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Now that Limerick have moved into the Marlkets Field and to be fair the place looks great, will work continue on the upgrade?
Will there be a cover on the away fans stand behind the goals?
Will terracing be added on opposite side to Main Stand?
Is terracing being added to other goal end?
Sorry do'nt know the local names for the ground ends, maybe someone in the know might be able to update us on the latest work schedule or plans.
Hope it does'nt all cease now that team are installed and the work gets postponed until later in the year.
The away stand is covered - that's the Markets Field Terrace end. The other goal end is the Cathedral/City end. Opposite the main stand (Garryowen side) is the popular side. I'm not too sure on what future plans are but something really should be done on the popular side!
I hate that carry on, typical and all that. Great plans for the Markets Field, initial work begins generating great anticipation amongst the wider Limerick soccer public. Eventually the team play a game there and the future looks brighter and what happens...................further work is put on hold, why not complete all the planned phases of the work and bring the ground up to its proposed final status and build on IT from there.
Has the funding stopped or what?
:dunno:
Jofspring
01/07/2015, 8:30 PM
I hate that carry on, typical and all that. Great plans for the Markets Field, initial work begins generating great anticipation amongst the wider Limerick soccer public. Eventually the team play a game there and the future looks brighter and what happens...................further work is put on hold, why not complete all the planned phases of the work and bring the ground up to its proposed final status and build on IT from there.
Has the funding stopped or what?
:dunno:
The LEDP said before the Markets Field opened that they weren't going to put terracing on that side as they saw no need for it. Its not that work or money has stopped. Once the finishing touches are made there will be no more work done for the foreseeable future. So basically as far as the LEDP are concerned it has been brought up to its completed status. At least until further money comes down the line or the actual need for it arises.
Watching highlights of a Bray home game recently on SR, I noticed that the Town End grass embankment of the ground had been levelled and cleared. Any Bray fans know what is happening as far as any planned developments, maybe new terracing?
Bohemians members overwhelmingly agree to the sale of Dalymount to DCC for €3.8m and clear almost all of our major debts. Still a lot of details to be worked out but it looks like a 10k seater stadium by 2020, pitchside advertising revenue and leaseback of the bars are all secured as part of it. Absolutely fantastic news for us! :D
TBWRA
SalvadorSanchez
04/07/2015, 7:50 AM
Good news for Bohs and the league in general, hopefully it will give a push to the FAI to get a few more grounds upgraded. Is 10k a bit big for bohs? What are crowds like at the moment?
total hoofball
05/07/2015, 10:19 AM
Where's the 3.8 million going to come from for DCC to purchase the ground? Where is the other 7 figure sum going to come from to re-develop the ground?
Sounds to good to be true.
Nesta99
05/07/2015, 11:07 AM
Is 10k a bit big for bohs? What are crowds like at the moment?
No! As it is Dalymount is a large open ground with areas that are closed off. The atmosphere will improve as the ground gets closed in even if attendances stay the same. The advantage of having another 10k stadium in Dublin is that it removes the issue of Tallaght or Dalymount being used if either Bohs or Rovers are in a final and either ground can be used to do away with 'home' advantage. If they are playing each other move it to Turners Cross:p If games have to be moved for European football I'd much rather it moved to Dalymount than Tallaght as much for convenience as a dislike of Tallaght Stadium.
Paddyfield
05/07/2015, 10:13 PM
New tunnel in Galway plus all weather area replaces grass in the technical areas. . New dressing rooms in Comer Stand opened last month. Both ends of this stand will be enclosed with glass before later this year which will restrict the breeze and further enhance the atmosphere for spectators.
https://twitter.com/GalwayUnitedFC/status/616242477675225088
outspoken
05/07/2015, 10:23 PM
New tunnel in Galway plus all weather area replaces grass in the technical areas. . New dressing rooms in Comer Stand opened last month. Both ends of this stand will be enclosed with glass before later this year which will restrict the breeze and further enhance the atmosphere for spectators.
https://twitter.com/GalwayUnitedFC/status/616242477675225088
Brilliant news about the main stand I wish we'd do that in longford it's a cold fecker of a stand to sit in.
nigel-harps1954
06/07/2015, 10:29 AM
Whatever about tunnel and technical area, it's great to hear they're doing something about the breeze through the stand there, it's a cold b@stard of a place to watch a match. Really progressive stuff in Galway.
gufc2000
06/07/2015, 11:35 AM
Buckley Park will be back in use again shortly. Kilkenny are entering a team in the Women's National League and will play their home games there.
nigel-harps1954
06/07/2015, 12:02 PM
God damn it...I read the first part of your post and almost jumped out of my seat with joy at Kilkenny returning to the league.
Kingdom
06/07/2015, 2:23 PM
No! As it is Dalymount is a large open ground with areas that are closed off. The atmosphere will improve as the ground gets closed in even if attendances stay the same. The advantage of having another 10k stadium in Dublin is that it removes the issue of Tallaght or Dalymount being used if either Bohs or Rovers are in a final and either ground can be used to do away with 'home' advantage. If they are playing each other move it to Turners Cross:p If games have to be moved for European football I'd much rather it moved to Dalymount than Tallaght as much for convenience as a dislike of Tallaght Stadium.
Agreed. I love Dalymount. It's a real throwback to an older time. It's a pity it was allowed get so bad, but even still, the scope for it to be far and away the best league ground in the country is there. Personally speaking I'd like to see DCC use the head on this one a little bit, and work with the Dept of Education and the Dept of Sport. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to do something good for the whole area. I think there is probably scope to incorporate the school into the ground project too.
Nesta99
06/07/2015, 5:27 PM
. Personally speaking I'd like to see DCC use the head on this one a little bit, and work with the Dept of Education and the Dept of Sport. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to do something good for the whole area. I think there is probably scope to incorporate the school into the ground project too.
I'd imagine some input from DCU would be more productive than Dept of S&T. Have DCU a 'stadium' of good infrastructure to host their teams. It could mean some thought on pitch dimensions and heaven forbid the foresight to incorporate movable or extendable seating ala stadia with running tracks. Pitch usage and subsequent maintenance would be outside Boh's running costs possibly then too. But it is a once off chance to do it right regardless. I hope it wont be a piecemeal effort due to limited funding without being a celtic tiger level of cost either. It was reported that BATE spent something like €50mil on their 13k stadium - now either thats a lost in translation issue or every seat 1s heated and made of leather and suede!?
Yossarian
06/07/2015, 9:52 PM
every seat 1s heated and made of leather and suede!?
I'll check for you next week!!
SkStu
06/07/2015, 10:43 PM
More from Matt about the deal. There was a media scrum at Dalymount today - should be stuff in the papers tomorrow.
https://www.facebook.com/podoherty/videos/o.71856871826/10156210088270131/?type=3&theater
Ezeikial
06/07/2015, 11:05 PM
More from Matt about the deal. There was a media scrum at Dalymount today - should be stuff in the papers tomorrow.
https://www.facebook.com/podoherty/videos/o.71856871826/10156210088270131/?type=3&theater
He is a clear and credible communicator - in stark contrast to the egotists who led Bohs on the rocks of near insolvency
Nesta99
07/07/2015, 12:08 AM
I'll check for you next week!!
Yes yes rub it in!!
Nesta99
07/07/2015, 12:53 AM
He is a clear and credible communicator - in stark contrast to the egotists who led Bohs on the rocks of near insolvency
Can I ask genuinely is Matt from the same area of Dublin as Pat Fenlon as they sound quite alike?
Charlie Darwin
07/07/2015, 1:14 AM
Don't know where Devaney is from but that's a north Co Dublin accent. Nutsy is north inner city, Finglas I think.
SalvadorSanchez
07/07/2015, 11:30 AM
Very positive and honest summary of the situation with Bohs in the video. They held their hands up and now it's time to move on...
My only concern is that there were big plans for Tallaght as well.. 10k if you remember and Rovers have ended up with 6,000 seats in a nice ground but one that isn't finished, it really needs the ends to be completed..
I'd hate to see Bohs being promised a 10k seater and then getting it piecemeal on the basis "that the demand isn't there" the City council might be slow to build (pay for) 10,000 seats for a club getting 2,000 -3,000 every other week,
Bohs fans be careful that you don't end up with just 2 or 3 sides being built! better go for it and get the whole thing done at 6000 - 7000 capacity with pre-planned capability of extending it later...by filling in corners etc.
beware big plans and caveats on budgets and building schedules... these things have a habit of slipping...
Kingdom
07/07/2015, 1:50 PM
I feel sorry for Rovers in a way over Tallaght. Anyone who has ever played football there, whether in Fettercairn, Aylesbury, Dodder Valley, or Postal knows the place is a bloody wind tunnel. If you build a stadium with a gape bigger than Christy Mack's with two stands either side, then you have a bigger wind tunnel.
toffeejay
08/07/2015, 6:30 PM
Very positive and honest summary of the situation with Bohs in the video. They held their hands up and now it's time to move on...
My only concern is that there were big plans for Tallaght as well.. 10k if you remember and Rovers have ended up with 6,000 seats in a nice ground but one that isn't finished, it really needs the ends to be completed..
I'd hate to see Bohs being promised a 10k seater and then getting it piecemeal on the basis "that the demand isn't there" the City council might be slow to build (pay for) 10,000 seats for a club getting 2,000 -3,000 every other week,
Bohs fans be careful that you don't end up with just 2 or 3 sides being built! better go for it and get the whole thing done at 6000 - 7000 capacity with pre-planned capability of extending it later...by filling in corners etc.
beware big plans and caveats on budgets and building schedules... these things have a habit of slipping...
I'd imagine that the Jodi would be the last to be touched? Even if it ends up only being one stand done at the St Peters or Connaught end they are going to have a better stadium than currently.
GalwayFrancis
08/07/2015, 7:01 PM
I'd imagine that the Jodi would be the last to be touched? Even if it ends up only being one stand done at the St Peters or Connaught end they are going to have a better stadium than currently.
The Jovi holds 3,000ish ya? I agree with toffeejay, do the stand opposite with a 3 or 4,000 seater. And one end 1 or 1,500. Totalling: 7 or 8,000.
Leave the other end for future development, leave it for flags display until then.
2750 or so.
I believe DCC & FAI pushed for it to be 10k so it can be used for other functions, games etc, Bohs were shooting for something a bit smaller. It makes sense for DCC to have it built bigger than what we (Bohs) need and hopefully we will grow into it.
Dalymountrower
09/07/2015, 7:27 AM
2750 or so.
I believe DCC & FAI pushed for it to be 10k so it can be used for other functions, games etc, Bohs were shooting for something a bit smaller. It makes sense for DCC to have it built bigger than what we (Bohs) need and hopefully we will grow into it.
That's right, we'll see if DCC's ambition is matched by exchequer funding.They have a project team for the stadium appointed already, as they realise only too well that they have about five months to put a proposal together for indirect funding by Pascal O Donohues Department.He will want some visible work started before the next election.
Longfordian
09/07/2015, 7:45 AM
The stadium redevelopment is great news for Bohs but not such good news for any other LOI clubs looking for sports capital grants. This year anyway.
White Horse
09/07/2015, 8:27 AM
That's right, we'll see if DCC's ambition is matched by exchequer funding.They have a project team for the stadium appointed already, as they realise only too well that they have about five months to put a proposal together for indirect funding by Pascal O Donohues Department.He will want some visible work started before the next election.
If DCC and Bohs want good funding for this, they have to get the proposals agreed before an election is called. This is their window. Miss it and the funding won't be there.
SalvadorSanchez
14/07/2015, 2:11 PM
I don't agree on trying to save the Jodi Stand.... tear it all down to the soil and start again.. trying to rescue or integrate anything of the existing ground would be a mistake...and an opportunity for DCC to go half-assed with the project... or to back out half way through... also it'll look awful if the rest is shiny and new... may as well do it all in one shot...
I'd say the best hope Bohs have is a complete redevelopment, get the bulldozers in there after the last game of the season and flatten the place and start again... the Jodi is a problem in that it's too close to the houses leaving a pretty narrow alley down the back... Bohs could shrink the footprint of the ground, improve access and still deliver a 10k seater...
Any thoughts on a ground share? would Bohs try to Share with Pats ? I assume Tallaght is out for historic reasons... Morton Stadium still there?
fionnsci
14/07/2015, 2:34 PM
Any thoughts on a ground share? would Bohs try to Share with Pats ? I assume Tallaght is out for historic reasons... Morton Stadium still there?
That is unthinkably unlikely. Morton Stadium is still there, it's the national athletics stadium.
nigel-harps1954
14/07/2015, 2:56 PM
Home Farm would surely be an option for Bohs temporarily if they were knocking and rebuilding Dalymount?
fionnsci
14/07/2015, 3:34 PM
Home Farm would surely be an option for Bohs temporarily if they were knocking and rebuilding Dalymount?
I wouldn't think there are adequate facilities there. I'd say Bohs will stay in Dalymount while the ground is reconstructed, piece by piece.
peadar1987
15/07/2015, 10:50 AM
It's looking possible that the Carlisle will be empty soon enough. Handy DART link to the northside and everything.
http://dublininquirer.com/2015/07/15/should-we-spend-e3-8-million-on-dalymount-park/
interesting article in the DI.
nigel-harps1954
15/07/2015, 7:12 PM
EDIT: Wrong thread
Charlie Darwin
16/07/2015, 10:36 AM
http://dublininquirer.com/2015/07/15/should-we-spend-e3-8-million-on-dalymount-park/
interesting article in the DI.
I'd say it's more silly than interesting. The comparisons to nine-figure investments in America couldn't be less apt.
nigel-harps1954
16/07/2015, 11:03 AM
I thought it was an altogether very silly article with wild, and very vague, comparisons to the likes of the US and Brazil. Much of it made absolutely no sense.
Dodge
16/07/2015, 11:52 AM
I've no doubt this was the genesis of that article
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcwJt4bcnXs
SalvadorSanchez
16/07/2015, 9:41 PM
I thought it was an altogether very silly article with wild, and very vague, comparisons to the likes of the US and Brazil. Much of it made absolutely no sense.
Comparing Dalymount redevelopment to 60k capacity stadiums built for half a billion dollars of taxpayers money for rich professional clubs....with billionaire owners... there is no comparison at all to a 10k ground for a semi-pro club, run by fans, with multiple users, in a league crying out for investment...... mad article... looking for wrongs where there are none... well not many ; )
I'd say it's more silly than interesting. The comparisons to nine-figure investments in America couldn't be less apt.
interesting because its about Bohs. :)
Agree about the comparisons being a bit silly.
I don't agree on trying to save the Jodi Stand.... tear it all down to the soil and start again.. trying to rescue or integrate anything of the existing ground would be a mistake...and an opportunity for DCC to go half-assed with the project... or to back out half way through... also it'll look awful if the rest is shiny and new... may as well do it all in one shot...
I'd say the best hope Bohs have is a complete redevelopment, get the bulldozers in there after the last game of the season and flatten the place and start again... the Jodi is a problem in that it's too close to the houses leaving a pretty narrow alley down the back... Bohs could shrink the footprint of the ground, improve access and still deliver a 10k seater...
Any thoughts on a ground share? would Bohs try to Share with Pats ? I assume Tallaght is out for historic reasons... Morton Stadium still there?
I think you're right about knocking it all, in an ideal world.
Pats is not an option for a ground share (I hope). The offer is still open for Shels isn't it ?
SkStu
20/07/2015, 12:06 AM
I think he meant if Bohs have to move out while its under development. There are lots of options close by (the closer the better) if that proves to be needed.
I think the Jodi will remain as is with some minor upgrades although (wishful thinking, I know!) I'd love if we were getting some sort of "bowl" type stadium and not a Tallaght v2.0.
Kingdom
20/07/2015, 11:41 AM
I think the Jodi will remain as is with some minor upgrades although (wishful thinking, I know!) I'd love if we were getting some sort of "bowl" type stadium and not a Tallaght v2.0.
If you look at Parc y Scarlets or even somewhere like the Bescott. They are good templates. I know the shape of the area around Dalymount is somewhat awkward but there is great scope if a little imagination could be used. I suppose that's why I referred earlier to getting the involvement of the dept of education and the dept of sport, to see if the school could be integrated, which would then give a little more scope to planning and design.
There is so much that could be done with this project that would help the community the city and Bohs.
I don't see any reason the Jodi couldn't be part of the new stadium.
Dalymountrower
20/07/2015, 3:25 PM
Would be very sorry to see the JodI go.
The warren of bars and other rooms offices and cubby
holes are the original construct and design ( Archibald Leech)?.The best atmosphere in the country when it's a decent crowd.
Would be good to get the toilets sorted thouhh.
DCC should be ashamed of presiding over such poor sanitary facilities.
Paddyfield
20/07/2015, 10:18 PM
There was a bar in Deacy Park for the game between Galway United and Liverpool. I'm not too sure where in the ground it was located as I wasn't at the game. The official club Twiter had photos of a delivery of kegs and the bar. Perhaps they were testing the water with regard to neighbours etc
EDIT: link to website http://galwayunitedfc.ie/matchday-bar-for-liverpool-xi-friendly/
SalvadorSanchez
21/07/2015, 11:44 AM
If you look at Parc y Scarlets or even somewhere like the Bescott. They are good templates. I know the shape of the area around Dalymount is somewhat awkward but there is great scope if a little imagination could be used. I suppose that's why I referred earlier to getting the involvement of the dept of education and the dept of sport, to see if the school could be integrated, which would then give a little more scope to planning and design.
There is so much that could be done with this project that would help the community the city and Bohs.
I don't see any reason the Jodi couldn't be part of the new stadium.
Don't see how you could have it both ways.. developing a new ground like Parc y Scarlets (I agree 100%) and keeping the Jodi. (I disagree 100%)
Keeping the Jodi means keeping all it's problems, the narrow alley, the poor access, and if you keep the Jodi you have to keep the pitch where it is now and pretty much you have to keep the entrances that you have now... and all the problems you have now...
Starting over could allow the pitch to be shrunk (it's at maximum legal size which is rarely used nowadays, Aviva etc. is smaller) and the pitch could be moved towards the tramway end and that could allow all sorts of improvements..
SalvadorSanchez
21/07/2015, 11:46 AM
There was a bar in Deacy Park for the game between Galway United and Liverpool. I'm not too sure where in the ground it was located as I wasn't at the game. The official club Twiter had photos of a delivery of kegs and the bar. Perhaps they were testing the water with regard to neighbours etc
EDIT: link to website http://galwayunitedfc.ie/matchday-bar-for-liverpool-xi-friendly/
Good news that... let's hope we keep it now and bring in some useful funds for the club....
sulywaterfordfc
21/07/2015, 12:50 PM
A gym been installed under the new stand recently at the RSC. Place is looking in really good nick and has come on a lot since the days of one stand and a glass bank behind the town end goal. There's also three training pitches just off the main pitch and the main pitch itself is looking in excellent condition.
Just a pity both stands are so far away from the pitch with the running track as it affects the atmosphere hugely.
brendy_éire
21/07/2015, 12:51 PM
Good news that... let's hope we keep it now and bring in some useful funds for the club....
Would be excellent to have a bar in the ground. No pubs particularly handy to the ground, and would encourage people to head to the ground earlier.
nigel-harps1954
24/07/2015, 3:50 PM
Non-LOI here, but can't help but feel incredibly jealous of the ongoing work at Windsor Park and the incredible stadium Linfield are going to be left with once it's completed.
At 18,000 seats, it's a comfortable sized stadium and will be the envy of every club in the Irish League and indeed of every club on this entire island.
Here's a recent picture:
http://c1.staticflickr.com/1/518/19061410205_20db9bff74_c.jpg
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