The wall

[peadar1987]

Was there segregation, or did Mons choose to go to the open side?

There were definitely Mons supporters in the tent, but it was pretty much full when I got to the ground.

[Macy]

There were definitely Mons supporters in the tent, but it was pretty much full when I got to the ground.
So there was nothing stopping them getting under cover, bar being in the ground earlier? So what exactly is the galwegians problem?

[Roo69]

So there was nothing stopping them getting under cover, bar being in the ground earlier? So what exactly is the galwegians problem?

Anyone who was there early enough could have got a seat in the covered stand but it was pretty much completely full 10 minutes before KO, we do have segregation for some visiting teams to the Carlisle but there was none on Monday night. When it stopped raining a lot of the Monaghan fans went to join the rest of their comrades in the DART side stand.

I think his point is that we should have 2 covered stands in the ground, which i would agree with him. Wasn't to long ago Galway's ground was pretty much the same as ours. At least with our open stand you can see were your going, the away stand in Galway has no lights in the away fans section, the Chillian Miners would struggle to find there way around it ! :P

[WoodquayBoy]

At least with our open stand you can see were your going, the away stand in Galway has no lights in the away fans section, the Chillian Miners would struggle to find there way around it ! :P

Our original stand is poor - bloody floodlights poles obstructing views for a start - but what do you need a light for, reading? It is a feeble complaint, there is plenty of light to make your way around it, there are seats and a roof. The pitch is where the action is and that is perfectly well lit. I actually prefer the old stand to the empty monstrosity on the other side of the pitch to be honest - you feel closer to the play, and the lower roof means and end walls mean, when there is an atmosphere, it is amplified a lot more than in the new stand. Oh, and congrats on staying up by the way

[Macy]

I think his point is that we should have 2 covered stands in the ground, which i would agree with him. Wasn't to long ago Galway's ground was pretty much the same as ours. At least with our open stand you can see were your going, the away stand in Galway has no lights in the away fans section, the Chillian Miners would struggle to find there way around it ! :P
He specifically said "away section", but there was no away section proscribed. Ye should've covered the existing seats and kept the shed, but maybe that's just me. :)

[dfx-]

So there was nothing stopping them getting under cover, bar being in the ground earlier? So what exactly is the galwegians problem?

I swam in during the downpour 2 minutes after kick-off, not a chance of getting under cover in the stand. Reluctantly I went into the DART side which I thought might've been closed off, wielding an umbrella.

[peadar1987]

I swam in during the downpour 2 minutes after kick-off, not a chance of getting under cover in the stand. Reluctantly I went into the DART side which I thought might've been closed off, wielding an umbrella.

I got drenched as well, and I was in the second row of the tent!

[Roo69]

I swam in during the downpour 2 minutes after kick-off, not a chance of getting under cover in the stand. Reluctantly I went into the DART side which I thought might've been closed off, wielding an umbrella.

Were you the nutcase just wearing a t-shirt and Rovers scarf? :)

I was stuck out in the rain myself. It was the cold that got to me during extra time.

[Roo69]

Our original stand is poor - bloody floodlights poles obstructing views for a start - but what do you need a light for, reading? It is a feeble complaint, there is plenty of light to make your way around it, there are seats and a roof. The pitch is where the action is and that is perfectly well lit. I actually prefer the old stand to the empty monstrosity on the other side of the pitch to be honest - you feel closer to the play, and the lower roof means and end walls mean, when there is an atmosphere, it is amplified a lot more than in the new stand. Oh, and congrats on staying up by the way

Relax there ! i was joking, hence my little quip about the miners at the end. I'd love the set up Galway have in Bray, it's not far off being a proper stadium. Congrats on staying up to you too.

[pineapple stu]

I suppose now the Monaghan fans know what the last five miles of a marathon are like.

(Sorry...!)

[thedoyler]

I had a quick glance through the thread and didn't see a major issue which I thought about almost instantly when the wall went down. I was away for the first collapse so I cannot comment on that, but surely to god the Health & Safety inspectors must be questioned after this farce. For a wall to come down and be rebuilt, then tested and be deemed safe, only to collapse again really calls into question the guidelines and practice that these guys perform.

[dfx-]

The part of the wall that was rebuilt is still standing. The Monaghan fans fell over a different section, obviously the wall was only fixed in the corner, not its entire length like it needed..

[thedoyler]

Which leads again to the question. How exactly did a wall which had fallen down before of which the majority of it was still vulnerable clearly pass the league's health and safety guidelines?? I'm puzzled by this I do this stuff day to day and know how stringent most checks are and find it hard to believe this could happen again. It almost seems like they only checked the rebuilt part and assumed the rest was grand!!

[Ash]

I believe mns microphone wasn't so lucky and was fatally wounded.

And that microphone had only 1 game left until retirement