Could Limerick use Thomond ?

With Thomond not being used during summer, and todays announcement that it will host an international friendly - could Limerick FC not possibly look to use it as home stadium as and when Munster RFC do not need it.

A 26,000 capacity stadium for about 1,000 people?

Don't think it would work too well

What he said

It would be a graveyard for any team in the League of Ireland, let alone a First Division side that pulls in 600 people on average

There'd be too much demand for tickets. Not worth the hassle.


Now if it was Galway on the otherhand...

plus the rental is €100,000 per day/night/match

Potential venue for a FAI Cup final perhaps?

Would be a good option especially if two teams from the west or south made the final.

Not only would it be a graveyard, it would also make no sense financially for Limerick as the cost to rent Thomond Park for even one game would probably ruin us.

It would no doubt attract a few more fans if we played in Thomond Park but never enough in the First Division to cover the cost of renting Thomond Park.

Originally Posted by centre mid

Potential venue for a FAI Cup final perhaps?

think thats already in the bag lads. limerick are bringing sunderland, private company bringing real madrid, fai has two friendlies and prob the fai cup final there

Fair ponts lads.
One thing for sure which I'm sure some would agree, oh what Limerick fans would have given for a modern day Thomond back in the (was it ?) 70's when they were forced to play a European Cup tie in Dublin.

I was just thinking that UCD should use Croker for the same reasons....

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

I was just thinking that UCD should use Croker for the same reasons....

That doesn't make any sense Steve! (geographically like!)

Shels can use Croker, and UCD can use Lansdowne Road when that's finished.

Originally Posted by dublin_owl

That doesn't make any sense Steve! (geographically like!)

Shels can use Croker, and UCD can use Lansdowne Road when that's finished.

Did Bohs play on Jones Road before? Maybe one more or another Dublin club.

And you know your history. UCD have played on Lansdowne too, very competively.

Originally Posted by historynut

Fair ponts lads.
One thing for sure which I'm sure some would agree, oh what Limerick fans would have given for a modern day Thomond back in the (was it ?) 70's when they were forced to play a European Cup tie in Dublin.

Were't really forced. Waterford drew liverpool a few years earlier and made a packet out of bringing the game to dublin (liverpool were on tv every week on MOTD) so had a huge following. Limerick drew Real Madrid, tried the same gig but it failed and only 6,000 turned up (again as real although well known were not on the tv every week)

few years later to prove the point we played spurs in a pre season friendly at Thomond. 19,000 turned up. This was limericks biggest ever attendance for a "home" game. Biggest away gate was the Madrid away game where 49,000 turned up..http://www.limerickfc.ie/Fanzone/img...wallpaper2.jpg

Originally Posted by HarpoJoyce

Did Bohs play on Jones Road before? Maybe one more or another Dublin club.

Bohs originally owned Jones Rd & sold it to the Gah way back when

Why didnt Bohs build on it ?

I bet if one day Limerick had a soccer club not being run out of a parociahal house or a cellar underneath a pub in the Bronx they could get a consortium together which might have more hopes for a senior soccer club in Limerck which barely sees it future as little more than a junior sunday morning league side then we might see them playing at Thomond.

A decent business plan over the course of a season presented to Thormond Park might be worth trying. This is how soccer clubs are run. Having a priest telling you in the confession box that he knows a famous boxer in Amerikay who will rattle the poor box outside his local church is not going to be enough.

Originally Posted by gael353

plus the rental is €100,000 per day/night/match

How do you know they would ask this much?

As well as the obvious benefits, perhaps the budding of a brotherhood with Scottish side Queen's Park who play in Hampden could be another?

Originally Posted by HarpoJoyce

Did Bohs play on Jones Road before? Maybe one more or another Dublin club.

They bought it as a cabbage patch, if I remember correctly.

And you know your history. UCD have played on Lansdowne too, very competively.

Indeed. Most recently in a friendly with Liverpool, I think?