Dundalk's pitch and ground discussion thread.

**blueblood** · 01/04/2015, 7:37 PM

Dundalk wait till ye see our pitch and ground on Saturday! Unfair advantage to the Superblues !!!

**GCdfc** · 02/04/2015, 7:23 AM

Originally Posted by blueblood

Dundalk wait till ye see our pitch and ground on Saturday! Unfair advantage to the Superblues !!!

Do you want to start the thread about it or will I?

**dundalkfc10** · 02/04/2015, 9:27 AM

Originally Posted by blueblood

Dundalk wait till ye see our pitch and ground on Saturday! Unfair advantage to the Superblues !!!

Looking forward to it. Have never been in Jackman. Good crowd heading from the town, 4 buses going a decent few staying over I seen on Facebook/twitter.

Were leaving Dundalk at 1 so should be in Limerick before 5 with all the **** stops

Any decent pubs near the ground?

**White Horse** · 02/04/2015, 9:31 AM

Originally Posted by dundalkfc10

Looking forward to it. Have never been in Jackman. Good crowd heading from the town, 4 buses going a decent few staying over I seen on Facebook/twitter.

Were leaving Dundalk at 1 so should be in Limerick before 5 with all the **** stops

Any decent pubs near the ground?

Should be a great crowd from Dundalk, the biggest we've brought to Limerick for a while. Lots of lads who are working in the UK are home for the weekend and want to see the Town play before they go back.

It being on an Easter Sauturday has encouraged a lot of people to make a weekend of it.

**outspoken** · 02/04/2015, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by dundalkfc10

Looking forward to it. Have never been in Jackman. Good crowd heading from the town, 4 buses going a decent few staying over I seen on Facebook/twitter.

Were leaving Dundalk at 1 so should be in Limerick before 5 with all the **** stops

Any decent pubs near the ground?

God help ye all.

**nigel-harps1954** · 02/04/2015, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by dundalkfc10

Looking forward to it. Have never been in Jackman. Good crowd heading from the town, 4 buses going a decent few staying over I seen on Facebook/twitter.

Were leaving Dundalk at 1 so should be in Limerick before 5 with all the **** stops

Any decent pubs near the ground?

Pub..ah jesus, I remember looking for the pub that's around the corner from Jackman a few years back. A crowd of around 20 of us walked right past it before realising it was actually a pub and not a derelict building. The one with simply a Munster crest above the door.

**osarusan** · 03/04/2015, 12:12 AM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Pub..ah jesus, I remember looking for the pub that's around the corner from Jackman a few years back. A crowd of around 20 of us walked right past it before realising it was actually a pub and not a derelict building. The one with simply a Munster crest above the door.

That's actually an ok pub inside.

There is the Railway Bar right across from the bus&train station also, and maybe half a dozen pubs on the street leading away from the station (between the Railway bar and the off-licence on the other side of the road).

Great to hear that there will be a decent Dundalk crowd down. You have been warned - Jackman is bad. Bad. Very bad.

Some of the Limerick fans (if there are any out after a crushing defeat) will go to Phil Flannery's on Denmark street, and others will go to The Still House on Thomas Street - away fans will be grand in either place.

**Nesta99** · 03/04/2015, 1:05 AM

Originally Posted by osarusan

away fans will be grand in either place.

Its the home fans i'm worried about!!

**patrickccfc** · 16/04/2015, 7:49 PM

http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/article...sion-launches/

Dundalk fans looking for a change? Get voting

**Dunny** · 16/04/2015, 7:54 PM

Why always us?

Meant to post this the other day.

"DERRY CITY: Patrick McEleney hits out at ‘shambolic’ Brandywell pitch"

http://www.derryjournal.com/sport/de...itch-1-6687342

**Nesta99** · 16/04/2015, 8:30 PM

“It was noticeable that players had to take two or three touches of the ball rather than the one-touch we’re used to in training,” said the Dubliner last Friday night" Fenlon's Fancy F**kers!

**Dodge** · 17/04/2015, 8:49 AM

One touch but it's 50 yards long

**whitehall** · 17/04/2015, 11:34 AM

In this day and age, with the money some clubs are gaining from European qualification surely the playing surface is something that is of the upmost importance. How are clubs suppose to play a good (watchable) brand of football if the surface isn't up to scratch. The isn't really any excuse for the Brandwell being in disrepair at this early stage.

**brendy_éire** · 17/04/2015, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by Dunny

Why always us?

Meant to post this the other day.

"DERRY CITY: Patrick McEleney hits out at ‘shambolic’ Brandywell pitch"

http://www.derryjournal.com/sport/de...itch-1-6687342

Third season in a row this has happened. Terrible to start with, but it'll be grand in a month's time.
Problem is that it never gets a break, the pitch is used all winter long.

Sure won't be a issue whenever we get this new sooper-dooper plastic pitch in along with our redevelopment. Any day now, we've been told (since 1993).

**Ezeikial** · 17/04/2015, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by patrickccfc

http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/article...sion-launches/

Dundalk fans looking for a change? Get voting

But are these 5k pitches better then 3g?

**patrickccfc** · 17/04/2015, 1:45 PM

Originally Posted by Ezeikial

But are these 5k pitches better then 3g?

Well 5 is a higher number that 3 and k is further along the alphabet than g so it's possible?

**placid casual** · 17/04/2015, 5:28 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

One touch but it's 50 yards long

Over Jason "the racist carthorse" Mcguinness's head for Danny North to bury it past a helpless junkie keeper.
1 nil.

**Louth4sam** · 17/04/2015, 9:59 PM

Originally Posted by Nesta99

“It was noticeable that players had to take two or three touches of the ball rather than the one-touch we’re used to in training,” said the Dubliner last Friday night" Fenlon's Fancy F**kers!

They mustn't train on the pitch in Tallaght as it was very bumpy. So many bad grass pitches in the league this season

**Calcio Jack** · 17/04/2015, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by Louth4sam

They mustn't train on the pitch in Tallaght as it was very bumpy. So many bad grass pitches in the league this season

Believe it or not tonight was the best the pitch in Tallaght has been this season- will improve with change in weather

**Nesta99** · 17/04/2015, 10:37 PM

Bit of a trend going on! Pitches all over the league are currently rubbish but will improve when the weather does. So its ok that the pitch is bad but it will get better....lets hope we dont get a long dry summer! Other wise we shall be back to which pitches or their ends get watered blah blah.