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barry wrote:Really hope the lampposts are temporary I spent all year dodging them from the seats in maginn
They sure dont look temporary :(

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The greyhounds may have been moved but we've been left with a dogs dinner

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barry wrote:Really hope the lampposts are temporary I spent all year dodging them from the seats in maginn
I have a terrible feeling that those are not lampposts. I think they must be small floodlights for when members of the public rent the pitch out.

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Chalkie wrote:
barry wrote:Really hope the lampposts are temporary I spent all year dodging them from the seats in maginn
I have a terrible feeling that those are not lampposts. I think they must be small floodlights for when members of the public rent the pitch out.
Given where they're located from those photos, my guess is that they're there to provide light for the steps/stairs beside them.

If so - surely they could've used the roof of the stand to provide a more sensible solution ?

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Chalkie wrote:
barry wrote:Really hope the lampposts are temporary I spent all year dodging them from the seats in maginn
I have a terrible feeling that those are not lampposts. I think they must be small floodlights for when members of the public rent the pitch out.
Chalkie I think that could be the reason, it would be costly to use the proper flood lights for private use.

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The TV gantry will be in the new stand as well, is that right?

If so, will they not look atrocious for those watching including at home?

So many small things like that make the LOI look amateurish to the wider audience that it is trying to attract.

The Brandywell ought to have been the showpiece football venue not just for Derry but for the entire North West on both sides of the border.

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barry wrote:
Chalkie wrote:
barry wrote:Really hope the lampposts are temporary I spent all year dodging them from the seats in maginn
I have a terrible feeling that those are not lampposts. I think they must be small floodlights for when members of the public rent the pitch out.
Chalkie I think that could be the reason, it would be costly to use the proper flood lights for private use.
I can't see how those lampposts would floodlight a pitch though. They're not tall enough, and where are the posts to cover the other side/half of the pitch ? Plus - why would you have two lampposts located in from the pitch at the bottom of the steps to the stand if they were all about floodlighting pitches ?

The lamposts in those photos appear to all be located either next to steps or pathways. So my guess is that they're to light the way.

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barry wrote:
Chalkie wrote:
barry wrote:Really hope the lampposts are temporary I spent all year dodging them from the seats in maginn
I have a terrible feeling that those are not lampposts. I think they must be small floodlights for when members of the public rent the pitch out.
Chalkie I think that could be the reason, it would be costly to use the proper flood lights for private use.
No boys, the big floodlights will be used to light the pitch when the public is using it. This will also come at a hire rate obviously per hour. Just have to look at Bishops field, they have massive floodlights and its costs more per hour when there on to when its naturally bright.

Those small lampposts could not light a football pitch, as someone already said, they must be to light the walk ways and the steps. The one right in front of new stand is not needed as there will be already plenty of light there.

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Anyone know if this nnew stand is still due to be completed at some stage? Seems to have gone quiet. Is it being left in a way that its easy to add on the 2 wings?

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DCFC09 wrote:Anyone know if this nnew stand is still due to be completed at some stage? Seems to have gone quiet. Is it being left in a way that its easy to add on the 2 wings?
There's no Government in Stormont to allocate any funding.

There's no Martin McGuinness to deliver on the ill-judged promise he gave that the rest of the funding for Brandywell would come, even if there was a government..

And there are no Derry politicians with real senior influence in Stormont at the moment, even if a government does reappear.

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stevebradley wrote:
DCFC09 wrote:Anyone know if this nnew stand is still due to be completed at some stage? Seems to have gone quiet. Is it being left in a way that its easy to add on the 2 wings?
There's no Government in Stormont to allocate any funding.

There's no Martin McGuinness to deliver on the ill-judged promise he gave that the rest of the funding for Brandywell would come, even if there was a government..

And there are no Derry politicians with real senior influence in Stormont at the moment, even if a government does reappear.
Steve spot on again!

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also... why are there a set of steps with a hand railing in the middle of nowhere to the side of the newly built stand... Is terracing going to be built between the stand and the steps ?

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My mate is a builder on the project and he told me they didn't even dig the foundations for the other two sides of the stand to be added in. I think we can take from that there is no intention of this ever happening

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Greengo wrote:also... why are there a set of steps with a hand railing in the middle of nowhere to the side of the newly built stand... Is terracing going to be built between the stand and the steps ?
No idea on terracing - but there appears to be a significant change in levels there. So you'd need to provide a safe way for people to able to navigate it.

Otherwise the council would be getting compo claims from half of Derry for people falling on that slope due to rain, ice, leaves etc :D

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I've said it from the start, but I have no faith in this being done right and I can see a lot of red faces at the end of it.

The Council and those in charge of this haven't a clue about football stadiums and the attention to detail that is involved.

I hope I am proved wrong

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stevebradley wrote:
Otherwise the council would be getting compo claims from half of Derry for people falling on that slope due to rain, ice, leaves etc :D
Suppose that's one way of getting the crowds back... :lol:

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KEVK wrote:I've said it from the start, but I have no faith in this being done right and I can see a lot of red faces at the end of it.

The Council and those in charge of this haven't a clue about football stadiums and the attention to detail that is involved.

I hope I am proved wrong
The council can't even maintain the astro pitch at Foyle Arena it is like a beach

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To be fair I saw the lamp posts the other day as I drove past and they are mostly to the side of the stand and I don’t think that they are much of a visual obstruction.

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city till i die 89 wrote:
KEVK wrote:I've said it from the start, but I have no faith in this being done right and I can see a lot of red faces at the end of it.

The Council and those in charge of this haven't a clue about football stadiums and the attention to detail that is involved.

I hope I am proved wrong
The council can't even maintain the astro pitch at Foyle Arena it is like a beach
Completely different kind of pitch, meant to be sandy.

More a hockey pitch than a soccer pitch.

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Has there been any confirmation of what type of contamination the Brandywell has and if it will delay the opening of the ground?

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