mindless morons vandalise bus

**Lim till i die** · 16/04/2009, 2:42 PM

Originally Posted by wexfordseagull

a MORON has put your club in a poor light,that is the issue stick to it!!

Rubbish.

Nothing to do with the club.

i know it is not the supporters of limerick fc who are responsible for this

know it not Limerick supporters

**Youths4Ever** · 16/04/2009, 3:13 PM

Originally Posted by jebus

Jesus don't wet yourself champ, I've asked you two questions

Did you, as a club, ask to drive the bus into the ground?
What time did you arrive at? (Cause you can't drive in if supporters are walking in now can you?)

Do you know the answers to these questions?

answer to your questions is don't know if asked to park inside ground never been any trouble parking the bus outside the ground in the past. i know for the under20 game the bus was parked in the bus depot near the ground.

Not sure what time team bus arrived was not on it only people who could answer that question where on bus.

Originally Posted by passinginterest

Lads look at the video footage and there's loads of parking in the ground. I think the question of why the bus wasn't parked in there should at least be addressed. It's an unfortunate incident, but it could have happened anywhere, I've witnessed young fans of other clubs walking past it talking about doing exactly the same thing. It's a lovely bus but it's also very attention grabbing and sadly in todays society it's going to attract the wrong sort of attention. Hopefully it was reported to the Gardai and it may be possible that the vandalism was witnessed or caught on CCTV.

yes loads of room to park a bus but it would be a tight squeeze to get it in although Limerick fans have said buses parked in there before but have to be probably very early to do so as already said

doubt there is CCTV as the pitch is surrounded by houses rather than streets that may have CCTV.

certain people on here need to realize this could have happened anywhere like passinginterest said bus attracts the wrong kind of attention. It has been damaged before but never this badly.

Very unlikely it was Limerick FC fans but it does not reflect greatly on the club either. The damage done either took a while with a key or someone had an item on their person to do damage as it went down to the metal.

**flash** · 16/04/2009, 3:34 PM

Originally Posted by jebus

Not many clubs do this you realise and we have accomodated club buses in the ground before (they do have to be there early as they would have to drive in before the first supporters started to arrive). I've travelled to Shels and UCD on the supporters club bus this season and there hasn't been secure parking provided, same when we've travelled to places like Cobh, Galway and Athlone, in fact I'd be surprsied if you could find many clubs from any league you want that allow sc buses to park in the ground.

Bad form from whoever did it but it's the society we live in, not just a Limerick problem too I might add before people like Splurge go off on one and I'll remind all of you that fans from other clubs have done a lot worse this season to other teams supporters.

In relation to UCD. The campus is patroled by Security and there is also cctv cameras around the Student centre which is the closest car park to the bowl.

**Patrick Dunne** · 16/04/2009, 3:56 PM

There is secure parking provided at Terryland Park. We have a car park in the ground which can hold 150 cars and several buses.

**jebus** · 16/04/2009, 4:37 PM

Originally Posted by Patrick Dunne

There is secure parking provided at Terryland Park. We have a car park in the ground which can hold 150 cars and several buses.

I mentioned Terryland in relation to SC buses. We hav room for a bus as well, really does depend on whether the Youths asked could they come in and what time they got there at because there is only one way in to the ground and if people are walking in you can't very well drive a bus down there

**Lim till i die** · 16/04/2009, 6:13 PM

Originally Posted by jebus

We hav room for a bus as well

We don't.

Bus wouldn't make the turn I'd say.

Not that it matters one jot.

Lots of grounds don't have secure parking.

Unfortunate for Wexford but their bus getting damaged has naff all to do with Limerick FC.

Very unlikely it was Limerick FC fans but it does not reflect greatly on the club either.

It has nothing, NOTHING, to do with the club.

Happened on the street outside a ground we don't even own.

i know for the under20 game the bus was parked in the bus depot near the ground

Now you're sucking diesel.

Bit of common sense like this from your driver wouldn't go astray.

**jebus** · 16/04/2009, 6:28 PM

How big is the bus? Standard mimi-couch or something larger?

If it's something larger then it probably wouldn't make the turn alright but there is room in the ground alright.

Either way we don't own the ground so if you have complaints about it send them to the LDMC

**L37Ultra** · 17/04/2009, 2:49 PM

First off all, this was not a Limerick fan who did this. There was no damage to the bus after the match so it would have happened when all the Limerick fans were gone away.

I myself was suprised that the bus was parked out on the road. I even mentioned it walking into the ground because I know the majority of the Limerick players and officials park behind the goals in the ground. As Jebus said, the team bus may have arrived late and they couldn't drive in when theres fans in the ground. Bad form though, quality bus.

**Jofspring** · 17/04/2009, 3:54 PM

Would be a tight squeeze for any size bus.

Class bus and a disgrace what was done to it. I was one of the last people left outside the ground waiting for a lift and saw nothing happening and that was up to about 10mins after kick off so it must have been a little later than this.

**passerrby** · 17/04/2009, 4:37 PM

the majority of grounds can guarantee the safety of away team transport, I know monaghan take there responsibility to away teams seriously so do most clubs.you have to when its your property..

**Black and White** · 17/04/2009, 5:00 PM

It happens everywhere you go, last season the Oriel Travel bus had one of its windows bricked outside Athlones ground just as it was pulling off. Few other incidences, mate of mine was talking to a Bray fan who went to the recent game in Sligo and he said they had a window put in on their bus! Absolute disgrace what a certian amount of morons are doing.

**Dunny** · 17/04/2009, 5:04 PM

Originally Posted by jebus

How big is the bus? Standard mimi-couch or something larger?

If it's something larger then it probably wouldn't make the turn alright but there is room in the ground alright.

Either way we don't own the ground so if you have complaints about it send them to the LDMC

This is the bus..

**jebus** · 17/04/2009, 9:06 PM

Originally Posted by passerrby

the majority of grounds can guarantee the safety of away team transport, I know monaghan take there responsibility to away teams seriously so do most clubs.you have to when its your property..

What's our property? The ground or the bus?

Cause the answer is neither are ours you realise