He's a plain speaker. They seem to have edited out all of the swearing though.Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
You can't spell failure without FAI
On one hand i can see from Shels point of view , there's the history and the emotional attachment to Tolka , also it was going to be hard to maintain and grow support for the club if they moved to Phibsborough , on the other hand i just don't see any way there's going to be money for two stadiums that close together coming from the Govt or the County council , and it feels like in ten years time nothing much will still have happened with either.
It's getting to the point where the council are effectively suggesting to Shels that they need to buy the ground themselves if they want Tolka, and with the figures quoted by Shakespeare, it won't come cheap.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
I thought Shels had agreed a way forward with the council as a result of their new investors. Obviously not, aside from them not being forced to move to Dalymount.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
There was never going to be. Shels have let their hearts rule their heads, which is understandable from a fans perspective. But nothing will be put into Tolka. My guess is that Shels end up in Dalymount down the road because Tolka is condemned and we all start talking about what could have been if they didn't pull out and the plans for Dalymount scaled back based on one tenant
If I was a Shels fan I'd be trying to avoid Dalymount too to be perfectly honest but not sure what their realistic solution is if the club don't want to (or can't) pay for it. They were tied to the Dalymount project for years. Shels fans don't own the club so even correct information can be hard to find. Didn't they secure foreign investment recently? Is anybody ever wary of their intentions? I'm not all that clued up on Shels.
Has there ever been any foreign investment that’s been willing to put money into stadium development ?
The Shels investment fell through I believe.....
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
Don't know, guessing not. My worry would more be a Kilcoyne type situation.
https://youtu.be/CesXXFyDHSA
Found this today on YouTube.
Nice aerial shots, but I switched off 3 clubs in as it had got pretty much every stat in there wrong.
- Wrong capacity for Dalymount and Brandywell.
- Wrong foundation date for Turners Cross and Brandywell.
Cork's in particularly - "mid 1800s" - is hilarious, as that would have it pre-date all codes of football. They just lifted that off of Wikipdeia, which itself states it without any justification. As for the Brandywell being opened in 1928 - again, it's just wrong and lifted from Wikipedia. Derry City was founded that year, but the Brandywell was around long before them.
https://www.offalyindependent.ie/202...upgrade-plans/
Upgrade development plans for Athlone’s ground,interesting it’s driven by the increasing popularity on the womens side of the club….
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
Shels ground sharing obviously would have had a risk but a period of success and Bohs in the doldrums and ye never know over time Dalymounts association with Bohs could be diluted so there's some risk there also. 2 stadia so close was never going to be publically funded.
The handbag convo was binned. Knock it off.
Well played
The Showgrounds will be a great wee stadium when this is finished. Hats off to the Bot o' Red.
Do hope they include the existing town side stand in any work. It's in a terrible condition, and is a thoroughly unpleasant place to watch a match from.
That's true. The only bit of the ground that doesn't need work done is the main stand. The open stand behind one nets (the pet shop or VW one) needs a roof over it, and the stand you mentioned needs completely re-done. The away section there is particularly antiquated.
New stand there and behind the goals where you walk in
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