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I dont want any home leg moved from oriel. It's worth more to us to get to the next round than moving the game. If we moved a potential Celtic game to lansdowne it would just send the wrong message regarding on field success.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
If they did a deal where they made all money of corporate and premium tickets and we got normal tickets both sides could be happyQuote:
Originally Posted by Jofspring
Would it be an option to invest in oriel and put down a foundation (concrete slab) behind the other goal (I'm looking on Google maps) and rent two stand (one behind each goal).
Surely renting two stands would be much cheaper per stand than renting one - assuming you use 1 company for both stands, as the same crew would put up both. What could the capacity be with two temp stands? @ €25/30 a ticket, it would be a great night for the club
Home advantage is a must, no matter who the other team is. Songs are sang about winning games like this.
A concrete foundation could work out cheap enough if fans volunteered. Hire 1 or 2 professionals and ten full time volunteers or 20 part time volunteers etc.
Of course, when you say field, you mean rubber mat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yossarian
Go home and watch the DVD of your defunct club :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Paddyfield
Now that Limerick have moved into the Marlkets Field and to be fair the place looks great, will work continue on the upgrade?
Will there be a cover on the away fans stand behind the goals?
Will terracing be added on opposite side to Main Stand?
Is terracing being added to other goal end?
Sorry do'nt know the local names for the ground ends, maybe someone in the know might be able to update us on the latest work schedule or plans.
Hope it does'nt all cease now that team are installed and the work gets postponed until later in the year.
[QUOTE=nr637;1826370]Now that Limerick have moved into the Marlkets Field and to be fair the place looks great, will work continue on the upgrade?[/QUOT]
Will there be a cover on the away fans stand behind the goals?
Will terracing be added on opposite side to Main Stand?
Is terracing being added to other goal end?
Sorry do'nt know the local names for the ground ends, maybe someone in the know might be able to update us on the latest work schedule or plans.
Hope it does'nt all cease now that team are installed and the work gets postponed until later in the year.
The away stand is covered - that's the Markets Field Terrace end. The other goal end is the Cathedral/City end. Opposite the main stand (Garryowen side) is the popular side. I'm not too sure on what future plans are but something really should be done on the popular side!
Wait, are you telling us people don't like the popular side?
It was cool, but then people started liking it.
It would really be popular again if they put in a bit of terracing!
[QUOTE=donnrua;1826371]Quote:
Originally Posted by nr637
I hate that carry on, typical and all that. Great plans for the Markets Field, initial work begins generating great anticipation amongst the wider Limerick soccer public. Eventually the team play a game there and the future looks brighter and what happens...................further work is put on hold, why not complete all the planned phases of the work and bring the ground up to its proposed final status and build on IT from there.
Has the funding stopped or what?
:dunno:
The LEDP said before the Markets Field opened that they weren't going to put terracing on that side as they saw no need for it. Its not that work or money has stopped. Once the finishing touches are made there will be no more work done for the foreseeable future. So basically as far as the LEDP are concerned it has been brought up to its completed status. At least until further money comes down the line or the actual need for it arises.Quote:
Originally Posted by nr637
Watching highlights of a Bray home game recently on SR, I noticed that the Town End grass embankment of the ground had been levelled and cleared. Any Bray fans know what is happening as far as any planned developments, maybe new terracing?
Bohemians members overwhelmingly agree to the sale of Dalymount to DCC for €3.8m and clear almost all of our major debts. Still a lot of details to be worked out but it looks like a 10k seater stadium by 2020, pitchside advertising revenue and leaseback of the bars are all secured as part of it. Absolutely fantastic news for us! :D
TBWRA
Good news for Bohs and the league in general, hopefully it will give a push to the FAI to get a few more grounds upgraded. Is 10k a bit big for bohs? What are crowds like at the moment?
Where's the 3.8 million going to come from for DCC to purchase the ground? Where is the other 7 figure sum going to come from to re-develop the ground?
Sounds to good to be true.
No! As it is Dalymount is a large open ground with areas that are closed off. The atmosphere will improve as the ground gets closed in even if attendances stay the same. The advantage of having another 10k stadium in Dublin is that it removes the issue of Tallaght or Dalymount being used if either Bohs or Rovers are in a final and either ground can be used to do away with 'home' advantage. If they are playing each other move it to Turners Cross:p If games have to be moved for European football I'd much rather it moved to Dalymount than Tallaght as much for convenience as a dislike of Tallaght Stadium.Quote:
Originally Posted by SalvadorSanchez
New tunnel in Galway plus all weather area replaces grass in the technical areas. . New dressing rooms in Comer Stand opened last month. Both ends of this stand will be enclosed with glass before later this year which will restrict the breeze and further enhance the atmosphere for spectators.
https://twitter.com/GalwayUnitedFC/s...42477675225088
Brilliant news about the main stand I wish we'd do that in longford it's a cold fecker of a stand to sit in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddyfield
Whatever about tunnel and technical area, it's great to hear they're doing something about the breeze through the stand there, it's a cold b@stard of a place to watch a match. Really progressive stuff in Galway.
Buckley Park will be back in use again shortly. Kilkenny are entering a team in the Women's National League and will play their home games there.
God damn it...I read the first part of your post and almost jumped out of my seat with joy at Kilkenny returning to the league.
Agreed. I love Dalymount. It's a real throwback to an older time. It's a pity it was allowed get so bad, but even still, the scope for it to be far and away the best league ground in the country is there. Personally speaking I'd like to see DCC use the head on this one a little bit, and work with the Dept of Education and the Dept of Sport. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to do something good for the whole area. I think there is probably scope to incorporate the school into the ground project too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
I'd imagine some input from DCU would be more productive than Dept of S&T. Have DCU a 'stadium' of good infrastructure to host their teams. It could mean some thought on pitch dimensions and heaven forbid the foresight to incorporate movable or extendable seating ala stadia with running tracks. Pitch usage and subsequent maintenance would be outside Boh's running costs possibly then too. But it is a once off chance to do it right regardless. I hope it wont be a piecemeal effort due to limited funding without being a celtic tiger level of cost either. It was reported that BATE spent something like €50mil on their 13k stadium - now either thats a lost in translation issue or every seat 1s heated and made of leather and suede!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
I'll check for you next week!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
More from Matt about the deal. There was a media scrum at Dalymount today - should be stuff in the papers tomorrow.
https://www.facebook.com/podoherty/v...type=3&theater
He is a clear and credible communicator - in stark contrast to the egotists who led Bohs on the rocks of near insolvencyQuote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
Yes yes rub it in!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Yossarian
Can I ask genuinely is Matt from the same area of Dublin as Pat Fenlon as they sound quite alike?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
Don't know where Devaney is from but that's a north Co Dublin accent. Nutsy is north inner city, Finglas I think.
Very positive and honest summary of the situation with Bohs in the video. They held their hands up and now it's time to move on...
My only concern is that there were big plans for Tallaght as well.. 10k if you remember and Rovers have ended up with 6,000 seats in a nice ground but one that isn't finished, it really needs the ends to be completed..
I'd hate to see Bohs being promised a 10k seater and then getting it piecemeal on the basis "that the demand isn't there" the City council might be slow to build (pay for) 10,000 seats for a club getting 2,000 -3,000 every other week,
Bohs fans be careful that you don't end up with just 2 or 3 sides being built! better go for it and get the whole thing done at 6000 - 7000 capacity with pre-planned capability of extending it later...by filling in corners etc.
beware big plans and caveats on budgets and building schedules... these things have a habit of slipping...
I feel sorry for Rovers in a way over Tallaght. Anyone who has ever played football there, whether in Fettercairn, Aylesbury, Dodder Valley, or Postal knows the place is a bloody wind tunnel. If you build a stadium with a gape bigger than Christy Mack's with two stands either side, then you have a bigger wind tunnel.
I'd imagine that the Jodi would be the last to be touched? Even if it ends up only being one stand done at the St Peters or Connaught end they are going to have a better stadium than currently.Quote:
Originally Posted by SalvadorSanchez
The Jovi holds 3,000ish ya? I agree with toffeejay, do the stand opposite with a 3 or 4,000 seater. And one end 1 or 1,500. Totalling: 7 or 8,000.Quote:
Originally Posted by toffeejay
Leave the other end for future development, leave it for flags display until then.
2750 or so.
I believe DCC & FAI pushed for it to be 10k so it can be used for other functions, games etc, Bohs were shooting for something a bit smaller. It makes sense for DCC to have it built bigger than what we (Bohs) need and hopefully we will grow into it.
That's right, we'll see if DCC's ambition is matched by exchequer funding.They have a project team for the stadium appointed already, as they realise only too well that they have about five months to put a proposal together for indirect funding by Pascal O Donohues Department.He will want some visible work started before the next election.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
The stadium redevelopment is great news for Bohs but not such good news for any other LOI clubs looking for sports capital grants. This year anyway.
If DCC and Bohs want good funding for this, they have to get the proposals agreed before an election is called. This is their window. Miss it and the funding won't be there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
I don't agree on trying to save the Jodi Stand.... tear it all down to the soil and start again.. trying to rescue or integrate anything of the existing ground would be a mistake...and an opportunity for DCC to go half-assed with the project... or to back out half way through... also it'll look awful if the rest is shiny and new... may as well do it all in one shot...
I'd say the best hope Bohs have is a complete redevelopment, get the bulldozers in there after the last game of the season and flatten the place and start again... the Jodi is a problem in that it's too close to the houses leaving a pretty narrow alley down the back... Bohs could shrink the footprint of the ground, improve access and still deliver a 10k seater...
Any thoughts on a ground share? would Bohs try to Share with Pats ? I assume Tallaght is out for historic reasons... Morton Stadium still there?
That is unthinkably unlikely. Morton Stadium is still there, it's the national athletics stadium.Quote:
Originally Posted by SalvadorSanchez