Stadium Updates (All Clubs)

**Philosophizer** · 17/11/2023, 12:56 PM

Carlow IT campus (now part of SETU) would be the obvious base for a LOI team in Carlow. It�s in the Carlow town, has outstanding facilities, they even have a soccer course in the college, full size floodlight Astro, numerous small Astros, 2 of their sports fields have small modern covered stands which hold a few hundred each, lots of parking, it�s on the Kilkenny side of Carlow. You actually couldn�t dream up a more ideal base for the CK team. What are they thinking going for some rural spot outside Tullow? It beggars belief.

**Another Bohemia** · 17/11/2023, 2:28 PM

https://twitter.com/bfcdublin/status...7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Not stadium really but cannot see a better place for this. Positive news from the club and hopefully the facility improvements come quickly

**Philosophizer** · 17/11/2023, 3:13 PM

Originally Posted by Another Bohemia

https://twitter.com/bfcdublin/status...7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Not stadium really but cannot see a better place for this. Positive news from the club and hopefully the facility improvements come quickly

Always good to see LOI clubs making progress on facilities. Does that mean the Oscar Traynor complex will now be the main base for the underage teams, while DCU is the main base for the senior team?

**2 Year Contract** · 17/11/2023, 5:13 PM

Originally Posted by Another Bohemia

https://twitter.com/bfcdublin/status...7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Not stadium really but cannot see a better place for this. Positive news from the club and hopefully the facility improvements come quickly

There's uproar among players and staff at Kilmore Celtic over this on twitter as apparently Bohs have turfed them out and left them without a ground to play in over this

**Philosophizer** · 17/11/2023, 7:52 PM

Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract

There's uproar among players and staff at Kilmore Celtic over this on twitter as apparently Bohs have turfed them out and left them without a ground to play in over this

Isn�t Kilmore Celtic�s ground on the other side of Oscar Traynor road, opposite the Oscar Traynor centre. I only know because I happened to drive past there recently and saw their ground.

**Martinho II** · 17/11/2023, 9:17 PM

Going back to Kilkenny Carlow scenario is Buckley Park used much now? Havent set foot in that place since Kilkenny knocked us out of the FAI cup .

**2 Year Contract** · 17/11/2023, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by Philosophizer

Isn�t Kilmore Celtic�s ground on the other side of Oscar Traynor road, opposite the Oscar Traynor centre. I only know because I happened to drive past there recently and saw their ground.

No idea. I�ve no additional info, just noticed Kilmore Celtic players and staff giving out stink about it, even weeks before this announcement was officially made

**trevy** · 18/11/2023, 8:16 AM

Buckley Park now being used by local club Castlewarren for last few months. It had been abandoned for years so was in a poor state so good to see it being used.

**Shinkicker** · 18/11/2023, 2:29 PM

Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract

There's uproar among players and staff at Kilmore Celtic over this on twitter as apparently Bohs have turfed them out and left them without a ground to play in over this

Along with Vianny Boys They have complained and campaigned quite a bit over the last few years re lack of facilities, and rightly so. It's a huge area that never had enough facilities to meet the demand. I don't think they will be ousted completely but this could be the catalyst that forces DCC to build a facility to accommodate the youth in the area. The opposite side of the Oscar Traynor has the room.

**Dave77** · 04/12/2023, 10:39 PM

Saw on Twitter sligo rovers seem to be installing new floodlights. Fair play to them, they been steadily improving showgrounds for 12/15 years now

**outspoken** · 05/12/2023, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by Dave77

Saw on Twitter sligo rovers seem to be installing new floodlights. Fair play to them, they been steadily improving showgrounds for 12/15 years now

Always say it, they may be struggling on the pitch last few years but fair play to Sligo, when they had their spell of success they invested some of it into ground unlike Dundalk.

**EatYerGreens** · 05/12/2023, 1:38 PM

Originally Posted by outspoken

Always say it, they may be struggling on the pitch last few years but fair play to Sligo, when they had their spell of success they invested some of it into ground unlike Dundalk.

Definitely. I guess that's the difference between a club that has been long-owned by it supporters, versus one that gets repeatedly bought and sold as a corporate 'investment' or a rich person's plaything.

**OMTY** · 06/12/2023, 3:28 PM

From "The Journal"

There are comparatively fewer soccer projects on the list, but �693,550 has been granted to the redevelopment of Finn Harps� stadium in Donegal, taking the total State commitment to �4.68 million.
No additional funding has been granted to Dalymount Park, as Dublin City Council will apply for separate funding which will be allocated when the next stream of funding under the Infrastructure Fund is announced.
The development of the Munster Centre of Excellence, Glanmire, Cork was the sole soccer-only project included on the initial 2020 list � provisionally granted just over �2 million � but the FAI announced earlier this year they were shelving the project.

**Nesta99** · 06/12/2023, 4:07 PM

So Dalymount Park aside as a seperate funding appliction �0.69m has been granted to football projects this round via Stranrolar. IRFU and GAA have been awarded �23m in additional top up funding, �14m to others, and sure lets not forget the annual 'stipend' to horse and greyhound racing. If it wasnt so funny it would be a proper joke!

As an aside thats �4.6mil that has been allocated to Finn Harps for a crumbling unused new stand on a long term building site....come to think of it maybe there is something of an explanation and lesson here.

**nigel-harps1954** · 06/12/2023, 4:08 PM

Was clarified at Harps AGM last weekend that the club applied for additional funding to cover the cost of inflation. A major fundraising drive will be launched for the matching funds and hoped that work will recommence soon.

**Nesta99** · 06/12/2023, 5:01 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Was clarified at Harps AGM last weekend that the club applied for additional funding to cover the cost of inflation. A major fundraising drive will be launched for the matching funds and hoped that work will recommence soon.

So new ummm developments then....

**thebronze14** · 07/12/2023, 12:48 PM

We'll have a new currency by the time we recommence work on the stadium. By then money might even be a meaningless concept, football mightn't even be a thing

**pateen** · 07/12/2023, 2:08 PM

Originally Posted by Nesta99

So Dalymount Park aside as a seperate funding appliction �0.69m has been granted to football projects this round via Stranrolar. IRFU and GAA have been awarded �23m in additional top up funding, �14m to others, and sure lets not forget the annual 'stipend' to horse and greyhound racing. If it wasnt so funny it would be a proper joke!

As an aside thats �4.6mil that has been allocated to Finn Harps for a crumbling unused new stand on a long term building site....come to think of it maybe there is something of an explanation and lesson here.

I think this should have a thread of its own. Grants for soccer vs Rugby or GAA.
And it seems no body is shouting about this. Scandalous!!

**EatYerGreens** · 07/12/2023, 2:46 PM

Originally Posted by pateen

I think this should have a thread of its own. Grants for soccer vs Rugby or GAA.
And it seems no body is shouting about this. Scandalous!!

What applications were there for football facilities for this round of funding? Also - did the embargo on FAI capital grants have any impact here?

**Nesta99** · 07/12/2023, 4:33 PM

Originally Posted by EatYerGreens

What applications were there for football facilities for this round of funding? Also - did the embargo on FAI capital grants have any impact here?

I was going to be smart assed on sure what had the governemnt embargo on FAI grants to do with Derry but this old thread is far more fun to read back on....and the Donegal Community Stadium saga was only a year old...
https://foot.ie/archive/index.php/t-89049-p-2.html

That there are or were no applications is a scandal in itself - across an entire league of stadia that need major work, not to have more than one applicant is mad if there was only Harps application.