Jungle to re-open in Derry

**A face** · 24/07/2005, 11:39 PM

Jungle to re-open in Derry

Derry City supporters will again be able to watch games from the Lone Moor Road side of the ground � known in local parlance as �The Jungle� � after it was revealed that redevelopment work has seen the terrace declared safe for use.

Work was carried out by Derry City Council over the past six months, removing of the corrugated asbestos roof of the structure and other structural elements, including some steelwork.

Read more at www.eleven-a-side.com

**pete** · 25/07/2005, 9:52 AM

Seems strange that Derry have almost half their ground closed when look at the standards of some other grounds.

**�anna** · 25/07/2005, 12:50 PM

excellent. there was always a great atmosphere from the jungle any time I was up there. looking forward to our trip up there in a few weeks

**Schumi** · 25/07/2005, 1:04 PM

There's no roof on it now though so what will the atmosphere be like?

**Poor Student** · 25/07/2005, 1:14 PM

Originally Posted by pete

Seems strange that Derry have almost half their ground closed when look at the standards of some other grounds.

Wasn't that something that greatly irked Derry, that they made a 100% attempt to implement licence procedures while others made half assed attempts?

**Schumi** · 25/07/2005, 2:55 PM

That wasn't closed due to the licencing though AFAIK (Maribor will the know the story better than me) but because Derry City Council decided it was unsafe.

**Poor Student** · 25/07/2005, 3:00 PM

Oh yeah, sorry, forgot, there was aesbestos in the roof I think.

**daniel** · 25/07/2005, 6:11 PM

The atmosphere will be ****e now that there is no roof and hopefully something will be done and the reason that the jungle was closed was because of asbestos in the roof and because of the wall behind the jungle was deemed not safe.

**MariborKev** · 25/07/2005, 6:53 PM

Schumi

The H&S authority had deemed it unsafe and therefore we couldn't get the insurance on it.

The club has submitted a proposal for a complete redevelopment of the ground and hopes to secure ownership of the ground in the coming months.

There are no plans for any temporary roof

**hamish** · 25/07/2005, 7:41 PM

Feck off Derry City fans.there's only one jungle in EL football and that's on the terrace at the Dublin end of Mels.

**Redzer** · 26/07/2005, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by sirhamish

Feck off Derry City fans.there's only one jungle in EL football and that's on the terrace at the Dublin end of Mels.

It's all a jungle at St Mels, even getting into it

**hamish** · 26/07/2005, 5:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Redzer

It's all a jungle at St Mels, even getting into it

**Aaron GUFC** · 26/07/2005, 6:13 PM

Originally Posted by sirhamish

Feck off Derry City fans.there's only one jungle in EL football and that's on the terrace at the Dublin end of Mels.

No need to tell the Derry fans to ...eh hem.....MODS?

**hamish** · 26/07/2005, 6:51 PM

Originally Posted by Aaron GUFC

No need to tell the Derry fans to ...eh hem.....MODS?

Just messing AAron

**pete** · 26/07/2005, 8:57 PM

Originally Posted by sirhamish

Feck off Derry City fans.there's only one jungle in EL football and that's on the terrace at the Dublin end of Mels.

Do you theres a junle IN Athlone or Athlone IS a jungle.

**hamish** · 27/07/2005, 1:32 AM

Originally Posted by pete

Do you theres a junle IN Athlone or Athlone IS a jungle.

Oh, be nice, Corky Boy.

**Aaron GUFC** · 27/07/2005, 7:41 PM

Originally Posted by sirhamish

Just messing AAron

Its alright i just taught you were being serious

**hamish** · 28/07/2005, 5:45 PM

Originally Posted by Aaron GUFC

Its alright i just taught you were being serious

Utterly impossible for me Aaron GUFC - life's too short.

I met another Noel (from Roscommon) in Heuston station last Sunday morning.
I remember - in 1993 or 1994 - the two of us getting a pair of hoes and clearing out that jungle of weeds from that Mel's Park Dublin end.

There were plants there I'm sure have not been classified/named yet.

That's why I can joke about it now.

PS -I meant hoes not hos - as in gardening tools.

**hamish** · 28/07/2005, 6:06 PM

BTW Aaron - how's Tommy Shields getting on? Used to meet him a lot in my Athlone days - he's a great character and a sound bloke. I wonder does his answering machine still have that fcuking Manure sonh on it - you had to suffer through that before you could leave a message. He wouldn't remember me now as I havem't seen him in at least a decade.
Another sound bloke was the GU phsio - bloke with glasses - I think his first name was George

He was a smashing bloke - he gave me a bunch of footie memoranilia once which I really appreciated - I never even asked him for them but he thought I might enjoy them.
Think he's gone from GU a good while now.
I hope this isn't a Derry City site BTW - apologies to Derry fans for trolling.