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.