Brandywell Stadium Development

[forza]

All this criticism of the board leaves a bad taste in this old codgers mouth.

Maybe they have asked. Maybe institute don't want a game on a Friday night if they are to play on the pitch on a Saturday. I think Phil was just putting it out there as a possibility.

It's only going to be a few games at most. Real fans won't mind where it
Is so long as we are playing. I've listened to these young ones moaning about the stadium and now the board have sorted it by the looks of things. Who cares if we have to play in finn park for a few matches.


Regular little nincompoops

[forza]

Ps drumahoe and institute would suit me perfectly

[micdaflic]

All this criticism of the board leaves a bad taste in this old codgers mouth.

Maybe they have asked. Maybe institute don't want a game on a Friday night if they are to play on the pitch on a Saturday. I think Phil was just putting it out there as a possibility.

It's only going to be a few games at most. Real fans won't mind where it
Is so long as we are playing. I've listened to these young ones moaning about the stadium and now the board have sorted it by the looks of things. Who cares if we have to play in finn park for a few matches.


Regular little nincompoops

So what did the board sort out? The club are only tenants and in fact we were misled by it saying work was to start in May while all the time no one knew what was going on, what money was available and from where or when, if ever work would commence. And is anyone sure just what work will be done and when?

[Keyser Soze]

All this criticism of the board leaves a bad taste in this old codgers mouth.

Maybe they have asked. Maybe institute don't want a game on a Friday night if they are to play on the pitch on a Saturday. I think Phil was just putting it out there as a possibility.

It's only going to be a few games at most. Real fans won't mind where it
Is so long as we are playing. I've listened to these young ones moaning about the stadium and now the board have sorted it by the looks of things. Who cares if we have to play in finn park for a few matches.


Regular little nincompoops

We are all real fans. Maybe not superfans, but real fans.

I won't be making the drive to Finn Park for home games. I'm sure plenty of others won't either.
And what about those who don't drive?

I'd go to the Riverside though.

(a shared stadium for the city;s 2 clubs, what a novel idea!)

[kitwe]

I'll go to Finn Park and I'll give you a lift Keyser if necessary

[barrydcfc]

I'll go to Finn Park and I'll give you a lift Keyser if necessary

Surely if we do face the sheer doom and gloom of having to make the journey to Bog park in ballygobackwards, The club will be subsidizing transport i.e. buses to and from the games?!

[pmac]

All this criticism of the board leaves a bad taste in this old codgers mouth.

Maybe they have asked. Maybe institute don't want a game on a Friday night if they are to play on the pitch on a Saturday. I think Phil was just putting it out there as a possibility.

It's only going to be a few games at most. Real fans won't mind where it
Is so long as we are playing. I've listened to these young ones moaning about the stadium and now the board have sorted it by the looks of things. Who cares if we have to play in finn park for a few matches.


Regular little nincompoops

Agree, the whining in here is deafening.

I'll go to Finn Park and I'll give you a lift Keyser if necessary

Surely if we do face the sheer doom and gloom of having to make the journey to Bog park in ballygobackwards, The club will be subsidizing transport i.e. buses to and from the games?!

Aye maybe you could get picked up at the door, and have them pack you a wee snack. Bring you home and tuck you in to bed.

The club has no money. and will lose out substantially if they have to play away from the Brandywell. But don't let that concern you.

At last it looks like we're getting the Brandywell modernised, but still some find something to whine about, boy's give it a rest.

[Venkman]

Aye maybe you could get picked up at the door, and have them pack you a wee snack. Bring you home and tuck you in to bed.

The club has no money. and will lose out substantially if they have to play away from the Brandywell. But don't let that concern you.

At last it looks like we're getting the Brandywell modernised, but still some find something to whine about, boy's give it a rest.

[shauna]

Cant understand how the new 3g pitch wont be layed and ready for play by next march, thats 4 months from the end of this season like. Even if the new stand is still under construction they can still use the southend park stand so in my opinion this chat about going else were is nothing but scaremongering

[paul60]

New financial year anything to do with date.?

[TenaciousDee]

I'll go to Finn Park and I'll give you a lift Keyser if necessary

Surely if we do face the sheer doom and gloom of having to make the journey to Bog park in ballygobackwards, The club will be subsidizing transport i.e. buses to and from the games?!

Aye maybe you could get picked up at the door, and have them pack you a wee snack. Bring you home and tuck you in to bed.

The club has no money. and will lose out substantially if they have to play away from the Brandywell. But don't let that concern you.

At last it looks like we're getting the Brandywell modernised, but still some find something to whine about, boy's give it a rest.

Well Davy I posted this on the previous page but I will ask you directly considering you have attacked the poster highlighted instead of the post.

How do you expect young families/ young supporters/ people with no access to cars to make "home" games during this period if we play our games in Finn Park? In particular those outside supporters clubs/ Ultra Groups? As you know yourself supporters clubs in recent years has become more closely knit and accommodate their members by booking buses with enough space for those members or own their own minibuses.

Without club transport or a transport package how can we market these games up in Finn park to young families/ young supporters / people with no transport or those with minimal income to part with say £10 a bus journey per person for up to 10 league games (plus a possible further two cup games) up to July?

How do they (the club) convince people to buy season tickets if these listed can not guarantee they will make each game due to transport issues?

Then answer if we lose these people and results go south how can we attract them back to the Brandywell once the novelty of the new surroundings wear off?

And finally do you think the club's loss will be more substantial or less without making an attempt to get supporters up there by any means necessary to pay in the gate?

And whilst I am at it, the club paid for a Cork City fan who fell whilst drunk in a local bar to be transported to her door in Cork a few weeks ago why couldn't the club drop Barry off at his doorstep or do the same for those who attend games at the Brandywell regularly?

I look forward to your reply.

[martinbradleey]

Remember playing our "home" games in Coleraine, look how much good that did for the club.

[pmac]

Well Davy I posted this on the previous page but I will ask you directly considering you have attacked the poster highlighted instead of the post.

How do you expect young families/ young supporters/ people with no access to cars to make "home" games during this period if we play our games in Finn Park? In particular those outside supporters clubs/ Ultra Groups? As you know yourself supporters clubs in recent years has become more closely knit and accommodate their members by booking buses with enough space for those members or own their own minibuses.

For start, it all a bit hypothetical at the minute as we might never be playing at Finn Park. However i'd imagine we will have very few supporters travelling to Finn Park as any games there in the last few years have been poorly supported, especially young families. I would suggest that the club do run buses with kids getting to go free.

Without club transport or a transport package how can we market these games up in Finn park to young families/ young supporters / people with no transport or those with minimal income to part with say £10 a bus journey per person for up to 10 league games (plus a possible further two cup games) up to July?

What do you expect the club to do, pay for everyone?

How do they (the club) convince people to buy season tickets if these listed can not guarantee they will make each game due to transport issues?

I'll admit that season tickets would be problem, perhaps it might be reduced to cover only the games in the Brandywell.

Then answer if we lose these people and results go south how can we attract them back to the Brandywell once the novelty of the new surroundings wear off?

And finally do you think the club's loss will be more substantial or less without making an attempt to get supporters up there by any means necessary to pay in the gate?

I'd believe they loss would be more, if you consider the booking of buses that may not be anywhere near full.

And whilst I am at it, the club paid for a Cork City fan who fell whilst drunk in a local bar to be transported to her door in Cork a few weeks ago why couldn't the club drop Barry off at his doorstep or do the same for those who attend games at the Brandywell regularly?

I think it was very magnanimous gesture by the club to get the fan home, do you not think that? I'm sure if it's just Barry someone will take him, (as has been offered) after all that's how many will get there including myself and if you divide the petrol between 3/4 it will cost very very little to go to the game. but do you really want/expect the club to take and pay for several hundred Barry's.

I look forward to your reply.

Can i now ask you a question Dee, what do you think of the incessant whining on here. do you not find it depressing? We at last look the ground improvements are going ahead, and all we've got since is whine whine and whine. Will it ever stop?

[TenaciousDee]

I think supporters are happy to see that we are edging closer to the reinvention of our stadium but admit that a few still feel about paranoid that it may not be all it promises. This is a result of empty promises of canvassing politicians and others who has used the Brandywell project as their own advantage to control or help obtain their own goals. I guess this comes down to a lack of trust and frustration after having the rug pulled from under us.

I admit personally that I have become a bit disillusioned by the club over the last 3 years in failing to better our standing within the community, our supporters and the next generation of supporters when we sadly are no longer around. How they handle the ground share if it is outside of the city will be an indicator of how they want to be viewed by the general public whether it is organising a partnership with say JK Coaches to run family friendly bus services to the ground and ease the burden on supporters who want to watch their home town club. This could also be an advance travel package. We can't rest on the "if we build it they will come" approach, Derry City need to respect and nit devalue the importance of their costumers, regular or casual.

[shauna]

The biggest whiner of the lot seems to be eddie mahon and he is at it again today in the journal, what a laughing stock that man has become. Sure we would all love a new swanky stadium at fort george with heated padded seats and budweiser on tap but it aint going to happen and the sooner deluded fools like mahon get that into their heads the better. Im over the moon that work has finally started on the brandywell and cant wait to sit in the new lone moor road stand

[KEVK]

I think supporters are happy to see that we are edging closer to the reinvention of our stadium but admit that a few still feel about paranoid that it may not be all it promises. This is a result of empty promises of canvassing politicians and others who has used the Brandywell project as their own advantage to control or help obtain their own goals. I guess this comes down to a lack of trust and frustration after having the rug pulled from under us.

I admit personally that I have become a bit disillusioned by the club over the last 3 years in failing to better our standing within the community, our supporters and the next generation of supporters when we sadly are no longer around. How they handle the ground share if it is outside of the city will be an indicator of how they want to be viewed by the general public whether it is organising a partnership with say JK Coaches to run family friendly bus services to the ground and ease the burden on supporters who want to watch their home town club. This could also be an advance travel package. We can't rest on the "if we build it they will come" approach, Derry City need to respect and nit devalue the importance of their costumers, regular or casual.

I am definitely one of those

I don't have faith in our Councillors nor the Board to deliver on it. I'm preparing myself for a patched up job that won't help the Club move forward into a new era.

[Greengo]

Eddie Seydak made a suggestion tonight in our commentary after the game

Maginn Park in Buncrana...

Thoughts ???

[sunshine83]

Fantastic suggestion from Eddie.
By far and away, the best surface any footballer would want to play in.
Big pitch, Close to Derry,
In the middle of Buncrana, close to pubs, shops cafe's etc

[gary]

Eddie Seydak made a suggestion tonight in our commentary after the game

Maginn Park in Buncrana...

Thoughts ???

sounds a really good idea, how many supporters can it hold though?

[GERRYW]

All this criticism of the board leaves a bad taste in this old codgers mouth.

Maybe they have asked. Maybe institute don't want a game on a Friday night if they are to play on the pitch on a Saturday. I think Phil was just putting it out there as a possibility.

It's only going to be a few games at most. Real fans won't mind where it
Is so long as we are playing. I've listened to these young ones moaning about the stadium and now the board have sorted it by the looks of things. Who cares if we have to play in finn park for a few matches.


Regular little nincompoops

Institute would be out of season until August apart from training.