Stadium Updates (All Clubs)

[Real ale Madrid]

3G is the standard artificial.
4G is basically a meaningless phrase companies use to sell their product (I think there's '6G' pitches these days and all). The pitch will be your usual plastic grass with sand/rubber granules.
The quality of the pitch will be decent, according to Roddy Collins it'll be "far better than that muck Dundalk play on". It'll be the same as the ones in Seaview and Solitude.

That must make Oriel Park 0.25G

[punkrocket]

The options are:
Switch fixtures
Riverside
Maginn Park
Finn Park.

That'd be my order of preference too.

Is Celtic Park completely out of the question?

[colonelwest]

3G is the standard artificial.
4G is basically a meaningless phrase companies use to sell their product (I think there's '6G' pitches these days and all). The pitch will be your usual plastic grass with sand/rubber granules.
The quality of the pitch will be decent, according to Roddy Collins it'll be "far better than that muck Dundalk play on". It'll be the same as the ones in Seaview and Solitude.

[Dodge]

I can't see clubs involved caring all that much really, if that's even their decision to make. The only difference for them is a possible two away matches in row

just checked Pats there. Only game scheduled for Brandywell is the 5th of August. If that was to be switched, it'd have to be with the 1st series (as last game of the season is Pats v Derry). It would mean that between 23 April and 10 May Pats would have 4 away games in a row (Bray, Cork, Derry and Galway). They've every right to object to that

[White Horse]

4G is basically a meaningless phrase companies use to sell their product.

It is 1 better than 3G.


(nod to Spinal Tap)

[brendy_éire]

Is Celtic Park completely out of the question?

I'd imagine so. No mention of it as an option, and I very much doubt the Derry county board would be accommodating.

[Mr A]

Would the Derry County board even have a right to discuss it? I thought central council would have to give their OK to any GAA ground be used for foreign games.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Would the Derry County board even have a right to discuss it? I thought central council would have to give their OK to any GAA ground be used for foreign games.

yeah pretty sure that is the case

[brendy_éire]

Would the Derry County board even have a right to discuss it? I thought central council would have to give their OK to any GAA ground be used for foreign games.

That would actually make the use of Celtic Park more likely. Derry county board voted against opening up Croke Park to those foreign games.

[Mr A]

There would be something rather wonderful about using Celtic Park against the wishes of the county board. Won't happen of course..

[seand]

Is Celtic Park completely out of the question?

Yes, out of the question. Bigotry is constitutionally enshrined in the rules of the GAA. It's not possible even if the will was there, which is extremely unlikely in Ulster. Is there another country in the world where a perfectly suitable venue half a mile down the road would not even be up for consideration?

(And yes I'm well aware that the majority of grassroots GAA people are decent, sports loving people but the rules of the GAA explicitly forbid all clubs and count boards accomodating foreign games.)

[Dodge]

so you meant yes there when you said no?

[seand]

so you meant yes there when you said no?

I've no idea what you're talking about

*casually edits previously post*

[Mr A]

Piece in the Sun on Derry/ Celtic Park: http://www.thesun.ie/irishsol/homepa...-new-home.html

[brendy_éire]

just checked Pats there....It would mean that between 23 April and 10 May Pats would have 4 away games in a row (Bray, Cork, Derry and Galway). They've every right to object to that

Going on what has happened in other leagues, if one or two of the clubs objected, their match could always been moved to mid-week earlier in the season. Not ideal, but an option.
I still don't think the clubs have any say in the fixtures anyway. As we've seen before, the FAI reschedules matches regardless of what clubs involved think.

Piece in the Sun on Derry/ Celtic Park: http://www.thesun.ie/irishsol/homepa...-new-home.html

No quotes there. I'd be amazed if anything comes from it.

[seand]

As we've seen before, the FAI reschedules matches regardless of what clubs involved think.

It'd be a bit different though if they were going to make wholesale changes to the fixture list to suit one club

[outspoken]

Yes, out of the question. Bigotry is constitutionally enshrined in the rules of the GAA. It's not possible even if the will was there, which is extremely unlikely in Ulster. Is there another country in the world where a perfectly suitable venue half a mile down the road would not even be up for consideration?

(And yes I'm well aware that the majority of grassroots GAA people are decent, sports loving people but the rules of the GAA explicitly forbid all clubs and count boards accomodating foreign games.)

Well said

[brendy_éire]

Derry News quoting a club official saying that they will ask teh Derry board about using Celtic Park. It'll need to go before Congress still, which is at the end of next month.
The preferred option is to switch the fixtures, still waiting to hear back from the FAI about that. Kenny Shiels says he'd be happy enough to play 14 away matches in a row, though it does sound like a mad idea.

[Dodge]

Derry News quoting a club official saying that they will ask teh Derry board about using Celtic Park. It'll need to go before Congress still, which is at the end of next month.
The preferred option is to switch the fixtures, still waiting to hear back from the FAI about that. Kenny Shiels says he'd be happy enough to play 14 away matches in a row, though it does sound like a mad idea.

Wouldn't believe everything the Derry board say either. They were talking about Finn park before they had even asked Finn Harps

[punkrocket]

So not completely out of the question then.
Glad to hear it as I think it would be the sensible option.