QuoteThanks, I copy and pasted the link myself.Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
That's a brilliant piece, can almost smell the Bovril.
Thanks, I copy and pasted the link myself.
Here on a technicality.
When you put it like that it sounds like an unusual thing. Sporting financial behomoths like Chelsea, Man City and United etc have all changed or 'reincarnated' due t a business market. It isnt remotely similar to a club liquidating due to financial and then relaunching; Fans may cling to the belief that clubs that are financial fails are one and the same as an original entity but are also deluded. Glasgow Rangers FC are not the same as the current Rangers FC, for example, even if the newco has purchased the name of the defunct club much like Cork City!
Gretna that Derry hammered no longer exist even if there was a Gretna in the Highlands division 4 b league currently. Comparing sour grapes with bananas!
Last edited by Nesta99; 30/10/2015 at 1:15 PM.
Ok, maybe reincarnations was not the correct word, and I take the point you're making. Off the top of my head a number of the current PD clubs have been run by companies that no longer exist, whether by liquidation or otherwise eg Pat's, Drogheda, Cork come to mind as clubs that were liquidated at one point. The current company that operates Shams was set up in 1996 and went into examinership (ie went bust for want of a better expression) in 2005. So what happened to the entity that operated Shams prior to 1996? Who cares?
My post was to counter the argument that most/all clubs have folded at some point due to financial difficulties in their LOI career - Bray Wanders being the exception. The club has been operated by the same company since entry to the LOI in 1985. Who or what that operated Bohs between 1890 and 1934, god knows!
According to Rovers fans , a committee made up of Lord Kitchener, General Maxwell, Ayn Rand and William Martin Murphy.
So Bohs were by a Kerryman
Have we?
Not a reincarnation as such but Longford Town Football Club Limited was formed when we joined LOI I think and it still exists and owns the ground today but a separate company holds the FAI Licence. It was all under the one company until about 2008 or so I think.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
probably 2009 as there has being no AGM since Sorbo got onto town committee that year!
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
Limerick got a mention last week, it's Dundalks turn this week
http://www.theguardian.com/football/...ccessful-towns
Here on a technicality.
You own club too.
“St Patrick’s Athletic just won the 2015 League of Ireland Cup without beating a league team,” writes Sean DeLoughrey “They received a bye in the first round, beat non-league Crumlin United 4-1 in the second round (yes, the League of Ireland Cup includes a small number of invited non-league teams), then beat Cork City, Shamrock Rovers and Galway, each on penalties. Winning a League Cup without beating a league team must be a first?”
Ah great, I stopped reading after the Duundalk bit.
Here on a technicality.
Why are you so against AGM's Sorbo Haha 😂
Another piece celebrating the Bohemian experience.
http://www.babagol.net/2015/11/a-boh...ience.html?m=1
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
Town did it on the way to the FAI Cup final in 2004 I think!
Sorry that was actually us not beating anyone without a replay required.
Last edited by L.T.F.C.; 06/11/2015 at 11:53 AM.
Sporting F*ck All!
never, NEVER...
To bring this thread back on topic: Tallaght is the most uniformed and best-looking ground in the league (even with the open ends) but the fact that the stands are so far from the side-line will always kill it. I know they’re building a 3rd stand next year, but even if it becomes fully enclosed some day, the distance from the main stands to the pitch is just painful.
As many have said before, Richmond is my favourite. It’s a proper traditional ground. Low roof on main stand which helps atmosphere, terracing for the lads who prefer to stand, good views from everywhere, but most importantly it’s really tight, so you’re v close to the pitch no matter what stand you’re in. Also a bonus that they can open all 4 sides if the crowd is big enough. The only downside imo is the ugly shed covering half of one end. If they could get rid of that and maybe replace it with something that covers that whole end (even a tarp roof like they have in Bray) it would be perfect for me.
The 1 stand in Athlone is lovely. Longford is a great ground – just a pity they didn’t fully enclose it when they were building it. At Bohs the Jodi is brilliant – I just hope the stands are tight to the pitch after the redevelopment, but I’m fearing it could end up like Tallaght. Tolka used to be great with the stands so close to the pitch. Now it’s in a terrible state of disrepair.
I don't agree with that. The seating pattern will always ruin that ground aesthetically; absolute idiots to have done it up the way they did.
Don't think the top ground in the league can be one with both ends exposed either. Turner's Cross way ahead in that regard. Stands at one end have really improved Richmond and the Showgrounds as well in recent years.
Well i wasn't saying that Rover's is the top ground in the league. That would be Turners Cross all day. My point is that due to it's uniformity and symmetry it is, for want of a better word, the prettiest.
I'm guessing you're talking about the chunks of different coloured seats. While i admit that it certainly looks a bit odd, and was clearly the result of a hap-hazard last minute dash to install seating, i don't think it detracts too much from the stadium overall, but that's just my opinion.
No, i know you were talking about prettiest ground - I just disagree because the seats are an eyesore. Whoever did that should be severely beaten.
As a ground, it's grand like; just it's not the best-looking one.
In my opinion.
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