Umbrella!

[Croí na hÉireann]

Aul one in front of me put hers up on Saturday, could just about see the pitch so said nothing apart from a few muttered ffs. Poor Donegal fella beside her couldn't see half the field and when the action was up that end had to stand up or peer under the umbrella. Was only the hurling, which was poor enough, so imagine he'd have piped up if it was the football. Anyways she took it down after a break between the showers and put on the wet gear when they came back.  Whey didn't u do that first time round??? Pure ignorance...

[highking]

Was at the game in Derry last Saturday. Paid E20 to go in and sit on uncovered slabs in pouring rain. It lashed for about 1/3 of the game. The umbrellas were out in force but no-one seemed to mind as everyone was huddled down and could peer above the umbella in front.

I found it a bit steep having to E20 to go into an uncovered area though.. What were the other prices around the grounds for covered/uncovered stands?

[his holiness nb]

20 quid into Navan last week to spy on the enemy and the covered part of the stand was full when we got there! 

[Hardy]

The covered part of the stand was full by about ten past six - filled by those of us who anticipated that there might be demand for the covered part of the stand on an evening of monsoon showers! 

I suppose it is a bit much, though to charge the people sitting out front in the rain the same amount as us dry people!

[his holiness nb]

Thats what we thought, by paying the extra fiver to get into the stand, that we actually would!

[blanketattack]

I thought the thread was about this...

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Toronto FC's stadium is uncovered and has a "no umbrella" policy – the people at the turnstiles take the umbrellas off the patrons at the gate and give them a ticket – which they use to get their umbrella back after the game – much like a cloak room in a disco / night-club

[armaghniac]

Toronto FC's stadium is uncovered and has a "no umbrella" policy

This is the way to go.

[Fishead_Sam]

Up in Celtic Park I was going fckn spare when all those selfish bastards started putting up those fecken umbrellas, so what if its pissin from the heavens, buy a proper rainproof jacket like I was wearing. c*nts, drives me nuts. The fact that there was no real stand I couldn't use my usual rant of "go pay an extra fiver and sit in the stand, ya soft f**kers"