View Full Version : Tolka Park closed down?
Réiteoir
23/04/2007, 11:58 AM
Just heard rumours that Tolka has been shut down indefinitly due to the state of the pitch.
Word is that Shels will play in Whitehall for the foreseeable.
However where does that leave Rovers - they surely can't use Whitehall for Premier games due to the number of seats etc. at that ground
Tolka as at 2pm yesterday: http://file028a.bebo.com/4/large/2007/04/22/20/683476199a4179307892b437660739l.jpg
passerrby
23/04/2007, 12:01 PM
are theylaying a new pitch if so shold be playable in a few weeks
Looks like crop circles!!! Has Ollie been abducted by aliens???
sonofstan
23/04/2007, 12:22 PM
Looks like crop circles!!! Has Ollie been abducted by aliens???
or reclaimed?
BohsPartisan
23/04/2007, 12:27 PM
fek, was looking forward to a visit to Tolka in the League Cup.
Réiteoir
23/04/2007, 12:28 PM
What's the capacity of Whitehall these days anyway?
Celdrog
23/04/2007, 12:30 PM
Rovers nominated United Park as their ground before negotiating over Tolka.
They can play there if the Drogs still agree.
Réiteoir
23/04/2007, 12:32 PM
or they may head back to Dalyer
Jerry The Saint
23/04/2007, 1:24 PM
Rovers nominated United Park as their ground before negotiating over Tolka.
Not the sturdiest of back-up plans - any chance of both Drogs and Shams having their Premier License revoked if that Health & Safety guy kicks up a fuss...:confused:
Celdrog
23/04/2007, 1:39 PM
Not the sturdiest of back-up plans - any chance of both Drogs and Shams having their Premier License revoked if that Health & Safety guy kicks up a fuss...:confused:
I was in United Park yesterday at the U-17s semi final and the terracing work is almost complete (extra exits, crash barriers etc).
The H&S guy has already kicked up a fuss, we are restricted to 1440 until the work is finished.
Louth4sam
23/04/2007, 1:41 PM
Will that make UTD park suitable for a license next season seeing as its been made safer?
galwayhoop
23/04/2007, 1:43 PM
Will that make UTD park suitable for a license next season seeing as its been made safer?
no need. sure isn't that brand spanking new stadium of yers going to be finished by november :rolleyes:
Celdrog
23/04/2007, 2:11 PM
Will that make UTD park suitable for a license next season seeing as its been made safer?
Not a chance, we haven't got the seats, facilities etc. The only reason we got a premier licence this year was the new stadium plans. If something doesn't shift quickly we'll be in Oriel or Dalymount next season or else playing in Marian Park (Drogheda Town's ground) in the LSL.
TheSaint2002
23/04/2007, 2:57 PM
Tolka as at 2pm yesterday: http://file028a.bebo.com/4/large/200...437660739l.jpg
can somebody clear this up is that how it looks after work startin on it or is that :confused: what was played on.
GavinZac
23/04/2007, 3:43 PM
that :confused: what was played on.
you couldn't play the fiddle on that.
thats after some work.
HulaHoop
23/04/2007, 3:55 PM
can somebody clear this up is that how it looks after work startin on it or is that :confused: what was played on.
No thats it after it has been rolled/sanded/fertilised. It was rock hard, bumpy but green on Friday night.
Saint MacDara
23/04/2007, 3:57 PM
Is it any wonder that the pitch is wrecked.Everytime i see the schoolboy section of the sports pages there's a picture of kids playing in Tolka.
Add that with 2 senior teams it ruins the surface making it unplayable.The icing on the cake would be to invite rugby to play there.
HulaHoop
23/04/2007, 3:59 PM
The Irish rugby league team play some of their matches in Tolka - no joke.
About 2 games a year. Not really a big deal
Saint MacDara
23/04/2007, 4:08 PM
The Irish rugby league team play some of their matches in Tolka - no joke.
I didnt know that.I remember going to a rugby league game there a few years ago but i didnt think it caught on to any big extent.
So anyone know anything about Whitehall?
Sheridan
23/04/2007, 4:15 PM
Pitch at Whitehall is beautiful (or at least it was last time I was there) but the ground itself is very basic and in poor nick. Covered terracing along one side of the pitch. Decent bar, but (like the pitch) very small. The ground holds about 2,000 at the most.
Joey Killester
23/04/2007, 4:20 PM
This is a load of crap. Apparently work started the morning after the Rovers game on friday night and apparently there was a mix up in that it was thought that there wouldn't be another game there for two weeks, when the pitch would be finished, but obviously we are playing Limerick on friday and its only a rumour that the game will be moved to Whitehall as I heard the pitch might be ok by friday. Its definitly not closing down indefinitly.
Not sure why Tolka Park was singled out. I seen Dundalk play there a few weeks back and it was in a poor condition. But I have to say that Kingspan Century Homes Park is in a far worse condition. It is absolutely dreadful.
Probably due to the fact it could be playing host to the Setanta Cup final if Cork beat Linfield.
That and its a premier division ground too
don ramo
23/04/2007, 4:27 PM
no way youll be able to play in tolka the weekend the pitch needs 4-6 weeks to settle into place, with a lot of watering, we only patched up the really dodgy areas of our pitch pre season and were told we couldnt play on it for 4 weeks, i know some clubs can play on there surfaces a week our two later but that kind of work would cost a fourtune youd be better off with an artiicail surface
monutdfc
23/04/2007, 4:27 PM
1) It's Kingspan Century park
2) The pitch at Kingspan Century Park is not good, but it's nowhere near as bad as Tolka. It's bobbly, but it's not dangerous. Plus there's only 1 team playing there, not 2 (or 3 - do Belgrove still play at Tolka?) so it will recover better than Tolka
Apparently Wexford Youths cut it up v badly on the opening game which didn't help
Louth4sam
23/04/2007, 4:34 PM
Not sure why Tolka Park was singled out. I seen Dundalk play there a few weeks back and it was in a poor condition. But I have to say that Kingspan Century Homes Park is in a far worse condition. It is absolutely dreadful.
I'll second that, Monaghan's pitch is a disgrace and definitely looked far worse than tolka park. Maybe it should be closed down also
NavanBohs
23/04/2007, 4:42 PM
So if its true as stated earlier in the thread that Whitehall only holds 2,000, whats the story with Shels v Bohs in the League Cup in a few weeks if the Tolka pitch is unplayable? Just move it to Dalymount?
Can't see how whitehall would geta first division license at all. There isn't one seat in the place (outside of the bar)
Gareth
23/04/2007, 5:04 PM
http://www.shelbournefc.ie/news.php?id=630
Update on the pitch from the board....
Philly
23/04/2007, 5:08 PM
Whitehall isn't a league ground, simple as.
Maybe Shels will play a game or two in Dalymount or Richmond Park. Can't see Whitehall getting a license. If it does - that makes an even bigger joke out of the whole licensing system.
galwayhoop
23/04/2007, 5:18 PM
Apparently Wexford Youths cut it up v badly
those damn kids!!!
Battery Rover
23/04/2007, 5:25 PM
I'll second that, Monaghan's pitch is a disgrace and definitely looked far worse than tolka park. Maybe it should be closed down also
Have seen the 2 pitches in the last couple of weeks and Tolka was definitely the worst of them. Kinspan Century Park was bobbly on Friday night but not dangerous and players could still play the ball along the ground without it bouncing all over the place.
A face
23/04/2007, 10:21 PM
If its an all eL Setanta Cup final it'll have to be held in Turners Cross, the best ground in the country now.
sligoman
23/04/2007, 10:22 PM
So where will shams play for the next couple of weeks(mainly our game)?
DmanDmythDledge
23/04/2007, 10:23 PM
So where will shams play for the next couple of weeks(mainly our game)?
It's expected to be ready by Friday week so I don't think it should affect your game.
skitz3
23/04/2007, 10:37 PM
It'll be ready in less than 2 weeks ffs. Mountains out of molehills!
galwayhoop
23/04/2007, 10:40 PM
Mountains out of molehills!
more like sandhills ;)
passerrby
23/04/2007, 11:25 PM
I'll second that, Monaghan's pitch is a disgrace and definitely looked far worse than tolka park. Maybe it should be closed down also
at least it real. maybe you could get one of your surporters to burn it
Snoop Drog
24/04/2007, 6:33 AM
at least it real. maybe you could get one of your surporters to burn it
Nice :D
Let's all laugh at craptown.
OneRedArmy
24/04/2007, 7:23 AM
http://www.shelbournefc.ie/news.php?id=630
Update on the pitch from the board....What a pathetic statement.
The Board must be living in a bubble if they feel they deserve sympathy for the clubs financial plight. There's still a lot of anger in the football community as to how Shels were allowed to be run in the past few years and the false success it allowed the club to achieve.
Therefore crying about spilled milk isn't going to be well received.
Louth4sam
24/04/2007, 7:27 AM
at least it real. maybe you could get one of your surporters to burn it
Yeah very intelligent comeback :rolleyes:
Our pitch is fifa approved, the only person that would approve your pitch is the local farmer to graze his cattle on it cos thats about all its fit for.
hoops1
24/04/2007, 9:27 AM
What a pathetic statement.
The Board must be living in a bubble if they feel they deserve sympathy for the clubs financial plight. There's still a lot of anger in the football community as to how Shels were allowed to be run in the past few years and the false success it allowed the club to achieve.
Therefore crying about spilled milk isn't going to be well received.
Have to agree with you there. Some of the statements from Shels lately are extremely Mickey Mouse.
If something doesn't shift quickly we'll be .... playing in Marian Park ... in the LSL.
Good to see Drogheda's fans waking up to reality at last. :D
the pitch needs 4-6 weeks to settle into place, with a lot of watering
That's something that was never a problem in Tolka before. Just make sure they don't leave all the books and records on the floor next time!
Dodge
24/04/2007, 10:06 AM
Have to agree with you there. Some of the statements from Shels lately are extremely Mickey Mouse.
I said something similar a few weeks ago and was accused of being biased...
NY Hoop
24/04/2007, 10:28 AM
Have to agree with you there. Some of the statements from Shels lately are extremely Mickey Mouse.
Exactly. Load of nonsense. How much does it cost to water the pitch? To roll it? Journos were dead right to have a go at the state of the pitch.
Shels are lucky they didnt see the rest of the mess that is tolka.
Although fair play to them for getting rid of their scum element.
KOH
Dodge
24/04/2007, 10:32 AM
The fact that they think Journos were complaining about Shels' pitch is hilarious. If it wasn't for Shamrock playing on it in the premier nobody would care...
NY Hoop
24/04/2007, 10:46 AM
The fact that they think Journos were complaining about Shels' pitch is hilarious. If it wasn't for Shamrock playing on it in the premier nobody would care...
True but you're missing a word there.
KOH
GavinZac
24/04/2007, 10:48 AM
True but you're missing a word there.
KOH
"division"?
KOH
Jerry The Saint
24/04/2007, 12:08 PM
The fact that they think Journos were complaining about Shels' pitch is hilarious. If it wasn't for Shamrock playing on it in the premier nobody would care...
True but you're missing a word there.
Relegated?
Bankrupt?
The fact that they think Journos were complaining about Bankrupt Shels' pitch is hilarious. If it wasn't for Shamrock playing on it in the premier nobody would care...
F***ing?
The fact that they think Journos were complaining about Bankrupt Shels' pitch is f***ing hilarious. If it wasn't for Shamrock playing on it in the premier nobody would care...
:D
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