Stadium Updates (All Clubs)

[sbgawa]

They come out in a rash at the thoughts of getting a red line Luas.

The redline is referred to as the breadline by the rugby heada........

[ger121]

The redline is referred to as the breadline by the rugby heada........

Dole Line is also acceptable.

[oriel]

Work starting on removing old pitch and installing new one at Oriel Park on Monday / Tuesday.

Possibly same company who installed the Bray one start of 2025.

[EatYerGreens]

Work starting on removing old pitch and installing new one at Oriel Park on Monday / Tuesday.

Possibly same company who installed the Bray one start of 2025.

An updated plastic pitch ?

[Nesta99]

Yup!!

[culloty82]

Not Irish, but interesting to read about Caernarfon Town, who'd be a medium-sized League of Wales club, having £1m ploughed into their stadium redevelopment, in a mixture between the Welsh FA and their sponsor:

https://nation.cymru/news/cofis-1m-s...ro-tournament/

[EatYerGreens]

Not Irish, but interesting to read about Caernarfon Town, who'd be a medium-sized League of Wales club, having £1m ploughed into their stadium redevelopment, in a mixture between the Welsh FA and their sponsor:

https://nation.cymru/news/cofis-1m-s...ro-tournament/

Caernarfon are a great club, in a really interesting town. Sadly their crowds are down quite a bit this year due to having to play 30 miles away in Llandudno during the work at their ground. Hopefully the strong support they've traditionally had in the town returns when they're back playing at The Oval again.

Memorably the club also deservedly knocked Crusaders out of Europe last year

P.S. It's Cyrmu Premier these days, not League of Wales

[oriel]

An updated plastic pitch ?

That cost 500 or 510K but replacement to the current (dreadful one) that was there and well past its sell by date which was installed in 2017.

[EatYerGreens]

That cost 500 or 510K but replacement to the current (dreadful one) that was there and well past its sell by date which was installed in 2017.

Do those pitches not have a 10yr lifespan?

[Glen Of Aherlow]

Do those pitches not have a 10yr lifespan?

I don't think it had a 10 minute lifespan

[Burnsie]

Do those pitches not have a 10yr lifespan?

typically seven years I think

[sbgawa]

is it not substantially cheaper to replace an existing one in terms of the groundwork being significantly in place already.

[Elfman]

It is but Dundalk are doing it the Max Power way – that's the wrong way... But faster!

Jokes aside, I vaguely recall someone claiming that to save money Dundalk opted against laying a shock absorbing pad when the 2017 pitch went down. So possibly that or costs have just gone up again.

[Nesta99]

You wouldnt get a pitch to pass testing without the shock absrobing layer. Now maybe that wasnt relayed or needed relaying. A lot of the issues with the deterioration of these surfaces are the quality of the initial laying. One previous owner had the surface layer relaid by his own company workers and it wasnt right. Not convinced by the last installation either, if you can see joins... Keeping maintenance up to scratch is where this last iteration significantly deteriorated the last 3 years or so. There is modifications to this pitch dimensions which require foundation work. It has to be moved/extended I presume to increase the distance between goal line and perimiter wall behind the Carrick Road goal.

[ToberonaTornado]

Louth girls under-age combo league played about 9 finals final matches on the old surface on Saturday.(Albeit not full 90min games) packed stand cheering them on (vital Community link)
The main pitch @ Oriel is in huge demand 7 days a week.
If we get a pitch half as good as Bray have I'll be ok with that.
The Floodlights are also getting an upgrade
Small steps as we look to recover.....

[John83]

They come out in a rash at the thoughts of getting a red line Luas.

They're just uncomfortable with the concept of free travel for the unwashed.