BAD NEWS - City to play Euro ties Possibly in Dublin

**James** · 04/09/2002, 6:32 PM

[not happy] fupppin hate this

ok from the SC meeting last night with 'Nice-Guy Brian' ©,

there is a UEFA rule of a minimum number of seats of 7,000 for any uefa game.
City currently have 5,500

= PROBLEM

there are MFA plans to knock the shed and seat it but they aint going to be happening soon

RESULT we either convince the GAA to let us play in the Pairc (fat chance) or else we play it in Tolka fuppin park..

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrr

[ still not happy]

**Colm** · 04/09/2002, 7:21 PM

He was saying that he might organise temporary seating for the Shed, but surely they wont fit more than 500/600 seats in the Shed. So, that still leaves us short 1000 seats.

It looks like we wont be playing our Champions league (

) fixtures in Cork next year.

**Éanna** · 04/09/2002, 7:31 PM

yeah, its a problem alrght, but realistically, we have the bones of 10 months to do something about it. Hopefully can be sorted out.

**James** · 04/09/2002, 7:35 PM

Originally posted by Éanna
yeah, its a problem alrght, but realistically, we have the bones of 10 months to do something about it. Hopefully can be sorted out.

LOL nice one eanna
what sort of a dream world are you living in?
what could possibly be done in 10months when for prob about 8 of them CCFC will be playing in the Cross.. and anyway the hassle and planning and money to seat the shed would be more in line with a 3 or 5 year timeframe not a 10 month one

face it - the best we can hope for is the home leg in flancare park

what irratated me last night was nice guy brian © even suggesting we play 2 away fixtures in the competition.. surely thats not taking europe seriously at all??

thoughts

**eoinh** · 04/09/2002, 7:51 PM

Originally posted by COLM
He was saying that he might organise temporary seating for the Shed, but surely they wont fit more than 500/600 seats in the Shed. So, that still leaves us short 1000 seats.

i thought temporary seating is outlawed in european competition.

also im pretty sure that this seating criteria only covers the group stages. in the inter toto cup pats played in Inchicore - only 2000 seats and they had fans on the terraces

**James** · 04/09/2002, 7:54 PM

rule doesnt count for inter toto
but does for uefa and champ league ( where we'll be playing)
thats what nice guy brian © said last night anyways

**Colm** · 04/09/2002, 7:55 PM

Originally posted by James

the best we can hope for is the home leg in flancare park

what irratated me last night was nice guy brian © even suggesting we play 2 away fixtures in the competition.

Yeah, i mean he can hardly expect supporters to travel to god knows where TWICE!!
I guess Flancare Park is our best option, just so long as we dont have to suffer the humiliation of playing it in Dublin

**James** · 04/09/2002, 8:03 PM

still not good enough though
to have to play your 'home' tie not in your home ground
let alone in another county of province..or even in the pale (worst case scenario)

and if its even hinted at that we play 2 away ties, then nice guy brian © is no better imo then plonk or any of his predecessors for letting that happen

i know its a while off yet but just mentioning it now before its ontop of us and no-one knew it was going to happen

**Colm** · 04/09/2002, 8:13 PM

Originally posted by James
still not good enough though
to have to play your 'home' tie not in your home ground
let alone in another county of province..or even in the pale (worst case scenario)

Yeah, i agree with you 100%. IMO, it would be a sad day if we had to play our Champions league fixtures outside of the cross or even worse outside of Cork!

**Éanna** · 04/09/2002, 8:17 PM

Originally posted by James
and if its even hinted at that we play 2 away ties, then nice guy brian © is no better imo then plonk or any of his predecessors for letting that happen

that is going ott in my opinion. Look at it the way he put it. It's not that he doesn't want to sort it out, its that he CAN'T. with regards to development of the cross our hands are tied because it's notour ground.

**joe** · 04/09/2002, 8:19 PM

these uefa rules are never that hard and fast, so don't everyone get their knickers in a twist

remember flancare, which wasn't ready the day before longford's uefa cup match last season was okayed

and back in 93 bishopstown did not meet uefa's criteria but the galatasary match still went ahead there

Neil · 04/09/2002, 8:21 PM

Originally posted by James
brian © is no better imo then plonk or any of his predecessors for letting that happen

LOL
What a load of rubbish!

**eoinh** · 04/09/2002, 8:22 PM

that cork city have got it wrong in regard to the amount of seats a club needs. i think that directive is only in regard to the group stages

**James** · 04/09/2002, 8:23 PM

Originally posted by James
and if its even hinted at that we play 2 away ties, then nice guy brian © is no better imo then plonk or any of his predecessors for letting that happen

thats what i said neil so please dont misquote it

**Éanna** · 04/09/2002, 8:24 PM

Originally posted by joe
these uefa rules are never that hard and fast, so don't everyone get their knickers in a twist

exactly. What I remember from that UEFA booklet I have, is that the rules for the preliminary round and the 1st round proper are different. IMO, we would more than likely be ok for the prelinary ground.

Neil · 04/09/2002, 8:27 PM

What's this 'Nice-Guy Brian' stuff about James?

**Éanna** · 04/09/2002, 8:29 PM

Originally posted by James
thats what i said neil so please dont misquote it

So you don't have any kind of chip on your shoulder with respect to people in board positions at the club then?

To be honest, methinks the "©" after your nickname from lennox a bit childish and insulting, not to mention the nickname itself

**James** · 04/09/2002, 8:32 PM

Originally posted by Neil
What's this 'Nice-Guy Brian' stuff about James?

cause he is a nice guy

Originally posted by Éanna
So you don't have any kind of chip on your shoulder with respect to people in board positions at the club then? To be honest, methinks the "©" after your nickname from lennox a bit childish and insulting, not to mention the nickname itself

lost there eanna, sry man