Rovers stadium deal falls apart

**sligoman** · 16/12/2004, 8:03 PM

Originally Posted by Ringo

Report on RTE this morning that South Dublin County Council, have refused to extend the planning permission for the Tallaght Stadium. Rovers have said no money has passed hands & the deal was dependant on the planning permission extension.

Just want to laugh at a pathetic club!

**pineapple stu** · 16/12/2004, 8:06 PM

The stand actually looks fairly impressive (if you fill in the gaps). Shame, 'cos the league needs more grounds like that. If you know what I mean...!

**pineapple stu** · 16/12/2004, 8:07 PM

Originally Posted by strangeirish

Yep, see here

I shouldn't laugh, but

**Ringo** · 16/12/2004, 8:08 PM

i feel sorry for genuine Rovers fans. The board has once again lied & ****�d them over. I here a lot about Rovers history & tradition., if its to survive there needs to be huge changes at the top.

**Martinho II** · 16/12/2004, 10:04 PM

the lieing and the bullyboy tacticsfrom the rovers board has to stop now as with every passing day they are losing any part of any goodwill the other supporters ofthe other eircom league teams had for them.

even though I hate the minority of their support i feel sorry for the hardcore that have to suffer for years on end. the board should have kept quieton their plans until things were finalised. i have no sympathy for the board whatsoever.

as mentioned in another post shels should move there and have rovers as their tenants in tallaght.

a sad day for rovers.

**Slash/ED** · 16/12/2004, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by MARTINHO II

as mentioned in another post shels should move there and have rovers as their tenants in tallaght.

Why? I think it'd be great if Rovers got to Tallaght but I don't see why Shels should put money towards the stadium when it doesn't suit them at all just for the sake of Rovers.

**The Sheliban** · 17/12/2004, 5:58 AM

I've had a great deal of sympathy for Rovers fans since the KRAM days, but just because a team has been around for a long time doesn't give it an automatic right to survive. Sometimes if the patient is terminally ill, its time to put her out of her misery, rather than trying to keep her alive on a life-support machine.
Question - will the thousands still flock to Tallaght if Rovers get relegated?

**paudie** · 17/12/2004, 8:11 AM

Rovers were always my least favourite LOI team, because they were so successful basically.

However,despite the poor behaviour of the club during the Roddy Collins fiasco I hope they get into Tallaght. They are a big part of Irish football history. On the other hand they shouldn't get favourable treatment from football authorities regarding licences/relegation etc.

The attitude of South Dublin Council is ridiculous. Every night on the news we see Dublin residents/councillors complaining about lack of leisure facilities for young people in places like Tallaght but when a chance appears to do something practical like giving Rovers a hand to finish the stadium they run a mile. They're not even being asked to give money, just extend planning permission.

Don't be surprised if some housing developer has his eye on the stadium to buy the land on the cheap to make another couple of million

**patsh** · 17/12/2004, 8:38 AM

Originally Posted by paudie

The attitude of South Dublin Council is ridiculous. Every night on the news we see Dublin residents/councillors complaining about lack of leisure facilities for young people in places like Tallaght but when a chance appears to do something practical like giving Rovers a hand to finish the stadium they run a mile. They're not even being asked to give money, just extend planning permission.

Don't be surprised if some housing developer has his eye on the stadium to buy the land on the cheap to make another couple of million

But this is part of the problem, as far as I understand it. Rovers were given that ground, which is public land, but it seems that whatever way they have gone about it, some land at least will be given into the hands of developers, for nothing, basically.
Rovers fans, am I accurate or talking total sh*te?

**joeSoap** · 17/12/2004, 8:41 AM

Originally Posted by paudie

Rovers were always my least favourite LOI team, because they were so successful basically.

Kinda like a liverpool thing of the 80's and a ManU thing of the 90's....quite sad.

Originally Posted by paudie

Don't be surprised if some housing developer has his eye on the stadium to buy the land on the cheap to make another couple of million

Seeing as Rovers have a 250 year lease on the property, they can still more or less call the shots as regards tenency of the ground.They are still in a decent enough position as regards a pay off from any prospective developer.

**Macy** · 17/12/2004, 1:31 PM

Originally Posted by joeSoap

Seeing as Rovers have a 250 year lease on the property, they can still more or less call the shots as regards tenency of the ground.They are still in a decent enough position as regards a pay off from any prospective developer.

Except previous boards have basically hived off parts of the land from Rovers. SDCC learnt nothing about Rovers past and let them. Basically most of the �11 million investment will be to buy back the land given to SRFC!

**Buller** · 20/12/2004, 4:18 PM

This is only the beginning of change at rovers, my dad was talking to Liam Buckley and he said that his �12Euro deal is gonna have 2 be accepted and that Roddy Colins wont last the season!!! Its whats gonna happen

**Passive** · 21/12/2004, 9:25 AM

Originally Posted by paudie

The attitude of South Dublin Council is ridiculous. Every night on the news we see Dublin residents/councillors complaining about lack of leisure facilities for young people in places like Tallaght but when a chance appears to do something practical like giving Rovers a hand to finish the stadium they run a mile. They're not even being asked to give money, just extend planning permission.

Don't be surprised if some housing developer has his eye on the stadium to buy the land on the cheap to make another couple of million

The thing is - we've already given the land to property developers! That's what SDCC are ****ed off about. They still want Rovers in Tallaght, they just want rid of the muppets running our club. Rovers have made a monumental balls up of the entire Tallaght project. The Council are still determined to get Rovers in, but it's not going to happen until two things are removed from the agenda: our board and the property developers. The Council are working on one, we're working on the other. This is far from over.