Association football stadium in Tallaght, Ireland

Tallaght Stadium ( irish : Staid Thamhlachta ) is an association football stadium in the Republic of Ireland based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club Shamrock Rovers originally announced details of the stadium in July, 1996. [ 3 ] The stadium is now owned and operated by South Dublin County Council with Shamrock Rovers as the anchor tenants .

stadium information

The main rack holds home supporters, club officials and press. A second stand on the face-to-face ( east ) side of the ground, was completed in August, 2009. This stand holds the stadium ‘s television receiver gantry and brought the seating capacitance to 6,000 and presently houses away fans. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] A irregular south bandstand was constructed over a short period in early September 2011 for Rovers ‘ games in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage. In 2019 a permanent South Stand was opened behind one of the goals, bringing the capacity to 8,000. All three stands are covered. construction of modern North Stand is due to start in 2022, which will complete the four side of the land and bring the capacity up to 10,000 seats. [ 6 ]

Refreshment stalls are located at the southern end as is a stadium operate room. In June, 2013, a scoreboard was added to the stadium operate room. irregular induct has been constructed at the stadium three times—once for a club friendly against Real Madrid, which gave the ground a temp capacitance of 10,900 [ 7 ] again before the 2009 FAI Cup Final, giving the land a temp capacity of 8,500 [ 8 ] and for Rovers ‘ games in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage .

Megastore and Rovers Café

Located behind the main stand is the Shamrock Rovers Megastore. Though previously run by kit supplier, Umbro, it is nowadays in full operated by Rovers. The Megastore was expanded in March, 2011, to include the Rovers Café. Within the Café is a big solicitation of memorabilia and trophies from the club ‘s foundation in 1901 to the portray sidereal day that have been donated to the Shamrock Rovers Heritage Trust and have been placed on public display. [ 9 ] For the 2013 League of Ireland season, the cafe was replaced with a Customer service area .

Glenmalure Suite

The Glenmalure Suite in Tallaght Stadium is an exclusive prevention sphere open to club members merely on couple days. club members can visit the Glenmalure Suite 60 minutes before bang off, at half fourth dimension, and after the game for 30 minutes. casual post equal Q & A with the director and players are held in the suite. [ 10 ]

history

Planning disagreements

The adopt chronology is taken from the judgment from the High Court on the Judicial Review. [ 11 ] On 10 February, 1997, South Dublin County Council passed a resolution to lease domain comprising approximately 12.18 acres ( 49,300 m2 ) at Whitestown Way for the structure of a stadium for Shamrock Rovers F.C. On 14 January, 1998, planning license was granted and on 24 March, 2000, the rent was granted to Mulden International Limited. [ 12 ] On 20 October, 2000, Mulden International Limited transferred their rent to Slonepark Company Limited to build the stadium and work commenced in October, 2000. Work ceased at the web site in November, 2001, with the pitch and drain put, the independent stand about complete and early buildings in versatile states of completion. Following a drawn-out period where no exercise was carried out at the stadium and a refusal by the Planning Authority in December 2004 to extend the lease the Council terminated the lease on 4 January, 2004. An examiner was appointed to Shamrock Rovers F.C. on 11 April, 2005, and the council engaged in discussions with the examiner regarding the completion of the stadium and its manipulation by Shamrock Rovers Football Club when completed. Following the examinership process a supporters group, the ‘400 Club ‘ took restraint of Shamrock Rovers and run the club nowadays as the Shamrock Rovers Members Club. A populace consultation process began on 18 July, 2005, to complete the soccer stadium at Sean Walsh Memorial Park. Thomas Davis CLG participated amply in the public consultation process. A county Managers report was presented to the council on 12 December, 2005, which provided for the increase of playing area to accommodate senior Gaelic games and early uses subject to allocation of funds from the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism. The council then informed the Department of the resolution and request clearing regarding fund from the Department .
design of the beginning phase of the Stadium on display at the locate. Note the proximity of the East ( right ) stand to the touch school. Extending the pitch dimensions would have resulted in reduction of capacity in this stand. A answer was received from the Department on 24 January, 2006, stating that the Minister could not agree to make fund available for the limited development .

The holocene Council decision to adopt the director ‘s report national to increasing the size of the play peddle and extending the stands seriously undermines the footing of the previously agreed approach. A larger slope can not easily be accommodated within the present web site given the buildings already in space and would mean that a future stand at the far side of the existing uncompleted stand would be about half the size as originally envisaged, frankincense limiting the future capacitance to about 4,500. Given that the ends of the partially completed west stand are curved means that any marriage proposal to extend along the distance is probable to involve significantly increased costs. … In response to the request from South Dublin County Council that funding be provided towards the raw growth as envisaged by the resolution recently passed by your Council, I wish to confirm that the Minister can not agree to make the fund available on the footing of the new proposed development. — Letter from Dept. Arts, Sport & Tourism, 24 January 2006

Acting on the Ministers response the Council voted in party favor of proceeding with the original plans on 13 February, 2006. Thomas Davis GAA club instituted judicial revue proceedings in the high Court in May, 2006. Their independent controversy was that the decision of the council on 13 February, 2006, to revert to the original plans for the stadium, which did not include a senior GAA cant, was improper. [ 13 ] Their meekness on the technical foul point was accompanied by cultural arguments that ‘the youth of Tallaght will be restricted to a diet of Association football ‘ and that a soccer-only labor would place the ‘applicant at a severe disadvantage in attracting the youth of Tallaght to the baseball club, the sport and the GAA polish ‘. [ 14 ] however the stadium, with the original design, could accommodate junior GAA games as the pitch used at this level fits within the stadium ‘s dimensions. It was only senior GAA games that would not have been facilitated. [ 15 ] The discrepancy had several broken points that were played out in the media. Some Shamrock Rovers fans unveiled a streamer at a league plot showing their contempt for Thomas Davis ‘s actions in taking the matter to court. And adverse to the GAA policy of being apolitical Thomas Davis GAA club made it known that the Minister of State Conor Lenihan TD, the local Dáil congressman, was no longer welcome at the cabaret because of his patronize for Minister John O’Donoghue ‘s stance and called for the club members to make the stadium a General Election write out. [ 16 ] The judicial review began on 20 April, 2007, and concluded on 14 December, 2007. In the high Court decisiveness Mr. Justice Roderick Murphy found in privilege of South Dublin Co. Council and Shamrock Rovers. [ 17 ] He found that Thomas Davis had no fiscal or proprietary pastime in the growth site having had no agreement with SDCC for its manipulation and noted the extensive facilities they had already been given by the council. And so Thomas Davis was not prejudiced by the decision being made in February rather than late January. The resolution to change the stadium was conditional on extra fund from the Department in the absence of this funding the resolution could not stand or, more properly, could not be implemented. The court concluded that “ it would be faulty of the respondent to commit itself to unbudgeted consumption or to delay the implementation of its solution of 13 February, 2005. The court, consequently, refuses the relief sought by Thomas Davis. ” An application by Thomas Davis for leave to appeal this decision to the Supreme court was refused by Judge Murphy on 25 January, 2008. Building commenced on the stadium on 6 May, 2008, six and a half years after oeuvre had first stopped. [ 18 ]

open and growth

The inaugural couple in the new stadium was held on 13 March 2009. [ 19 ] Rovers made a fetching start to life sentence in Tallaght as they saw off the challenge of Sligo Rovers 2–1 in movement of a sell-out crowd of 3,000. Gary Twigg had the respect of being the beginning man to score at the new stadium. [ 20 ] On 20 July, 2009, Shamrock Rovers played Real Madrid at Tallaght Stadium as separate of a “ festival of football ” which besides included games against Newcastle United and Hibernian. Temporary seat was installed taking capacity up to 10,900. [ 7 ] Real Madrid won the crippled by one goal to nil with a late goal. The peer was luminary for the debut appearance of Cristiano Ronaldo for Real Madrid. [ 21 ] The second ( east ) stand was opened for a game against Dundalk on 22 August 2009, which attracted over 4,500 fans. The stadium was sold out the following week, albeit with capacity restrictions ( meaning a herd of about 5,400 ) for a bowler hat with St Patrick ‘s Athletic. Its first gear wax house with the new capacity came against Bohemians on 2 October 2009, as 6,000 tickets were sold out a week in advance .
The 2009 FAI Cup Final was held at the stadium. [ 22 ] Sporting Fingal were winners over Sligo Rovers before 8,105 people. [ 23 ] The Setanta Sports Cup Final has been held on four occasions at Tallaght Stadium, in 2010, 2011, 2013, and 2014. In the 2013 final, on 13 May, 2013, Shamrock Rovers defeated Drogheda United 7–1, in front of 4,022 fans. [ 24 ] Tallaght Stadium won the 2010 Airtricity League Pitch of the Year award. [ 25 ] It besides won the 2012 Airtricity League Pitch of the Year award. [ 26 ] In 2019 the South Stand was opened, behind the southern finish, bringing the capability up to closely 8000 seats. [ 27 ] A north stand behind the inverse finish at the ‘Square end ‘, is due to start construction in 2022. This will include 2,000 more seats, bringing the capability of Tallaght stadium up to over 10,000 seats. [ 28 ]

The capacity of Tallaght stadium was increased following the first step of the South Stand in 2019. Rovers achieved their biggest league attendance since moving to Tallaght in a 0–1 loss to Bohemians in front of a push of 6,414 on 23 April 2019. [ 29 ] That league attendance calculate was topped subsequently that season with 7,021 attending a Rovers-Bohemians bowler hat in which Shamrock Rovers were victorious 1–0 on 30 August 2019. [ 30 ] The following season Rovers beat Dundalk 3–2 in movement of a league criminal record Tallaght push of 7,522 on 28 February 2020. [ 31 ] Rovers clinched the 2021 League of Ireland Premier Division title in a 3–0 victory over Finn Harps on 29 October 2021 in front of 7,030 at Tallaght stadium. [ 32 ] On 19 November 2021, a league criminal record of 7,765 packed in to witness Shamrock Rovers crowned league champions for the 19th time. [ 33 ]
east stand at Tallaght Stadium

Main stand at Tallaght Stadium

The inaugural european game in the stadium was held in July, 2010, when Rovers drew with Bnei Yehuda of Tel Aviv in the UEFA Europa League. [ 34 ] After Rovers eliminated the Israelis the future polish draw saw Juventus play at the stadium in front of a crowd of 5,800. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] The stadium hosted its first UEFA Champions League game in July, 2011, and hosted Rovers ‘ games in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League group phase. In order to comply with UEFA criteria for participating in the group stages of the UEFA Europa League, a south stand was constructed over a curtly period in early September, 2011. Although constructed with irregular dash construction techniques & materials the fresh stand was passed meet by UEFA inspectors as fulfilling the criteria for permanent wave seat. The inclusion of the newfangled south stand brought the stadium capacity above the minimal of 8,500 seats needed to be classified as a Category 4 Stadium as laid out in the UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations. [ 37 ] On 15 December 2011 Rovers lost 0–4 to Tottenham Hotspurs in its final group stage catch of the 2011-12 Europa League in front of 8,500 fans. [ 38 ] Due to seating restrictions at Richmond Park, St Patrick ‘s Athletic played a 2011–12 UEFA Europa League home game against Karpaty Lviv at Tallaght Stadium, [ 39 ] and a 2012–13 UEFA Europa League crippled against Hannover 96. [ 40 ] After the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage, the seats were removed to bring the capacitance of the stadium spinal column to 6,000. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Rovers played FK Ekranas in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League in July, 2012. [ 41 ] The stadium hosted Dundalk ‘s family peer against BATE Borisov in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League third base qualifying round, and later their base Europa League group stagecoach matches in 2016–17, after their home land, Oriel Park, did not meet UEFA standards for hosting matches at either phase .

International

Tallaght Stadium has been hosting the Ireland ‘s women ‘s team ‘s matches in its bid to qualify for the 2023 Women ‘s World Cup .

stream layout

Main stand

The main digest runs the length of the west side of the pitch and was the first stand to open in the stadium. It houses the club ‘s officials and the wardrobe facilities american samoa well as about 3,000 seats. The independent stand besides houses the dressing rooms. The club ‘s superstore is situated behind the stall .

East bandstand

The east stand runs the length of the east side of the pitch and was opened late in the 2009 temper with capacity for about 3,000 seats. The ultras within the club ‘s support foundation used to congregate in the east stand, but in 2019, with the possibility of the South Stand, the more blatant Rovers supporters relocated there. Away supporters are now accommodated in the east stand. In July 2010 a control room was constructed at the cable car park end of the east stand .

South Stand

The south stand, located behind one of the goals, was opened in 2019, holding barely under 2,000 seats. Since then it has housed many of Rovers more vocal supporters. South Dublin County Council presently have plans to complete the four sides of the ground by building a north stand behind the goal at the opposition end of the background, bringing the entire capacity up to about 10,000 .

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other sports

Rugby league

Ireland played their last couple of the 2010 european Cup at Tallaght Stadium, losing 22–42 to Scotland. [ 42 ] As part of the 2014 Rugby League European Championship, Tallaght Stadium hosted the peer between Ireland and France on 18 October. [ 43 ] Tallaght stadium besides hosted the match between Ireland and Scotland on 25 October 2014. [ 44 ]
Tallaght Stadium Rugby League Ireland volt France 2014 Rugby League European Championship

International Rugby League Matches
Date Home Score Opponent Competition Attendance
24 October 2010  Ireland 22–42  Scotland 2010 European Cup 684[42]
18 October 2014  Ireland 22–12  France 2014 European Championship 1,428[43]
25 October 2014  Ireland 4–25  Scotland 2014 European Championship [44]

Rugby union

The stadium hosted its foremost rugby international game when a crowd of 4,016 saw the Ireland A national rugby union team defeat their argentine counterparts in November, 2009. [ 45 ] The first golf club rugby game was held in August 2012, as 2011–12 Heineken Cup winners Leinster Rugby beat Gloucester Rugby in a preseason friendly. [ 46 ]

The 2010 Shamrock Bowl, the concluding of the irish American Football League, was held on 7 August, 2010. Dublin Rebels defeated the University of Limerick Vikings 15–0. [ 48 ] The final examination was expected to be played in Tallaght again in 2011, should a Dublin-based team reach the concluding however Morton Stadium was selected over Tallaght Stadium to host the 2011 Final. The 2012 Shamrock Bowl was played in Tallaght on 14 July, 2012, with Belfast Trojans triumphant. [ 49 ] In June, 2013, the EFAF Atlantic Cup was held at Tallaght Stadium. [ 50 ]

other uses

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tallaght Stadium was used as a drive-through test center. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] [ 53 ]

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