They won't have any bohs fans in the des kelly, there will be 500 empty seats there.Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
Constable!! I was correct in saying the council upgraded/rebuilt the Blanchflower stadium. I just didn't know the welders had moved in but everyone else seemed to understand what I said.Someone is trying too hard now to show what they know about football up north
Welders do indeed get the proverbial 'two men and a dog' attendance (unlike Newry, which you still seem to struggle to accept).
I'm not sure if it's the wording of your post again, but you seem a bit confused about the Welders though ? Blanchflower Stadium isn't the same place as Tillysburn Park, where they played before (though both are very close). Their new stadium has only been open for 10mths, so I'm not sure how you can say that "over the years" the pitch has sunk and the changing rooms have become very dated ? It's all literally brand new.
On a side note I never mentioned Newry in that post, so obviously someone is on a one man crusade to unsuccessfully promote them!! Why don't you go every week, bring a mate or two boost the numbers and prove me wrong.
I did state earlier in a previous post that I lived, played football, and coached football for 25 years in NI so I can only say and pass on what I know.
100% correct so for the sake of being petty they are losing out on 500 tickets. Must be great to be so well off .
Will we be petty back now and restrict their tickets or rise above it like the last time.
I'm convinced this sort of stuff is done by them to distract their fans from the failings on the pitch "putting it up to Rovers! "
From Rovers - 'Shamrock Rovers FC will continue to operate as before on away ticket allocations for league matches at Tallaght Stadium' so no petty quid pro quo.
No One Likes Us, We Don't Care
Fair play to the club leave the minnowisim to them. Give them the 1000 tickets for tallaght and use the money to sign burt for next season
You are correct The banger racing stopped approximately 5-6 years ago.
It’s hard for rovers to have power in this situation as even if they retaliated by reducing Bohs allocation to 10% of capacity (800 tickets) that’d still just about suit Bohs needs anyways as they didn’t sell out their allocation of 1000 for the last game in Tallaght
Paaatrick's Agletic
Are Bohs definitely putting Rovers fans in the Des Kelly stand? If they've only given 358 tickets maybe they'll be in the Phibsboro end of the Jodi. Anyone have details on it?
My ticket says Des Kelly.
Mallards started from scratch in the Fermanagh & Western in 1975 and through ambition, good management and clever investment, have taken what is still a village side right up through the grades to Senior football and stayed there (so far, at least!).
The investment I refer to came from a very successful local businessman, Bertie Fisher (also a top class rally driver btw), who provided a lot of money for infrastructure and facilities etc, to set them on their way. And when he died in an accident in 2001, afaik the family remained supportive of the team.
However, the company was eventually sold to a big GB concern in 2007 and I assume the patronage stopped. However by that time the club was firmly established and has, I think, continued to live within its means. As such, they are very stongly supported by the community, much of it channelled via the local Development Association.
Its a great wee set-up and a model for village clubs everywhere:
https://footballgroundguide.com/club...ed-ferney-park
Last edited by EalingGreen; 30/08/2022 at 4:14 PM.
Not quite - 2019.
And not before time:
Fair enough. That's a bit of a mad one. I'll be interested to hear their reasoning.
Now Long is gone - maybe they’ll relent as they’ll need the money to pay for his severance package
I'm mocking you for clearly not having a clue about Newry's support levels - yet insisting you do - and also for doubling down on your bullsh!t on this ever sinceYou will be proven very wrong, as I suspect Newry will have an average over the whole of this season that is considerably higher than 2 men and a dog. Without me havng to brng anyone along to their games either
The real problem is you passing off as fact things that you clearly dont know, and petulantly refusing to accept that they're just plain wrong. Man up and stop the facade.
If that's the case thej that is pure daft. What's behind the decision ? Why would they not give their own fans the best part of the stadium ?
I'm mocking you for clearly not having a clue about Newry's support levels - yet insisting you do - and also for doubling down on your bullsh!t on this ever since
The real problem is you passing off as fact things that you clearly dont know, and petulantly refusing to accept that they're just plain wrong. Man up and stop the facade.
Mod edit - if you find something questionable on the forum please use the report function.
All - back to LOI attendance discussion now please. Cheers
Last edited by Real ale Madrid; 31/08/2022 at 10:33 AM.
2,187 in the Showgrounds the other night
An actual attendance post in the attendance thread. Praise Jesus!
I wonder if any clubs are interested in changing the kick-off times to mid-day at the weekend to beat the rise in price of electricity?
Personally, I love the atmosphere of an evening kick off and I understand there is a rising cost to running floodlights. I don't know the cost of running the lights for a game, let's say 4 hours. Fridays are what Fridays are, a time slot unique to LOI to avoid competition with other leagues and sports. Generally crowds are good and fairly stable for most clubs. Moving to earlier slots on Saturday or Sunday you are back in competition with the ELP, the garlic and rugby and potentially losing crowd numbers and revenue greater than the cost of running the lights.
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