Keyser Soze wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 11:23 pm
The scum who throw pryos over a wall to hit and injure football fans don't get a sh1t whether we are fined or not. Or if the stadium is closed for a home game. They aren't Derry fans.
Have been reading some other forums and, rightly so, other fans are questioning our ability to house away fans safely. They are saying that if we can't guarantee their safety then matches will have to be played elsewhere. And I can see where they are coming from. If it was happening to us at away grounds, we'd be up in arms too.
I hope we don't get a stadium closure. That punishes the thousands for the sins of one person or a handful of them.
I'm a broken recodd on this, but Brandywell is the wrong location for our long-term future.
Leaving aside the physical limitations of the site, it's surrounded by densely packed housing and laneways - some of which provides perfect cover for anti-social behaviour. And the area can't be effectively policed. None of which works for a modern stadium.
These sorts of problems have been happening every so often for years. And unfortunately I see no reason why they won't continue to happen every so often in the future.
I'm convinced that an All-Island League will be introduced at some point, one way or another. If we can't even host a Dublin team without scrotes causing problems, what hope do we have with the likes of Linfield and Coleraine? And what happens if there's hassle at a Europena fixture, as UEFA don't take any sh!t?
The Brandywell will not work for our longer term future.
