United Park capacity?

**Paddyfield** · 27/03/2007, 9:45 PM

According to Drogheda's website, their ground capacity has been reduced to 1500....

http://www.droghedaunited.ie/scripts...?ArticleID=990

**OneRedArmy** · 27/03/2007, 10:29 PM

A further breach of the Licensing requirement that they are already in breach of?

Drogs not on a great run off the pitch at the minute.

**Student Mullet** · 27/03/2007, 10:33 PM

Is there any reason given? I was up there the other week and it didn't seem out of shape.

**Drogman.** · 28/03/2007, 7:12 AM

Apparently after the Linfield game where there was rumour of a lot of forged tickets doing the rounds, the club were forced into limiting the capacity for health and safety reasons until they can sort out the mess, as the tickets for our games are nothing short of a disaster. Just terrible pieces of cardboard that anyone can photocopy.

We were told of this through an ex-employee of the club on our forum but nothing was mentioned on the official website, or local radio or local rag. Then on Monday night the club decided to lock the gates after selling all the tickets which mean't that some season ticket holders and others were told to go away.

There has been uproar over this and it's another mess the club has got themselves into.

For all the progress the club has made on the pitch, off the pitch the administration staff just seem clueless and the club, as has been happening for quite a while now, just treat the fans with contempt.

Not only did the club do nothing, but when the general manager was confronted by one of the lads who was refused entry on Monday night, the general manager "advised" him that the notice was on the website, so now they are reducing themselves to telling lies to the fans.

Wan*ers!

**ndrog** · 28/03/2007, 10:05 AM

I second that .TOTAL *******

**Dodge** · 28/03/2007, 10:21 AM

And this is the crowd who want to build a new town?

Shameful when season ticket holders can't get into a game

**Ebmania** · 28/03/2007, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by Drogman.

Apparently after the Linfield game where there was rumour of a lot of forged tickets doing the rounds, the club were forced into limiting the capacity for health and safety reasons until they can sort out the mess, as the tickets for our games are nothing short of a disaster. Just terrible pieces of cardboard that anyone can photocopy.

We were told of this through an ex-employee of the club on our forum but nothing was mentioned on the official website, or local radio or local rag. Then on Monday night the club decided to lock the gates after selling all the tickets which mean't that some season ticket holders and others were told to go away.

There has been uproar over this and it's another mess the club has got themselves into.

For all the progress the club has made on the pitch, off the pitch the administration staff just seem clueless and the club, as has been happening for quite a while now, just treat the fans with contempt.

Not only did the club do nothing, but when the general manager was confronted by one of the lads who was refused entry on Monday night, the general manager "advised" him that the notice was on the website, so now they are reducing themselves to telling lies to the fans.

Wan*ers!

Any more news on this new stadium.

**Drogman.** · 28/03/2007, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by Ebmania

Any more news on this new stadium.

Nothing as yet. There was a meeting last week with East Meath councilors with some apparently supporting the project while others voicing some concerns.

I'll have to get my hands on the local rag later today to see if there is anything else on it as there has been some story on the stadium every week now for the past while.

**redgav** · 28/03/2007, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by Drogman.

Nothing as yet. There was a meeting last week with East Meath councilors with some apparently supporting the project while others voicing some concerns.

I'll have to get my hands on the local rag later today to see if there is anything else on it as there has been some story on the stadium every week now for the past while.

Heard the full story last monday night , A cynical person might say someone in the Council didn't get whatever they were promised and are now acting like royal pains .They want 2 schools built and open before they allow planning to go ahead for the houses and stadium!!So 2 fully operating empty schools before the houses are built. The house sales were due to be used to fund the building of schools and the stadium but this has all been thrown up in the air after the meeting last week .Story I was told was that these sugar daddies you guys have are having a serious rethink after the latest council ruling

**Dodge** · 28/03/2007, 12:50 PM

They're no sugar daddies.

A whole new town FFS

**OneRedArmy** · 28/03/2007, 1:00 PM

Originally Posted by redgav

Heard the full story last monday night , A cynical person might say someone in the Council didn't get whatever they were promised and are now acting like royal pains .They want 2 schools built and open before they allow planning to go ahead for the houses and stadium!!So 2 fully operating empty schools before the houses are built. The house sales were due to be used to fund the building of schools and the stadium but this has all been thrown up in the air after the meeting last week .Story I was told was that these sugar daddies you guys have are having a serious rethink after the latest council ruling

In fairness given the shambles regarding school places elsewhere in the county (where they built the houses before the schools and kids had no school to go to) its hard to disagree with the planners in this case.

In many cases promises of schools, recreations facilities etc. have mysteriously disappeared in similar developments once the houses have been built and sold.

Drogs fans sound like they have been sold a complete pup, the assumptions around this deal are ambiiitious at best and absolutely fanciful at worst, yet the clubs backers have repeatedly sold it as a done deal.

The basis by which they got this years License has also fallen to pieces.

**paudie** · 28/03/2007, 1:10 PM

At the very least the schools should be ready for use when people move in to the houses.

This is the case with new towns such as Abbottstown.

Previous to that I think the government felt it might reduce the developers profits unnecessarily by having such unreasonable planning conditions.

**Peadar** · 28/03/2007, 1:12 PM

If drogs get a home semi in the SSC, will they move it to Dalyer?

**BohsPartisan** · 28/03/2007, 1:23 PM

Originally Posted by OneRedArmy

In fairness given the shambles regarding school places elsewhere in the county (where they built the houses before the schools and kids had no school to go to) its hard to disagree with the planners in this case.

Dead right. There has been an ongoing row about the school in Laytown for the last 5 years. Another primary in Drogheda was an election issue at the last locals and I'm not sure the situation has improved. Theres also the small matter of the water supply in the area being overstretched.

**Louth4sam** · 28/03/2007, 1:25 PM

Originally Posted by redgav

like royal pains .

Maybe thats cos they are from Meath.

**TheBoss** · 28/03/2007, 1:27 PM

Now, Now....

**MyTown** · 28/03/2007, 1:28 PM

Originally Posted by Louth4sam

Maybe thats cos they are from Meath.

What?

Maybe that's why Louth is called the wee county!

Seems like Drogeda shouldn't have ditched the original name..........Lourdes Stadium

**redgav** · 28/03/2007, 1:31 PM

Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

Dead right. There has been an ongoing row about the school in Laytown for the last 5 years. Another primary in Drogheda was an election issue at the last locals and I'm not sure the situation has improved. Theres also the small matter of the water supply in the area being overstretched.

Thats the exact case cited in the CC meeting .Laytown school issue is what they've used to reject the initial planning .The problem is ,as I said ,that the funding for the schools and the stadium are based on house sales..The planning given to laytown was slightly ambigous(sp) regarding the clauses for the schools, whereas this one apparently is fairly water tight .I can see the councils side of it ,sure they've been bitten before ,but this could also cost them a lot of revenue if the development is binned.It also has potentiall drastic outcome for Drogs regarding the licences....Imagine it ,they could be replaced in the league by Dundalk