QuoteBeating Dundalk fans to the punch?Originally Posted by Djm1901
There were some broken seats in the center section of the St Annes stand so they took out several rows at the front which enabled them to fix the broken seats & make the stand look complete.
Beating Dundalk fans to the punch?
I was thinking they should put the broken seats back for tonight!
You mean it wasnt the fault of Dundalk fans last season? Cannot be true....
Derry have tweeted that the LC game against Limerick will be on 1st August at 19:45 at the Brandywell.
Presumably this means we'll be playing there into August at least.
Seems safe to assume that our game will be in Derry now & not Buncrana.
Further update to move, Shields has said we'll be in the Brandywell to the end of August at least, so that would cover up the third round of the cup.
First home match in September is Galway on 2nd.
"Costing issues" delaying start to work at the Brandywell. We're hearing October now, maybe. I personally doubt we'll be playing in Buncrana this year at all.
What's the current state of play with Oriel?
Being held to ransom basically?
Any end in sight?
Des Casey (owner) is taking Gerry matthews (leasee) to court to be evicted.
God knows when it will end
With Dundalk and Cork doing well in Europe, I would like to see the day that Dublin (2), Cork, Limerick, Galway, Derry and some provincial towns e.g. Sligo and Dundalk have stadia that meet the requirements for European group stages.
I don't think it's realistic for all those towns to have a Category 4 stadium unless it's in partnership with the GAA. And the motion for opening up county grounds to other sports was heavily defeated at this year's congress.
Has a court date been set. Have Des Casey's legal representatives give any indication about how long these types of cases usually take?? I know court date's can be set sometimes but they can mean practically nothing as everyone will turn up in court only for a solicitor to say that they need more time for something or other and the whole thing is pushed back for another 6 months before it even begins...
I'd agree with Brandy Eire, having minimum 8k seater grounds would largely be a waste of money unless the ground was municipal and shared with other sports. The "build it and they will come" rhetoric from Field of Dreams has proven to be untrue time and time again. Rovers have a smashing ground for eg but the average gate is about 2k. Better off spending money on underage/training facilities, marketing and promotion, community endeavours, then gradually improve the size of your ground as needed.
In fairness though, at the moment i think we have fairly decent grounds for most clubs. Rovers, Cork, Galway, Sligo, Limerick, Longford, Athlone, St Pats, UCD, Waterford, Youths all have fine grounds for the crowds they get. (UCD, Limerick and Waterford in particular have outstanding grounds, especially considering they're currently 1st Div sides.)
Derry, Harps, Bohs all have plans in place to bring their grounds up to a v good standard. Plans are often v different than the real outcome but at least it's some progress.
All in all our grounds aren't that bad nowadays so there's something to be positive about.
The Louth clubs have the biggest need for ground improvements. They're not lucky enough to have big populations or big councils to help bail them out on that front, but Dundalk's recent bonanza will mean they should have a nice ground whenever they redevelop or build a new ground.
Last edited by Philosophizer; 05/08/2016 at 9:33 AM.
It's not something I expect to see happen overnight and not if they are getting nowhere near the crowds for it to be viable.
Cork and Dundalk at the moment seem best placed to have a stadium of Category 4 status within current progress. Tallaght stadium seemed to have been heading in that direction. Is Dalymount Park supposed to be upgraded? I think the staged plan of the Markets Field is to expand to 8000. I imagine they'll keep any expansion in line with their regular support. It seems realistic for up to 5 grounds in the league to achieve Category 4 status.
Leinster Rugby are to avail of plans for the RDS being a respectable 21000 seater venue. That might be a more viable European venue in a few years? Thomond Park is available in the Midwest. It'll be interesting to see what ground developments Connaught might have. Lol clubs possibly have a realistic chance as always of dealing with their rugby neighbours.
Converting Turners Cross to Category 4 is virtually impossible. Its a fantastic little stadium but it is completely boxed in. We can't possibly meet the criteria without knocking houses nearby or building something new.
Highly unlikely Cork would leave Turners Cross either given the amount of money spent on it over the past decade or two.
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Oh right. Didn't realise there was wriggle room. Is it 1000 short of 8000 seating? Is it the other parts of the criteria the ground would struggle to meet?
Its not seating that is the main problem, its the lack of parking and vip/media facilities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_stadium_categories
This is the neighbourhood around Turners Cross. As you can see, perfect for our needs, but we're limited in what we can do with it.
https://goo.gl/maps/meyGPQAvgx52
The new Parc Uí Chaoimh will surely fit the bill if Cork ever get to a group stage. Of course, as things stand, the GAA wouldn't sign off on it.
That being said, we've come quite far in ten years from no "foreign games" at all to a temporary, albeit one-off, home for soccer and rugby, and a RWC bid. Not on the cards now but the environment might have changed by the time it happens for Cork.
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