Your best 5 and worse 5 grounds in country

**roinuj** · 28/07/2009, 5:09 PM

Originally Posted by eelmonster

Limerick?

looks abit like the markets field alright,

**sligoman** · 28/07/2009, 5:23 PM

Originally Posted by roinuj

not as much rain and wind as ye get up in sligo

everytime i went up around galway or sligo the place was flooded and 2 story houses looked like bungalows because the bottom halfs were under water.

I don't really want to get into a discussion about the weather on a football forum, but what you've just said there is just a load of crap.

Can't wait til September and posters like this are back at school.

**Dunny** · 28/07/2009, 6:00 PM

Originally Posted by Snoop Drog

Fakey rubber grass perhaps?

**roinuj** · 28/07/2009, 6:14 PM

Originally Posted by sligoman

I don't really want to get into a discussion about the weather on a football forum, but what you've just said there is just a load of crap.

Can't wait til September and posters like this are back at school.

your the one who brough it up about the wind and the rain "on a football forum". not me.

**CarrickFan** · 28/07/2009, 7:19 PM

anyone who has the Showgrounds in their worst 5 has'nt been up here in a while..the surface has been in great condition fot the last few matches...the main stand is as good or better than most in the league..

most of ye were Galway fans...i quite like Terryland..i dont do petty begrudgery

**sligoman** · 28/07/2009, 7:44 PM

Originally Posted by roinuj

your the one who brough it up about the wind and the rain "on a football forum". not me.

Check again, wasn't me.

**Rovers1** · 28/07/2009, 7:45 PM

Originally Posted by sligoman

Check again, wasn't me.

I think it was.

**Da Real Rover** · 29/07/2009, 4:17 PM

Originally Posted by Paddyfield

Funny how the Shligo fans have the Showgrounds in their top 5 when most of the others don't. No bias there at all?

No comparison between supporters putting their clubs ground in the top 5 and the majority of an opposition fans putting their rivals ground in the bottom 5.
Just reeks of bitterness tbh.
No need for it really.

**Candystripe** · 30/07/2009, 2:23 AM

Top five

No bias here

Turners X (best all round)
Terryland (two nice stands)
Dalymount great main stand although half the ground should be condemned)
Oriel (bad for away fans but the bar makes up for it)
Tolka (only because it has 3 1/2 proper stands)

Worst five

Finn Pk (no need for comment)
Brandywell (one great stand but everything else is a joke)
Limericks (see Harps comment)
Mons (great wee bar but that's it)
Utd park (**** hole)

**Paddyfield** · 30/07/2009, 6:41 AM

Originally Posted by Da Real Rover

No comparison between supporters putting their clubs ground in the top 5 and the majority of an opposition fans putting their rivals ground in the bottom 5.
Just reeks of bitterness tbh.
No need for it really.

You lost me when you used the word "rivals". Are you implying that Sligo Rovers are Galway United's only rival? Every other LOI club is our rival too. Thats the purpose of the League and Cup competitions.

Wake up and smell the coffee DRR

**mypost** · 30/07/2009, 6:44 AM

Originally Posted by mypost

Worst 5 (Can we extend it?)
UCD
Bray
Tolka
Wexford
Connaught St.

UCD: A pain the balls to get to, one of the few remaining grounds with no rail link, and when you eventually find it, you have to wade through about 20 faculties in order to finally get into it. Much preferred their old ground.

Bray: Broken seats, collapsing walls, far goal closed off, poor lighting. Bottom 5

Tolka: Dodgy pylons, poor lighting, no drainage system, goal end closed off, half a roofed Stand.

Wexford: Few facilities, wall too low, awkward to watch a game in, middle of nowhere.

Connaught Street: Shambles. Enough said.

**ATFC-1887** · 30/07/2009, 7:54 AM

Best 5:No Order
Turners Cross
Athlone Town Stadium(and no im not bein bias...its clearly one of the better staiums)
Terryland Park
Dalymount....Could do with a whole new set of seats though lol
Tallaght Stadium

Worst 5:No Order
Station Road
Oriel Park(hate that kip)
Morton
Ferrycarrig
Finn Park

**dong** · 30/07/2009, 8:27 AM

Originally Posted by mypost

UCD: A pain the balls to get to, one of the few remaining grounds with no rail link, and when you eventually find it, you have to wade through about 20 faculties in order to finally get into it. Much preferred their old ground.

Bray: Broken seats, collapsing walls, far goal closed off, poor lighting. Bottom 5

Tolka: Dodgy pylons, poor lighting, no drainage system, goal end closed off, half a roofed Stand.

Wexford: Few facilities, wall too low, awkward to watch a game in, middle of nowhere.

Connaught Street: Shambles. Enough said.

Surely that's a bit unfair. I know Bray are struggling but this is an extreme way to keep clean sheets. Wonder could we try it at the showgies?

**Da Real Rover** · 30/07/2009, 8:50 AM

Originally Posted by Paddyfield

You lost me when you used the word "rivals". Are you implying that Sligo Rovers are Galway United's only rival? Every other LOI club is our rival too. Thats the purpose of the League and Cup competitions.

Wake up and smell the coffee DRR

I suppose thats why Galway fans sing "we hate sligo" at games we arent even playing you.
A bit of cop on wouldnt go astray.

**pineapple stu** · 30/07/2009, 9:48 AM

Originally Posted by mypost

UCD: one of the few remaining grounds with no rail link

Get the DART to Booterstown and walk 15 minutes. Nearer a train station than most other LoI grounds. Not to mention, of course, the ten or so bus services which either run into or outside campus.

Originally Posted by mypost

and when you eventually find it, you have to wade through about 20 faculties in order to finally get into it.

Eh? You're doing well if you can find it from the other side of the campus, looking through 20 faculty buildings. When you find it, you enter it. Same as any other ground. Finding it can be tricky if you don't know where you're going (self-explanatory really), and in fairness now there's a load of building work going on around the place and new temporary pedestrian routes going up all the time (saw two of our players get lost a couple of weeks ago), but your post is, as usual, uninformed rubbish.

Also laughed at this bit -

Originally Posted by mypost

Wexford: awkward to watch a game in

WTF?!

**davidatrb** · 30/07/2009, 10:51 AM

Stands
best: Terryland (covered stands on both sides and close to the pitch)
worst: Jackman park (no seats if I remember right just small covered terrace)

Accessibility
best: To be honest probably Ferrycarrig because I think that it's the only ground in the LOI that has both sign posts to it and car parking in the ground. For ppl getting public transport Ferrycarrig is probably the worst so I'll give Tallaght I mention here too I guess.
worst: UCD (can never find the pitch)

Facilities (toilets and chipper is all I care about!)
best: Is there anywhere that has this right yet? I can't think of one - bear in mind that I dont get around to the Premier division grounds often!
worst: Jackman

Bar
best: Ferrycarrig, I guess the bar is neat and you can watch the match from the windows.
worst: The multitudes of grounds where the bar cant be found or doesnt exist.

**Straightstory** · 30/07/2009, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Nice to see Belfield not featuring as often as it used to on these threads.

That's because no one's ever been there.

**sheao** · 30/07/2009, 10:56 AM

5 best stadiums
Turners Cross
Tallaght
Terryland Park
Dalymount Park
Brandywell
5 Worst stadiums
Showgorunds
Finn Park
Station Rd
Jackman Park
RSC