New Dalymount Stand

[Bald Student]

If the corporate boxes are accessed from the front does that mean there is no bar or other facilities for corporate people behind the boxes?

[Philo]

The whole thing is a bit of a disaster if you ask me. The front area has only 4 rows of seats and the "executive boxes" will only be about 2 metres deep. The club (members) have been royally shafted by the developers and the board over this one, leaving us with a joke at one end of the ground that can never be expanded because of the proposed apartment blocks directly behind. Bohs members have been lied to for years about the property deals and ground improvements and it seems nothing has been done in the interest of the club.

I wonder if any past or present directors got tidy little windfalls for selling out to the developers?

[OneRedArmy]

4 rows of seats and boxes 2 metres wide?

Thats not a stand, its a porch!


Oh and before the obvious comment comes back:
No, we don't currently own our ground but hopefully that will change soon and we can develop it into a decent ground the whole way round.

[thejollyrodger]

It will actually be 400 but then Shels fans are never very good with numbers. So how is this stand any worse than your legoland one you built a few years ago. You'd want to think before you write in future.

Shelbourne F.C is one of the few progessive Eircom League clubs. We have plans for a new stadium. A proper stadium. Not the sheets of galvanise you muppets are throwing together.

[kevincronin2000]

you could always rent or buy one of the "carlsberg" apartments behind the new stand.

[OneRedArmy]

you could always rent or buy one of the "carlsberg" apartments behind the new stand.

Given their location, is "Dutch Gold Apartments" not a better description?

[Buller]

The whole thing is a bit of a disaster if you ask me. The front area has only 4 rows of seats and the "executive boxes" will only be about 2 metres deep. The club (members) have been royally shafted by the developers and the board over this one, leaving us with a joke at one end of the ground that can never be expanded because of the proposed apartment blocks directly behind. Bohs members have been lied to for years about the property deals and ground improvements and it seems nothing has been done in the interest of the club.

Couldn't have said it better myself, 100% in agreement...

[Dodge]

Shelbourne F.C is one of the few progessive Eircom League clubs. We have plans for a new stadium. A proper stadium. Not the sheets of galvanise you muppets are throwing together.

Every club has plans. Getting them done is the hard bit. And Shels are not progressive. No long term planning at all.

[BohsFans]

Why are people slagging Bohs??

1. Your living in dreamland if you think any club has the money to fork out on a new full length stand! (apart from Athlone)

2. Since the Jodi Stand has been built (about 7 yrs ago) no other club has matched it with a similar size or capacity of stand, and yet we are getting another stand built! (eh except Sligo)

3. Since the Jodi, these stands have been built; Drumcondra in Tolka, behind the goal in Kilkenny, main stand in Flancare, main stand in Showgrounds. While we push on with another project.

Live within your means!!

Whatever happened to Pat's new stand? oh dear things have really gone bad for them on and off the field this season!

[Buller]

Why are people slagging Bohs??

We're not slagging bohs, god forbid, we're just saying that they should try to get a better deal then that!!!

[ashbournebohs]

Lads its funny listening to all the fans of other clubs slating bohs and their new stand without knowing the history abt it.Its even funnier hearing that we sold off the land to build this poxy stand. That tramway end was sold abt8 -9 years ago all of it i might add by the old regime at the club.This money was used to build the jodi and that was that or so we thought. The developers ****ed up and didnt buy enough ground to access their develepment.This came to light a number of years ago.Since them different negotiations have taken place and the club got back from the builder the land you see that stand on together with the undertaking to build it at NO COST to the club. On top of this we have and still will recieve substantial compensation from the builder fairly big money and enough to increase its size to as btid said 800. So there you have it a deal was done years ago and on the back of it bohs have built the best stand in the league and will build another one with proper corporate facilities behind the goal. I suppose thats a lot to slag about when you think about it. Oh and for those who are woried about a reduced capacity we still have the connaught st side which will fall down or be demolished giving us the room to build anything from a 2000 to a 5000 capacity stand depending on the needs. No bother as you lot think its easy to do

[A face]

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First post .... and well made sir !!

[Philo]

...Since them different negotiations have taken place and the club got back from the builder the land you see that stand on together with the undertaking to build it at NO COST to the club.

Have you seen the plans and not just the model? I have.

When they say we reclaimed some of the land sold I can only say I'm fúcking relieved at that - they originally sold part of the pitch! 25ft to be exact. This is not waste ground or crumbling terrace - the previous board sold everything PLUS 25ft of playing surface. 20ft has been reclaimed through negotiations, giving Bohs an overall loss of 5 feet of PITCH. What guarantee do we have that anything will be built at all? Property developers are well know bastions of honesty and fair play as everyone knows. This is an example of a league club and its supporters having the píss ripped from inside as well as outside.

[anto eile]

Shelbourne F.C is one of the few progessive Eircom League clubs. We have plans for a new stadium. A proper stadium. Not the sheets of galvanise you muppets are throwing together.

haha you have plans.youre well sorted so! hilarious

[anto eile]

Have you seen the plans and not just the model? I have.

When they say we reclaimed some of the land sold I can only say I'm fúcking relieved at that - they originally sold part of the pitch! 25ft to be exact. This is not waste ground or crumbling terrace - the previous board sold everything PLUS 25ft of playing surface. 20ft has been reclaimed through negotiations, giving Bohs an overall loss of 5 feet of PITCH. What guarantee do we have that anything will be built at all? Property developers are well know bastions of honesty and fair play as everyone knows. This is an example of a league club and its supporters having the píss ripped from inside as well as outside.

what do you mean when you say youve lost 5 feet of pitch?thats confusing what with this new stand being where the shopping centre end is. or is the new stand getting built right on the goalline or something

[ger121]

Shelbourne F.C is one of the few progessive Eircom League clubs. We have plans for a new stadium. A proper stadium. Not the sheets of galvanise you muppets are throwing together.

As most clubs have plans for stadiums that could take years to build you will forgive me if I wait till you move into the thing before passing judgement.

As for being a progressive club, If Shels and their practices equals progression then progression is seriously over-rated

[pineapple stu]

20ft has been reclaimed through negotiations, giving Bohs an overall loss of 5 feet of PITCH.

to put in say 600 seats, rather than 400, wouldn't actually cost a whole lot more.

Who's paying for this stand - Bohs or the developers? If the latter - as I am led to believe it is - then the capacity is irrelevant. Bohs are getting a stand wihch looks better than the condemned end for free. They currently have no capacity problems anyway, so there are no problems...?

[dcfcsteve]

Questioning the prudence of having such a small stand and corporate boxes at one end of a ground does not equate to an attack on Bohs. If my own club came up with a similar plan I'd be raising the same points. (cue rather predictable 'you don't even own your ground' retorts...)

Paranoia and/or cynicism does not alter the fact that the proposal seems to be of questionable sense to most poeople on this thread - incl a number of Bohs fans...

[BohsFans]

well you have no say and it affects you in no way.
Glad to see your so concerned about the big club and the home of Irish football

[Student Mullet]

Glad to see your so concerned about the big club and the home of Irish football

That's the whole point. About 20 meters of the home of irish football is lost never to be gotten back. This development means that Dayler will never again be Irelands premier soccer ground and that Bohs are consolidating themselves as a smaller club.