5-a-side Football in Dublin

**thejollyrodger** · 16/04/2006, 4:22 PM

Where can you go to play indoor football or Astro turf in Dublin ? The closer to the city centre the better thanks !!

**sligoman** · 16/04/2006, 4:25 PM

The Sportslink near Santry

**thejollyrodger** · 16/04/2006, 6:23 PM

Is this it ???

http://sportslinkfc.com/

I was looking for more astro turf / indoor facilities

**sligoman** · 16/04/2006, 6:36 PM

Originally Posted by thejollyrodger

Is this it ???

http://sportslinkfc.com/

I was looking for more astro turf / indoor facilities

This is it. It has both Astro and indoor facilities.

**the 12 th man** · 16/04/2006, 7:21 PM

There's Astro-Turf On Greenhills Rd Tallaght and one in Coolock afaik.

**thejollyrodger** · 16/04/2006, 7:31 PM

great facilities but pretty far from the city centre ! Are there clubs that you can contact if you want to join a 5 a side team

**Anto McC** · 16/04/2006, 8:11 PM

Various colleges would have indoor football facilites and some would rent the pitches!!

**$Leon$** · 16/04/2006, 8:20 PM

there's some in UCD you could try. Not sure do you need to be a student there to rent a pitch. It's worth a try, i'd imagine it's not as expensive as other places. Plenty of direct busses from town.

**thejollyrodger** · 16/04/2006, 9:28 PM

Thanks very much for all the posts lads ! I'll have to do some investigating

**drummerboy** · 17/04/2006, 9:44 AM

Try the DCU in Glasnevin, not too far from city centre. Also there are some in Finglas and the boogies in Cabra.

**Anto McC** · 17/04/2006, 10:24 AM

We used to play on an indoor pitch in Colaiste Ide in Finglas,none of us went to the college,we rented it,You should try there!

**monutdfc** · 18/04/2006, 11:41 AM

ESB Sportsco on South Lotts Road beside the dog track, right in the city centre.
A couple of others:
St Andrews in Booterstown
St Benildus in Kilmacud
Finglas Leisure Centre

Also, check out www.astro.ie

**klein4** · 18/04/2006, 12:15 PM

there is one on top of belvedere college just off o connell street. dunno how you go bout renting it but used to know some lads who played on it. its on the roof. and there are a couple of pitches in rathcoole which isnt near city centre but they are a million times better than the ones in the astro parks. which are fairly dated and fairly small. as well a lot of them places charge ya for missing a week so if you happen to miss a couple of weeks you are f*cked.

**Raheny Red** · 19/04/2006, 10:28 AM

There is an Astro Park 5 minutes walk from the Santry/Coolock roundabout off the M1.

**Anto McC** · 19/04/2006, 4:21 PM

Originally Posted by monutdfc

ESB Sportsco on South Lotts Road beside the dog track

Christ cant believe i forgot about this one,5 mins up the road from me and used to play their weekly till about a year ago.Indoor and outdoor pitchs!

**Kowalski** · 19/04/2006, 5:48 PM

I find some of the Astros are a bit rubbish in their pitch quality, some of them are lethal slippy when its raining.
Here are a few places I have played are:
Coolock Astro - Good facilities but crap Hockey Pitch Grass.
Tallaght Astro - Good facilities but crap Hockey Pitch Grass.
James Gate - Good facilities but crap Hockey Pitch Grass.

There are a couple of new astro pitches in Crumlin that are 11 a side (pearse park & sundrive park) but might get split up for 5 a side.
Others which I know of are Dublin Bus Club & Dublin Postal Club which I imagine would be along the lines of Sportsco.

And of course theirs Whelan Park in Sundrive - Good Synthetic grass and unlike Kingdom

, it wont rip the legs off you in a slide tackle.