Stadium Updates (All Clubs)

[Sonny]

I think there should be facilities behind the St Annes should have some decent facilities. The away fans used to be in the main stand with permanent toilets until the Shamrocks fans misbehaved.

I've a two part rebuttal to this nonsense.

1) It's completely untrue.

2) The incident to which you are referring was actually instigated by a group of ~20 Cork fans who came the entire length of the ground to start a row.

Stop trying to excuse your club's despicable treatment of paying customers.

[Sam_Heggy]

Note to developer, install extra toilets in new Finn Park......

[askmehoop]

some clubs like Shamrocks and Bohs have been known to cause trouble and this is a buffer zone to separate home and away fans. I would like if we didn't need this but cant trust all of the Shamrocks/Bohs supporters. I agree they could have been given a few more portaloo's or maybe the MFA (who own the ground) install permanent toilets behind the stand.

but there were plenty of seats in that section for the away crowd. there were free seats there for them. It was a good atmosphere due to both home and away fans with no trouble inside the ground. But every time Rovers or Bohs come to Cork there is trouble and if they act like animals then they will be treated like animals. No problems with most other clubs.

Your full of s**t

[Mr A]

Note to developer, install extra toilets in new Finn Park......

A leave a bus outside for when we play Sligo.

[dong]

A leave a bus outside for when we play Sligo.

In an early round of the cup maybe?

[askmehoop]

In an early round of the cup maybe?

Im sure you can hold it in longer then that

[nigel-harps1954]

Foundation work being done this week in the new Finn Park. Finally, some structural work isn't far away.

[nigel-harps1954]

[MMVIII]

Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly is taking so long with Finn Harps' new stadium? I'm sure I read somewhere that funding was already in place, so why the 2/3 year delay?

[bullit]

Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly is taking so long with Finn Harps' new stadium? I'm sure I read somewhere that funding was already in place, so why the 2/3 year delay?

Every Irish builder is working in NY,Toronto,Sydney or Dubai.Is that the answer ?

[Mr A]

Basically the delay has been due to the grinding pace of Irish bureaucracy and the complication inherent in a project involving a large number of stakeholders.

[Bawnville Hoop]

im not actually, one of the guys who owns ticketscan told us 450 fans came through the St. Annes end. The St Annes end is the away end

Once again a load of crap. I had a complimentary ticket for the home end. Had 'enter via St.Annes/Currag RD', this is where the Rovers fans entered through.
No colours on me and I even went in to the jacks in your stand before going in to the away section.

[citybone]

I've a two part rebuttal to this nonsense.

1) It's completely untrue.

2) The incident to which you are referring was actually instigated by a group of ~20 Cork fans who came the entire length of the ground to start a row.

Stop trying to excuse your club's despicable treatment of paying customers.

1)Im not saying there is decent facilities behind the St. Annes now but that there should be, should not bee too hard to do it other than the actual cost. There could have been a few more portaloo's rented when a large crowd was expected but there wasn't and that can be fixed for future games.

2)Yes there was city fans involved too but i dont wanna get into what happened like 8 or 9 years ago, what i am saying is that, away fans are segregated more since that incident. At least there was no trouble in the ground on Friday due to the large segregation and there was enough seats for your fans Friday night. I even seen empty seats in the front corner on MNS. Rovers fans are just whingers.

Permanent toilet facilities and maybe permanent food facilities behind the St. Annes will be in the next stage of development in Turners Cross but funding for it will be hard to get till then Portaloo's will have to do but we will try to rent more when we are expecting a big away crowd. but according to http://www.centraltoilethire.co.uk/e...lets/index.php 3 or 4 portaloo's would have done.

[bullit]

but according to http://www.centraltoilethire.co.uk/e...lets/index.php 3 or 4 portaloo's would have done.

Notes: If alcoholic beverages are served, increase the number of units by 13%. If the percentage of women in attendance increases beyond 50%, increase the number of units by that same percentage.

LOI people always complain about toilets and load's of other things about the "away side".
More especially when the fancied away side fall to an away loss or draw, then the exaggeration of the fact's are multiplied by 10,000%.
Pass no remarks is my call and i'm hardly a lover of the great shlop that they call Sham's.

[nigel-harps1954]

Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly is taking so long with Finn Harps' new stadium? I'm sure I read somewhere that funding was already in place, so why the 2/3 year delay?

EDIT: I have no idea what I was talking about. Drink and foot.ie don't mix.

[El-Pietro]

Once again a load of crap. I had a complimentary ticket for the home end. Had 'enter via St.Annes/Currag RD', this is where the Rovers fans entered through.
No colours on me and I even went in to the jacks in your stand before going in to the away section.

didn't even pay to get in? well then ive no sympathy for you

[Sonny]

1)
2)Yes there was city fans involved too but i dont wanna get into what happened like 8 or 9 years ago, what i am saying is that, away fans are segregated more since that incident. At least there was no trouble in the ground on Friday due to the large segregation and there was enough seats for your fans Friday night. I even seen empty seats in the front corner on MNS. Rovers fans are just whingers.

That incident did not change the segregation procedures for away fans because we were housed in the main stand the next time we were down there. You can waffle all you want, and cite all the dodgy sources you want, 2 portaloos for 500 people is inhuman, and people missed large portions of the game because of the queues.

LOI people always complain about toilets and load's of other things about the "away side"

That's because Oriel is a dilapidated, stone age kip that's unfit for housing rats let alone football fans.

[bullit]

That's because Oriel is a dilapidated, stone age kip that's unfit for housing rats let alone football fans.

Class as always,pure class.Here is my retort: We haven't got a County Council or a MFA to give us a ground so we make do.
That's a classy retort to a classy poster like you if you ask moi.

[Pablo Escobar]

Wasn't going to respond to this originally, but whats worse than the actual fact of how badly the Shamrock Rovers fans were treated, and the lack of facilities there, is the response from the Cork fans. Would have expected more from you lot, the whole thing is nothing short of a shambles.

As far as I can see only 2 city fans responded, with 1 agreeing with the original point.........all of the Harps fans are the same.........see what I mean!?

On the topic, yes it's a disgrace, but this is where we are. The plans are to put toilet facilities at the back of the stand and the frame is in place. It is something we need to look at, but the only improvement I can suggest short-term is more portaloo's. But yes, we need to find a definite solution.

[Louth4sam]

Class as always,pure class.Here is my retort: We haven't got a County Council or a MFA to give us a ground so we make do.
That's a classy retort to a classy poster like you if you ask moi.

You forgot run up a seven figure debt and then completely milk the taxpayer.