MyTown
07/03/2007, 9:39 AM
I see Noel Connolly was beaten to the Grondsman Award by the Derry City Groundsman. His name????? Tommie Shiels. :p
Anyway, I think Noel expected this, there was some late change to include Derry in the consideration for the award. Noel still does a fantastic job. In his award citation at the dinner the other night, it was noted he prepares Terryland with as much care for an u-12 game as for an Eircom League game.
It's been a brilliant surface since he took it over.
It led to some long time supporters questioning whether or not we'd have been better off with a quagmire, since we have spent more time in the lower division since Terryland was "turned around".
A lot of the so called big names in the LoI were always moaning about coming to Galway and playing on a s***e pitch & how awful everything was. Also a few of the local players used to enjoy the discomfort of the "stars" from the big sides when they trotted out on to the old Terryland.
Overall, Noel deserves great credit for producing the best football playing surface in the Republic.
Anyway, I think Noel expected this, there was some late change to include Derry in the consideration for the award. Noel still does a fantastic job. In his award citation at the dinner the other night, it was noted he prepares Terryland with as much care for an u-12 game as for an Eircom League game.
It's been a brilliant surface since he took it over.
It led to some long time supporters questioning whether or not we'd have been better off with a quagmire, since we have spent more time in the lower division since Terryland was "turned around".
A lot of the so called big names in the LoI were always moaning about coming to Galway and playing on a s***e pitch & how awful everything was. Also a few of the local players used to enjoy the discomfort of the "stars" from the big sides when they trotted out on to the old Terryland.
Overall, Noel deserves great credit for producing the best football playing surface in the Republic.