You haven't seen it in a while so... I won't bother talking about Jackman.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
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You haven't seen it in a while so... I won't bother talking about Jackman.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Why, have all the seats been fixed up and cleaned and that since last season?Quote:
Originally Posted by L.T.F.C.
Don't see what it has to do with Jackman.
. . . am I right in thinking nobody has said Shels, Monaghan or Wexford kiddies yet?
A lot of them were tidied up a bit with a lick of paint recently enough, but the majority of the ground is so exposed to the elements it needs a fair bit of maintenance which costs money that we don't really have. The people involved are doing their best to make small improvements as they go along.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jofspring
There were plans drawn up in the good times to do a lot of work but that would require grant aid firstly and then you have the fact that it's not too easy to raise large amounts of matching funds. Some day maybe.
It has nothing really, you're right!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jofspring
Anyway, all the seats have been cleaned up, and netting up behind the goals to protect the seats and fans behind the goals. We have new underage dressing rooms, and extra referee dressing rooms. And we have more building coming up, either during the summer break or when the league is finished, and there is work constantly going on underneath the stand.
One thing I will say that is that far end of the seating does not look good at all. But we have no replacement seats so we'll take what we get!
I like the fact that your knees aren't on top of the person in front. You have a nice bit of space. And that there is a good slope too, so you don't have to look into the back of a lads head. To say it is decaying and neglected is just plain wrong.
I agree it's probably next near impossible to keep up grounds like that. Tolka is in the same way and it's not really anyone's fault, fair play for Longford trying to keep the ground respectable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
I think what lim till i die was getting at was more that it's a metaphor for how the league is, everyone has the best intentions, things start out great but find it can be hard along the way to keep things going and sustain certain standards.
Good to hear. Think everyone that visits flancare likes the ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by L.T.F.C.
Drogheda for me spent a lot of summers up there going up to family I seen Alan shearer first ever goal for blackburn they had some cracking friendlys villa, spurs, etc etc I always hope they do well.
We seem to be a team a lot of people like, I hope we do you proud now and go on to win the league for ye all ;)
You sure that was Drogheda? Seriously i remember Shearer being one of the filthiest players i have ever seen pre-season. Im sure it wasnt in United Park?
Longford fans no need to be touchy I wasn't blaming anyone if the moneys not there its not there, I'm glad to hear ye've sorted under main stand.
I just thought tis a nice methaphor for the reasons jof mentioned
and I personaly find the place depressing with the beiruit car
I'd probably slot Mons in fifth, but at the moment that's on probation under current management.Quote:
Originally Posted by horton
Longford fans no need to be touchy I wasn't blaming anyone if the moneys not there its not there, I'm glad to hear ye've sorted under main stand.
I just thought tis a nice methaphor for the reasons jof mentioned
and I personaly find the place depressing with the beiruit car park, the wierd hut thing, the faded seats and the condemned end, it just kinda reeks of decay to me. But it's just a personal thing.
Actually never understood why ye didn't just rip out all the seats that aren't in the main stand and have lovely neat terracing!
All those seats was kinda overkill and day one and like Longfordian said it's more or less impossible for ye to maintain
and i dunno what in the name of jaysus happened with that post up there. :confused:
I liked to see Cobh doing well when they were about.
My new soft spot is Athlone because of their new CEO.
It was yeah, I was at it, early 90's. It may have been his Blackburn debut. Certainly his debut season anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Gay thread btw!
I'M sure blackburn played a few friendlys in Ireland that year :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
judasQuote:
Originally Posted by micls
Haha..you weren't saying that on those debauched nights in Ballybofey :)Quote:
Originally Posted by WindmillWarrior
Cork and Derry would be my favourite teams. I lived in Cork for a year as I was in college there, so went to a few games in Turners Cross. They have good fans that are passionate about their club. Similarly with Derry, they have a good fan base who are passionate about the club. Anytime they come to Oriel, they show their team good support. I will like Sligo this year if they win the league over Rovers. But like Dundalk Sligo is a good football town.
I love going to Drogheda away. Usually we bring a good crowd down there and it's good craic.
I liked Galway United when they were in the league just because when I was in college there I went to see them a good few times. Hopefully they'll be back next season because the people working with GUST have put so much into trying to keep the club going and deserve a club to support.
Apart from there's not really any other clubs. Monaghan before Roddy maybe. Always treated very well up there and seem like a good group of fans.
Personally I don't see how anyone would really attempt to defend the flansiro from the accusation of having seen better days. Up keep was never what it should've been in an ideal world (for obvious reasons). Various issues from the very start have always irritated me as well - stand is the wrong side of the ground, pitch being too small if we'd ever have progressed in europe and the feck up over complying with bar licence the main ones.
Back on topic...
1) Pats - I think if I'd moved back with no long standing connection to a club, and just tried the league, they'd have been the ones I'd have ended up supporting.
2) Harps - not just to annoy Mr A, but that is part of it.
Don't really feel the hate for any club outside of match nights or around specific issues tbh. Except Shels.
! Yes, Flancare had a quiet patch as regards upkeep, but it is looking very well these days, with lots more work to come. To say now that it is decaying and neglected is just plain wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
All the Galway clubs, though my good will for Salthill Devon fell with the change of name.
Shamrock Rovers and Pats mainly because of their European exploits, hard not to want to see them do well.
Even the other Munster teams (Cork, Waherford, Cobh, Tralee), I'd like to see 'em do well.
Obviously all this goes out the window when they get within an ass's roar of Limerick's interests, but I like to see them do well in their own spectrums.
Sligo are my favourite other team because they play good football like Barcelona and they are also a Rovers too.
The current crop play some football, but I think I've witnessed some of the worst football ever played in the history of the sport in the Showgrounds over the years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave_SRFC
There isn't a ground in the loi that does not need a lick of paint and some running repairs , always seems to be a limerick fan pointing out the short comings of grounds, wonder why?
Steve Cotterill's team was disgusting. Even when I see him pop up on Sky Sports News (or similar) I find myself fighting the urge to throw the remote at him. A disgusting pig of a team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonny
I still like Cork even if El-Pietro trys to seduce our women folk
I like Sligo.
I always liked visiting Pats and McDowells, the fans in there were always good craic and I actually like Richmond as a proper old school ground. The stand is a bit cramped mind you. Sligo are a decent bunch too, a few of them used to come watch us on occasion. I'm pretty meh towards everyone else really. Except Athlone.
My spidey senses suggest that Dave_SRFC may not be entirely serious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonny
I like Longford because the girlfriend's from there. Always liked Derry and Cork as they're strong regional teams who produce good players. I've always had a soft spot for Pats too, and Bray.
You're kidding no one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
OK, my dog is from there.
Sligo rovers will be another loi team I always wish well.. I lived there for 3 great yrs in the mid 90s in lawrie sanchez, steve cotterill eras and went to a few matches there too.. richmond park is a particular favourite ground for me with mcdowells and I always liked turners cross exp with the horseshoe bar right next door to it..
And more importantly its in CorkQuote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
Have a soft spot for Bray, Dundalk, Monaghan and Longford.
Loved Kildare County for no real reason.
In no particular order - Harps U19s, Harps A, Harps Reserves and of course the now sadly defunct Harps Ladies.
Also the clubs who's fans contributed so generously when we were in bother recently. Shamrock Rovers, Derry, Cork and Drogheda.
Because Jackman Park is such a wonderful facility. Obviously. Jeez... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by passerrby
Edit: 5,000 posts. And they weren't ALL nonsense. Go me! Calls for a celebration. Have some cake passerby. :cake: