If they win the cup. Would they try get the home european game/s at Pearse Stadium?Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckett
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If they win the cup. Would they try get the home european game/s at Pearse Stadium?Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckett
Will the Sportsground be finished by then. Would be a better option if available imo, with the terracing in Pearse not able to be used, atmosphere etc.
We'll cross that imaginary bridge when we get to itQuote:
Originally Posted by dundalkfc10
It's an artificial pitch so I don't know if the lines can be changed for football matches. The new stand looks very impressive though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
And any update on Tolka changes, Shels fans?Quote:
Originally Posted by pateen
Few cans of green spray paint...Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckett
Its never too late to enter the world of stand-up comedy. You've got talent!Quote:
Originally Posted by dundalkfc10
It’s going to be quite the popular away day for the clubs who have fixtures in Galway during that period.Quote:
Originally Posted by WoodquayBoy
Bohs could play their home games at Croker😁😁 when Dalymount is rebuilt.Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
Would it be big enough though?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shinkicker
What is the nearest sports stadium to Dalymount?
Croke Park and Tolka Park are both less than 3km awayQuote:
Originally Posted by nr637
Whitehall and Morton too.
Derry lose out on funding from NI Executive.
Still though, nice to see the Belfast clubs getting looked after.
https://www.derryjournal.com/sport/f...d-list-5312886
The remaining works to be completed to re-open the Drumcondra End and refurbishment of the roofs on the Richmond Road/Riverside stands are to be completed by 1st December 2026 in-line with the DCC lease agreement, not sure of the exact schedule but I would expect works on at least one of those to commence during the offseasonQuote:
Originally Posted by pateen
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Originally Posted by total hoofball
Any plans to make the Richmond Road stand roof a cantilever type roof to replace that barn shed type thats current!
Its called a Belfast Roof and it could even be a protected structure depending on when it was installed. I think Ealing Green posted pics of old stadia sith similar structures in football grounds a while back.
Stuart Byrne in his column in Irish Mirror today said that Tolka Park held 10k regularly when all 4 stands were open. Would that ever happen again I wonder?
From the work that's planned, the only extra capacity will come from reopening the Drumcondra End. That's around 1,000 seats, current capacity according to Wikipedia is 5,750.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
I'd like to hear Stuart Byrnes definition of 'regularly'!
think Stewie Byrne used to be an architect before he turned professional?
It did, or close enough to it when all 4 sides of the ground were fully open. I would say the Ballybough End being restricted had the biggest impact on reducing numbers, maybe the wings/back of the Riverside Stand too. Cup finals and European games, the odd international certainly were in an around the 10k. Bohs v Aberdeen was full but it was properly rammed during the 2002 FAI Cup final, hard to imagine additional 5k or whatever would have been at internationals though the Drumcondra end was mainly just the new stand in my days so maybe there was an old terrace there at some point. Here's some 'old' footage that feels like yesterday when it held about twice what is allowed now, particularly the Ballybough End, one of the best atmospheres Ive experienced at a football match and not enclosed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLmkFY-2Uu0Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
*Is that a poor copy that was uploaded or did we really see the world on TV as if we were all severely short sighted???
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Originally Posted by Nesta99
There was indeed a terrace of sorts there in the past, you can see it in the below clip of Pats vs Hearts in 1988
https://youtu.be/V-JWytojpgE?si=0qomxPRvGCasTy5a
Is it not officially know as a barrel-roof - with the Belfast alternative being a column-less structure to span much wider/deeper structures, with the roof having a shallower pitch??Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Isn't the main stand in Finn Park also a barrel roof?
You may be right EYG. Regardless Ive always seen it as looking cheap and barn like and not antiquated in a nice, quaint way, but it was suggested that it isnt just a case of money and reroofing or demolishing and a new stand built, that there may be some retention order.
Barrel roof supported by Belfast trusses.
From memory, if you're sitting in the Drumcondra end, your view of the near left-hand corner of the pitch is restricted by the wall of the stand. Will this be addressed, e.g. making it see-through or angled?
Was it confirmed by Shels recently that the Ballybough End stand will reopen for the 2026 season with over 800 new seats, increasing the Tolka Park capacity to approximately 6,500.
Might be in teh wrong place , but 3.5m for academies being announced in budget. A bit below what FAI hoped for but getting it into budget is a start.
And €175k each may be chickenfeed to the likes of Rovers and Bohs, but will made a sizeable difference to First Division clubs.
Between 26 clubs so more likely 120-130k per club, but as you say massive for the smaller clubs.Quote:
Originally Posted by culloty82
I think what is key in the announcement is the 'multi-year' investment. That's old code for we'll see how you go initially. Keep the noses clean and if the economy stays on the rails the figures will probably grow. Its also interesting that the funding is being provised through Sports Ireland rather than to the FAI, that is a snub and indicates a damaged rep that is still a long way off being repaired.Quote:
Originally Posted by LTFC
It may not seem fair to clubs with established academies and clubs that are already investing heavily but a flat amount for each club does help level the playingfield for the sport a bit, rather than associating with size and numbers. Its swings and roundabouts though where some clubs have had, for example, grants provided or directly or indirectly stadium development funding. All in all this announcement being the flagship sporting investment announcement and it for LoI is very significant. The additional secondary announcement of a fund fo intercounty GAA players was nearly pointed in a peicemeal makeweight that other sports are usually on the end of. Its a seachange, bring it on and dont fook it up!!
Good points Nesta. I do hope that our smaller clubs get a fair share of this and that we employ people to develop our academies, and not a player who happens to be contracted to the club!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Facilities is another area we are miles behind other codes. Have any of our clubs both a ground and decent training facilities of their own?
GUFC recently signed a long-term lease on Eamonn Deacy Park and have a planning application in for a training ground near Athenry in partnership with Connacht Hockey on land donated to the club by the ComersQuote:
Originally Posted by LTFC
everything i hear about the Comers i like, even up here in the big smoke the moves they are making and investment in Palmerstoen Golf Club....thye just seem to do everything right
Tell that to the people of Ballisodare, Co. Sligo, they own the notorious Mill Falls apartments there which they are happy to see fall into the river.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Mixed reports on the development but maybe there are specific issues that are not widely reported. Complaints like 'thin walls' between apartments but thats apartment living! 210k for a duplex unit, they couldnt sell them if they were falling in to the river no?
Developers are cutthroat so not saying there are not issues, just not big red flag headlines like pyrite madness, or the breach of fire regs as one Dundalk development. The Comers by and large, certainly at face value, seem to be sensible in their substantial funding and support of Galway fc and the above example is the frst ive heard of one of their developments being an issue.
Department of Sport saying that budget contains "an increase in support for the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund". If I remember correctly, this is the scheme under which Bohs and Sligo (and others for lesser amounts) have been allocated funding already. Drogheda were placing themselves as top of the queue for their new ground after missing out the last time.
https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-...ons-and-sport/
They bought it as a distressed asset and then distressed it some more it's a hazardous eyesore and they couldn't give a flying one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Yes, and similar properties in dozens of cities around Europe. They sit on these until they decide to sell, always at the right time. Being doing it since the late 80's. But as long as they keep donating money to Irish sport I'll be happy!Quote:
Originally Posted by redarmyfaction
I dont know the place but an eyesore can be subjective, the shopping centre in Phibsborough is a brutalist landmark to some and pure eyesore to others, maybe even has preservation order on it. Hazardous is a different story but there are properties for sale there? I dont want to do the 'source' things but there are minimum standards for renters and buyers - engineers reports needed for a mortgage etc. I'm interested rather than stubbornly casting doubt!Quote:
Originally Posted by redarmyfaction