Dundalk pitch, comments?

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Originally Posted by Cosmo

Boriel park is a bouncing castle, boriel park is a bouncing castle.........

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Couldn't stop myself laughing at that... :D :p

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Originally Posted by Cosmo

'One minor thing though, The Dundalk mascot? Was a bit cringe inducing!'

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Meant to mention that myself !

The most unconvincing mascot I've ever seen - just looked like a man with a thing on his head. You could clearly see the guy's neck between the head and the rest of the costume. Dreadful...

I hope they didn't pay good money for that...

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Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie

As regards the pitch it is a similar surface to the one used by Templeogue United and St. Judes GAA for training and occasionally for matches. It is a good surface and when fully bedded in will be a pleasure to play on. It is very comfortable to walk on as well if you have any reason to cross it.

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Astro turf is now history, the company is declared bankrupt.
What is the difference between the Dundalk one and those two? There are two almost identical types in the USA, Astroplay
Astroplay article
and Fieldturf (as in Oriel pk.)
The cost is about the same €500,000.
The Dundalk man interviewed on TG4, Connolly, said that it was the first of its type in the world but fieldturf give a longlist of installations.

According to FIFA, Borussia (monchengladbach) pk. brand new stadium (45,000 seats cost € 85m!) has a german manufactured identical surface. So maybee team Ireland should get some practice done in Oriel pk.

Didn't think much of the pitch, to be honest. All the rubber/muck/whatever flying up looked bad (fair enough if it's going to be gone in a few months, but still), and the bounce was definitely affected - the ball stopped up short a couple of times.

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Originally Posted by sligoman

Somebody knows their Irish:eek: ;) Maybe not then! :rolleyes: :D

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I thought 400 tonnes sounded a bit much for one pitch to hold.

No, I think 150 and 250 tonnes was what he said. A football pitch is about one acre in size - you'd be surprised how much material it'd take to lay a pitch a couple of inches thick.

Fair enough but in response to sligoman's jibes I have pretty good Irish.