Refixture: Tír Eoghain vs An Cabhán, Omagh, Sunday 12th March @14:00

[clarshack]

Heavy rain was forecast for Omagh, it's not as if it was unexpected. Healy park was never going to be playable. The game should have been moved at the latest by yesterday evening. A very embarrassing week for Tyrone GAA.

[T Fearon]

Do Tyrone players have to pay for their own raincoats and umbrellas?

[mrdeeds]

Cavan ones will be rippin at the wasted diesel.

It's all right. Bought some rinsed Diesel when up.

[tyroneman]

A fcukin joke.

[rrhf]

Antiquated methods by the GAA.

[Farrandeelin]

Imagine if the pitch was from Tyrone.

[tierworker blue]

Arrived in Omagh at 13.40 only to be told that the game had been called off 10 minutes earlier. 386 km round trip. Very annoying, considering that it had seemingly been clear to lots of people this morning, that the pitch was totally unplayable. I know that the ref had final say, but there needs to be provision for someone closer to the location to make a call in such obvious circumstances.

In fact, the referee stated on the radio, that the ref for the Donegal/Dublin game had in fact called in to see it on his way to Ballybofey, and had serious doubts about it's playability (he texted him pictures of a waterlogged pitch apparently). Surely a call could have been made even then, rather than waiting for our ref to arrive at 13.20. Complete pain in the ass, especially considering that we have to make the same trip all over again in a couple of weeks!

[Beantown]

Feel sorry for the Cavan supporters who travelled up only to be told so late that match was off.  I found out 20 mins after leaving the house so I wasn't too far up the rd.  Healy park is such a kip.. Facilities are an embarrassment, Athletic grounds, newly, Celtic park to name a few are all much better grounds. 

The amount of times only 2 ticket windows are open at the scoreboard end of the grounds and 3-400 people are queuing to get in whilst anthem is being sung.  Supporters from other counties are saying its a joke and Tyrone fans are standing agreeing with them.  Time to bulldoze it to the ground or move elsewhere.

Maybe the county board could get the subs to man the turnstiles in place of ten £15

[RedHandTom]

Sympathy to Cavan and their supporters. This keeps happening at Healy Park and it's really not acceptable.
By the way the facilities at Healy are second to none, its the drainage system that let's the place down every time it rains

[ziggysego]

By the way the facilities at Healy are second to none, its the drainage system that let's the place down every time it rains

Spot on. As someone with a disability, I think the facilities are very good. True, could be a few improvements, but to say it's terrible is not true.

It's the drainage which is the major problem at Omagh and these quick fixes are not helping.

[Beantown]

Lads, Omagh has fallen behind nearly all other grounds in Ulster.  Toilet facilities are poor if you decide to stand on the terrace.  The terrace is shallow that if there is anyone a couple of inches taller than you standing in front of you it's hard to see the pitch. Why not have steeper sides like Celtic Park or Breffni..... The terracing is giving way in places, I can guarantee there were large puddles on the terrace as well as the pitch.  This is the case if it rains at all in Omagh.  There is so much room to renovate but that would cost money.  Maybe if all the development players chipped in also things may get going.

County board need to get the grounds up to scratch.

[delgany]

Omagh needs a Prunty pitch with a drainage system installed

.that pitch must be there 35 years

[Taylor]

What a joke of a set up.
Was just coming into Omagh when heard the news.

Firstly why cant someone else inspect the pitch a bit earlier. By all accounts it was a mess and the weather wasnt improving.
Secondly we invest all this money elsewhere in the county and cant sort the pitch/drainage in Omagh?

Ridiculous state of affairs.

As for Cavan folk wasting their time travelling - good enough for them

[Hereiam]

The problem with the Omagh pitch is that the ground underneath is pure crap (peat i think) and that drainage will always be a problem unless some serious dough is spent on it. Even if if they dig miles of drains through the pitch and manage to get the water away then the stands etc (which is built on the same crap) will start to be affected as you will be lowering the water table.
What is it about the local GAA clubs in Tyrone and further a field building their grounds on the worst piece of ground in the parish.

[StGallsGAA]

Did St Enda's even offer the good Cabhan folk who travelled a boul of soup?