Shamrock Rovers to play in Tolka.

**Raheny Red** · 23/12/2005, 2:18 PM

From Shels Web

Rovers in Tolka

New Tolka Tenant

Shamrock Rovers to play in Tolka.

It has been confirmed today by Shelbourne Football Club that Shamrock Rovers will play in Tolka Park next season.

Shamrock Rovers were relegated last season but since then they have appointed Pat Scully as manager and he has brought in a number of new players. Shamrock Rovers are hoping to move to a new stadium in Tallaght eventually.

**hoopy** · 23/12/2005, 3:37 PM

Why oh why would nobody believe me when I posted this ages ago? All I got was sarcasm. Seeing as I was the one who first broke the news of Roddy's suspension on this mb as well I hope I won't be laughed at the next time I post an exclusive

**Raheny Red** · 23/12/2005, 4:51 PM

Yes but you never had any links or anything. People want evidence!!

**Dodge** · 23/12/2005, 5:14 PM

Bit of a ****ty press release by Shels... "eventually"

Made me smile but certainly not professional

**Raheny Red** · 23/12/2005, 5:50 PM

That was probably put up by Fintan or Gareth who both do great work for the site.....voluntarily. They are fans giving a hand.

Why does it have to be professional?? The information that needs to be known is there.

**Dodge** · 23/12/2005, 6:18 PM

If its published by the club it definitely should be professional. Otherwise its amatuerish (obviously)

I've no problem with sly digs at the homeless, just saying that it makes shels look like cûnts. Which I'll grant you, they are...

**hoopy** · 23/12/2005, 6:23 PM

Originally Posted by Raheny Red

Yes but you never had any links or anything. People want evidence!!

F*** the links!! The truth is what counts!

**Gerrit** · 23/12/2005, 6:41 PM

I hope Rovers' fans leave it in the state they got it, which somehow I doubt will happen...

Anyway, welcome to Tolka I guess. Don't forget to pay the bills (if there's any money left)

**Gareth** · 23/12/2005, 7:28 PM

It actually says in two years on the actual website Dodge. It is a poorly section of text but I wrote it and I was under all kinds of time pressures. Now I have more time, I am making it more professional. Consider it my Xmas present to you Dodge.I agree eventually does sound bad but I can assure you I welcome Rovers and look forward to them having their own stadium.

**Conor H** · 23/12/2005, 8:17 PM

Good for us to have a trip to a proper ground....unlike the rest of the clubs grounds with a few exceptions.

**Roverstillidie** · 24/12/2005, 10:04 AM

happy enough with a short stint in tolka.
lets just hope we dont beat them in the cup and they fling us out as a reuslt... again

**Poor Student** · 24/12/2005, 10:10 AM

When you consider some of the stuff that appears on Drogheda's and Dublin City's website I think that for an amateur job Shelsweb is done well by Gareth and co.

**Speranza** · 24/12/2005, 10:35 AM

So much for the hardline stance the Rovers board were going to take with Oily after the $hels vs Linfield match and those unfounded claims. Instead of taking action they go and line his pockets.

**Raheny Red** · 24/12/2005, 11:03 AM

I have heard Shels are getting 50K in rent. Can any Rovers fans shed any light on how much is involved!!

**Gareth** · 24/12/2005, 11:51 AM

As a shels fan and a person with a strong interest in League of Ireland football, we need to sort out management level bickering within the league and create good working relationships. Fans can dislike each other and players etc but at the top level if we are to progress, we need to help each other. I welcome Rovers to Tolka and hope that is proves a successful deal. Rovers board has said they are working to sort out rogue fan elements and you have to commend the levels of work being put into the club now.

**harpskid** · 24/12/2005, 12:02 PM

Well said Gareth

**EnDai** · 24/12/2005, 11:26 PM

^^

Put as well as anyone could. Enjoy playing there.

**Billy Lord** · 25/12/2005, 1:07 AM

I totally agree with Gareth, but only in some respects (if you get the irony). The reference in the Shels' press release to ``eventually'' was essentially gratuitous, obviously insulting and grammatically incorrect. The name Jeremiah O'Reilly and the term schadenfruede sping to mind. The sentence should've read: Shamrock Rovers are eventually hoping to move to a new stadium in Tallaght. And it would still be incorrect.
The reality is that Shamrock Rovers are moving to a new stadium in Tallaght. It's not an eventuality, it's a certainty.
As for Tolka, we will treat it with the the dignity it deserves.

**Gareth** · 25/12/2005, 8:11 AM

Billy Lord, I actually don't have eventually in the news item. It was there for around 20 seconds until I re-read it and changed it cos it sounded insulting. In that time Raheny Red cut and paste the article. Its a little bit of a pain in the ass to be held over something I corrected myself in around 20 seconds.

Apart from that, good luck next season. Treating Tolka with the respect it deserves though is a very loaded sentence

The question really is, how much deserve do you think it deserves???

**Roverstillidie** · 28/12/2005, 7:44 PM

Originally Posted by Gareth

Billy Lord, I actually don't have eventually in the news item. It was there for around 20 seconds until I re-read it and changed it cos it sounded insulting. In that time Raheny Red cut and paste the article. Its a little bit of a pain in the ass to be held over something I corrected myself in around 20 seconds.

Apart from that, good luck next season. Treating Tolka with the respect it deserves though is a very loaded sentence

The question really is, how much deserve do you think it deserves???

care to comment on the damage caused in Croke Park by a certain shels fan, a rovers fan and 3 random gypos over the christmas Gareth? (if that is your real name....)