posted by ThePrisoner
Was reading the wiki page on the campus. Some excellent facilities and really puts us to shame.
Yep, they were needed to host the group games, if they weren't put in the only option was Landsdowne Road
Was the RDS not an option? I can anticipate problems with sharing with Leinster but the pitch could be changed between the Thursday and Friday if Leinster had a home Friday game - it's been done in the Aviva and Croker I think.
I far prefered the RDS Pat's European games to the ones in Tallaght. Much better atmosphere, much cosier. I'd like for Dundalk to choose it over Tallaght if they make the group stage for that reason, it's not too far from Lansdowne Road train station which has trains running to Dundalk I believe. Of course there could be a variety of other factors which make Tallaght more appealing for other reasons.
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Cost of a relay that would otherwise not be required at another venue is a huge consideration, even with the extra cash around for advancing now.
Over 1 million invested in the Showgrounds in last 5 or 6 years.
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Believe it or not similar was spent on Oriel Park!!
Surely he meant the markings and the goals, rather than the actual sod?
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Really. Where has gone to. The Showgrounds has somthing to show for its money - new seated stand, new 4G astro pitch, new CL standard grass pitch, 2 six a side grass pitches,tarmac around the ground, etc.
What has Oriel had done? (genuine question) and dont get me started on that grass hill behind the goals.
Manager: Fergal, have you your boots with ya?
Fergal: Ya, I have them here.
Manager: Ah good stuff, well give them to this man so, he forgot his!
Tbh we can only go on what the previous owner said it cost (it was his company that perform the renovations) but yeah the stand was rekitted out to include the front offices, that glass perspex outside stuff on thr stand was put in, the old shed being moved closer to accomdate the white elephant, ground works tarmac of the home and then the later away entrance. From recollection this happened around 2008 or 9. The banded out refit cost 1m.
Off the top of my head the relaying/ tarmaccing of the entrance and the side entrance into the away end, new board room on top of the bar beside the away end, the upgrade works for the first season we were back in europe getting all the seats in and remedial work done on the carrick road end and 5 min terrace end (a lot of those seats were repurposed from Croker and Landsdowne at the time and are banjaxed now again), the dressing rooms/ facilities inside the main stand and then the roof/ windows on the main stand had to be redone/ refurbished too. That's not getting into Gerrys Entertainment Centre that's now lying idle or the newer version of the pitch which is a different conversation/ can of worms that's been done to death at this stage.
The last few years we're limited to general maintanence and upkeep with the lease situation with the previous owner of the club. I did a mock up a couple of years ago that did the rounds after it was nicked off orielweb of what the stadium would look like if we put in a proper terrace/ stand coming off the YDC that wrapped the whole way around to the main stand, probably could have done it with the money thats been spent on keeping the place barely ticking over at this stage but for the lease situation.
Not that it matters, but what extras does Tallaght need to hold a CL group stage game?
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Extra seating, as far as I know. The stadium would have to be able to seat 8,000.
Not sure about the floodlights, there are brightness standards to be met.
Yes, would need an extra 2,000 capacity. Same as in the Europa League a few years back.
I think the seating is the only issue, everything else in Tallaght fulfils the requirements for a Category 4 stadium. It's the same requirements for EL and CL group games.
They'd probably need to sort out more permanent press facilities but that's about it.
9/12 grounds are tidy, modern and up to scratch.
Usually it's taken into consideration that IBV are situated in the Icelandic equivalent of the Aran Islands and whatever discomfort visiting fans have is nothing compared to what the locals endure, often enough in gale force enhanced rain have to watch the game from the cosy confines of their jeep in the elevated car park and blow their horns in appreciation or derision (same sound but you can always tell which is which).
The IBV ground had 500 seats which was deemed not enough for the first EL game v Pats
For the second EL game v Pats which was played on IBV´s home ground on the Westman islands, IBV had just completed an expansion of their seated area from500 to 1,000 and that appears to satisfy UEFA.
Stjarnan played their 1st, 2nd and 3rd round EL games in their home ground which has a 1000 seater covered stand, but had to move to the national stadium for the 4th round play off v Inter
FH were given permission to play their 4th round EL play off v Genk on their their own ground which is not in any way a category 4 ground.
It's clearly evident that Uefa are very flexible with implementation of their ground requirements for the first 3 Qual rounds, even when there are much better facilities in the neighbourhood, are more strict with ground facilities for the play offs but not letter of the law strict.
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