Stadium Updates (All Clubs)

Originally Posted by corkboy360

No roof?
A well cant be as bad as Jackman Park and we still enjoyed that

No roof on the terrace. You can pay extra and go into the stand if you want a roof.

Why are Shams allowed put their crest on the glass but had to put manky seats in so people wouldn't think it's their ground?

Originally Posted by sligoman

Why are Shams allowed put their crest on the glass but had to put manky seats in so people wouldn't think it's their ground?

Its for people with black and white tellys

I'm still trying to figure out how 28,000 people once fitted into Oriel. Anyone like to enlighten me?

Originally Posted by Pablo Escobar

I'm still trying to figure out how 28,000 people once fitted into Oriel. Anyone like to enlighten me?

It never happened thats why, record attendance was 22,000 i think, Celtic 3rd Round Euro Cup '79, we had temporary seating all along one side, maybe even two sides, long time ago !

Originally Posted by Pablo Escobar

I'm still trying to figure out how 28,000 people once fitted into Oriel. Anyone like to enlighten me?

That was 18,000 but even so is incredible! Been at a game where there was about 12,000 at it was damn uncomfortable. As far as im aware temporary stands were installed for that 18000 crowd (v Celtic 1979 EC 2nd round 2nd leg)

Originally Posted by Pablo Escobar

I'm still trying to figure out how 28,000 people once fitted into Oriel. Anyone like to enlighten me?

People are fatter these days.

Originally Posted by corkboy360

should be a good away day to make then.
What stand do ye put away fans in?

Originally Posted by dunny

eh, well you see...its more of a corner on the carrick road end of the ground...

Originally Posted by corkboy360

no roof?
A well cant be as bad as jackman park and we still enjoyed that:d

Originally Posted by holidaysong

no roof on the terrace. You can pay extra and go into the stand if you want a roof.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...b/DSC01384.JPG
You see that Black and White wall well thats is our away section.

http://file019b.bebo.com/1/original/...510127772o.jpg

There is another photo of it.

That photo of oriel must be 2 years ago, the stand is almost unrecognisable from today, there is a new roof and complete new sides with panels also replaced so you can actually see through !!!

It looks in a terrible state in this photo.

V Galway I think, and the fans on the way terrace arent galway fans either, this is our fans en route to or from their ht pint !

Originally Posted by Sandro

Hi Eamoss, thanks for the photo, it looks nice but I still can't understand much of the other sides of the ground, I know there is (was) a weird shaped stand somewhere.

It's mistery to me why it's so hard to build a decent stand in Ireland (where living and economic standards are higher than most EU countries); if you have a look at the other grounds in Europe through Google Earth or Windows Maps you see they look better even in small countries' lower divisions. How can that be? I know football in Ireland is having a hard time and I am aware about problems with GAA, still I think a ground like Flancare Park in Longford should be the starting point for every club interested in joining the LOI. I can't stand those temporary stands popping up in Ireland, they are so common in Italy too (at least you don't have many athletics running tracks)


Last year I started collecting aerial photos and news about past and present football grounds in Ireland; to write a book would take too long (I spent six long years to write Stadi d'Italia) and I guess few people would be interested but I think it wouldn't be bad if we could all work on a website like these excellent pages

http://www.footballgroundguide.com/
http://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/
http://www.oldgrounds.co.uk/

How about it?

There was a Picture of the new shed(where its blurry on that panorama pic) on Wikipedia but I can't seem to find it anymore.

Originally Posted by eamoss

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...b/DSC01384.JPG
You see that Black and White wall well thats is our away section.

http://file019b.bebo.com/1/original/...510127772o.jpg

There is another photo of it.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

People are fatter these days.

Hey! People resent that.

Tallaght Stadium Update

As well as confirming the first match in Tallaght on Saturday March 14th, the club can confirm that the SDCC will be building a stand on the east side of the stadium and that this 3,000 capacity permament structure is expected to be open in June. The current (main) accommodates 3,300 spectators.

good news

Will the new stand be a copy of the existing one. If the long term ambition is to have the stand go all the way around it would'nt make much sense if it was different.

Originally Posted by 4 in a row

Tallaght Stadium Update

As well as confirming the first match in Tallaght on Saturday March 14th, the club can confirm that the SDCC will be building a stand on the east side of the stadium and that this 3,000 capacity permament structure is expected to be open in June. The current (main) accommodates 3,300 spectators.

Isnt this the side that Away fans go, so where will we have to go in the mean time, we can hardly stand in the building site and it wouldnt make sense to mingle the fans in the other stands beacuse lets face it, there is going to be trouble no matter what happens at these games!

Originally Posted by Black and White

Isnt this the side that Away fans go, so where will we have to go in the mean time, we can hardly stand in the building site and it wouldnt make sense to mingle the fans in the other stands beacuse lets face it, there is going to be trouble no matter what happens at these games!

Speak for yourselves.
For one of the games last season Cork City supporters were in the same stand as Rovers and there was no trouble in the stand.

Originally Posted by corkboy360

Speak for yourselves.
For one of the games last season Cork City supporters were in the same stand as Rovers and there was no trouble in the stand.

Why are you implying that there was trouble outside the stand?

I thought he was implying that there wasn't trouble in ONLY one game last year

Indeed, iirc Rovers and Pats shared stands without fuss, and there aws very, very few incidents of any kind at Rovers games either inside or outside the Tolka Park.