Stadium Updates (All Clubs)

[Charlie Darwin]

how FH stand with grants that havent been drawn down.
In an empty field I'd say.

[pateen]

Galway utd have been given permission to apply for a bar license for EDP. The club are going to submit application in next few days.

Sould bring some extra cash for the club. Hope it goes through

[ForzaHoop]

http://www.finnharps.com/fhfc/?p=1156
There was a good lot of work done on one stand initially and then it all stopped

[Lim till i die]

You'd imagine it should be very hard for the government to throw good money after bad with that harps stadium.

We're talkin about another few million for a little village in the armpit of Ireland when the first few million was ****ed up against a (barely standing) wall.

harps should be considering relocating to Letterkenny or something would be a lot more justifiable then.

Having said that this is magic paddyland and the provos have been making hay in Donegal so will prob be a case of free money for all.

[Philosophizer]

harps should be considering relocating to Letterkenny or something would be a lot more justifiable then.

Having said that this is magic paddyland and the provos have been making hay in Donegal so will prob be a case of free money for all.

Leaving Ballybofey now for Letterkenny would be ridiculuous. The new stadium has already started being built and the rest of the funding has been granted, albeit there have been problems drawing down the installments.

It might have been an option about 10 yrs ago when they were deciding to move to a new ground, but they chose the new site in Ballybofey so they should stick with it now.

[Mr A]

Maybe we should adopt the Limerick model of moving every couple of years.

[CraftyToePoke]

Leaving Ballybofey now for Letterkenny would be ridiculuous. The new stadium has already started being built and the rest of the funding has been granted, albeit there have been problems drawing down the installments.

It might have been an option about 10 yrs ago when they were deciding to move to a new ground, but they chose the new site in Ballybofey so they should stick with it now.

Two wrongs ..

[Lim till i die]

The new stadium has already started being built and the rest of the funding has been granted, albeit there have been problems drawing down the installments.

As of September there was very, very, little done. And you'd wonder about the integrity of what was done. It's basically a lump of concrete that's been left to rot in all weather's.

[Lim till i die]

Maybe we should adopt the Limerick model of moving every couple of years.

Worth considering.

Donegal is a big, impoverished, place. Might be an idea to build the club around the county??

[EatYerGreens]

Worth considering.

Donegal is a big, impoverished, place. Might be an idea to build the club around the county??

Put the pitch in Ballybofey (where the team is), the seats in Letterkenny (where the people are), the offices in the Gaeltacht (where the funding is), the club shop in Bundoran (where the surfers are), and the tea bar in Buncrana (where people love a stroll and a nice bit of ice cream).

It might just work.

[Paddyfield]

Galway United were officially granted a bar license yesterday. The bar will be located in the old clubhouse/dressing room which hasn't been used since the dressing rooms moved to the new Comer Stand. The bar will only open on match days.

[Philosophizer]

Galway United were officially granted a bar license yesterday. The bar will be located in the old clubhouse/dressing room which hasn't been used since the dressing rooms moved to the new Comer Stand. The bar will only open on match days.

Brilliant news for Galway Utd! Having a bar in the ground is a fantastic advantage for any club. I absolutely love going into the bars in Dalymount. Guarantees a better atmosphere in the stands too.

And as a bonus it will probably act as a nice little money maker too

[Mr A]

Will away fans be allowed in?

[gufcfan]

Will away fans be allowed in?

Maybe people wouldn't be left with questions like this if plans the club have were kept that way until everything was sorted.

[outspoken]

Really like how Galway are going about their business at the moment. Posters at all the local clubs, busses to home games from rural areas and planning for a bar. Hope it's a massive success, might encourage clubs like Longford to do similar.

[oriel]

https://twitter.com/savo01/status/833411714184011778

Latest photos of the new pitch in Dundalk, I think it was taken on Friday. The squad will have their first session on it from Wednesday, decent of the FAI to offer full facilities today and tomorrow to the squad while the final bits are checked.

[El-Pietro]

What is up with that darker patch? Looks better in general than the old one, look forward to seeing how it plays.

[White Horse]

Sand and organic filling is being added, then the pitch is being brushed.

The darker sections were brushed just before the picture.

[nigel-harps1954]

It sort of looks like they ran out of turf and decided to throw back down some of the old one.

[patrickccfc]

From those pictures, the YDC building makes it look like the shed side has a near pitch length stand, that would be impressive

[oriel]

The shed side is a perfect location to build a new stand, the angle would have to be quite high, but there is definitely enough space there. The YDC behind it would box it in nicely.

[colonelwest]

Cabo having their shindig tonight and announced their 5 year plan and long term goals. Great summary in their PDF, highlight being a stadium/ their own proper facilities in Kilboggan park in conjunction with DLRD CoCo, Seapoint rugby club, the running club and possibly Foxrock/ Cabo GAA club.

http://loi.cabinteelyfc.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Cabineteely-Football-Club-Vision-and-Strategy-2017-2021.pdf

[nigel-harps1954]

Cabo having their shindig tonight and announced their 5 year plan and long term goals. Great summary in their PDF, highlight being a stadium/ their own proper facilities in Kilboggan park in conjunction with DLRD CoCo, Seapoint rugby club, the running club and possibly Foxrock/ Cabo GAA club.

http://loi.cabinteelyfc.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Cabineteely-Football-Club-Vision-and-Strategy-2017-2021.pdf

That's a very good read. Really love what Cabo are doing. Building from the bottom up and not throwing money at chasing a pipe dream.

[EatYerGreens]

Cabo having their shindig tonight and announced their 5 year plan and long term goals. Great summary in their PDF, highlight being a stadium/ their own proper facilities in Kilboggan park in conjunction with DLRD CoCo, Seapoint rugby club, the running club and possibly Foxrock/ Cabo GAA club.

http://loi.cabinteelyfc.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Cabineteely-Football-Club-Vision-and-Strategy-2017-2021.pdf

I assume that's the strategy that their FAI €5,000 went towards producing.

It's a good document, and perfectly pitched to their main stakeholder group - i.e. the parents of their hundreds of junior players, who probably don't have much empathy with the LOI side yet. Cabo need to get buy-in from everyone at their club for what they're trying to do in the LOI - which Salthill and Mervue never really tried to do - and this is a sensible way of laying out their stall and getting everyone's implicit agreement moving forwards.

[sbgawa]

That's the problem in CABO the LOI side really don't feel like part of the club and they are trying to make it appear more of a pathway for the kids and make a connection. Lots of talk last night about new u13 and u15 National leagues.
The problem they have is the poor results over the last two years, its hard enough to get people to go to FD games let alone FD games where you are bottom or second bottom. But at least they are trying, if the council ever did build a stadium the number of houses around would almost guarantee a decent turnout if facilities were good

[Philosophizer]

Cabo once again coming across as extremely sensible. Fair play.

[Eminence Grise]

That's the problem with these new clubs. No respect for tradition.:D

[Mr A]

I have no faith in the future of any club that misspells its own name in the file containing its strategic plan.

[Mr A]

Bray do not actually want to leave the Carlisle Grounds after all, even though it's in their 5 year plan.

https://fora.ie/bray-wanderers-carlisle-grounds-stadium-3255210-Feb2017/

WTF?

[Longfordian]

"Oh well if you don't want to refurbish it why don't you sign over the ground to us and we'll take care of it? We have some fine construction people involved"

[Martinho II]

Bray do not actually want to leave the Carlisle Grounds after all, even though it's in their 5 year plan.

https://fora.ie/bray-wanderers-carlisle-grounds-stadium-3255210-Feb2017/

WTF?

WTF if they move out to Finglas? thats a hell of a distance if thats true!

[Mastershake87]

[QUOTE]http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/rover-s-return-moriarty-tribunal-found-accountant-denis-o-connor-orchestrated-choreographed-falsehood-with-lowry-1.2295040/QUOTE]

Not the kind of guy I would like running my club. Seems to have a history of property deals and stadiums.

[RathfarnhamHoop]

WTF if they move out to Finglas? thats a hell of a distance if thats true!

They train in Finglas but that makes no sense to me since there arew plenty of decent training facilities between Bray and Finglas, UCD comes to mind, they could easily train there, as I think some clubs have in the past

[pineapple stu]

I would doubt if UCD would let clubs other than UCD train there tbh.

I know Rovers were previously refused permission to play home games there (other than one home game against UCD)

@martinho - they're not saying they want to move to Finglas?

[Charlie Darwin]

Bray train in Stepaside. Not sure what the Finglas thing is about.

[pineapple stu]

Bray's underage teams train in Stepaside I think. Not the senior team.

[dublinwanderer]

Bray's underage teams train in Stepaside I think. Not the senior team.

They were doing their pre-season in Finglas somewhere as there were no astro pitches availablie closer to Bray... They will be training in Stepaside once the weather improves....

Nice new addition to the Carlisle - App to pre-order your food for halftime!
http://braywanderersfc.ie/new-app-ordering-hot-food-games/

[Kingdom]

Can anyone comment on the quality of the new pies in Dalymount last Friday>

[Charlie Darwin]

Bray's underage teams train in Stepaside I think. Not the senior team.
Underage teams train at Joeys I think. DW has squared the Finglas circle!

[RathfarnhamHoop]

I would doubt if UCD would let clubs other than UCD train there tbh.

I know Rovers were previously refused permission to play home games there (other than one home game against UCD)

@martinho - they're not saying they want to move to Finglas?

I remember somebody saying a few years back that Longford or Athlone or somebody like that were training in UCD. Don't know for definite that they did, maybe it was just a temporary thing or something but I definitely remember hearing some team was training in UCD, how accurate that was I don't know.

[ger121]

Can anyone comment on the quality of the new pies in Dalymount last Friday>

Looked nice. Twice I went up and they were out of them. They had some opening night gremlins with power but fb has been positive. It's a pie, mash, gravy combo deal.

[BonnieShels]

Who's doing the pies? I missed this memo.

[brendy_éire]

Who's doing the pies? I missed this memo.

The Pie Man. The pies are very good, but at €8 for a pie and some spuds and peas, it's a bit steep.

[BonnieShels]

I've dabbled in their wares. They're grand.

Any sign of a pretender to the MonDog?

[El-Pietro]

The Mon Dog was massively overrated.

[Charlie Darwin]

Jesus lad, they don't have a club anymore. At least let them have the memory of a hot dog.

[BonnieShels]

The Mon Dog was massively overrated.

Well, I've never seen one. So it's even hard to judge. And I'm not willing to google that in work.


Jesus lad, they don't have a club anymore. At least let them have the memory of a hot dog.

They have a club. Just not in the LOI. Oooooooh...

[El-Pietro]

Jesus lad, they don't have a club anymore. At least let them have the memory of a hot dog.

False memory! I was so excited to try these mythical Mon Dogs. I bought two on my first trip to Monaghan. Ended up feeding the second one to an actual dog in the stand there. Can't even remember if we won.

[El-Pietro]

I did like the bar they had though so it wasn't all bad.

[Partizan]

The Mon Dog was massively overrated.

You can always depend on a Cáwkie to come up with a brainfart.