Tonight's latest- 18/5/07

[Dodge]

Commentary on the Cork game on the RTE website

Bohs coming into it a bit it seems

[pete]

Rovers v Waterford abandoned.

[Dodge]

Tolka Park is falling down!

[Réiteoir]

Tolka Park proving it's no longer fit to host top division football anymore

Loose stanchion/floodlight pylon inside the ground deemed unsafe by the referee, the Shelbourne groundstaff and the Police

Rovers fans on the pitch responding to some goading by Waterford fans according to the radio

[Dodge]

The ****ing floodlight pylon is loose!?!

[pete]

Tolka Park proving it's no longer fit to host top division football anymore...

Even when they are not playing Shels manage to get media attention.

[Réiteoir]

The ****ing floodlight pylon is loose!?!

Aye - from what I could gather from the radio - it's one of those similar to the one which caught fire in the Cup Final a few years back

[kdjaC]

Thought it was a wind up.

So Shels in richmond and rovers in dalymount?


kdjac

[pete]

Just got text from "eye witness" saying game called off as "floodlight about to fall down".

[The Lilywhites]

Shels are due to play Harps in Tolka tomorrow night

[dcfcsteve]

Aye - from what I could gather from the radio - it's one of those similar to the one which caught fire in the Cup Final a few years back

What caught fire in 2002 was a padding wrap around the base of one of the floodlights (so that if a player went flyign into it, they wouldn't get hurt).

Definitely not the sort of thing that would see a game abandoned.

Tolka must be in a right state to have a ref calling a game off mid-play.

[kdjaC]

They cant play home games in Richmond, the residents would go mental and we have to be nice to them.

How can the best ground in the league turn into a death trap in a matter of weeks, 1st the main stand then the pitch and now the lights.?


kdjac

[SkStu]

so let me get this straight. Rovers fans invaded the pitch and have pulled down all the floodlights. Scum.

[oriel]

Anyone know what happens to betting on this match ? or if its part of a double/treble etc ? assume money refunded ?

[Dodge]

What caught fire in 2002 was a padding wrap around the base of one of the floodlights (so that if a player went flyign into it, they wouldn't get hurt).

Definitely not the sort of thing that would see a game abandoned.

Tolka must be in a right state to have a ref calling a game off mid-play.

He meant it was the same pylon, not the same sort of incident

[DmanDmythDledge]

What were the Rovers fans doing on the pitch?

[Dodge]

What were the Rovers fans doing on the pitch?

IN reaction to goading from Waterford fans apparently. Texxt I received said "Our idiots couldn't just ignore thiers"

[dcfcsteve]

How can the best ground in the league turn into a death trap in a matter of weeks,

Probably the same way the best team in the league can turn into one of the worst almost over night.....

[Réiteoir]

so let me get this straight. Rovers fans invaded the pitch and have pulled down all the floodlights. Scum.

Apparently one of them produced a bus engine and used that to do the damage

He meant it was the same pylon, not the same sort of incident

Bingo

[pete]

City 2 Bohs 1 McGuinness.