Your best 5 and worse 5 grounds in country

**Kildareman** · 01/08/2009, 9:07 PM

Kildare have a club shop as well although its alfresco!!!!!!

We mightnt have the best stadium but we have one of the best pressrooms and corporate areas in the league.

**Dunny** · 02/08/2009, 1:01 AM

Originally Posted by Kildareman

Kildare have a club shop as well although its alfresco!!!!!!

We mightnt have the best stadium but we have one of the best pressrooms and corporate areas in the league.

I will always love station road.(And the muck that came back to Dundalk on me jeans

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**atfconline** · 02/08/2009, 1:06 AM

Originally Posted by Kildareman

Kildare have a club shop as well although its alfresco!!!!!!

We mightnt have the best stadium but we have one of the best pressrooms and corporate areas in the league.

You have one of the worst press areas. A pokey little room with a desk that sits about three people, and forces you away from the reflective glass, making it even harder to see what's going on on the pitch.

**Dunny** · 02/08/2009, 1:11 AM

How anyone could blame Kildare for facilities is beyond me. Complain to this lot...http://www.newbridgetownfc.com/

**atfconline** · 02/08/2009, 1:16 AM

Not complaining, just challenging the claim that Kildare have one of the best press boxes in the League.

And if I was complaining, of course Kildare are the people to complain to. They choose to play there.

**Dunny** · 02/08/2009, 1:22 AM

Didn't say you were mate, but this is the club who own the ground (afaik) so only they can improve the press area.

**Kildare Lad** · 02/08/2009, 2:34 PM

Station Road is a very nice ground for Newbridge Town though, just a LSL team. So dont see why they would want to upgrade it unless it was at the request of Kildare County.

**MeathDrog** · 02/08/2009, 3:52 PM

Originally Posted by Kildare Lad

Station Road is a very nice ground for Newbridge Town though, just a LSL team. So dont see why they would want to upgrade it unless it was at the request of Kildare County.

Is there a stand opposite the clubhouse?

**Darkglasses** · 02/08/2009, 3:55 PM

2 if I remember correctly, but both un-covered.

**christo** · 02/08/2009, 5:06 PM

Originally Posted by MeathDrog

Is there a stand opposite the clubhouse?

If you look at this video you can see it packed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6JgJjHv4y8

and you can see the other stand here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6BJ1...e=channel_page

**Martinho II** · 04/08/2009, 10:30 AM

what sort of a crowd was there in the first video?

**Dundalkjames** · 04/08/2009, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by Martinho II

what sort of a crowd was there in the first video?

There was about 1000 Dundalk Fans

**christo** · 04/08/2009, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by Martinho II

what sort of a crowd was there in the first video?

As far as I remember the stand holds a little under 700

**Kildare Lad** · 04/08/2009, 6:05 PM

Yeah I would have thought about 800 at that game, most being from Dundalk.

**roinuj** · 08/08/2009, 12:15 PM

are we all agreeing on jackman been the biggest kip in the world then

**thischarmingman** · 08/08/2009, 12:51 PM

Much as I hope every LOI ground gets the facelift/upgrade/demolition job it deserves, when/if the money does come in, I will miss certain grounds and the charm of LOI football is often as caught up in the familiar old grounds as it is in the football played on the pitch.

I love going to Richmond Park. I love the fact walking along Emmett Road you wouldn't even know there was a football ground just behind the houses, it's just suddenly there when you turn the corner, snugly nestled surrounded by flats, houses, shops, grassy verges, and just in the shadow of Kilmainham Prison. (I'll qualify that by saying that the Shed End of the ground is the worst place in Ireland to watch a game from.)

I have a soft spot for the old Belfield also as it was one of the first away games I ever went to and because every time I went there it seemed to be sunny. I remember dragging a few English friends from uni and taking them the "scenic" route to the ground which somehow involved passing a large empty barn type building, traipsing through a small copse, and even circumnavigating a small stream. It's possible I took a wrong turn. One of them turned and asked me, standing in a small wooded area, no sign of life, let alone a football match, in the dark, "If I didn't know you better I'd say you had brought us here to murder us."

Turner's Cross feels like a proper football stadium. I only managed to visit it for the first time this season but it's very impressive, with a great look and feel. Probably my favorite ground in he league and what every club should aspire to.

Century Homes Park- You can see cows pottering about pretending to be uninterested in the football, get beer and watch the action from the veranda, and eat Mon-dogs, all from a little stand tucked in amongst the rolling hills of Monaghan. Unique. (And Magicme lives there, just under the away dugout

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Tallaght Stadium for the reasons outlined here- http://foot.ie/forums/showpost.php?p...&postcount=215

**citybone** · 08/08/2009, 4:57 PM

Originally Posted by roinuj

oh my god

i can see your point of view but i dont agree with you, pretty new seats may be better for families but i prefer covered terreces.

**Magicme** · 08/08/2009, 8:40 PM

Originally Posted by thischarmingman

Century Homes Park- You can see cows pottering about pretending to be uninterested in the football, get beer and watch the action from the veranda, and eat Mon-dogs, all from a little stand tucked in amongst the rolling hills of Monaghan. Unique. (And Magicme lives there, just under the away dugout

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I will have you know that I do not live under the away dugout, but in the press box at the back of the stand.

Actually if you follow the cows over the hill you will end up in my back garden!

**Martinho II** · 09/08/2009, 6:27 PM

Originally Posted by Magicme

I will have you know that I do not live under the away dugout, but in the press box at the back of the stand.

Actually if you follow the cows over the hill you will end up in my back garden!

and I am sure magicme that you use the cow **** from the hill for your manure for the garden!!