Stadium Updates (All Clubs)

[Longfordian]

The current issue of the Phoenix has details of the accounts of the company that owns Longford Town's ground. They seem to have got a write off of 180,000 euros on their loan from ACC Bank which may give Bohs some hope in their dealings with Zurick Bank. It would be great if Bohs could stay and develop Dalymount the home of Irish soccer.

Yeah ACC took an up front settlement on the loan. Only major creditor left now is our chairman I think.

[oriel]

I remember seeing the list of items that UEFA set out for clubs to host round 1 and 2 games, it was over 100 items. Things like back up generators on site, bulb strenghts for floodlights, car parking, wi fi connections, 2k seating capacity (3k actually I think), pitch obviously, not sure if a repeat inspection is required or how long any previous licence lasts and assume same would apply for all competing clubs, but the criteria was intensive, thats for sure.

[avvenalaf]

Yeah ACC took an up front settlement on the loan. Only major creditor left now is our chairman I think.

You must have a lot of chairmen.

[L.T.F.C.]

Yeah ACC took an up front settlement on the loan. Only major creditor left now is our chairman I think.

You must have a lot of chairmen.

Why do you say that?

[Longfordian]

Yeah ACC took an up front settlement on the loan. Only major creditor left now is our chairman I think.

You must have a lot of chairmen.

No, we have one who's put in a hell of a lot.

[redobit]

I remember seeing the list of items that UEFA set out for clubs to host round 1 and 2 games, it was over 100 items. Things like back up generators on site, bulb strenghts for floodlights, car parking, wi fi connections, 2k seating capacity (3k actually I think), pitch obviously, not sure if a repeat inspection is required or how long any previous licence lasts and assume same would apply for all competing clubs, but the criteria was intensive, thats for sure.

UEFA inspections/ guidelines are a joke going form our game against Trnava from Albania a few years back. We spent 14 k getting the Showgrounds up to standard for the inspection. When we went over to Albania the stadium was falling down, no womens toilets water flowing down walls, big holes in the ground. It was ridiculous.

[dong]

Tolska Park.

[Mr A]

UEFA inspections/ guidelines are a joke going form our game against Trnava from Albania a few years back. We spent 14 k getting the Showgrounds up to standard for the inspection. When we went over to Albania the stadium was falling down, no womens toilets water flowing down walls, big holes in the ground. It was ridiculous.

Rumour has it the Albabians were attempting to fail the inspection and were stunned to pass.

[adamd164]

Trnava are Slovakian, and that game was last summer!

[redarmyfaction]

^He meant Villanzia, the Trnava ground wasn't great either.

[Dodge]

All the ground regulations (etc) are there

Here's the Europa League guidelines
http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/...1_DOWNLOAD.pdf

Unless stipulated otherwise in these regulations, matches in the competition must be played in a stadium which meets the structural criteria of the following categories as defined in the UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations (2010edition):

a) category 2 for the first and second qualifying rounds;
b) category 3 for the third qualifying round and play-offs;

Here's the UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations (2010 edition):

http://www.fai.ie/PDF/UEFAStadiumInf...ations2010.PDF

They're clearly flexible enough with it though

[Charlie Darwin]

Rumour has it the Albabians were attempting to fail the inspection and were stunned to pass.

They must have accidentally bribed the right people.

[Guitd]

work has restarted to fit out and finnish facalities to UEFA standard new dressingrooms at new stand at Eamon Deacy park (Terryland)hopefully getting them ready for the return of a galway team next year

[White Horse]

I'd much rather see the match being played in Dundalk than Tallaght. I think there would definitely be a better crowd if played in Dundalk. We'll see when the time gets closer, I may have taken it up wrong about Tallaght being agreed on. I'll dig out the programme tomorrow and give it another read.

I'd go to oriel if Drogheda played a Euro tie there. I'd reckon they'd get 200-300 football fans from the town as well.

No brainer for them, 25 minutes, no tolls and a suitable sized ground that they can create a good atmosphere in.

[sligoman]

work has restarted to fit out and finnish facalities to UEFA standard new dressingrooms at new stand at Eamon Deacy park

What's so good about the dressing rooms in Finland?

[gufcfan]

What's so good about the dressing rooms in Finland?

Hot tubs, obviously. Do we have to spell everything out?

[SkStu]

Hot tubs, obviously. Do we have to spell everything out?

No, but would a powerpoint presentation be too much to ask?

[Quayman]

I'd go to oriel if Drogheda played a Euro tie there. I'd reckon they'd get 200-300 football fans from the town as well.

No brainer for them, 25 minutes, no tolls and a suitable sized ground that they can create a good atmosphere in.

It is but they would rather go waste more money like the Turkish friendly that collapsed and cost them.

[Sam_Heggy]

The New Finn Park's funding has finally come through and the workers are back on site. They hope to have "significant" work done on the ground by the end of the Summer.

Finally it looks like happening, even the most optimistic of us were beginning to doubt it lately.

[nigel-harps1954]

Site levelled out, diggers there. I believe the stone/concrete bit is to be the main stand site, which is first on the agenda.