best & worst e/l ground

[Dodge]

Even so i dont think citys floodlights meet the required specification for european football.

Yeah AFAIK no club does.

Tommy; yeah I like Drogheda too but with nothing behiond either goal didn't want to praise it too highly. That and because the ****s want to charge 15 quid in to stand in the barn...

[blutil]

didnt sky sports have to give eL clubs money for flood lights or something years ago or am i way off !

[Éanna]

Yeah, I think the story there was that EU broadcasting regulations meant that Sky had to pay compensation to eL clubs because they were broadcasting live English soccer into Ireland. There was an argument over it and the payments stopped if my memory is right. Now that the FAI in bed with Murdoch and Co., I doubt it'll be mentioned again

[patsh]

Even so i dont think citys floodlights meet the required specification for european football.

Haven't they fixed that now?
The problem was that the wattage was too low, but thats been sorted out now, I think.

[eoinh]

i thought we were getting a totally new flood lighting system in the years to come.....

Somethings that matchs Musgrave Parks system.

[markdit]

Independent Blues Supporters Club.They were formed a few years ago to improve atmosphere,organise buses to away games and they do player of the month awards as well.They're the guys do the singing and wave the Ultra style flags before the game

i take it they weren't around in 2001/2002 when waterford were playing in the 1st division.

because i went 2 a few of those matches and there was little or no vocal support for the blues, and very low attendance.

isnt it a shame that a club like waterford with such a rich footballing history that they have to play top flight football to get some decent support?

[trevy]

It used by fairly quiet there allright and like most National League clubs our attendance depends on how well we're doing.Even in division 1 we were getting reasonable crowds though with a regular crowd of maybe 1000 but since we've got back to the Premier it been more like 3000 or more for big games.Games against Cork,Shels and Bohs etc are a lot more appealing than Athlone or Monaghan on a winters evening!

[lefty]

Best is Dalymount. Good atmosphere and the Jodi Stand is great. Always like going out there.

Worst has to be Bray. Its just a pain in the arse going there. Little dump is what is it full of little knacker kids throwing coins at away fans

[TonyD]

Agree that the Jodi stand in Dalymount is miles ahead of anything else in the league. Other favourites would be Tolka(When the Riverside is packed with Pats fans there's nothing like it.) Turners Cross is also v.good, and the progress made in Longford over the past few seasons is nothing short of remarkable, a real credit to them. Their main stand is second only to the Jodi. Worst ground I've been in was Athlone, unbelieveably awful, but that was circa 1996. Haven't been in Sligo recently either, but that was fairly poor. I beleive the new stand is impressive though. Half of the Brandywell is great(but apparently that's all you need for an A licence.)
As regards our own ground, Richmond has it's faults as mentioned elsewhere(poles blocking view, cramped seats, rubbish view from the shed(Take down that fence) For athmosphere on a good night though, it's right up there.

[BobtheDrog]

" For athmosphere on a good night though, it's right up there."

indeed i like richmond but its a while since i've been there still friday night shud be a good crowd up from drogheda

[fbtn]

buddy of mine played an fai cup match in a place called "tra na locha"(spelling ??) in donegal.he was playing for st james gate of dublin against a local team and it was a replay after a draw in dublin.

there was loads of needle involved and there was a big hostile crowd.he said the dressing rooms were miles from the pitch and you had to walk right through the oppositions supporters to get to the pitch !!!!!!!.he said they got pelted with chips, burgers and whatever came to hand.just imagine rovers playing a match up there

That would be Fanad United he would have been playing against. Its right at the top of Donegal, ground right beside the sea and its always raining and freezing.

As you can guess, thats there reason for having the dressing rooms so far away from the ground.