Weekend games

[patrickccfc]

Hearing one of the stands at the cross is after suffering some damage, bit of the roof off apparently. Game will be off for sure

[nigel-harps1954]

Surely likely Turners Cross will be without power tomorrow anyway?

[patrickccfc]

"Stand collapsing" according to local radio. Christ

[Mr A]

Bit of video here: https://twitter.com/MickRing83/status/919887610608279554

[White Horse]

Roof blown off one of the stands in Turners Cross. Looks like Cork will need to find a new ground for remaining games.

[Longfordian]

"Stand collapsing" according to local radio. Christ

It’s not as dramatic as that judging by pics but part of the roof is damaged. If it doesn’t get worse they can close that stand and still play there.

[White Horse]

It’s not as dramatic as that judging by pics but part of the roof is damaged. If it doesn’t get worse they can close that stand and still play there.

Bit more than that.

[Dalymountrower]

That's tough luck for City.Hope they can lift the trophy in their own ground.

[ToberonaTornado]

Better pic here:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMQkatRX4AAPi3K.jpg

[jinxy lilywhite]

Hopefully everyone is safe

[brendy_éire]

What's Cork's options now?
Tidy the place up and close off the stand, or use At Colman's maybe?

[Yossarian]

With that damage on one stand they'd have to assess the whole ground before it could be used. As long as there's no injuries that's the main thing.
I'd imagine they could use the rugby ground next door if it came to it.

[El-Pietro]

With that damage on one stand they'd have to assess the whole ground before it could be used. As long as there's no injuries that's the main thing.
I'd imagine they could use the rugby ground next door if it came to it.
I hope so. Genuinely don't know what our options are right now. Don't think there have been any injuries yet, not in Cork anyway that I'm aware of, though a car in Blarney was hit by a tree. I think someone died in Waterford.

[Ezeikial]

The match itself is unimportant in the overall context of damage and loss of life from Storm Orphelia. Cork will win the title and there will be a big celebration evening in Turners Cross - it just may not be tomorrow night.

[total hoofball]

Providing that there is no further damage to any of the other stands I'd image Cork will continue to play at the Cross with that stand closed reducing the capacity. Better than playing and lifting the trophy in Cobh or somewhere

[Longfordian]

Bit more than that.

Yes sorry the initial pics were a bit deceptive. That's pretty bad but hopefully the rest of the ground will be ok.

[White Horse]

Providing that there is no further damage to any of the other stands I'd image Cork will continue to play at the Cross with that stand closed reducing the capacity. Better than playing and lifting the trophy in Cobh or somewhere

The roof will probably have to be removed before a game could be played. I can't see a game being played beside a collapsing structure.

[Pablo Escobar]

The roof will probably have to be removed before a game could be played. I can't see a game being played beside a collapsing structure.

Agreed. It surely can't be played. At least not at Turners Cross.

[nigel-harps1954]

Pairc Ui Chaoimh is surely available now?

[Eminence Grise]

Storm Ophelia? Or Kenny Shiels hitting the roof over the postponement? Hmmm...

On a serious note, I'm in Dublin and there's nothing much to report yet - stay safe, everyone.

[micls]

Pairc Ui Chaoimh is surely available now?

Some chance!

[sbgawa]

If the ferry game is put back to next week and cork go up and lose to pats this weekend it is serious Squeeky bum time. Jeez get it done boys

[rebel]

Some chance!

The floodlights in Pairc Ui Chaoimh have not been tested fully yet so moving it to there is not an option anyway.

[Pablo Escobar]

The floodlights in Pairc Ui Chaoimh have not been tested fully yet so moving it to there is not an option anyway.

Floodlights would be the least of our problems.

[RathfarnhamHoop]

Pairc Ui Chaoimh is surely available now?
Musgrave would probably be next on the list, bigger capacity but not so much bigger itd feel empty, just down the road, similar playing surface size to football and im sure munster rugby are a lot more likely to be accommodating than cork gaa

[ToberonaTornado]

Game on it seems.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017/1016/912705-turners-cross-damaged-as-game-set-to-be-postponed


Turner's Cross has suffered serious damage due to Hurricane Ophelia with the roof partially collapsing on one of the stands.Part of the St Anne's end roof has collapsed but the extent of the damage has not yet fully been established as the dangerously high winds continue.
RTÉ Sport understands that the rescheduled match between Cork City and Derry City, which was originally rescheduled from Monday to Tuesday evening, will go ahead as planned with the damaged section of the ground closed off to spectators.

[Yossarian]

Game is apparently going to go ahead. Seems a strange decision. Gonna be a lot of disappointed Cork fans who won't be able to attend.

[kksaints]

Strange one but I suppose Nowlan Park in Kilkenny was reopened fairly quickly after the roof of its main stand was blown off in Storm Darwin in 2014.

[patrickccfc]

Strange one. What if the amount of season tickets/match tickets sold outnumbers the revised safe capacity?

[White Horse]

Very risky decision. I hope the people behind this decision know what they are doing.

[NeverFeltBetter]

I suppose they can do a risk/damage assessment fairly quickly. Still seems like something you should err on the side of caution over.

[patrickccfc]

Put on the popcorn lads, I sense a Kenny Sheils rant is coming...

[ToberonaTornado]

Is the match still going to be on the box anyone know?

[Flexy]

If this match goes ahead then it's a disgrace. The ground in its current condition isn't fit for purpose and should be rearranged

[brendy_éire]

If this match goes ahead then it's a disgrace. The ground in its current condition isn't fit for purpose and should be rearranged

A disgrace why? It's obviously safe enough, so play away.

[El-Pietro]

If this match goes ahead then it's a disgrace. The ground in its current condition isn't fit for purpose and should be rearranged

I'm sure the people making this call have actually reviewed the damage and assessed how safe it is. You have seen a few photographs and are able to say it isn't fit for purpose? Maybe wait and see what happens.

[Ezeikial]

Respect to those making the decision. Unless there are any contrary indication it should be assumed that full health & safety considerations have happened.

[Yossarian]

Is the fire officer from Inchicore!

[micls]

If this match goes ahead then it's a disgrace. The ground in its current condition isn't fit for purpose and should be rearranged

Armchair specialists as usual. The professionals involved assessing it definitely know more than you do. Cop on to yourself.

If it goes ahead it will be because it's been assessed as safe. The stand will be closed but luckily it's the smallest stand. No way we'd sold all the tickets for there yet. No regular fan will miss out. Shame that some who would want to be there will miss out, but still better for 5000 of our fans to get the chance to maybe see us win it than the amount that would travel to Pat's.

Be delighted if it's safe enough to go ahead.

[total hoofball]

Cork City confirm game is going ahead tomorrow at 7.20pm

Very surprised from a health & safety standpoint that decision has got the go ahead so quickly

[Longfordian]

If they close the stand and remove the debris and an engineer is genuinely satisfied that the rest of the ground is ok then I don’t see a health and safety issue.

[TonyD]

Is the fire officer from Inchicore!

Ha ha �� He certainly has my thanks anyway. Will be cheering on Cork tomorrow night. It's weird when a game with two other teams who are well ahead of us in the league could have such a bearing on our fate. If Cork win it tomorrow then, with the best will in the world it's hard to see them being really up for it on Friday (I hope.) Shouldn't have come to this for us this season, but there you go. Still sick about the two points we left behind in the Limerick game. We'd be just about safe if we'd won that I think, and we should have.

[Dalymountrower]

It's their public liability insurer who will ultimately decide.

[White Horse]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that stand back onto houses? How are they going to remove the roof without bringing heavy machinery onto the pitch?

[micls]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that stand back onto houses? How are they going to remove the roof without bringing heavy machinery onto the pitch?

It does back onto houses. Not sure what the plan is, heard it's expected to be completed by lunch tomorrow.

[ToberonaTornado]

It does back onto houses. Not sure what the plan is, heard it's expected to be completed by lunch tomorrow.

No plan,problems could arise before or after the lifting of the remains of the stand and this match has a thumbs up for k/o from the FAI :rolleyes: Not slagging Cork here but the decision seems a bit rushed?

[micls]

No plan,problems could arise before or after the lifting of the remains of the stand and this match has a thumbs up for k/o from the FAI :rolleyes: Not slagging Cork here but the decision seems a bit rushed?

Why would we assume there's no plan? The engineers have been in and checked all the stands. They're comfortable with the safety and that it will be removed safely tomorrow long before kick off. I don't see any reason to doubt them unless someone more qualified than them knows more about it.

It wasnt the clubs decision to make either way. I don't see a reason to assume it was rushed.

[redarmyfaction]

If I remember correctly, the stand behind the goal in Saint Mel's Park was wrecked by a storm in the early nineties, the area was cordoned off games were played there soon if not directly after. If there are ant Athlone fans left on here perhaps they can tell us.

[Scrufil]

I was at the match after the end stand blew down in St. Mels. What I remember is the shock of seeing it gone and laughing at the time at what I thought were terrible engineers who constructed a back wall without any place for the wind to pass though. I am not a qualified engineer so in hindsight the roof might have lifted quicker had there been port holes of a type in the wall. Safety was not a big issue back then but it was all galvanised sheets that were easy to move. One main backer of the club was Tony Knight a builder so it was not a big deal to sort as far as I recall.

[redarmyfaction]

I was at the match after the end stand blew down in St. Mels. What I remember is the shock of seeing it gone and laughing at the time at what I thought were terrible engineers who constructed a back wall without any place for the wind to pass though. I am not a qualified engineer so in hindsight the roof might have lifted quicker had there been port holes of a type in the wall. Safety was not a big issue back then but it was all galvanised sheets that were easy to move. One main backer of the club was Tony Knight a builder so it was not a big deal to sort as far as I recall.
Not an engineer either but I thought the same thing, the stand in effect was a kite waiting to fly.