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sbgawa
11/01/2023, 4:21 PM
Humility is not in our DNA, never has been!
The point is that Bohs have let Dalymount fall down around them while Dundalk saw millions go through the club's books with nothing to show for it. Both clubs justifiably see themselves as big in the context of the LOI but both away ends are an absolute disgrace with no proper facilities. The home ends are not much better,
A PS points out not even doing the basics and then putting on the poor mouth doesn't cut it. Until we face up to the fact that some of our grounds simply aren't fit for purpose we won't/can't attract new fans. At least to those grounds.
I can't bring my 10-year-old son to Dalymount for instance, he's been to Richmond and Tolka but to be honest hearing the news out of Dalymount today I'd be wary of bringing him to any Dublin ground other than Tallaght and the Bowl.
What news?
WeAreRovers
11/01/2023, 4:29 PM
They found asbestos on the Connacht St side so work has stopped on the new away end with a knock on for ST holders in the Des Kelly - as that kip will still be the away end for at least the start of the season.
RealJohn91
11/01/2023, 5:20 PM
You're not playing in Dalymount till April. The stand should be ready by then. Not your fault but I'm sick hearing Rovers fans have access to information that only members and season ticket holders should be able to see. For some reason though a portion of fanbase can't help themselves though.
Dermobohs
11/01/2023, 6:09 PM
Humility is not in our DNA, never has been!
The point is that Bohs have let Dalymount fall down around them while Dundalk saw millions go through the club's books with nothing to show for it. Both clubs justifiably see themselves as big in the context of the LOI but both away ends are an absolute disgrace with no proper facilities. The home ends are not much better,
A PS points out not even doing the basics and then putting on the poor mouth doesn't cut it. Until we face up to the fact that some of our grounds simply aren't fit for purpose we won't/can't attract new fans. At least to those grounds.
I can't bring my 10-year-old son to Dalymount for instance, he's been to Richmond and Tolka but to be honest hearing the news out of Dalymount today I'd be wary of bringing him to any Dublin ground other than Tallaght and the Bowl.
Rovers fans accusing others of “putting on the poor mouth”?
Get the **** up the yard. Bohs pumped as much money as we could afford into dalymount over the years, at the expense of the team, most of our good young players in the eighties leaving for more money at guess where? Yep the team overspending and going homeless.
The only time the team got prioritised was when we thought wrongly we were moving and flush. Big mistake there.
BUT we never stuck our creditors by going bust with no assets and broke several small businesses by offering 4% settlement .
Or got relegated despite spending grant money on players . What a shower to be handing out advice and criticism. **** off.
Glen Of Aherlow
11/01/2023, 7:07 PM
Humility is not in our DNA, never has been!
The point is that Bohs have let Dalymount fall down around them while Dundalk saw millions go through the club's books with nothing to show for it. Both clubs justifiably see themselves as big in the context of the LOI but both away ends are an absolute disgrace with no proper facilities. The home ends are not much better,
A PS points out not even doing the basics and then putting on the poor mouth doesn't cut it. Until we face up to the fact that some of our grounds simply aren't fit for purpose we won't/can't attract new fans. At least to those grounds.
I can't bring my 10-year-old son to Dalymount for instance, he's been to Richmond and Tolka but to be honest hearing the news out of Dalymount today I'd be wary of bringing him to any Dublin ground other than Tallaght and the Bowl.
If he was around 20 years ago you could have brought him to every ground in Dublin to watch Rovers home matches
placid casual
11/01/2023, 7:22 PM
Does anyone else have an opinion on the changes needed to make LOI grounds more amenable for possible increased attendences, other than bitter bozos whos club currently occupies the LOI version of the Chinese 5 spice-at-the-back-of-the-cupboard role, ie. largely ignored?
Its a discussion to improve facilities for all, to push the game on a bit here in this country.
Calcio Jack
11/01/2023, 8:13 PM
Given all the years Rovers were homeless , you'd think now that you're top of the pile you might show a little bit of humility and understanding towards other LOI clubs situations and the difficulty in getting stadiums developed without significant Govt. / Council
investment ......but i guess not.
Having had to endure years of been slagged off by fans of other clubs ( Xmas trees in Milltown chants etc.) I don’t have any sympathy for fans of other clubs on account of many of them ( a few notable exceptions like Finn Harps) that relished in their usual small minded manner us being homeless….
I would however for the overall good of the league love to see every club with their own version of Tallaght …… as for humility no , as we don’t have any reason to act that way , appreciation of what we got from SDCC yes and proud of how we’ve built a successful community based club on the back of it.
ontheotherhand
11/01/2023, 10:01 PM
Rovers fans accusing others of “putting on the poor mouth”?
Get the **** up the yard. Bohs pumped as much money as we could afford into dalymount over the years, at the expense of the team, most of our good young players in the eighties leaving for more money at guess where? Yep the team overspending and going homeless.
The only time the team got prioritised was when we thought wrongly we were moving and flush. Big mistake there.
BUT we never stuck our creditors by going bust with no assets and broke several small businesses by offering 4% settlement .
Or got relegated despite spending grant money on players . What a shower to be handing out advice and criticism. **** off.
When does the work start?
Shinkicker
12/01/2023, 10:19 AM
Humility is not in our DNA, never has been!
The point is that Bohs have let Dalymount fall down around them while Dundalk saw millions go through the club's books with nothing to show for it. Both clubs justifiably see themselves as big in the context of the LOI but both away ends are an absolute disgrace with no proper facilities. The home ends are not much better,
A PS points out not even doing the basics and then putting on the poor mouth doesn't cut it. Until we face up to the fact that some of our grounds simply aren't fit for purpose we won't/can't attract new fans. At least to those grounds.
I can't bring my 10-year-old son to Dalymount for instance, he's been to Richmond and Tolka but to be honest hearing the news out of Dalymount today I'd be wary of bringing him to any Dublin ground other than Tallaght and the Bowl.
Your son has as much chance of getting silicosis at tallaght as getting asbestosis at Dalymount or any other old ground. If you are that concerned why do you go? It's probably best you both stay at home and be the best footballers in the world on your X Box.
2 Year Contract
12/01/2023, 11:36 AM
Not your fault but I'm sick hearing Rovers fans have access to information that only members and season ticket holders should be able to see. For some reason though a portion of fanbase can't help themselves though.
What like the one that posted the news on the club website? :)
https://bohemianfc.com/?p=18825
RealJohn91
12/01/2023, 11:58 AM
What like the one that posted the news on the club website? :)
https://bohemianfc.com/?p=18825
Fair enough, they didn’t exactly make it obvious they posted it on the website though on their other social media pages so you can excuse me for not checking a site regularly that's pretty irrelevant when all the updates get sent to fans directly.
pineapple stu
12/01/2023, 12:17 PM
So the club didn't update its members about the asbestos through the usual channels?
Weird
RealJohn91
12/01/2023, 12:22 PM
So the club didn't update its members about the asbestos through the usual channels?
Weird
An email was sent out to members and season ticket holders. I wasn't aware that it was posted to the website too.
pineapple stu
12/01/2023, 12:28 PM
Fairy nuff; took you up wrong
EatYerGreens
12/01/2023, 2:15 PM
Fact is, clubs need to own their own grounds and have the financial competence to manage them for the long term, instead of relying on others to keep them in decent accommodation while they splash what money they have on players' wages and transfers etc in the rush for silverware.
Whilst I agree with the broad jist of what you've written - the above is deeply ironic from a Glentoran fan in the week that your club signs NI international Niall McGinn, whilst it also continues to wait for Stormont to build it a new stadium. How has Glentoran's long-term financial competence and management of The Oval been?
EalingGreen
12/01/2023, 2:40 PM
Whilst I agree with the broad jist of what you've written - the above is deeply ironic from a Glentoran fan in the week that your club signs NI international Niall McGinn, whilst it also continues to wait for Stormont to build it a new stadium. How has Glentoran's long-term financial competence and management of The Oval been?1.Where have I ever claimed that the Glens have been competently run in recent years? Quite obviously they haven't. However, my point is that had they not owned their own stadium, they almost certainly would have gone bust before now, possibly have ceased even to exist entirely;
2. The money to sign McGinn is coming from the owner/benefactor. An owner/benefactor who almost certainly wouldn't have bought into the club and cleared its debts etc had the club not also owned its own stadium;
3. It is a decade since The Fools on the Hill announced that £10m(?) of the £36m Sub-Regional funding allocation would go towards a new UEFA compliant, medium-sized (8K?) rebuild at The Oval, since delayed by their interminable squabbling. Which in turn is why Glentoran are only doing the minimum to keep the turnstiles open and the lights on i.e. why would the owner pour new money into an old facility which is due to be replaced anyhow?
Apart from all that, you cetainly got me there...:rolleyes:
EalingGreen
12/01/2023, 3:18 PM
Meanwhile, Newry City are another example of a club which was badly run still managing to re-emerge because the fans owned the stadium.
While on a more positive note, Coleraine are an example of a club which is currently being very well run and which, since it too owns its own stadium, is in a position to apply for Government "levelling-up" funding for an impressive new development at Ballycastle Road:
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/coleraine-fcs-16m-funding-bid-25637911
Meaning that whether well run or badly run, clubs in NI would be in a much more parlous state were they relying on their local Council to gift them a new stadium. Meaning in turn that Shams notwithstanding, unless things are radically different* with Councils in ROI, LOI clubs are in the same boat.
* - I'll leave it to others to judge that one.
EatYerGreens
12/01/2023, 4:19 PM
1.Where have I ever claimed that the Glens have been competently run in recent years? Quite obviously they haven't. However, my point is that had they not owned their own stadium, they almost certainly would have gone bust before now, possibly have ceased even to exist entirely;
2. The money to sign McGinn is coming from the owner/benefactor. An owner/benefactor who almost certainly wouldn't have bought into the club and cleared its debts etc had the club not also owned its own stadium;
3. It is a decade since The Fools on the Hill announced that £10m(?) of the £36m Sub-Regional funding allocation would go towards a new UEFA compliant, medium-sized (8K?) rebuild at The Oval, since delayed by their interminable squabbling. Which in turn is why Glentoran are only doing the minimum to keep the turnstiles open and the lights on i.e. why would the owner pour new money into an old facility which is due to be replaced anyhow?
Apart from all that, you cetainly got me there...:rolleyes:
It's all still very ironic from a Glentoran fan though :D As the old saying goes - "if you're explaining, you're losing". (or at the very least, you're defensive).
#GlassHouses
EatYerGreens
12/01/2023, 4:21 PM
Meanwhile, Newry City are another example of a club which was badly run still managing to re-emerge because the fans owned the stadium.
While on a more positive note, Coleraine are an example of a club which is currently being very well run and which, since it too owns its own stadium, is in a position to apply for Government "levelling-up" funding for an impressive new development at Ballycastle Road:
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/coleraine-fcs-16m-funding-bid-25637911
Meaning that whether well run or badly run, clubs in NI would be in a much more parlous state were they relying on their local Council to gift them a new stadium. Meaning in turn that Shams notwithstanding, unless things are radically different* with Councils in ROI, LOI clubs are in the same boat.
* - I'll leave it to others to judge that one.
Well Ballymena and Derry are at least 2 clubs in NI with council-owned faciltiies. Are there any others?
Isn't the Coleraine Showgrounds owned by some agricultural body, rather than the club?
EalingGreen
12/01/2023, 4:49 PM
It's all still very ironic from a Glentoran fan though No, it would only be "ironic" had I been proposing Glentoran as a model-run club, or one which was not dependant upon a benefactor, or had I suggested clubs should be building new stadia entirely from their own resources.
None of which applies, rendering your claim as just another jab at me which has missed its target.
As the old saying goes - "if you're explaining, you're losing".Merely "explaining" why your post was gash.
I(or at the very least, you're defensive).Poster A has a pop at Poster B's post, Poster B defends it. It's how a discussion forum works.
#GlassHouses#Troll
EatYerGreens
12/01/2023, 5:05 PM
No, it would only be "ironic" had I been proposing Glentoran as a model-run club, or one which was not dependant upon a benefactor, or had I suggested clubs should be building new stadia entirely from their own resources.
None of which applies, rendering your claim as just another jab at me which has missed its target.
Merely "explaining" why your post was gash.
Poster A has a pop at Poster B's post, Poster B defends it. It's how a discussion forum works.
#Troll
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife....
It's hilarous how every single post you get challenged on by anyone turns into the latest hill that you must die on :D Genuinely 'fragile male ego' stuff.
Any lectures for us all on the Leinster Senior League today ? :cool:
EalingGreen
12/01/2023, 5:14 PM
Well Ballymena and Derry are at least 2 clubs in NI with council-owned faciltiies. Are there any others?Ballymena's Showgrounds are indeed Council-owned. But while they are a very supportive owner, they could nor be expected to build BUFC a brand new stadium like eg in Tallaght, should it be required (which of course it it wouldn't).
While the Brandywell was originally gifted to the local Council by The Honourable The Irish Society, with safeguards in the lease which protect DCFCs interests. But seeing as they already own it, Derry & Strabane Council are never going to build a brand new stadium for DCFC, which was the point I was originally replying to.
Isn't the Coleraine Showgrounds owned by some agricultural body, rather than the club?Technically the Showgrounds are "owned" by the North Derry Agricultural Society. But seeing as they only charge a peppercorn rent, and CFC have a long lease (99 years?), like eg a leaseholder of a flat in a residential context, CFC are effectively the owner. As they have been since their inception in 1927.
Anyhow, even if you exclude CFC, along with BUFC, I'm pretty sure the other 10 IL Premiership clubs all own their own grounds, as do the big majority* of Championship clubs.
* - Or will do, when Institute and Ards move into their proposed new grounds.
EalingGreen
12/01/2023, 5:32 PM
It's hilarous how every single post you get challenged on by anyone:No, there is a clear pattern here.
I make various posts on various points and other posters sometimes agree, sometimes disagree. Either way, such exchanges generally play the ball, not the man.
But I say "generally", since you are the exception in that you never miss an opportunity to have a pop at me personally. (God knows why)
This particular exchange is a typical example. That is, another poster opined that ideally, stadia should be Council-owned, like eg Tallaght. I doubted whether Councils in ROI (or NI, for that matter) would be prepared to follow the example of SDCC. Far better, I argued, for clubs to own their own ground (allows borrowing to invest when times are good, or security against debt when times are bad etc). Either way, this was just the normal to-and-fro of any forum, nothing personal.
Until you saw an opportunity to try to discredit me personally, in this case by making fatuous, passive-aggressive and imaginary arguments about my position on Glentoran, even though I have never proclaimed any such position myself.
In other words, Trolling.
Kingswood Rover
12/01/2023, 6:31 PM
Good Stuff Ealing may not always agree with you but you argue/debate so well. Mind yerself it can get headwreckin.
EatYerGreens
12/01/2023, 7:22 PM
No, there is a clear pattern here.
I make various posts on various points and other posters sometimes agree, sometimes disagree. Either way, such exchanges generally play the ball, not the man.
But I say "generally", since you are the exception in that you never miss an opportunity to have a pop at me personally. (God knows why)
This particular exchange is a typical example. That is, another poster opined that ideally, stadia should be Council-owned, like eg Tallaght. I doubted whether Councils in ROI (or NI, for that matter) would be prepared to follow the example of SDCC. Far better, I argued, for clubs to own their own ground (allows borrowing to invest when times are good, or security against debt when times are bad etc). Either way, this was just the normal to-and-fro of any forum, nothing personal.
Until you saw an opportunity to try to discredit me personally, in this case by making fatuous, passive-aggressive and imaginary arguments about my position on Glentoran, even though I have never proclaimed any such position myself.
In other words, Trolling.
It's probably fair to say that I have beef wiht you on here. But it's because of how you conduct yourself in 'debate'. You cannot accept being challenged on here - even when you are patently wrong. There are multiple examples of this. The most blatant and frankly laughable being the time there were genuinely about half a dozen differet people all teling you you were talking nonesense about Leinster Senior League clubs, and yet you still refused to hold your hands up and just accept that you had got that wrong. We all get stuff wrong on here at times - that's life. Yet you appear uniquely incapable of ever admitting it, and choose to instead double or treble-down on being wrong, to the point of absurdity. BTW - That LSL discussion ended with you just disappearig from the site for a few weeks rather than listen to multiple people who clearly knew more about the topic than you. Then there was you claiming Derry City were looking for £10m from Stormont for the Brandywell, which was clearly a mistaken presumption on your point based on what Glentoran were looking for. And even when media articles were posted to show you that you were clearly wrong on your assumption on that (it was only £3m they were seeking, with the total project being £10m), you STILL kept banging on about it again. And again. And again.
We all get stuff wrong buddy. There is no shame in that. Every single thing you say doesn't have to be turned into a personal Bakhmut and a comical refusal to ever accept you might have got something wrong. Especially when for obvious reasons you're not going to be as steeped in LOI football as many on here are.
So on that basis, maybe now you can see why someone would have beef. Anyways, I'm off to listen to some Alanis Morisette :D
EatYerGreens
12/01/2023, 8:07 PM
No, there is a clear pattern here.
I make various posts on various points and other posters sometimes agree, sometimes disagree. Either way, such exchanges generally play the ball, not the man.
But I say "generally", since you are the exception in that you never miss an opportunity to have a pop at me personally. (God knows why)
This particular exchange is a typical example. That is, another poster opined that ideally, stadia should be Council-owned, like eg Tallaght. I doubted whether Councils in ROI (or NI, for that matter) would be prepared to follow the example of SDCC. Far better, I argued, for clubs to own their own ground (allows borrowing to invest when times are good, or security against debt when times are bad etc). Either way, this was just the normal to-and-fro of any forum, nothing personal.
Until you saw an opportunity to try to discredit me personally, in this case by making fatuous, passive-aggressive and imaginary arguments about my position on Glentoran, even though I have never proclaimed any such position myself.
In other words, Trolling.
To add - you also don't seem to understand how football 'banter' works.
If your club does something silly then :
a) Fans of other clubs will remind you mercilessly of it, and
b) It reduces your ability to criticise other clubs for the same thing.
Whether you agreed or not with silly thing 'X' your club did is completely and utterly irrelevant. That's just the way it works between football fans.
Hence despite Rovers having the best ground in the league now, other fans will still jibe them over being homeless probably for decades to come. Hence why Dundalk fans can't credibly criticise any other ground's away end, no matter how much they themselves disagree with the state of Oriel Park. Hence Cork and Derry fans can't really criticise other clubs for financial prudence. And so on. Because that's how football fandom works.
So you can either roll with the cut and thrust of it, or you can be like that weirdly sensitive kid in class who can't handle the 'banter' or criticism : "Well actually, the evidence shows that what you said about my mother just isn't true" (* cue massive collective yawn *). Don't be that fragile, over-sensitive kid just because someone made a joke/jibe about what your club has done. Boo hoo. That's just football.
Calcio Jack
12/01/2023, 8:33 PM
To add - you also don't seem to understand how football 'banter' works.
If your club does something silly then :
a) Fans of other clubs will remind you mercilessly of it, and
b) It reduces your ability to criticise other clubs for the same thing.
Whether you agreed or not with silly thing 'X' your club did is completely and utterly irrelevant. That's just the way it works between football fans.
Hence despite Rovers having the best ground in the league now, other fans will still jibe them over being homeless probably for decades to come. Hence why Dundalk fans can't credibly criticise any other ground's away end, no matter how much they themselves disagree with the state of Oriel Park. Hence Cork and Derry fans can't really criticise other clubs for financial prudence. And so on. Because that's how football fandom works.
So you can either roll with the cut and thrust of it, or you can be like that weirdly sensitive kid in class who can't handle the 'banter' or criticism : "Well actually, the evidence shows that what you said about my mother just isn't true" (* cue massive collective yawn *). Don't be that fragile, over-sensitive kid just because someone made a joke/jibe about what your club has done. Boo hoo. That's just football.
Over the course of my life 98.99% of any time someone in what was a debate ; when one party says something offensive etc. when challenged they then use the “.. it’s only banter..” defence ….
EatYerGreens
12/01/2023, 9:04 PM
Over the course of my life 98.99% of any time someone in what was a debate ; when one party says something offensive etc. when challenged they then use the “.. it’s only banter..” defence ….
Can you clarify what was 'offensive' about pointing out how Glentoran fans are in no position to critique other clubs for prioritising spending on players over stadium ? Jeez Calcio - I didn't have you down as that weirdly sensitive kid in class either :o
So just because Bohs fan didn't agree with their club selling part of Dalymount twice, you'll never jibe them about it? Sure, sure...
Calcio Jack
12/01/2023, 10:04 PM
Can you clarify what was 'offensive' about pointing out how Glentoran fans are in no position to critique other clubs for prioritising spending on players over stadium ? Jeez Calcio - I didn't have you down as that weirdly sensitive kid in class either :o
So just because Bohs fan didn't agree with their club selling part of Dalymount twice, you'll never jibe them about it? Sure, sure...
I never said anything was offensive….As I say 98.99%….
thebronze14
13/01/2023, 10:27 AM
1.Where have I ever claimed that the Glens have been competently run in recent years? Quite obviously they haven't. However, my point is that had they not owned their own stadium, they almost certainly would have gone bust before now, possibly have ceased even to exist entirely;
2. The money to sign McGinn is coming from the owner/benefactor. An owner/benefactor who almost certainly wouldn't have bought into the club and cleared its debts etc had the club not also owned its own stadium;
3. It is a decade since The Fools on the Hill announced that £10m(?) of the £36m Sub-Regional funding allocation would go towards a new UEFA compliant, medium-sized (8K?) rebuild at The Oval, since delayed by their interminable squabbling. Which in turn is why Glentoran are only doing the minimum to keep the turnstiles open and the lights on i.e. why would the owner pour new money into an old facility which is due to be replaced anyhow?
Apart from all that, you cetainly got me there...:rolleyes:
Be a sad day when ye move out of the Oval. An amazing stadium!
EalingGreen
13/01/2023, 11:03 AM
Good Stuff Ealing may not always agree with you but you argue/debate so well. Mind yerself it can get headwreckin.Thanks - my own head was wrecked years ago! (I blame the drink :cool:)
EalingGreen
13/01/2023, 11:07 AM
It's probably fair to say that I have beef wiht you on here. But it's because of how you conduct yourself in 'debate'. You cannot accept being challenged on here - even when you are patently wrong. There are multiple examples of this. The most blatant and frankly laughable being the time there were genuinely about half a dozen differet people all teling you you were talking nonesense about Leinster Senior League clubs, and yet you still refused to hold your hands up and just accept that you had got that wrong. We all get stuff wrong on here at times - that's life. Yet you appear uniquely incapable of ever admitting it, and choose to instead double or treble-down on being wrong, to the point of absurdity.
I think you might file that one under "Note to Self".
EalingGreen
13/01/2023, 11:10 AM
To add - you also don't seem to understand how football 'banter' works.As 'Calcio Jack said...:rolleyes:
EalingGreen
13/01/2023, 11:20 AM
Can you clarify what was 'offensive' about pointing out how Glentoran fans are in no position to critique other clubs for prioritising spending on players over stadium ?When I criticised clubs eg for spending money they didn't have to sign players they couldn't afford etc, I didn't exempt* my own club from such criticism, never mind deny or defend them for doing so.
Yet you, in your irresistable urge to have a pop at me, proceeded as though I had. So might I suggest that if you're going to troll someone, you could at least employ some imagination or originality? That way, you might have some hope of using the "banter" defence when called out on it.
* - For the record, I despaired at the way the clowns in the Boardroom were running the club back then.
EalingGreen
13/01/2023, 11:41 AM
Be a sad day when ye move out of the Oval. An amazing stadium!True, except that there is little chance of the Glens ever actually moving out. There was talk of it a few years back when the Board reckoned that selling the site for redevelopment and moving elsewhere was their only hope of clearing their debt etc. This inspired a fans' campaign to "Rest in the East", and fortunately they held on until a new buyer came in, cleared the debts and stabilised things.
Mind you, he was blethering in the paper a few weeks back something about building a 34k seater, multi-sports venue on the North Foreshore (Belfast), which could also accommodate all sorts of events and concerts eg Commonwealth Games:
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/sport/glentoran-owner-ali-pour-reveals-plans-for-new-34000-seater-stadium-which-he-hopes-will-rival-casement-park-for-euro-2028-games-42176737.html
We must assume he's sobered up since then and the plan remains to wait until the Stormont money finally materialises, to allow a rebuild on the present Oval site, to give us a modern, UEFA-compliant stadium holding maybe 8k:
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/irish-league/glentoran/in-pictures-plans-for-glentorans-new-stadium-at-the-oval-revealed-40204030.html
Of course it will be sad if/when the Old Girl is finally no more, but it has to happen if the club is to move forward. All of which reinforces my original point about the need for clubs to own their own ground.
Loifan_76
27/01/2023, 2:39 PM
Any of the UCD lads know when the 2023 season tickets will likely be out? Things seem quite relaxed, the club website is still 2022 squad, but I suppose that's because they haven't announced anyone yet.
culloty82
27/01/2023, 7:41 PM
Kerry stand sales looking somewhat more respectable now - presumably the airport also received an allocation with the sponsorship deal, but either way the middle blocks appear the healthiest.
Poor Student
27/01/2023, 7:53 PM
Any of the UCD lads know when the 2023 season tickets will likely be out? Things seem quite relaxed, the club website is still 2022 squad, but I suppose that's because they haven't announced anyone yet.
That's the same every year. Season ticket is usually available at the first game of the season at the ticket booth although I am pretty sure one year I had to wait a game or two before they even had a ST available to buy.
EatYerGreens
28/01/2023, 12:14 AM
Kerry stand sales looking somewhat more respectable now - presumably the airport also received an allocation with the sponsorship deal, but either way the middle blocks appear the healthiest.
Some strange seat choices too. Given that the stand only covers One half of the pitch, you'd think the seats nearest the centre line would be the ones to go first
Season Tickets - Kerry FC (https://kerryfc.com/season-tickets/)
nigel-harps1954
28/01/2023, 1:02 AM
The skeptic in me thinks that they purposely blacked out a few more seats to make it look better, as there were a hell of a lot more seats available only a few days ago when I looked last.
legendz
28/01/2023, 7:05 AM
Kerry are up to 6K followers on Twitter. It's been a good week off the park as progress continues for the 17th of February and the season ahead.
The front row of seats does give the impression of just being removed from selection.
EatYerGreens
29/01/2023, 1:11 PM
The skeptic in me thinks that they purposely blacked out a few more seats to make it look better, as there were a hell of a lot more seats available only a few days ago when I looked last.
Presumably seats reserved for sponsors ?
culloty82
29/01/2023, 3:26 PM
For 60 seats, would imagine that, yes, it would be all the sponsors combined, all the various "spots" are 2-5 seats each, though nothing said about the front of jersey, which you'd presume would merit double figures.
nigel-harps1954
06/02/2023, 10:44 PM
739 season tickets sold for Finn Harps this season, as per social media posting earlier today. Hopefully get closer to 800 before the season starts. Not half bad for the First Division.
EatYerGreens
07/02/2023, 12:08 AM
739 season tickets sold for Finn Harps this season, as per social media posting earlier today. Hopefully get closer to 800 before the season starts. Not half bad for the First Division.
That's encouraging. How many did you sell last year ?
nigel-harps1954
07/02/2023, 7:18 AM
That's encouraging. How many did you sell last year ?
735 total last year.
thebronze14
07/02/2023, 10:29 AM
739 season tickets sold for Finn Harps this season, as per social media posting earlier today. Hopefully get closer to 800 before the season starts. Not half bad for the First Division.
Nearly as many as our average attendance last time in Division 1 so very positive
Glen Of Aherlow
07/02/2023, 12:22 PM
739 season tickets sold for Finn Harps this season, as per social media posting earlier today. Hopefully get closer to 800 before the season starts. Not half bad for the First Division.
And with all due respect to the current ground , imagine the attendance boost the new stadium should give you
nigel-harps1954
07/02/2023, 2:16 PM
And with all due respect to the current ground , imagine the attendance boost the new stadium should give you
I would certainly hope we can significantly boost our attendances in a new ground. A comfortable match day experience in a modern ground with good facilities should be the catalyst to drive the club forward.
Calcio Jack
07/02/2023, 2:17 PM
Rovers this week will hit the magical number of 4,000 season tickets sold-
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