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Originally Posted by Billy Lord
Dont be down hearted Billy, sure ye even had Hoops speaking Irish in Cardiff once!
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Originally Posted by Billy Lord
Dont be down hearted Billy, sure ye even had Hoops speaking Irish in Cardiff once!
FINALLY - IT'S ALL OVER!!!
Ladies and gentlemen - Welcome to Tallaght!!!
:D:D:D
Let me be the first to congratulate yeQuote:
Originally Posted by khoop
Rovers win.
GAA lose.
The national league will grow stronger as a result.
and a big hello to ndrog.:D:eek:
homeless til ye get there :p congrats, rovers
Looking forward to going to Tallaght - will it be ready for any of this season?
And congrats to 99% of Rovers fans;)
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Originally Posted by Celdrog
Start of next season hopefully-yyyyyyeeeeeeeeehhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:):)
It was also judged that Thomas Davis must pay all our and SDCC's costs dating right back to our application to be a notice party. They even have to pay for today. If they had have called it a day last week they would have save themselves 10k+. Ah well, what's 10k when you're simply blowing tax payers' money. One of their top men straight out admitted to a Rovers fan that Croke Park was footing the bill. Incredible.
Delighted for ye.I was at the last game in Milltown and hopefully GUFC will be the first el team to play in Tallaght.
Shamrock Rovers Press Release
Tallaght Gets Green Light
Press Release Issued : 25 Jan 2008
The Tallaght Community Stadium finally got the go-ahead today when the
High Court rejected Thomas Davis GAA club's application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court.
On December 12 last the High Court ruled in favour of South Dublin County Council and against Thomas Davis GAA club in the Judical Review of the stadium.
This morning Judge Murphy ruled that there were no legal grounds to justify an appeal to the Supreme Court and the two-year legal wrangle has come to an end.
This means that work can resume on the site and Shamrock Rovers can look forward to moving into the stadium for the start of the 2009 FAI eircom League season.
Says Shamrock Rovers Chairman Jonathan Roche: "We're delighted that the matter is finally resolved. It's a relief for us all that we can say Rovers are finally going to have a home.
"I want to thank everyone who supported us along the way, from the South Dublin County Council to the various politicians and the FAI - and of course our great fans.
"We'll be seeking a meeting with the SDCC as soon as possible to get the builders back at the stadium and look forward to seeing the hard hats and bulldozers on site."
ENDS
If ye need a hand with the building I'll grab me shovel and pop across the bypass later. :)
It'd be a nice idea to get a big Rovers flag hanging outside for all too see. Maybe with a subtle reference to 'last man standing'. Congratulations to all involved.
It that you Wallace?Quote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
Gets better and betterQuote:
Originally Posted by Postman
Well done and congtrats to Rovers. See you soon in WX
I wish!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dricky
Great News- it finally seems to have come to a conclusion after such a drawn out battle. Fair play to Rovers and everyone else involved in making sure that sense prevailed in the end.
Great news for Rovers and genuinely happy for everyone connected with the club. Long overdue!!!!
BTW since you were tenants in Tolka, any chance of Shels being honoured as the first team to play Rovers there????
They should invite Linfield for their first match. The Biggest most illustrious club from the LOI against the Biggest most illustrious club from IL, the two biggest clubs on the island.
It would certainly be a match I would look forward to.
A banner that reads "Shamrock Rovers - Still Standing" would look good at an Ireland game in Croke Park.
Massive result for football in this country - a purpose built football stadium in the capital for the island's number 1 team.
You wish. ;):DQuote:
Originally Posted by fergalr
dont kid yourself there SB .
you've had the luxury of playing with the chiildren(not in that way) in the setanta cup for a few years now.
IF we get our act together it will be just like 1984 all over again :eek::)
we'll see youse out there soon ,hopefully.
Genius, Someone has to do that, eh not me for obvious reason's:DQuote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
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Originally Posted by hoopy
Congrats on getting there at last, look forward to seeing the saints against ye in the near future.
Congrats to Shamrock Rovers for taking on the Gah machine and winning. I'm particularly impressed that the club's leadership never lost sight of the long-term strategic view and didn't pursue the option of playing on a building site, which would have killed the club's momentum stone dead. They now have a platform from which to fully relaunch the club in the local area from a position of strength and good luck to them.
This is one occasion when I am delighted to see Rovers stuffing the opposition.
Congratulations and well done.
So can we count you in as a new 'hoop'? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Sheridan
Well done Rovers. Congrats. Nice win over the darkside.
Well done to all Hoops people all over the world most especially the Keep Rovers At Milltown (KRAM) organistaion who kept Rovers in the media for years in the late 1980's.
I lived in Dublin around 1988/89 and often met a few Rovers fans who spent their time plastering KRAM posters on the lamp posts in Dublin. Their dream was a to return to Milltown and of course, it never happened. It is for those people (who were in their 20s and who are now in their 40's) that I am thinking of.
I hope ye' enjoy the moment when Rovers go 'home'.
My da was a Bohs supporter and brought me to a lot of their games even though Milltown was nearer to where we lived. As a chap, he used to drop me off at the ground but wouldn't come in with me. Feck, but that was a long time ago. Hopefully yez have a base now to bring the whole thing forward.
PS. The youfs will trash ye in the pre-season friendly (ha!) next month:ball:
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I lived in Dublin around 1988/89 and often met a few Rovers fans who spent their time plastering KRAM posters on the lamp posts in Dublin. Their dream was a to return to Milltown and of course, it never happened. It is for those people (who were in their 20s and who are now in their 40's) that I am thinking of.
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Very true statement.A good number are still going to this day
As a Hoop of 40+ years standing I want to thank everyone here and elsewhere for their positive words - particularly Sheridan as we've had our differences in the past. The important thing for Rovers is that we've now got an opportunity to start afresh in Tallaght.
Hopefully it will become one of the great away trips for EL fans, but tonight my thoughts are for the many Hoops who've passed on since 1987 and will never see Tallaght.
Great news for Shamrock Rovers and football in this country.
Well done Rovers!
Keep Thomas Davis out of your ground. Henceforth known as the Tallaght Ban:D
Tallaght is a handy location for us Culchies and also, we can go shopping in the Square beforehand. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Billy Lord
Is there an official name on the Stadium yet?
As much as I dislike Shams I have to say I am happy with todays announcement and that Thomas ********s end up footing the bill of the court case. Hopefully they will now get the stadium finished and have a proper ground.
Hopefully it'll be known as New Glenmalure Park - failing that Tallaght StadiumQuote:
Originally Posted by Paddyfield
Depends if the club wants to treat this as a totally new chapter and fresh start I guess (for which there would be some strong arguement).Quote:
Originally Posted by Réiteoir
If not, call it Milltown or New Milltown.
We are not going back.... we are going forward!... Glenmalure is gone! Milltown is gone!.... they will always be sacred to us........ but Tallaght will be a new start!.... with a new name..... Tallaght Community stadium!... And Rovers will build a model of community football for the rest of the league to emulate!
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