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Dalymountrower
30/05/2015, 3:43 PM
Great news for football, a fair deal for Bohs as tenants.
I heard from DCC tha tShels dropped because of "complexity" of Tolka loans rather than fan opposition.I can see them folding and re forming within a year.
White Horse
30/05/2015, 3:51 PM
a fair deal for Bohs as tenants.
More than a fair deal for Bohs, it's an absolute steal for them.
LFC Blue
30/05/2015, 9:28 PM
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A few pics of the Markets Field today.roof to be added to away stand during the week. Interior under the stand looks high spec.
Dodge
31/05/2015, 12:06 AM
"A section of fans" RTÉ said. God almighty...
I think that's fair enough. Even the 1895 trust lads will say they can't speak for every Shels fan
Some photos of the new dressing rooms under the Comer Stand in edp used by gufc for the first time on Friday . https://mobile.twitter.com/GalwayUnitedFC/status/603990151455444992/photo/1
Charlie Darwin
01/06/2015, 5:36 PM
Great news for football, a fair deal for Bohs as tenants.
I heard from DCC tha tShels dropped because of "complexity" of Tolka loans rather than fan opposition.I can see them folding and re forming within a year.
I'd say they have more chance of keeping going in Tolka.
Longfordian
01/06/2015, 5:56 PM
Where are they going to get the money to keep Tolka functioning? Without starting another debate on grounds it actually is in a terrible state.
Charlie Darwin
01/06/2015, 6:10 PM
Where are they going to get the money to keep Tolka functioning? Without starting another debate on grounds it actually is in a terrible state.
They've spent a lot of money on the pitch and it's actually in great shape. The stand area is a ****hole but there aren't many grounds in the country where that isn't true.
nigel-harps1954
04/06/2015, 9:45 AM
Bray started work on the grass bank behind the goal on the entrance side of the ground. Diggers in doing work, pictures on their Facebook page with "exciting developments" mentioned.
Jofspring
04/06/2015, 11:00 AM
Why green seats? Don't you play in blue?
Limerick county colours I guess since it's not being built by LFC.
According to the LEDP the seats are green to go with the new Markets Field crest which is green and black.
The ground is also to be used by GAA (only underage due to pitch size) and rugby. Can't see either wanting to use it to be honest.
The popular side (opposite stand) was supposed to have a step/terrace but now it's just a flat ground and a lean against the railings job.
The away stand is supposedly getting a roof but not sure if that is in yet.
Acornvilla
04/06/2015, 1:58 PM
Tell the lads testing the PA system to hush, been listening to a lad count to 10 for two days now.
ForzaHoop
04/06/2015, 2:14 PM
The work in Bray
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thomas72
04/06/2015, 6:11 PM
https://mobile.twitter.com/ckSportLeader/status/606055852605374464/photo/1
Looks very well pitch like a billiard table it's more than a good start in fairness upgrade it bit by bit
Jofspring
04/06/2015, 7:50 PM
https://mobile.twitter.com/ckSportLeader/status/606055852605374464/photo/1
Looks very well pitch like a billiard table it's more than a good start in fairness upgrade it bit by bit
Hopefully the first upgrade will be steps/terracing on the popular side.
Roof going on the away section today also.
nigel-harps1954
04/06/2015, 8:28 PM
Away stand in Limerick with roof being constructed
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/11391389_1100251303322143_3565110237703902911_n.jp g?oh=511f5397f97f012e2da0ed1cc549709b&oe=55EFAD50
Acornvilla
04/06/2015, 8:53 PM
Hopefully the first upgrade will be steps/terracing on the popular side.
Roof going on the away section today also.
Would be a grand ground with terracing on the far side alright, I'll not be mad about sitting in that stand, with the 20 odd bars accross the front. Roof on the away bit is great, didn't know that was happening!
NeverFeltBetter
04/06/2015, 8:57 PM
Recent pictures have really made the size of the pitch hit home. It's huge.
White Horse
04/06/2015, 9:03 PM
Hopefully the first upgrade will be steps/terracing on the popular side.
Roof going on the away section today also.
Great that a roof is going on the away stand. I agree with you about the terracing. That would be the place to watch a match. I don't fancy the main stand, too many obstructing supports.
ForzaHoop
05/06/2015, 12:25 PM
Post some pics lad please, always interested in stadiums development
osarusan
05/06/2015, 12:34 PM
Hopefully the first upgrade will be steps/terracing on the popular side.
Really hope so - steps designed for seating down the line - the level ground instead of a sloping bank is going to be a bit annoying.
ForzaHoop
05/06/2015, 12:37 PM
Here are a few from the Papers
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nigel-harps1954
05/06/2015, 1:21 PM
Tell you what, pillars aside, there's some view from that main stand.
dublinwanderer
05/06/2015, 2:20 PM
https://www.facebook.com/BrayWanderersFC?fref=ts
Pictures of work in Bray this week!!! God knows what they are doing, how long it will take and who is paying for it!!!! :) ;) #fifa?
https://www.facebook.com/BrayWanderersFC?fref=ts
Pictures of work in Bray this week!!! God knows what they are doing, how long it will take and who is paying for it!!!! :) ;) #fifa?
Duffer's personal car park?!
A big hole to put Darren Quigley in :)
SalvadorSanchez
05/06/2015, 3:29 PM
Truth be told when the game is on and the ball is moving ya won't notice the pillars, I remember the old stand in Terryland park, between roof supports and floodlights had 13. Yes 13... pillars to watch through.... unless you sit right behind the posts it'll be fine... Great to see progress like that at Limerick.... credit where it's due... well done to all concerned
Nesta99
05/06/2015, 8:27 PM
I agree, there used to be 8 posts in the way in oriel - a proper pain as there were 2 rows of posts supporting the canopy of the stand. It was a big improvement when reinforcing work happened at roof level to allow one row to be removed, the remaining posts werent noticed then but then anything was better than the previous obstruction of view. Markets field is looking like a good fit for purpose ground which can be developed further as needs necessitate. Best of luck to Limerick with this and a solid home to rebuild a fanbase from!
Acornvilla
05/06/2015, 8:53 PM
Dunno, I can't stick the stand in the CCS personally, total pain in the arse having any sort of obstructed view.
Great crowd at the match tonight, unlucky not to and a real pity they didn't get a draw.
edit: ha, they're playing 'The only way is up' on the PA system now.
Dalymountrower
08/06/2015, 10:46 AM
Per RTE web site, Dublin City Council have confirmed purchase.of
Dalymount.
Shels out of the picture.
Saving the stadium for community use after our catastrophic previous dealings, is a great way to mark our 125 years.
Looking forward to a decent pitch and a re developed stadium.
Nesta99
08/06/2015, 11:20 AM
You now will have so much in common with your kin in Tallaght you can become best pals! Fellow council tenants in arms! Only in Ireland can a club pish away grant money for a ground and have the tax payer finish it off, or borrow up to the neck to the tune of tens of millions only for the tax payer to save the day. Ireland and Real Madrid I suppose. Can we all claim that a precedence has been set and start asking for local government to fix up all our stadia - like we do have the worst away section in the league!!
topia
08/06/2015, 11:42 AM
Bohemians are selling a piece of land for what is quite possibly much less than what it is worth on the open market and relinquishing ownership rights in order to stay in dalymount and have some redevelopment..... I'm not sure how having something to sell and selling it is the same as spending grant money.
Nesta99
08/06/2015, 12:08 PM
Ok Dundalk Municipal District, you can have Oriel Park for nothing and redevelop the place for our use, great deal for you as Bohs sold Dalymount for less that its market value!!
Dalymountrower
08/06/2015, 1:43 PM
Ok Dundalk Municipal District, you can have Oriel Park for nothing and redevelop the place for our use, great deal for you as Bohs sold Dalymount for less that its market value!!
Oriel is in private ownership , Dundalk FC don't have a say as to what happens the ground.It would be great if Louth CC could buy it and develop it
Bohs sold the ground as a sporting venue.Could have sold it to property developers and embark on that grizzly carousel again, thanks be to jaysus we didn't.
Yep , clash of the public authority tenants next Friday, sponsored by the New Land League.Three F's for all!
Charlie Darwin
08/06/2015, 1:49 PM
Oriel is in private ownership , Dundalk FC don't have a say as to what happens the ground.
As I understand it, Oriel is held in trust for football in Dundalk. The club pay for upkeep and develop and can use it commercially, same as Sligo's Showgrounds.
Bohs sold the ground as a sporting venue.Could have sold it to property developers and embark on that grizzly carousel again
Not unless the land was rezoned from a sporting venue. Which it wouldn't be.
Nesta99
08/06/2015, 2:04 PM
As I understand it, Oriel is held in trust for football in Dundalk.
Dont mention the war!
Dalymountrower
08/06/2015, 2:31 PM
As I understand it, Oriel is held in trust for football in Dundalk. The club pay for upkeep and develop and can use it commercially, same as Sligo's Showgrounds.
Not unless the land was rezoned from a sporting venue. Which it wouldn't be.
As I said, Oriel in private hands, Casey family. Long may that continue, am very fond of Oriel Pk.
All academic at this stage but FYI there was a recent proposal from a developer (this year) to buy Dalymount, and received no support from the members as the focus has quite rightly been on saving the club , the ground and discharging our debts.
Beating Rovers next week and saving the hay, would make it a perfect June.
Charlie Darwin
08/06/2015, 2:45 PM
Well unless the developer is on DCC he couldn't rezone the land either. In this day and age, nobody is going to pay commercial prices for recreationally-zoned land.
Dalymountrower
08/06/2015, 3:02 PM
Well unless the developer is on DCC he couldn't rezone the land either. In this day and age, nobody is going to pay commercial prices for recreationally-zoned land.
Yep, nobody in their right mind, but we're talking about developers here.
geysir
08/06/2015, 3:40 PM
I have mixed feelings, great that Dalymount will live on but I thought that it was going to be renamed Delaneymount Park.
gufcfan
08/06/2015, 4:03 PM
I have mixed feelings, great that Dalymount will live on but I thought that it was going to be renamed Delaneymount Park.
Don't be daft. He's notoriously private. He won't name it after himself. Emma English Park is what I heard.
Sean South
08/06/2015, 7:31 PM
Is there any plans online of what is planned for Dalymount? What will the capacity be?
nr637
09/06/2015, 11:02 AM
Is there any plans online of what is planned for Dalymount? What will the capacity be?
I reckon you are looking at something similar to Tallaght.
There is already one good modern stand in Dalymount with a capacity of about 3,000 seats, known as the "Jodi Stand", while the rest of the ground is really in a poor state and unsafe.
Probably another stand opposite the Jodi with a similar capacity.
There will be nothing done behind the goals initially, just like Tallaght. A capacity of around 5/6,000 should be sufficient for Bohs. A general clean up by clearing the areas behind each goal is all you could expect. Think along the lines of the Derry City redevelopment.
I can't see a huge amount of money being allocated after that.
You won't see a nice all seated 10,000 stadium, with our politics, it would just be lost in red tape, black tape...........we all know how it goes!
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vinnie
09/06/2015, 11:49 AM
Good Luck to Bohs, hope it turn out to be a little Gem of a stadium, god knows the league needs better stadiums
toffeejay
09/06/2015, 12:48 PM
In terms of the site size, there would be scope for a much bigger stand than the Jodi on the opposite side. I'd expect you could get a higher capacity than it or other features over there.
I take it the entire unused terrace behind the shops is going to retail? There has to be some access space left there, look odd if its a wall or building just a next to the pitch
Sean South
09/06/2015, 1:23 PM
These days you need enough access or space to exit the stadium safely too which will mean smaller stands. The ally way at the back of the Connaught road stand is very narrow.
punkrocket
09/06/2015, 2:30 PM
These days you need enough access or space to exit the stadium safely too which will mean smaller stands. The ally way at the back of the Connaught road stand is very narrow.
The very reason why Casement Park in Belfast is facing planning problems (that and local opposition )
Nesta99
09/06/2015, 4:29 PM
The very reason why Casement Park in Belfast is facing planning problems (that and local opposition )
GAA vanity project and getting the opposition it deserves!
wedwood
09/06/2015, 8:06 PM
A 10,000 seater redeveloped Dalymount would make a nice venue for the FAI Cup final. Instead of a two thirds empty Aviva, you'd have a packed Dalymount, with tickets for the final becoming highly sought after due to the limited capacity.
Nesta99
09/06/2015, 8:19 PM
I'd like to think it could be pushed closer to a 15k stadium to cater for the likes of cup finals and less appealing international fixtures that wouldnt sell-out the Aviva. It would also help do away with a cup finalist playing at 'home' unless Bohs and Rovers meet - then a move to the Aviva (or Turners Cross for the laugh) is possible.
Charlie Darwin
09/06/2015, 8:38 PM
A 10,000 seater redeveloped Dalymount would make a nice venue for the FAI Cup final. Instead of a two thirds empty Aviva, you'd have a packed Dalymount, with tickets for the final becoming highly sought after due to the limited capacity.
It'd be 1/5 empty for 20 other games a year though. It'd be like expanding Tallaght to 20k when realistically we never go over 5k.
I'd like to think it could be pushed closer to a 15k stadium to cater for the likes of cup finals and less appealing international fixtures that wouldnt sell-out the Aviva. It would also help do away with a cup finalist playing at 'home' unless Bohs and Rovers meet - then a move to the Aviva (or Turners Cross for the laugh) is possible.
Does the Aviva naming rights not restrict internationals to Lansdowne for the time being?
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