Ha, I'm caught!
I was actually thinking of facilities as a package though. What I know of Scottish stadia is from TV and a fleeting visit to Easter Road, but they appear to be in the main, covered on four sides, fully seated and from listening to those that travel there, good on food/drink facilities. That would give them an edge on most grounds in the LoI.
In terms of training facilities, they appear far ahead of anything I've seen in the LoI, players who've moved across (and some that have come back) confirm as much, then again, salthill devon are light years ahead of anything I've seen in the LoI.
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Is it any different to freezing rain as Cork City take on Bally-who's-it in the Munster Senior Cup on a Tuesday in late February?
Lots of grounds encounter bad weather.
Pittodrie has a beach right behind the Donald Stand no league of Ireland ground has a beach .
Yes compared to Aberdeen which is like the Sahara at times.
The SFA have had to give a £300k payout to the 30 clubs this week as so many are struggling and couldn't wait until the end of the season.
£10k each.
So if you think Bohs are big read this. http://www.astronomy.ie/perpespective.html
I think the average SPl attendance when all Old Firm games are removed is something like 6-7,000. Hearts v Hibs had 12,000 at it last year and that’s a "huge" game. I used slightly better because although I'd die for us to get crowds that average that, they're still pants crowds in real terms.
Maybe not big clubs going to the wall but Aberdeen, Hibs, Hearts and Both Dundees have been "saved" by benefactors in recent years. The Edinburgh clubs were talking about merging as neither could afford to continue on the path they were. As Candystripe pointed out the SFA has had to pay clubs money upfront as a lot of them are struggling.
Wage cuts nearly all round??
Big clubs going to the wall on an annual basis??
Not being flippant, just genuinely don't know.
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Pittodrie is a sh!thole of a ground. Freezing cold all year round, and full of seagull cr@p
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