Last game in Belfield Park

**pineapple stu** · 10/11/2006, 12:47 PM

Seeing as Athlone have their own thread too...

Think tonight's going to be our last game in Belfield Park after 76 years (I think) there before moving across campus to the Bowl by the Sports Centre. That's going to depend on when the upgrade works there get finished, so we may start out next season in Belfield Park. Got a grant of E1.25m from the Government - which I think is only 50% of total capital costs? - so there's up to E2.5m going into improving the existing Bowl. This after a certain Derry chairman called J Roddy - no that's too obvious...Jim R - personally assured me that the Government weren't interested in "wasting" money on clubs as small as ourselves or Athlone!

Anyways, good to see the league taking tangible steps forward after the shambles of this season.

**Ash** · 10/11/2006, 12:59 PM

Phase 1 of our new stadium cost in the region of �4 million

**Jerry The Saint** · 10/11/2006, 1:26 PM

Thread title in the not-too-distant future.

**Dodge** · 10/11/2006, 1:29 PM

Good riddance to Belfield Park. Soulless anti-Pats kip

**John83** · 10/11/2006, 1:44 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Good riddance to Belfield Park. Soulless anti-Pats kip

Don't worry, we'll continue to draw tedious games with you in the Bowl.

**Dodge** · 10/11/2006, 1:51 PM

Originally Posted by John83

Don't worry, we'll continue to draw tedious games with you in the Bowl.

Jeesh, you couldn't even allow me the idea taht things might improve... Harsh

**Celdrog** · 10/11/2006, 1:54 PM

Stu, much as I am delighted that Belfied will be a much better place next season, how did UCD manage to get a grant of �1.25M form the government. Will it be used for a lot of other things?

**Dodge** · 10/11/2006, 2:02 PM

Originally Posted by Celdrog

Stu, much as I am delighted that Belfied will be a much better place next season, how did UCD manage to get a grant of �1.25M form the government. Will it be used for a lot of other things?

Rugby for a start. Dressing Rooms etc are shared by loads of sports

**Peadar** · 10/11/2006, 2:11 PM

Don't see any mention of free admission into Belfield? Not that it would make any difference anyway.

**Calcio Jack** · 10/11/2006, 2:13 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Seeing as Athlone have their own thread too...

Think tonight's going to be our last game in Belfield Park after 76 years (I think) there before moving across campus to the Bowl by the Sports Centre. That's going to depend on when the upgrade works there get finished, so we may start out next season in Belfield Park. Got a grant of E1.25m from the Government - which I think is only 50% of total capital costs? - so there's up to E2.5m going into improving the existing Bowl. This after a certain Derry chairman called J Roddy - no that's too obvious...Jim R - personally assured me that the Government weren't interested in "wasting" money on clubs as small as ourselves or Athlone!

Anyways, good to see the league taking tangible steps forward after the shambles of this season.

More like the Irish Govt won't be interested in giving grants/wasting money on a club not based in the ROI

**londonhoop** · 10/11/2006, 2:19 PM

I for one always enjoyed a trip to belfield.
RIP old fella.

**Soper** · 10/11/2006, 2:24 PM

I also liked Belfield, had a lovely charm about it.

**Stuttgart88** · 10/11/2006, 2:29 PM

My second favourite ground after Milltown.

**DvB** · 10/11/2006, 2:35 PM

I have to be honest, i've never liked Belfield, ist always been a souless miserable place to go at the best of times, however, enjoy your last outing & best of luck with the Bowl next season, however games v Kilkenny & Kildare will hardly pull the cowds, fnar fnar!!

Koh

**Mouthpiece** · 10/11/2006, 2:55 PM

The Bowl is not likely to be ready for the start of the season so we'll have the joy of Belfield for a couple more games.

**Peadar** · 10/11/2006, 3:43 PM

Originally Posted by Mouthpiece

The Bowl is not likely to be ready for the start of the season so we'll have the joy of Belfield for a couple more games.

I pity the first division teams who have to go there at the start of next season.

**dublin15bohs** · 10/11/2006, 4:28 PM

i didnt like it until this season when 2 bohs fans fell down one of the gaps in the stand and didnt spill a drop out of there cans

**John83** · 10/11/2006, 4:32 PM

Originally Posted by dublin15bohs

i didnt like it until this season when 2 bohs fans fell down one of the gaps in the stand and didnt spill a drop out of there cans

Yeah, fantastic anti-spillage design. Pity the bear trap didn't work though.

**pineapple stu** · 10/11/2006, 4:35 PM

Originally Posted by Celdrog

Stu, much as I am delighted that Belfied will be a much better place next season, how did UCD manage to get a grant of �1.25M form the government. Will it be used for a lot of other things?

Why wouldn't we? As Ash noted, Athlone got far more, and Bray got over half a million as well, so crowd size isn't a factor. We're a club in our own right, so entitled to whatever's going for the rest of the clubs, so any link with UCD is irrelevant. And as Dodge noted, the rugby club play there too, so it covers two sports.