QuoteWould have liked it to had been in Lansdowne but Im not that annoyed!
Setanta Cup Final In Tolka
FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND
PRESS RELEASE
SETANTA CUP UPDATE
Wednesday 27th April 2005: Following a meeting of the Setanta Cup Tournament Committee in Dundalk yesterday the following amendments have been made to the fixture list:
Cork City V Portadown Monday 16th May 2005 K.O. 7.45pm (instead of 7.15pm)
Glentoran V Linfield Tues 17th May 2005 K.O.7.15pm (instead of Monday 16th May)
The change of date is to allow for the possibility of both final group matches being televised live.
Setanta Cup Final Venue
The Final of the Setanta Cup will take place on Saturday 21st May K.O. 7.30pm. at Tolka Park, Dublin unless the two finalists are from the Irish Football Association. In such case the Final will be played in Windsor Park, Belfast.
ENDS
Issued on behalf of the Football Association of Ireland by
Pat Costello
Director, Corporate Affairs
Would have liked it to had been in Lansdowne but Im not that annoyed!
Great news about the kick off time, so no clash with the English cup final. Atm it looks like being an all FAI final, Longford are slight favourites for their group now and it looks like it's one of Shels or Cork coming from the other one, so Tolka is a good idea. If it's North v South I would prefer Lansdowne as it would be a bigger occasion and I think would get a bigger crowd.
So now if Shels go through it's home advantage
nah think it brings down the whole image of the tournament.. this is gonna be the showpiece game for domestic soccer on this island. i.e. the match which will attrace the most 'armchair' viewers and ( no offence to shels fans) tolka comes across poorly on tvOriginally Posted by adamcarr
arent we all just magic little monkeys...
Tolka would look briliant on TV if the camera was on the other side of the ground. If Setanta are smart they'll sell tickets for the Riverside stand (The one that usually has the camera on it and the one that's by far the biggest in the ground) first, fill that, and have the camera facing it. It would look much better, and the camera would also be facing onto the New stand instead of mainly focusing on the half behind that goal that has nothing there.
no real surprises that its Tolka, its the best pitch for the occasion.
I really hope its 2 southern teams in the final just to show the gulf in class
Out of interest why does that stand behind the goal not have fans in it when on tv? Its cool looking! And why was the new stand behind the other goal only half buiilt across the pitch?
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
The stand behind the goal isn't covered so it only ever has people in it if the other stands are full, even in the sunshine. The away fans are put in the stand under where the camera is.
And the new stand behind the goal was only half built because of planning permission iirc, that's all we could get. It looks stupid the way it is.
The Ballybough has no roof - lack of shelter & acoustics
At the Drumcondra End - the other half in direct line with the New Stand is on private land - house & garden owned by Mrs McGuckian & family who has refused numerous offers overthe years to sell up to Shels - another reason for the move to Swords
Yeah to be fair it does look stupid. The fact that the away fans are put in the main stand in my opinion shows that Shels don't have that many fans?
I think that in general the way the cameras are set up for the eL matches shows the grounds up badly, particularily Drogheda's ground.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
Well Tolka is the biggest stadium in the league so there's enough room between the main stand (The one that faces the camera) and the New Stand to accomodate pretty much any home support in the league, so the away support go into the bigger stand because the Ballybough end is uncovered and so as Fintan said the noise gets lost there and your open to the weather.
Honestly don't think you can show Drogheda's ground(O2 park) in a good light.In 3 words It's a Dump.
looks like we have to pay another visit to tolka again this season
REBEL ARMY ON TOUR!
Looking forward to our trip to Tolka already. horrible dump of a ground, but I always enjoy it when we win there- a cup final victory will be even nicer.
You must have a long memory than Éanna
I do. Thats what enables me to be such an utterly bitter person
May 6th 2001 bring back any memories- the last time that twerp Ollie Cahill did anything useful
Was there a match that day?May 6th 2001 bring back any memories- the last time that twerp Ollie Cahill did anything usefulI seem to have managed to completley block it from my mind. Why is it that future Shels wingers always manage to deprive us of the league title at the end of the season in Tolka, first Ollie did it then Bobby Ryan
Ye don't wanna sign Billy Woods in November do yeWas there a match that day?
Part exchange with Dave Crawley and you have yourselves a dealYe don't wanna sign Billy Woods in November do ye
A busy-looking Tolka won't bring down the image of the tournament. An 80% empty Landsdowne Road would. There's zero point having a competition in a stadium that is vastly bigger than the attendance it'll attract.nah think it brings down the whole image of the tournament.. this is gonna be the showpiece game for domestic soccer on this island. i.e. the match which will attrace the most 'armchair' viewers and ( no offence to shels fans) tolka comes across poorly on tv
And this game certainly won't attract the most armchair viewers. It's on a subscription channel that only a tiny percentage of the country have access to. Strip out the large number of those subscribers who will have other things to do on a Saturday evening (it clashes with the Eurovision !) - not to mention those who only got Setanta for rugby and foreign football - and realistically it'll attract less viewers than even an average EL league game does.
Moving the final to Tolka was not only the right decision, but an entirely predictable one.
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