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The cork county board would take to the hills and start a flying column before they let "soccer" into the pairc.
There's fellas blowing themselves up in market squares in Syria who's thinking is more modern and moderate.
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The cork county board would take to the hills and start a flying column before they let "soccer" into the pairc.
There's fellas blowing themselves up in market squares in Syria who's thinking is more modern and moderate.
The GAA are shrewd. Supporting the RWC bid is in their interests as it's a once off opportunity for external funding to improve some of it's grounds. While Musgrave Park has been improved for Munster, it's possibly a pity for Cork that it's not an improvement to a higher standard.Quote:
Originally Posted by fionnsci
With public money supporting the RWC bid, the FAI should be lobbying for municipal stadia in Cork and Galway meeting Category 4 criteria. The RWC in political speak should be leaving a legacy. Cork and Galway should have high level stadia fully available for rugby use. Soccer would expect to benefit also. The argument in Galway is for Connaught. The argument in Cork is for when Munster play down there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
There has been rumours of Connacht Rugby moving into a new stadium as part of the redevelopment of Galway docks, along with suggestions that Galway Utd & Connacht should go as a joint venture. However I think most United fans would prefer us to remain at Eamon Deacy Park, a venue which is more than capable of catering for us at present and the crowds we get. Moving into an 8,000 capacity stadium wouldn't be in our best interests at this moment in time
Yeah, Terryland's a nice ground now with that second stand; it it fits ye well. Maybe a bit out of town, though I think the walk feels longer than it really is!
Is there much space around it to expand (if it was ever a requirement)?
A stadium at the Docks would have the advantage of being very central, though the size would be a concern. Am surprised the option of Connacht looking to share and help develop Terryland never seems to be looked at.
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n.../Terryland.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
There would be room for another stand at the car park end there if ever needed, and possibly a smaller structure at the clubhouse end, another block could be added to either end of the Comer Stand (new stand).
I don't think it's something Connacht have suggested, it's been suggested by councillors and people around town. The redevelopment of the Docks itself seems to be on the cards for ages too but it hasn't happened yet. A potential stadium out there is probably a bit off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
If ye remain in Terryland as most of ye're supporters seem to want, I'm sure ye will be able to avail of a Connaught ground for European games if a stadium is built to the required level. Limerick will be under no pressure in the Markets Field. Thomond Park is always available. Developments in the RDS could be good news for Dublin clubs and surrounding areas. Only Cork of the large urban areas will be falling behind.Quote:
Originally Posted by gufc2000
I think Connacht are just bluffing about building a new ground so they can have more influence on developments in the Sportsgrounds. Deacy Park is obviously the best place for Galway United,but at present there's no where in Galway that has UEFA category four status. The GAA stadium has 8,000 seats but I doubt it meets the other requirements. Perhaps the Sportsgrounds will one day be category four,there's plenty of room to expand but standing terraces makes a lot more sense for the IRFU's point of view.
It'd be nice to have a category four stadium in each province,presently we have Thomond in Munster (least I presume it's category four) Windsor in Ulster (presuming Finn Harps & Derry City would be allowed in) and the Aviva in Leinster.Connacht has nothing.
Ulster has Ravenhill as well. Standing terraces behind the goals makes sense for the IRFU. In terms of hospitality, season tickets and so on, Connaught rugby will probably require around 8000 seats and VIP areas not too dissimilar from Category 4.Quote:
Originally Posted by GUFCghost
You'd need special dispensation to play a European game outside of your home territory for a start. (Don't actually know how that would affect Derry)Quote:
Originally Posted by GUFCghost
You'd expect Harps or Derry to travel to Belfast for a home game?
Harps should need special dispensation to play in Europe, so it shouldn't come to deciding where ye play. :)
Agh now sure the FAI or Government are gonna give Harps the money to finish the new stadium, no need to travel anywhere
Well if they're in the Europa League and they don't have a category four ground,what else can they do?
We'll worry about that when it happens. We'll have our own stadium built by then and won't need anything bigger. There'll be special dispensation awarded by UEFA.Quote:
Originally Posted by GUFCghost
Bit OT, but I caught a bit of West Ham today at the Queen Brenda Stadium, what a kip, hated it on sight but it took bit too realise that the stand on the camera side is about 50m from the pitch.
It's also missing a couple of blocks of seats. Seen a picture of people sitting on the bare concrete where the seats were meant to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by redarmyfaction
http://m.independent.ie/sport/rugby/...-35005668.html
would destroy the pitch rugby & football grounds shares don't work imo.
Doesn't have to be a grass pitch though, for either sport. But even a grass pitch depends on the number of games - the Belfield Bowl always seems to be in good nick even in winter/ rugby season. But then with all the other pitches, it's probably only used for a limited number of games for both sports.Quote:
Originally Posted by D24Saint
The Bowl alwats starts off the football season in a jocker, but quickly improves - and even each year, it's slightly better at the start of the season than at the same time the previous year.
No reason it can't work.
I don't know how astro rugby pitches are still a thing; the amount of injuries I've seen on them is something else.
Terryland is located on a narrow country lane. How on earth would 12,000 people get safe access?Quote:
Originally Posted by D24Saint
Where the hell would they fit a 12,000 seater into that space?
I think it's a great idea, municipal stadiums with better facilities are better than two mediocre ones. Not that Galway United are crying out for an increase in capacity but they only stand to benefit from improved facilities and greater capacity to grow.
Isn't Tallaght some kind of hybrid pitch. Maybe that would work for Galway. They play American football in Tallaght and I know Leinster u20s have played there before. Pitch always looks perfect to me.
I'm all for this. As mentioned already, one quality venue is better than 2 mediocre ones. Ive been saying for years that every sports ground in the country should be municipal. That'll probably never happen becuase of the GAA but if more grounds were to become municipal I can only see it as a good thing for our league.
There is absolutely no chance of the above happening. Zero. Connacht are trying to negotiate with the dog crowd who own the Sportsground and all this talk of the alternate "options" Connacht supposedly have are just nonsense to try to pressure Bord na gCon into agreeing to whatever.
There is no room to develop Terryland. Eamonn Deacy Park is held in trust. Connacht wouldn't own anything and wouldn't have ultimate say over anything even if it did happen.
Play in ED park and i'm sure a move a few hundred metres could be organised if need be to a developed Connaught Showgrounds on an occasion, why get involved at all ED Park is a fine ground and with something at the Showgounds end and kill the gale that cuts the nuts off ye it would be in the top 3 in the league!
Sounds like the Shels and Bohs groundshare will be going ahead, with the two playing in Tolka for two seasons while Dalymount is rebuilt. I assume some basic improvements will be made to Tolka first.
http://www.thesun.ie/irishsol/homepa...ll-_-558221737
Municipal grounds are the way forward. Not the GAA's* fault though that National government and local government policy wrt infrastructure is non-existent for the most part unless it's a bypass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philosophizer
*Tallaght excluded.
* UCD Bowl excluded too.
Any update from whats happening at Derry? Photos or anything?
Good one. Bids from contractors on the first tender was too expensive for the council.Quote:
Originally Posted by pateen
Sorry, that's a DLR issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
*I used to work there. **** that ****.
Anyone got up-to-date pictures of the MF? I'm interested to see how the other half of ground looks beside the main stand, and also have they built anything behind the goals on the same end of the main stand?
There was an electricity sub-station that needed move that wasn't taken account of, apparently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzy
New tender due to be announced soon(ish), probably, maybe, if they get round to it.
So don't plan on moving any time soon :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
Everything in this country takes an age to get going.
Sure Finn Harps are still waiting on the monies from FAI to complete the stadium 1/2 built in Finn Valley
The proposed move by Connacht is real. They have discussed the matter with IRFU, FAI, Galway FA, NUIG and Galway City Council.
The Council own the waterworks next door (effectively behind the old stand) and are open to handing over the land in the name of a municipal stadium. The green area across the road from the stadium is owned by the University and currently is unused. This would allow for the realignment and widening of the road and there is scope for lots of parking. This site occupies a few hundred meters of river side frontage. The proposal is to extend the pitch the current car park, knock down the current 'old' stand and replace it with a stand not dissimilar to Thomand Park with corporate facilities etc.
I'm skeptical to be honest but have no objection to the theory. I've seen many plans for many stadium developments in this county which never got to see the light of day. But you never know....
You can blame the British system on the delays in Derry...Quote:
Originally Posted by disgruntled
From my visit there recently, there was apparently 2 issues. One related to to the tender awarded (as the council investigated why it was so much cheaper than the others) and another about a sewerage issue related to the back pitch, that needed work done before the stadium (as the greyhounds moved there?)
The lads we talked to seemed to think there'd be no movement this season, even with the Glentoran stand having been knocked down
Deal reached with Shelbourne. Basically the same story the Sun had but 98fm had an interview with DCC to go along with it.
http://www.98fm.com/Dublin-City-Coun...e-To-Dalymount
Interesting to note though, there's an artists rendering of what the stadium will look like, although Shels have said:
"We hope to be in a position to announce our part in the project in the coming weeks."
"We expect to be relinquishing our interests in Tolka Park and moving to a revamped Dalymount as Co-Anchor Tenants with Bohemians, but as the plans for the new stadium have neither been drawn up, or discussed in detail, yet we will not be commenting further at this stage.""
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