QuoteNext Monday, there will be a delivery of 3300 maroon seats in Terryland, 1800 of which are for the old stand.
The old seats will be removed by Shamrock Rovers fans next Friday.
I remember hearing a while back that Finn Harps were planning on building a new 6,000 seat stadium, has there been any progress made on this project?
Next Monday, there will be a delivery of 3300 maroon seats in Terryland, 1800 of which are for the old stand.
The old seats will be removed by Shamrock Rovers fans next Friday.
Nobody knows us, we don't care
noel the groundsman hang on to a few of them for me, i might put them out my back garden as momentoes, bit of history on the old seats, they came from stokes citys old ground and i managed to convince a uk transport company to pick them up at dublin and bring them to terryland. Then the 40ft container truck got down to terryland but couldnt get back out costing a major multinational in the city to miss some customer deadlines (serious **** at the time). The lad who loaded them up in dublin with me was one Paddy Flea who played with mervue utd. it was a bitch of a job and i remember my arms hanging off after getting them loaded on and off the truck god rest paddy he passed away early this year only 42.
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Stand looking a bit like a stand now.
kdjac
Ill keep that in mind...Originally Posted by Paddyfield
Next Monday, there will be a delivery of 3300 maroon seats in Terryland, 1800 of which are for the old stand.
The old seats will be removed by Shamrock Rovers fans next Friday.
ramblers new lovely stand.................... has to be knocked. i hear
planning?
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Something in the Cobh forum about it being two foot too tall so I guess so
I thought the roof looked very high alright but i don't think the seats went that far up so maybe they can just lower the roof.
Also heard that they're builders are cack.
City definetly have the best bands playing at half-time.
O'Bama - "Eerah yeah, I'd say we can alright!"
G.O'Mahoney Trapattoni'll sort ém out!!
I suppose if they can't read a drawing then they would be alright.
Pitch rezoning may net €5m for Drogheda club
Elaine Keogh
The first steps have been taken to rezone the football pitch of former FAI Cup champions Drogheda United to residential use which could increase its value to €5 million.
The pitch is in a prime location adjacent to the Lourdes hospital and three minutes from the M1 motorway. If passed, the rezoning would be worth millions to the club which is seeking a new home on a greenfield pitch on the perimeter of the town.
The rezoning is one of 16 proposed variations to the development plan for Drogheda recently outlined to local councillors. Another is to reserve land for a new bridge crossing of the River Boyne on the west side of the town.
The rezoning of the three acre football pitch, which would make it worth around €2.8 million before a single housing unit is built, is also part of a plan to relocate the club to a huge land bank at Bryanstown, south of Drogheda, and in Co Meath.
It is anticipated that if the rezoning is passed, the club could then apply for a relatively high density development allowing it to boost its value to close to €5 million.
An application to build a 10,000-seat stadium, 5,000 houses as well as extensive leisure, sports and retail developments and a road linking the M1 with the old Dublin-Belfast road, is expected to be lodged with Meath County Council shortly.
Dublin developer Bill Doyle is reported to be behind the plans having acquired the 160 acres for €110 million last year.
However there are concerns about whether the property market remains buoyant enough to merit developing so many housing units close to Drogheda.
The rezoning of the football pitch is being proposed on the basis that the club will relocate to this new southside site.
The engineer for Drogheda has advised councillors that if they do not reserve land for the new bridge crossing, which would link the Rathmullen road to the Collon road at Loughboy, and the land is subsequently built on, then the bridge will probably never be built.
The road would provide a ring route around the western boundary of the town which has been identified as a strategic approach to Drogheda and one under increasing pressure from traffic and contributing to through traffic. The full list of variations will be put on public display later in the year.
© 2007 The Irish Times
I thought that was already lodged?
Not yet lodged and apparently the planning permisssion will not initially include the houses
Disclaimer - I've been wrong before so treat with a large pinch of salt. However i have to be right sometime (hopefully)
Hunky Dorys Park - could be worse, we could be going to Old Trafford every other week
Think this is a classic example of 2+2 equalling 400. I doubt it very much if this is true. It's possible that the planning lodged for the stand on the open terrace was 2 feet too tall so I think they re-submitted the application.
I was told that the delay was down to the manafacture of the flooring of the stand as everything else is on site.
''and I for one welcome our new insect overlords''
Gettin so ****ed off with the tallaght court issue
We'll never die!
They are. Five years ago, the FAI gave clubs a five-year derogation on the ground criteria on the grounds (!) that you can't just put up a ground at the snap of your fingers. Time is now running out for all clubs, including Drogheda.
They already have set a time limit. Get Maxi to ring them if you don't believe it.
Hunky Dorys Park - could be worse, we could be going to Old Trafford every other week
They've stopped taking his calls for some reason....
Hunky Dorys Park - could be worse, we could be going to Old Trafford every other week
Stadium plans at Harps still progresing well, culminating in an allocation of €750,000 in the last Dept of Sport grants. Go to www.finnharps.com and click on STADIUM on the menu down the LHS for full news of various stages the project has gone through, including an interview with John O Donoghue and some scans of the planning drawings.
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