Stadium Updates (All Clubs)

**Lim till i die** · 02/10/2014, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by Paddyfield

I think that I've been to all of the grounds used by Limerick City, Limerick United, Limerick 37 and Limerick FC. (except Thomond)

Is Hogan Park the same as Rathbane?

Thats the one.

**NeverFeltBetter** · 02/10/2014, 11:55 PM

Originally Posted by Lim till i die

Things Hogan Park has this minute that the markets field doesn't:

New dressing rooms.
Space for three temporary stands.
Floodlights.
A Football pitch.
A complete lack of clueless quango fodder like the boys over the markets field "stadium".

This minute if you're leaving Thomond it's an absolute no contest. Hogan Park wins hands down.

Good thing the club isn't leaving Thomond this minute then.

**Lim till i die** · 03/10/2014, 2:00 AM

I await the flood of activity in the markets field with baited breath.

Twelve months and they haven't managed to pile one brick on top of another one.

**Charlie Darwin** · 03/10/2014, 2:34 AM

Originally Posted by Lim till i die

I await the flood of activity in the markets field with baited breath.

Twelve months and they haven't managed to pile one brick on top of another one.

That's modern architecture for you.

**bennocelt** · 03/10/2014, 5:19 AM

Originally Posted by Acornvilla

Funnily enough, just before Delaney's comments about the Dalymount revamp, I'd been making plans to visit both Tolka and Dayler to do a photo shoot.
They're in worse nick than I expected, but great places to ponder about in.

Just finished sifting through my Tolka photos if anyone would like a look.

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Least it has a bar!

**SPXcyan** · 03/10/2014, 9:14 AM

Jayziz those Tolka Park photos resembles something out of Chernobyl it's that bad!

**punkrocket** · 03/10/2014, 9:30 AM

The discarded Tolka seats look in better nick than the ones you have to pay to sit in.

**seand** · 03/10/2014, 9:43 AM

Originally Posted by Acornvilla

Funnily enough, just before Delaney's comments about the Dalymount revamp, I'd been making plans to visit both Tolka and Dayler to do a photo shoot.
They're in worse nick than I expected, but great places to ponder about in.

Just finished sifting through my Tolka photos if anyone would like a look.

https://www.behance.net/gallery/2022...-FC-Tolka-Park

There's some really great photos in there, thanks. You've captured just how grim and run down Tolka is these days. It was a bit grotty 10-15 years ago, but it really is a sad reflection of the state of Shels and the league in general now.

**nigel-harps1954** · 03/10/2014, 11:03 AM

Tolka Park is in an absolutely awful state. But the worst thing about it is, two days work in it with a few yard-brushes, a skip, paint brushes, and a bit of paint, and you could make it look a whole lot better.

**Acornvilla** · 03/10/2014, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Tolka Park is in an absolutely awful state. But the worst thing about it is, two days work in it with a few yard-brushes, a skip, paint brushes, and a bit of paint, and you could make it look a whole lot better.

I got chatting to a few of their staff/volunteers in the ground, they have the same problems probably every club does, very little volunteers willing to do this stuff, and of course very little money set aside to do it. Very nice guys thou, I really enjoyed being there, and going through the hallways under the stand with dressing rooms etc. Full of photos showing past glorys, cutouts of articles after Ollies death and the like.

**nigel-harps1954** · 03/10/2014, 11:36 AM

Sad really, so many people in the area and nobody willing to lend a hand. Maybe the club could put out an appeal some Saturday afternoon to round up a group of volunteers to do a bit of work on the ground, take them all into the club bar for a pint and a few sandwiches afterwards. I'm sure there'd be plenty of fans willing to help out to create a much friendlier match day atmosphere.

**colonelwest** · 03/10/2014, 2:28 PM

Originally Posted by Acornvilla

Funnily enough, just before Delaney's comments about the Dalymount revamp, I'd been making plans to visit both Tolka and Dayler to do a photo shoot.
They're in worse nick than I expected, but great places to ponder about in.

Just finished sifting through my Tolka photos if anyone would like a look.

https://www.behance.net/gallery/2022...-FC-Tolka-Park

Sad to see. I found this site with pictures from 2006, the difference 8 years of barely a penny spent in upkeep makes for grim viewing (no slight on Shels/ their supporters/ volunteers and the work they do and time they put in)

http://www.stadionwelt.de/sw_stadien...id=4744&page=4

**bennocelt** · 03/10/2014, 3:13 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Sad really, so many people in the area and nobody willing to lend a hand. Maybe the club could put out an appeal some Saturday afternoon to round up a group of volunteers to do a bit of work on the ground, take them all into the club bar for a pint and a few sandwiches afterwards. I'm sure there'd be plenty of fans willing to help out to create a much friendlier match day atmosphere.

But wasnt there a lot of friction with fans and the board for a long time?

**wonder88** · 04/10/2014, 6:29 PM

Was in Tolka last night for the Galway match. Very friendly people there, and saw a great goal by Dylan Connolly. Also the pitch was in good condition after a days rain. I agree that it could be much improved if a fairly small amount of money was spend, coupled with volunteer labour, but the problem is that the club have no ownership of the ground.
Former chairman of the Sports Council; Ossie Kilkenny is the owner (along with another developer I think). It is a pity that both Tolka and Dalymount could not be saved, as they would be perfect for the requirements of the LoI in terms of capacity. Also both have club bars which means extra revenue can be raised which might subsidise the soccer, which is often the case for small Scottish clubs and non-league sides in England.
I think it is much better for Irish soccer if "investors" don't see the clubs as simple property plays.

**Acornvilla** · 04/10/2014, 10:04 PM

Uploaded some pictures from Dalymount.

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https://www.behance.net/gallery/20260031/Dalymount-Park

**gufcfan** · 04/10/2014, 11:14 PM

Originally Posted by Acornvilla

Uploaded some pictures from Dalymount.

P1050108.jpg

https://www.behance.net/gallery/20260031/Dalymount-Park

Much of Irish football in a nutshell.

**The Donie Forde** · 05/10/2014, 9:24 AM

I think the first time I was in Dalyer was 1971. Remember being surprised even as a kid at how poor a condition it was in then, having been told many a time of it being the 'spiritual home' of Irish football and reading about all those famous international nights etc.

Those pix are a proper eye opener though. It's a particularly horrible venue now for away fans, though not the worst. Think it's probably decent for the homesters in the Jodi. But sad to see it and Tolka so absolutely run down. Testaments, both of them, to our administrators over the decades - not just the current/recent crew.

**L.T.F.C.** · 06/10/2014, 1:03 AM

Both of them are a complete disgust. The fact they get any sort of licence ****s all over the work Athlone, Sligo ourselves and others do to improve their situation.

**Charlie Darwin** · 06/10/2014, 1:08 AM

Originally Posted by L.T.F.C.

Both of them are a complete disgust. The fact they get any sort of licence ****s all over the work Athlone, Sligo ourselves and others do to improve their situation.

To be fair, your stadiums are already above licensing standards. Any improvements you make are well-appreciated.

**nigel-harps1954** · 06/10/2014, 7:36 AM

Originally Posted by L.T.F.C.

Both of them are a complete disgust. The fact they get any sort of licence ****s all over the work Athlone, Sligo ourselves and others do to improve their situation.

In all fairness, I could point out parts of CCS in no better shape than some of the photos seen.