Setanta Cup Final In Tolka

**pete** · 27/04/2005, 9:31 PM

FAI/Setanta seem to be well organised by announcing final venue in advance.

I don't think much chance of Lansdowne getting more than 10k so better to have in smaller ground. More coffers in Ollies pocket though

**�anna** · 27/04/2005, 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by Slash/ED

Part exchange with Dave Crawley and you have yourselves a deal

nearly be worth it if it meant winning the league

**Slash/ED** · 27/04/2005, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by �anna

nearly be worth it if it meant winning the league

Yeah, nearly being the word

**�anna** · 27/04/2005, 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by Slash/ED

Yeah, nearly being the word

sh�te, I'd meant to put that in large, bold letters.

like this:

[SIZE=7]NEARLY[/SIZE]

doesn't matter anyhoo, cos we're gonna win the league anyways

**TonyD** · 27/04/2005, 10:26 PM

Surely Dalymount would have been a better option if Shels make the final. Hardly seems fair to give them home advantage. I take the point about Landsdowne. The game is unlikely to attract a big enough crowd to look good in Lansdowne, so Dalymount would be a better compromise. And the new stand there is the best looking in the Country for TV coverage. Mind you, having said that, my guess is a Cork v Linfield final.

**GalwayFrancis** · 27/04/2005, 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by TonyD

Surely Dalymount would have been a better option if Shels make the final. Hardly seems fair to give them home advantage. I take the point about Landsdowne. The game is unlikely to attract a big enough crowd to look good in Lansdowne, so Dalymount would be a better compromise. And the new stand there is the best looking in the Country for TV coverage. Mind you, having said that, my guess is a Cork v Linfield final.

isnt it sad that we can only play cup finals in two or three stadiums in our whole country and one of them will definatly be the home of one of the finalists

someone please build a nice new 10000 seater stadium somewhere, dublin if needs be

**Slash/ED** · 27/04/2005, 10:54 PM

We have a 10,000 seater stadium in Dublin and that's where the Setanta Cup final will be

thecorner · 28/04/2005, 3:27 AM

Originally Posted by Slash/ED

We have a 10,000 seater stadium in Dublin and that's where the Setanta Cup final will be

pity you wont be a part of it

gonna be great to win a trophy at tolka

**ccfcgirl** · 28/04/2005, 4:25 AM

I think landsdown would of been a disaster of a ground to play in .It would of looked too empty.Dalymount would of been a great choice ,but tolka will do nicely

**Ronnie** · 28/04/2005, 8:40 AM

I think if Linfield or Glentoran make it you would definitley have a sell out, they have very big fans bases - no club down here would send 700 plus to a game on a Monday. If Longford make it we'd send up about 3 or 4 thousand. Although when you've played in the last 4 cup finals on the spin your fans get a bit lazy! Only problem I have with the venue is that it does give Shels an unfair advantage if they make it but I do accept that no other ground in the capital is suitable (yet, so calm down Bohs fans)

**BohDiddley** · 28/04/2005, 10:07 AM

Leaving aside stadium capacity and revenue, it's absurd that the venue is the home ground of one of the contenders.
How, in the (hopefully unlikely

) event that Ollie's crew make it to the final, can this be justified?
This is the kind of bizarre decision-making that seems perpetually to blight Irish football. I had hoped that the Setanta would mark a departure. Or am I wrong? Is there a get-out clause?

**Xlex** · 28/04/2005, 10:36 AM

well I'm so annoyed it's not in Dalymount. It's the home of Irish football and the nostalgia of going to Dalymount is certainly not lost... Whatever about the rest of the ground, the jody stand is the finest in the league...

**michaelguineys** · 28/04/2005, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by Slash/ED

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.

Is that def right?
I think Turners Cross looks a lot bigger to be honest

**Slash/ED** · 28/04/2005, 3:59 PM

Originally Posted by michaelguineys

Is that def right?
I think Turners Cross looks a lot bigger to be honest

Tolka has a far bigger capacity that The Cross, around 3,000 more, and that's even though The Shed being a terrace would increase that figure whereas Tolka is all seater. Tolka looks smaller than it is on the TV because the biggest stand by far is under the camera.

**paudie** · 28/04/2005, 4:13 PM

Originally Posted by michaelguineys

Is that def right?
I think Turners Cross looks a lot bigger to be honest

The Derrynane side in the Cross doesn't hold that many whereas the two stands along the side of the pitch in Tolka are fairly big.

**dcfcsteve** · 28/04/2005, 6:11 PM

Originally Posted by Xlex

well I'm so annoyed it's not in Dalymount. It's the home of Irish football and the nostalgia of going to Dalymount is certainly not lost... Whatever about the rest of the ground, the jody stand is the finest in the league...

Is Dalymount not bigger than Tolka ?

**Slash/ED** · 28/04/2005, 6:13 PM

No it's not. Don't forget the end behind one of the goals in Dalymount can't be used, and the shed is tiny.

**BleusAvantTout** · 01/05/2005, 10:06 PM

I would really love Linfield to make it to the final. Not just for financial reasons but I have watched the Blues in Waterford, Finn Harps, Dundalk,Athlone, Sligo and Longford but never in Dublin! I hope we make it and I would be fairly confident that we will!