FAI Cup Final at RDS?

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11/08/2007, 9:59 AM
paudie

FAI Cup Final at RDS?

I read in this months World Soccer that the Cup final this year is to be in the RDS.

Hadn't seen this anywhere else. Is it definite?

(as City's league season goes down the toilet I admit to clutching at the straw of a decent Cup run for comfort:o)
11/08/2007, 10:20 AM
onceahoop

It's been renovated and Leinster Rugby are supposed to be moving in this year. Probably something to it.
11/08/2007, 11:06 AM
dcfcsteve

Tolka's too small and is a sh!t venue.

RDS would be nice, if only as a change of scenery...
11/08/2007, 11:25 AM
half_full

Leinster will hardly have the stands built in time.

Not having a go Steve, but if your calling Tolka a **** hole, have you ever been in the RDS? Main Stand is awful and theirs little else around the other sides.

I'd like to see it in Tolka or Dalymount.
11/08/2007, 12:15 PM
Dave77

would agree with half full, RDS is a kip and the pitch is not suitable for football, not even that suitable for rugby (unless a lot of work has been done on it recently).

Dalymount I think would be the best option.
11/08/2007, 12:29 PM
pineapple stu

Definitely in the RDS, as far as I know.

Thought this had been announced, actually?
11/08/2007, 12:32 PM
sligoman

How much can RDS hold?
11/08/2007, 12:34 PM
pineapple stu

28000 back in the day.

13000 for Leinster games I think?
11/08/2007, 1:35 PM
kdjaC

Meant to be ready by sept, lad off rovers board runs it. Bet all seats are green and white when its done :p

kdjac
11/08/2007, 1:44 PM
Sheridan

I think this was announced so long ago that everyone's forgotten.
11/08/2007, 1:55 PM
Philly

RDS will be grand for it.
11/08/2007, 3:31 PM
milltown messer

100% certain it hasn't been said officially
but
everyone i know says that's where it will be
11/08/2007, 3:50 PM
Buller

Are they building proper covered stands on the other 3 sides of the pitch in the RDS?
11/08/2007, 4:16 PM
dcfcsteve

The RDS surface lookjs dreadful on the TV now. Understandable, given horses galloping on it, but it looks uneven as well as broken up.

Shows that we really need a quality 15,000 football stadium or venue in Dublin that football can use. How big will the new Bohs stadium be ?
11/08/2007, 4:20 PM
pineapple stu

Quote:

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

The RDS surface lookjs dreadful on the TV now. Understandable, given horses galloping on it, but it looks uneven as well as broken up.

Imagine that - a surface which has had horses running on it for the past three days looks cut up for some reason!?

I don't think there's a horse show scheduled for around the time of the Cup Final, so that's not really a concern.
11/08/2007, 4:27 PM
Buller

Quote:

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Shows that we really need a quality 15,000 football stadium or venue in Dublin that football can use. How big will the new Bohs stadium be ?

Harristown is a long way away. Expected to hold 10,000; about the same size tallaght stadium will be when finished...
11/08/2007, 4:30 PM
holidaysong

Not big enough for the cup final though in fairness.
11/08/2007, 4:41 PM
John83

Quote:

Originally Posted by holidaysong

Not big enough for the cup final though in fairness.

I don't know about that. What if we crush it in a bit? That Mooney guy seems big on circus tents. Maybe we can add one of those to the back of the stand. There's a precedent.
11/08/2007, 7:32 PM
gilberto_eire

i think a cup-final should ALWAYS be played somewhere ''special'' i.e a place you wont have visited in league matches
11/08/2007, 7:56 PM
kdjaC

Quote:

Originally Posted by gilberto_eire

i think a cup-final should ALWAYS be played somewhere ''special'' i.e a place you wont have visited in league matches

Oriel?

:p

kdjac
11/08/2007, 8:16 PM
half_full

Tolka will be grand, proper ground, although the RDS has had a new surface layed recentley
11/08/2007, 8:21 PM
bennocelt

I remember reading years ago that when Shamrock Rovers played in the RDS the players had to have injections before every game cause of the horses and all that,
would they have to do that again?

Read that in World Soccer too!:)
11/08/2007, 8:29 PM
half_full

I know a junior club nearby who have horses grazing the pitch each summer:D

Derry fans, has there every been injections at the Brandywell?
11/08/2007, 8:57 PM
Schumi

Quote:

Originally Posted by half_full

Leinster will hardly have the stands built in time.

They're playing there in late September so they'd want to!

Quote:

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

13000 for Leinster games I think?

19,000 I think.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buller

Are they building proper covered stands on the other 3 sides of the pitch in the RDS?

Covered stands on each side, uncovered at each end. http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/uploaded...rugby_2007.gif
11/08/2007, 10:23 PM
Kildare Lad

Any Pictures of the RDS?
11/08/2007, 10:30 PM
Sam_Heggy

Croker? :p
11/08/2007, 10:41 PM
manic da hoop

Quote:

Originally Posted by half_full

Tolka will be grand, proper ground, although the RDS has had a new surface layed recentley

Tolka has a license for just 6,500 people. The RDS is far from perfect, but given present circimstances it is the only venue that at least come close to meeting capacity requirements for such a fixture.
12/08/2007, 10:55 AM
eamoss

Quote:

Originally Posted by kdjaC

Oriel?

:p

kdjac

Oh snap :p
12/08/2007, 12:59 PM
dublinwanderer

the RDS would be perfect. it holds 18000 for the leinster rugby matches this year. it is on the dart line as well which is always nice when bray get to the final!! it has too covered seated stands each side and uncovered seated stands behind each goal.
12/08/2007, 1:02 PM
paudie

Quote:

Originally Posted by dublinwanderer

the RDS would be perfect. it holds 18000 for the leinster rugby matches this year. it is on the dart line as well which is always nice when bray get to the final!! it has too covered seated stands each side and uncovered seated stands behind each goal.

A problem is that the ends are a good bit away from the pitch. Probably no further than Lansdowne though.
12/08/2007, 3:39 PM
half_full

Quote:

Originally Posted by manic da hoop

Tolka has a license for just 6,500 people. The RDS is far from perfect, but given present circimstances it is the only venue that at least come close to meeting capacity requirements for such a fixture.

Did i miss something?

Last year Leinster put temporary stands in at each end and the side where the camera is iirc.
12/08/2007, 5:13 PM
Schumi

Quote:

Originally Posted by paudie

A problem is that the ends are a good bit away from the pitch.

They weren't far off the end of the pitch when Leinster were there last afair. There's the rugby in-goal area but not much more. They were a good bit nearer than the south terrace in Lansdowne.
12/08/2007, 5:25 PM
Block G Raptor

Just got back from the horse show and it'll take a minor miracle to get any kind of playing surface in order. I know its months away but still
12/08/2007, 6:52 PM
sligoman

Could be worse, they could have got it mixed up and picked the RSC:eek: :D
12/08/2007, 6:59 PM
Schumi

As long as it's not the RRS. :D
12/08/2007, 8:11 PM
half_full

Quote:

Originally Posted by sligoman

Could be worse, they could have got it mixed up and picked the RSC:eek: :D

True, our new stand wouldn't be built in time:p
12/08/2007, 8:21 PM
couchy9

Quote:

Originally Posted by kdjaC

Meant to be ready by sept, lad off rovers board runs it. Bet all seats are green and white when its done :p

kdjac

Leinster wear blue........it wouldnt make sense having seats green n white
would it know............
12/08/2007, 11:09 PM
OneRedArmy

Floodlights were turned on a few months back, replacing the temporary ones Leinster had in last year. Nice job as well, 4 corner pylons, good light.

Angelsea (main stand) hasn't really been touched, renovation of it scheduled over next 18 months.

As was said above, temporary stands will be installed on the other 3 sides for the coming rugby season. View is fine from behind the goals, certainly much better than Croker for example.

Would have a worry about the surface for football, as whilst rugby can be played on a ploughed field with no problems, same obviously can't be said for football.

The new surface was sown (rather than bought in and laid) over the winter on a fresh base and had a lot of growing time and looked great before the horse show. However given how soft its been under foot I'd worry about how they'll get the bumps out. RDS honcho was keen to point out all week that its a horsey surface that will adapt to football/rugby rather than the other way around.
13/08/2007, 11:14 AM
dcfcsteve

Quote:

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Imagine that - a surface which has had horses running on it for the past three days looks cut up for some reason!?

Hence why I mentioned the fact there were horses on it, Captain Comedy..... :rolleyes:

My point was that it wasn't just showing signs of wear and tear from horses (i.e. cut-up), but that it seemed to have much more fundamental issues as well - e.g. noticeably uneven throughout. Even a Dub should understand that horses hooves wouldn't alter the overall undulation of a pitch.... :p
13/08/2007, 11:20 AM
dcfcsteve

Quote:

Originally Posted by bennocelt

I remember reading years ago that when Shamrock Rovers played in the RDS the players had to have injections before every game cause of the horses and all that,
would they have to do that again?

Ketamine....?

Heroin......?

:D

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