Is the club doing work on the pitch this season as well? If not I can't really understand why the lonemore road side can't be just be closed off while the work is being done.
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Is the club doing work on the pitch this season as well? If not I can't really understand why the lonemore road side can't be just be closed off while the work is being done.
Aye, the pitch is being done at the same time. Initially we were told that the pitch could be done by the start of the season, and the Lone Moor side would be closed off for most of the season. Don't know what's changed.Quote:
Originally Posted by toffeejay
Derry issued a statement today, major parts being:
Many of the matches will be played on a Sunday afternoon and many families will have a chance to renew or refresh their relationship with the town and the beautiful surrounds of Buncrana.
Meanwhile our supporters will want to know that the club continues to explore the possibility of using Celtic Park for European fixtures and perhaps a few determining fixtures later in the season.
Separately, 200 seats have been installed in Maginn Park. They're looking at adding between 50-100 elsewhere in the ground.
Would soccer folk in Buncranna be Derry fans rather than Harps, or does county loyalty come into it? The point in the statement about making a "day out" of it for the family to go and watch Derry is I think valid. The more of an occasion you can make a LoI game the better chance you have of getting more people to go.
Buncrana is fairly split in terms of Harps/Derry, but then again, so is a lot of Donegal funnily enough.
There's Derry fans all over east Donegal, but there would be Harps fan in Derry as well we love each other really!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by wonder88
We played Cockhill up in Buncranna 2 seasons ago it's a lovely little town. Some nice puns and restaurants in it. Not sure how the locals would take to a couple hundred football fans taking over the place but I'd love see it all the same
I think Dairy is already well-stocked for puns. Don't want to milk it too much or people will get cheesed off.Quote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
I see the FAI aren't putting any money into Dalymount despite attempting to Make it look like they were.
http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/socc...park-1.2923540
Have the FAI put money into any new developments or redevelopments
Yes it was called the John Delaney redevelopment!
Hope Harps have some news from the meeting on Monday week with regard to work starting again on new Stadium (NOT FAI BACKED MONEY)
Sure Delaney is too busy giving money to all the junior clubs for their grounds to ensure they keep voting for him
Remember that TV programme about FIFA which alleged that Blatter basically toured the world with suitcases of money, dropping off bits as he went, keeping all the voting delegates and FAs happy, reinforcing his influence among voting members while doing nothing to help the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
Interesting that.
I was sure when I read that today, that I recalled a very specific reference to Dalymount Park, Euro 2020 and a legacy project....Quote:
Originally Posted by gufct
https://www.google.ie/search?q=john+...JYWDgAas7oroCw
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Originally Posted by Kingdom
Yup, as a host for 2020 the FAI get a couple of million for "legacy projects" for the domestic game. Delaney outright said on plenty of occasions this would be going towards Dalyer or something similar. Question is with DCC footing it themselves will that UEFA money do the usual disappearing act/ be used for vote buying come AGM time or will it be used properly elsewhere? Think we all know the answer to that one!
A BBC NI video report from earlier today on the redevelopment of the Brandywell and Derry's move to Maginn Park for the next while: http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/38739591
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.
Question on behalf of Finn Harps posted by Padraig MacLochlainn in the Dail
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Dáil Question No: 1594
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be released from his department to enable
the proposed new stadium for a football club (details supplied) to proceed.
Answered by the Minister of State for Sports and Tourism
Patrick ODonovan
REPLY
As the Deputy may be aware, officials from my Department have engaged with Finn Harps and the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) on this matter.
I am advised that my Department's technical advisor is currently examining the invoices on hand for work to date and is also considering the updated
quantity surveyor's report which details the estimated cost of completing the project. This examination is anticipated to be concluded shortly and it is
then expected that a follow up meeting with Finn Harps and the FAI will be convened.
This could be ver interesting. Not necessarily that any grants could have been sidlined but more how FH stand with grants that havent been drawn down.
In an empty field I'd say.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Sould bring some extra cash for the club. Hope it goes throughQuote:
Originally Posted by Trainee
http://www.finnharps.com/fhfc/?p=1156
There was a good lot of work done on one stand initially and then it all stopped
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
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.
Maybe we should adopt the Limerick model of moving every couple of years.
Two wrongs ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Philosophizer
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philosophizer
Worth considering.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
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).Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
It might just work.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddyfield
And as a bonus it will probably act as a nice little money maker too
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
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.
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.
What is up with that darker patch? Looks better in general than the old one, look forward to seeing how it plays.
Sand and organic filling is being added, then the pitch is being brushed.
The darker sections were brushed just before the picture.
It sort of looks like they ran out of turf and decided to throw back down some of the old one.
From those pictures, the YDC building makes it look like the shed side has a near pitch length stand, that would be impressive